Actually (album)

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Actually

Studio album by Pet Shop Boys
Released	September 7, 1987
Recorded	1987
Genre	Synthpop
Length	48:14
Label	EMI Manhattan
Producer(s)	Pet Shop Boys, Stephen Hague, Julian Mendelesohn, Andy Richards, Shep Pettibone, David Jacob
All Music Guide Image:4.5 stars.svg
Pet Shop Boys chronology
Disco (1986)	Actually (1987)	Introspective (1988)

Actually is the third album, the second of entirely new music, by the UK electronic music group Pet Shop Boys. It was first released in 1987.

Actually is not much different from Pet Shop Boys' first album, Please in terms of musical style, but the production quality is noticeably better.

Actually housed four singles, including lead-off single "It's a Sin" and "What Have I Done to Deserve This?", a duet with fellow Parlophone artist Dusty Springfield. The latter led directly to a major resurgence of interest in Springfield's earlier work. The duo scored another Number One in April 1988 with a remixed version of the album's 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 from the duo, it was most famous for housing 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.

Actually was rereleased in 2001 (as were most of the group's albums up to that point) as Actually/Further Listening 1987-1988. The rereleased 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.

Many feel that the album 'Actually' was inspired by a tech support call with a lighting controls company. With their lights not coming on in the studio, they were told "you must actually press the switch to actually turn on the lights, actually. If that actually doesn't work, then check to see if power is actually at the panel".

1 Track listing
- 1.1 Further Listening 1987-1988
2 Personnel
3 UK Chart Run

[edit] Track listing

"One More Chance"
"What Have I Done to Deserve This?" (with Dusty Springfield)
"Shopping"
"Rent"
"Hit Music"
"It Couldn't Happen Here"
"It's a Sin"
"I Want to Wake Up"
"Heart"
"King's Cross"

[edit] Further Listening 1987-1988

"I want to wake up (Breakdown mix)"
"Heart (Shep Pettibone version)"
"You know where you went wrong"
"One more chance (seven-inch mix)"
"It's a sin (Disco mix)"
"What have I done to deserve this? (Extended mix)"
"Heart (Disco mix)"
"A new life"
"Always on my mind (Demo version)"
"Rent (Seven-inch mix)"
"I want a dog"
"Always on my mind (Extended dance mix)"
"Do I have to?"
"Always on my mind (Dub mix)"

[edit] Personnel

Neil Tennant
Chris Lowe

Guest musicians

Andy Richards - Fairlight and keyboard programming on tracks 1, 4, 5, 7 & 9
Dusty Springfield - Guest vocals on track 2
J.J Jeczalik - Fairlight programming on track 3
Gary Maughan - Additional programming on track 3
Angelo Badalamenti - Orchestra arrangement on track 6
Blue Weaver - Fairlight programming on track 6
Adrian Cook - Programming on track 8

[edit] UK Chart Run

UK Albums Chart for Actually
Week	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Position	2	<center>4	<center>5	<center>8	<center>7	<center>8	<center>8	<center>13	<center>17	<center>16	<center>16	<center>18	<center>17	<center>14	<center>9	<center>8	<center>6	<center>5	<center>14	<center>17	<center>18	<center>20	<center>10	<center>11	<center>13	<center>22	<center>25	<center>29	<center>29	<center>20
Week	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60
Position	<center>7	<center>9	<center>11	<center>7	<center>15	<center>21	<center>26	<center>31	<center>31	<center>35	<center>37	<center>37	<center>43	<center>45	<center>46	<center>46	<center>60	<center>59	<center>60	<center>67	<center>65	<center>77	<center>80	<center>68	<center>75	<center>93	<center>77	<center>91	<center>	<center>
Week	61	62	63	64	65	66	67	68	69	70
Position	<center>	<center>	<center>	<center>	<center>	<center>	<center>	<center>80	<center>