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Pet Shop Boys - Introspective (1988)

Posted By: BlondStyle

Date: 17 May 2020 00:19:59

"Introspective" is the 3rd studio album by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys. It was released on 10 October 1988 by Parlophone. It is the duo's second-best-selling album (their biggest-selling being "Very" (1993)), with over 4.5 million copies bought worldwide. It is so named because "all the songs, although it's a dance album, are introspective". Perhaps the biggest change in Pet Shop Boys' sound evident on this album is an increasing attention to orchestration using real orchestras, particularly on the Trevor Horn-produced "Left to My Own Devices", which took months to produce.

~Wikipedia

Featuring a mere six tracks, most of them well over six minutes in length, Introspective was a move back to the clubs for the Pet Shop Boys. Over the course of the album, they incorporated various dance techniques that were currently in vogue, including Latin rhythms and house textures. The title isn't entirely an arch joke, however. Like Actually, Introspective was an exploration of distant, disaffected yuppies, which naturally resulted in a good deal of self-analyzation. Melodically, the essential song structures were as strong and multi-layered as the previous album, yet that was hard to hear beneath the varying rhythmic textures that composed the bulk of each track. Nevertheless, the mixes are more compelling than the remixes on Disco, and the songs include several of their best numbers, including "Left to My Own Devices" and "Domino Dancing," as well as the reconstruction of "Always on My Mind" and a cover of Blaze's club classic, "It's Alright."

~Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Release of this album: 1988, October, 10 [LP Parlophone, Cat.# PCS 7325, 79 0868 1, UK]
Release of this CD: 1988 [CD Parlophone (Europe), Cat.# CDP 7 90868 2 / UPC: 077779086825]
℗ 1988 Original Sound Recordings made by EMI Records Ltd. © 1988 EMI Records Ltd.
Made in W-Germany (Sonopress)

Notes: "Introspective" is a Digital recording, digitally mixed and mastered.
1st cat# CDP 7 90868 2 - from spine, CD and artwork.
2nd cat# 79 0868 2 - from back.
3rd cat# CDPCS 7325 - from CD and back.

Credits:

Design [Cover Designed By] – Mark Farrow, Pet Shop Boys
Management – Rob Holden, Tom Watkins
Photography By – Eric Watson
Written-By – Chris Lowe And Neil Tennant (tracks: 1 to 4)

Tracklist:

01. Left To My Own Devices (08:17)
02. I Want A Dog (06:16)
03. Domino Dancing (07:41)
04. I'm Not Scared (07:26)
05. Always On My Mind / In My House (09:05)
06. It's Alright (09:24)

XLD log

X Lossless Decoder version 20111214 (138.1)

XLD extraction logfile from 2011-12-20 13:55:26 +0100

Pet Shop Boys / Introspective

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Ripper mode : XLD Secure Ripper
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Read offset correction : 102
Max retry count : 100
Gap status : Analyzed, Appended

TOC of the extracted CD
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6 | 38:44:50 | 09:23:70 | 174350 | 216644

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2 | 2174 | 2072 | 67
3 | 2412 | 2310 | 56
4 | 2413 | 2311 | 56

AccurateRip Summary
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Track 02 : OK (AR2, confidence 24)
Track 03 : OK (AR2, confidence 25)
Track 04 : OK (AR2, confidence 25)
Track 05 : OK (AR2, confidence 25)
Track 06 : OK (AR2, confidence 25)
->All tracks accurately ripped.

All Tracks
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Track 01
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Track 05
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No errors occurred

End of status report

Dynamic Range Meter log

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Analyzed: Pet Shop Boys / Introspective
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR14 -1.91 dB -18.39 dB 8:17 01-Left To My Own Devices
DR13 -2.31 dB -16.87 dB 6:16 02-I Want A Dog
DR13 -1.35 dB -16.41 dB 7:41 03-Domino Dancing
DR14 -0.84 dB -16.55 dB 7:26 04-I'm Not Scared
DR14 -0.93 dB -16.55 dB 9:05 05-Always On My Mind_In My House
DR13 -0.32 dB -17.14 dB 9:24 06-It's Alright
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Number of tracks: 6
Official DR value: DR13

Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 908 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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Thanks to Rocky Raccoon

See also:
Pet Shop Boys - Alternative [2CD] (1995) [Japan]

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