Introspective

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Introspective is the fourth album, the third of entirely new music, by the UK electronic music group Pet Shop Boy. It was first released on October 11, 1988 and is the Pet Shop Boys' best-selling album, selling over 4.5 million copies worldwide. It is so named because "all the song, although it's a dance album, are introspective". Perhaps the biggest changes in Pet Shop Boys' sound evident on this album are an increasing attention to orchestration using real orchestra, particularly so on the Trevor Horn-produced "Left to my own device," which took months to produce. The album was also unusual in that it completely reversed the typical process by which pop/dance acts released singles: Instead of releasing an album of regular-length (3-5 minute) song, then releasing more lengthy remixes of those songs on subsequent single, "Introspective" was released as an LP consisting of songs that all lasted six minutes or more. Songs from the album that were released as singles were released as shorter, more radio-friendly mixe. Of the four tracks on the album that were released as singles -- "Left to my own device," "Domino dancing," "Always on my mind," and "It's alright" -- none were released as radio singles in the same form that they appeared on the album. It is also notable that, of the six tracks on the album, only two were actually written specifically for this project - those being "Left to My Own Devices" and "Domino Dancing." "Always on My Mind" and "It's Alright" are cover version, and "I Want a Dog" and "I'm Not Scared" are re-recordings of earlier Pet Shop Boys track. Introspective was re-released in 2001 (as were the group's first six albums) as Introspective/Further Listening . 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. .

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