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Žanr: Elektronska muzika, Pop
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Studio album by Pet Shop Boys
Released 10 October 1988
Recorded 1987–1988
Studio
Advision (London)
Sarm West (London)
Genre
Synth-popdance-popdisco[1]house[2]
Length 48:03
Label Parlophone
Producer
Trevor HornDavid JacobStephen LipsonLewis A. MartineéJulian MendelsohnPet Shop Boys
Pet Shop Boys chronology
Actually
(1987) Introspective
(1988) Behaviour
(1990)

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
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.

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

No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length
1. `Left to My Own Devices`
Trevor HornStephen Lipson
8:16
2. `I Want a Dog`
Pet Shop BoysFrankie Knuckles[b]
6:15
3. `Domino Dancing`
Lewis A. MartineéPet Shop Boys[c]
7:40
4. `I`m Not Scared`
Pet Shop BoysDavid Jacob
7:23
5. `Always on My Mind / In My House`
Wayne Carson ThompsonMark JamesJohnny Christopher
Julian MendelsohnPet Shop Boys
9:05
6. `It`s Alright`
Sterling VoidMarshall Jefferson[a]Paris Brightledge[a]
HornLipson
9:24
Total length: 48:03

Pet Shop Boys
Neil Tennant
Chris Lowe
Additional musicians
Richard Niles – orchestra arrangement and conducting (track 1)
Sally Bradshaw – additional vocals (track 1)
Josh Milan – piano solo (track 2)
Fro Sossa – additional keyboards (track 3)
Mike Bakst – additional keyboards, brass score (track 3)
Nestor Gomez – guitar (track 3)
Tony Concepción – brass, trumpet solo (track 3)
Kenneth William Faulk, Dana Tebor, Ed Calle – brass (track 3)
Lewis A. Martineé – brass arrangements (track 3)
The Voice in Fashion – backing vocals (track 3)
Blue Weaver – Fairlight programming (track 4)
Andy Richards, Gary Maughan – Fairlight programming (track 5)
Judy Bennett, Sharon Blackwell, H. Robert Carr, Mario Friendo, Derek Green, Michael Hoyte, Herbie Joseph, Paul Lee, Gee Morris, Dee Ricketts, Iris Sutherland, Yvonne White – additional vocals (track 6)
Technical
Trevor Horn – production (tracks 1, 6)
Stephen Lipson – production, engineering (tracks 1, 6)
Pet Shop Boys – production (tracks 2, 4, 5); associate production (track 3)
David Jacob – engineering (tracks 2, 4); production (track 4)
Mike Nielsen – engineering (track 2)
Frankie Knuckles – mix, additional production (track 2)
John Poppo – mix engineering (track 2)
Lewis A. Martineé – production, engineering, mixing (track 3)
Mike Couzzi – engineering (track 3)
César Sogbe – engineering assistance (track 3)
Julian Mendelsohn – production, engineering (track 5)
Artwork
Mark Farrow – cover design
Pet Shop Boys – cover design
Eric Watson – photography