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Actually
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Actually (stylised as Pet Shop Boys, actually.) is the second studio album by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys, released on 7 September 1987 by Parlophone in the United Kingdom and by EMI Manhattan in North America. The album features two number one singles, "It's a Sin" and "Heart", and a duet with Dusty Springfield, "What Have I Done to Deserve This?" Actually is the Pet Shop Boys' top-selling album in the UK, certified triple platinum with over one million sales; worldwide it has sold over four million copies.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Actually is referenced by 160 other articles, and connects out to Sarm East Studios, Michael Jackson and Margaret Thatcher.
It sits within the topics 1987 albums, Album chart called without album and Album chart called without artist.
Its subject is documented across 19 Wikipedia language editions.
Release · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Album
- Artist
- La Big Vic
- First released
- 2011-05-10
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2,576
- Total plays
- 70,189
Tags
Los Angeles band led by a model named Ashley Ivy Huizenga. Their content is often linked with explicit sex, horror imageries and seduction. They classify themselves as "Snuff Pop" and "Slut Wave". Now in band Patriarchy. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Actually">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Key facts
- Album.type
- studio
- Album.name
- Actually
- Album.artist
- Pet Shop Boys
- Album.cover
- Pet Shop Boys - Actually.png
- Album.alt
- The duo wearing tuxedos, with one person on the right side yawning and the other staring at the viewer. The words "Pet Shop Boys, actually." appear on top.
- Album.border
- yes
- Album.recorded
- 1986–1987
- Album.studio
- Sarm West and Advision (London)
- Album.label
- Parlophone
- Album.prev_title
- Disco
- Album.prev_year
- 1986
- Album.next_title
- Introspective
- Album.next_year
- 1988
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- album
- Genre
- synth-pop
- Producer
- Shep Pettibone
- Performer
- Pet Shop Boys
- Lyrics by
- Neil Tennant
- Distribution format
- compact disc
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- publication date
- 1987-09-21
- language of work or name
- English language
- title
- Actually
- place of publication
- United Kingdom
- number of parts of this work
- 10
- form of creative work
- studio album
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Article · Polski
Actually − drugi album studyjny duetu Pet Shop Boys z 1987.Album był w pewnym sensie krytyką "thatcheryzmu", a powstał po trzeciej wygranej Margaret Thatcher w wyborach do Izby Gmin i objęciu funkcji premiera rządu Wielkiej Brytanii. Album ten został ponownie wydany w 2001 i 2009 roku.
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