Behaviour

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Behaviour (Behavior in the original US pressing) is the fifth album, the fourth of entirely new music, by the UK electronic music group Pet Shop Boy. It was first released on October 22, 1990. It was also released in Japan with an additional CD3. Although a popular album among fan, in the context of Pet Shop Boys' other album, Behaviour differs in production value. Harold Faltermeyer was hired on to produce the album at his "Red Deer" studio in Munich, Germany. Because they were dissatisfied with the available digital synthesisers and sample, Pet Shop Boys wanted to use analogue synthesiser. Faltermeyer was a good choice for producer, as he happened to be an expert on analog equipment. The result was a Pet Shop Boys album different from both the previous album, Introspective and the 1993 follow-up, Very. In place, the album expands upon the synthpop genre with flavours of guitar pop ballad, as with "This must be the place I waited years to leave" and "My October symphony" featuring guitarist, Johnny Marr. Later, singer Neil Tennant would reflect on the different style of Behaviour, "It was more reflective and more musical-sounding, and also it probably didn't have irritatingly crass ideas in it, like our songs often do". Tennant later reflected the album was inspired by fellow synthpop group Depeche Mode's album Violator, which was also released in 1990. .

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