PET SHOP BOYS Actually (2009 issue UK 10-track digitally remastered CD album - With their second album, 'Actually', the Pet Shop Boys perfected their melodic, detached dance-pop. Where most of 'Please' was dominated by the beats, the rhythms on 'Actually' are part of a series of intricate arrangements that create a glamorous but disposable backdrop for Neil Tennant's tales of isolation, boredom, money, and loneliness. Not only are the arrangements more accomplished, but the songs themselves are more striking, incorporating a strong sense of melody, as evidenced by 'What Have I Done to Deserve This?,' a duet with Dusty Springfield. Tennant's lyrics are clever and direct, chronicling the lives and times of urban, lonely, and bored yuppies of the late '80s. And the fact that dance-pop is considered a disposable medium by most mainstream critics and listeners only increases the reserved emotional undercurrent of 'Actually', as well as its irony.)
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