One More Chance
What Have I Done To Deserve This?
Shopping
Rent
Hit Music
It Couldn't Happen Here
It's A Sin
I Want To Wake Up
Heart
King's Cross
Frogtoon Music Album Info: Actually
Published: 10 Oct 2008, 04:02
Actually Is The Third Album The Second Of Entirely New Music By The UK Electronic Music Group Pet Shop Boys. It Was First Released On September 7 1987. This Album Is Also The Group's Second-Highest Selling Album Of All Time With Over 4 Million Copies Sold. Actually Spawned Four UK Top 10 Singles The Number One Lead-Off 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 Major Resurgence Of Interest In Springfield's Earlier Work And The Duo Scored Another UK Number One In April 1988 With A Remixed Version Of The Album's Fourth And Last Single "Heart." During This Period The Pet Shop Boys Also Completed A Full-Length Motion Picture Called It Couldn't Happen Here. Featuring Songs By The Duo It Was Most Famous For Containing The Video For "Always On My Mind" Starring Joss Ackland As A Blind Priest Which - While Not On Actually - Was Released As A Single During This Period. The Period From Actually To Introspective Is Considered The Bands Imperial Phase A Term Now In Common Usage By Both Fans And The Pet Shop Boys Themselves. Actually Was Re-Released In 2001 As Were Most Of The Group's Albums Up To That Point As Actually/Further Listening 1987-1988. The Re-Released Version Was Not Only Digitally Remastered But Came With A Second Disc Of B-Sides Remixes Done By The Pet Shop Boys And Previously Unreleased Material From Around The Time Of The Album's Original Release.