Pet Shop Boys - Actually (1987)
Pop, Electronic, Synth-pop | EAC Rip | FLAC, Img+CUE+LOG+Scans (JPEG) | 47:57 | 299,42 Mb
Label: Parlophone (UK) | Cat.# CDP 7 46972 2 | Released: 1987-09-07
"Actually" (stylised as Pet Shop Boys, actually.) is the second studio album by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys. It was released on 7 September 1987 by Parlophone in the United Kingdom and by EMI Manhattan in the United States and Canada. According to Neil Tennant and music historian Wayne Studer, "Actually" loosely critiques Thatcherism, the political zeitgeist of the 1980s, and was recorded in anticipation of Margaret Thatcher's re-election. "Actually" spawned four UK Top 10 singles: the #1 single "It's a Sin", "Rent", "What Have I Done to Deserve This?" - a duet with fellow Parlophone artist Dusty Springfield which peaked at #2 in both the UK and US and led to a resurgence of interest in Springfield's earlier work - and another UK #1 in April 1988 with a remixed version of the song "Heart".