Album · 1987
Actually
Actually is a 1987 synthpop album by Pet Shop Boys. It runs 10 tracks across 48 minutes on Parlophone. Riffiter listeners rate it 3.8/5 from 4 ratings.
Synthpop · Electronic · Dance-Pop
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- 3.8 /5
- 4 ratings
- 79 /100
- 9 critics
- 10
- Tracks
- 48 min
- Runtime
- 123 bpm
- Tempo
- A minor
- Key
Ratings
4 ratings · avg 3.8
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Critics
9 publications
- AllMusic4.5/5
- Spin Alternative Record Guide9/10
- The Village VoiceA−
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide4/5
- Uncut8/10
- Mojo4/5
- Sounds4/5
- Los Angeles Times2.5/4
- Record Mirror3/5
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Actually album cover
The Actually cover was designed by Mark Farrow and Pet Shop Boys.
- Design
- Mark Farrow, Pet Shop Boys
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Tracklist
10 tracks · 48 min
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Every pressing below shares this page's rating and reviews — they are the same record.
Actually (2018 Remaster)Remaster · 2001 · 10 tracks
- 1One More Chance (2018 Remaster)
- 2What Have I Done to Deserve This? (with Dusty Springfield) (2018 Remaster)
- 3Shopping (2018 Remaster)
- 4Rent (2018 Remaster)
- 5Hit Music (2018 Remaster)
- 6It Couldn't Happen Here (2018 Remaster)
- 7It's a Sin (2018 Remaster)
- 8I Want to Wake Up (2018 Remaster)
- 9Heart (2018 Remaster)
- 10King's Cross (2018 Remaster)
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About
Actually (stylized as Pet Shop Boys, actually.) is the second album by English electronic music group Pet Shop Boys, released through Parlophone and EMI Manhattan Records in 1987. This album is also the group's third best selling album with over 4 million copies sold. Actually is featured in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
In brief
- Is Actually good?
- Riffiter listeners rate Actually 3.8/5 from 4 ratings.
- When was Actually released?
- Actually was released in 1987 on Parlophone.
- How many tracks are on Actually?
- Actually has 10 tracks, with a runtime of 48 minutes.
- What genre is Actually?
- Actually is catalogued under Synthpop, Electronic, Dance-Pop.
- What BPM is Actually?
- Actually runs at a median tempo of 123 BPM across its tracks, most often in A minor, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to Actually?
- Listeners of Actually also rate The Innocents by Erasure, The Best of Depeche Mode, Vol. 1 (Deluxe) by Depeche Mode, Disintegration by The Cure.
Actually at a glance
- Label
- Manhattan Records
- Produced by
- Shep Pettibone
- Written by
- Neil Tennant
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