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- Release Date: 1987 06
- Total Time: 47:43
- Genre: Rock
Review
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. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| One More Chance (Lyrics) | Chris Lowe, Bobby Orlando, Neil Tennant | Pet Shop Boys | (5:30) |
| What Have I Done to Deserve This? (Lyrics) | Chris Lowe, Neil Tennant, |
Pet Shop Boys | (4:22) |
| Shopping (Lyrics) | Chris Lowe, Neil Tennant | Pet Shop Boys | (3:37) |
| Rent (Lyrics) | Chris Lowe, Neil Tennant | Pet Shop Boys | (5:09) |
| Hit Music (Lyrics) | Chris Lowe, Neil Tennant | Pet Shop Boys | (4:44) |
| It Couldn't Happen Here (Lyrics) | Chris Lowe, Ennio Morricone, Neil Tennant | Pet Shop Boys | (5:21) |
| It's a Sin (Lyrics) | Chris Lowe, Neil Tennant | Pet Shop Boys | (4:59) |
| I Want to Wake Up (Lyrics) | Chris Lowe, Neil Tennant | Pet Shop Boys | (5:09) |
| Heart (Lyrics) | Chris Lowe, Neil Tennant | Pet Shop Boys | (3:58) |
| King's Cross (Lyrics) | Chris Lowe, Neil Tennant | Pet Shop Boys | (5:15) |




