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1 Background  





2 Track listing  



2.1  Notes  







3 Personnel  



3.1  Pet Shop Boys  





3.2  Additional musicians  





3.3  Technical  





3.4  Artwork  







4 Charts  



4.1  Weekly charts  





4.2  Year-end charts  







5 Certifications and sales  





6 References  














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Introspective
One of several CD editions
Studio album by
Released10 October 1988 (1988-10-10)
Recorded1987–1988
Studio
Genre
Length48:03
LabelParlophone
Producer
Pet Shop Boys chronology
Actually
(1987)
Introspective
(1988)
Behaviour
(1990)
Singles from Introspective

  1. "Domino Dancing"
    Released: 12 September 1988
  2. "Left to My Own Devices"
    Released: 14 November 1988
  3. "It's Alright"
    Released: 26 June 1989

Alternative cover
Vinyl cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Los Angeles Times[4]
NME"squillion"/10[5]
Q[6]
Record Mirror4/5[7]
Rolling Stone[8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[9]
Spin Alternative Record Guide10/10[10]
Uncut8/10[11]
The Village VoiceA−[12]

Introspective is the third studio album by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys, released on 10 October 1988 by Parlophone.[13] It received generally positive reviews from critics.

Background[edit]

The album was unusual in that it reversed the typical process by which pop/dance acts released singles. Instead of releasing an album of regular-length (3–5-minute) songs, then releasing lengthy remixes of those songs on subsequent singles, Introspective was released as an LP consisting of songs that all lasted six minutes or more. Tracks released as singles like "Always on My Mind" and "Domino Dancing" had been issued as shorter, more radio-friendly mixes prior to the album. None was released as a radio single in the same form as it appeared on the album. It was also the case for the two other singles "Left to My Own Devices" and "It's Alright".

Of the six tracks on the album, only two were written specifically for the album—"Left to My Own Devices" and "Domino Dancing". "Always on My Mind" and "It's Alright" are cover versions, "I Want a Dog" is a song that previously appeared as B-side of the single "Rent", and "I'm Not Scared" is their own version of a song they had written for Patsy Kensit's pop group Eighth Wonder. "Always on My Mind" was re-recorded for this album and mixed with "In My House", a new acid-house track on the album which expanded the lyric.

Introspective was re-released in 2001 (as were the duo's first six albums) as Introspective/Further Listening 1988–1989. The re-released version was digitally remastered and came with a second disc of B-sides and previously unreleased material from around the time of the album's original release. Yet another re-release followed on 9 February 2009, under the title Introspective: Remastered. This version contains only the six tracks on the original. With the 2009 re-release, the 2001 two-disc re-release was discontinued. On 2 March 2018, the two-disc version of the album was re-released, this time featuring newly remastered versions of the tracks. It was also released as a digital download and on vinyl.

Neil Tennant, in a speech he gave to the Oxford Union, said he regretted releasing Introspective so soon after Actually as he felt the 12-inch nature of the songs may have put some fans off the band and this probably impacted on the sales of Behaviour, the subsequent album critically regarded as the Pet Shop Boys' finest album[citation needed] but commercially one of their least successful.[citation needed] Nevertheless, Introspective remains, according to Tennant, the best-selling Pet Shop Boys album internationally. It peaked at number two on the UK Albums Chart, behind U2's Rattle and Hum.

Track listing[edit]

All tracks are written by Chris Lowe and Neil Tennant, except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Left to My Own Devices" 
  • Stephen Lipson
  • 8:16
    2."I Want a Dog" 
    • Pet Shop Boys
  • Frankie Knuckles[b]
  • 6:15
    3."Domino Dancing" 
  • Pet Shop Boys[c]
  • 7:40
    4."I'm Not Scared" 
    • Pet Shop Boys
  • David Jacob
  • 7:23
    5."Always on My Mind / In My House"
  • Mark James
  • Johnny Christopher
  • Pet Shop Boys
  • 9:05
    6."It's Alright"
  • Marshall Jefferson[a]
  • Paris Brightledge[a]
    • Horn
  • Lipson
  • 9:24
    Total length:48:03
    Further Listening 1988–1989 (bonus disc)
    No.TitleWriter(s)Length
    1."I Get Excited (You Get Excited Too)" (Twelve-inch mix) 5:35
    2."Don Juan" (demo version) (previously unreleased on CD) 4:22
    3."Domino Dancing" (demo version) (previously unreleased on CD) 4:47
    4."Domino Dancing" (alternative version) 4:52
    5."The Sound of the Atom Splitting" (extended version)
    • Tennant
  • Lowe
  • Lipson
  • Horn
  • 5:13
    6."What Keeps Mankind Alive?"
  • Kurt Weill
  • 3:26
    7."Don Juan" (disco mix) 7:35
    8."Losing My Mind" (disco mix)Stephen Sondheim6:09
    9."Nothing Has Been Proved" (demo for Dusty) (previously unreleased) 4:51
    10."So Sorry, I Said" (demo for Liza) (previously unreleased) 3:26
    11."Left to My Own Devices" (seven-inch mix) 4:47
    12."It's Alright" (ten-inch version) (previously unreleased on CD)
    • Void
  • Jefferson
  • Brightledge
  • 4:47
    13."One of the Crowd" 3:56
    14."It's Alright" (seven-inch version)
    • Void
  • Jefferson
  • Brightledge
  • 4:20
    15."Your Funny Uncle" 2:18

    Notes[edit]

    Personnel[edit]

    Credits adapted from the liner notes of Introspective.[14]

    Pet Shop Boys[edit]

    Additional musicians[edit]

    Technical[edit]

    Artwork[edit]

    Charts[edit]

    Certifications and sales[edit]

    Certifications and sales for Introspective
    Region Certification Certified units/sales
    Brazil 140,000[36]
    Canada (Music Canada)[37] Platinum 100,000^
    Finland 32,840[38]
    Germany (BVMI)[39] Gold 250,000^
    Spain (PROMUSICAE)[40] Platinum 100,000^
    Sweden (GLF)[41] Gold 50,000^
    Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[42] Gold 25,000^
    United Kingdom (BPI)[43] 2× Platinum 600,000^
    United States (RIAA)[44] Gold 500,000^
    Summaries
    Europe 1,200,000[45]

    ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

    References[edit]

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  • ^ Ellen, Barbara (15 October 1988). "A Six-Pack of Tennant's Please". NME. p. 45.
  • ^ "Irresistible". Q. No. 26. November 1988.
  • ^ Culp, Nancy (15 October 1988). "Pet Shop Boys: Introspective". Record Mirror. p. 32.
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  • ^ Sheffield, Rob (1995). "Pet Shop Boys". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp. 294–295. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
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