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Actually
Maybe it is no surprise that the strength of the Pet Shop
Boys' second album lies in making the bleak seem
beautiful. Hits like "Rent" spoke of rain ticked meets,
anxiety, a n d prostitution—1987 was, after all, the year
of "Black Monday”
Behaviour
Much to their frustration. Pet Shop Boys had already used the title Introspective on their previous studio outing. If any record of theirs ever deserved that name, it is surely this brooding and haunted affair. Neil Tennant commented that with the world in its precarious state, he had wanted to present music that reflected personal turmoil amid global uncertainty. And after recent collaborations with Liza Minnelli, Dusty Springfield and Electronic the duo were brimming with ideas.