Behaviour
by Pet Shop Boys
- Type: Album
- Released: 22聽October聽1990
- Label: Parlophone
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 49:02
- Community rating: 3.88/5 from 10 ratings
Artists on this release: Neil Tennant
Album Notes & Community Reviews
On 'Behaviour', Pet Shop Boys worked with producer Harold Faltermeyer to create a more reflective and melancholic sound, deliberately favoring warm, analog synthesizers over the digital samples prevalent at the time. The resulting synth-pop is lush and subdued, with Neil Tennant's lyrics exploring themes of nostalgia, loss, and societal change, complemented by Johnny Marr's guitar work on several tracks. This shift toward a more introspective and musical-sounding style distinguished the album from the duo's more dance-focused prior releases and established it as a fan and critical favorite.
Genres
Descriptors: synth, melodic, orchestral, sophisticated, dance
Tracklist
- Being Boring (06:50)
- This Must Be the Place I Waited Years to Leave (05:30)
- To Face the Truth (05:34)
- How Can You Expect to Be Taken Seriously? (03:56)
- Only the Wind (04:18)
- My October Symphony (05:17)
- So Hard (03:58)
- Nervously (04:07)
- The End of the World (04:43)
- Jealousy (04:49)
Credits
- Neil Tennant - vocals, songwriting
- Chris Lowe - songwriting
- J.J. Belle - guitar
- Johnny Marr - rhythm guitar, feedback guitar
- Jay Henry - additional vocals
- Pet Shop Boys - production, design
- Harold Faltermeyer - production
- Dominic Clarke - additional programming, plastic tube
- Angelo Badalamenti - orchestra arrangement, conducting
- Alexander B膬l膬nescu - string quartet arrangement
- Balanescu Quartet - strings
- Brian Reeves - engineering
- Bob Kraushaar - engineering, vocal recording
- Julian Mendelsohn - mixing
- Haydn Bendall - orchestra recording, strings recording
- Mark Farrow - design
- Eric Watson - photography
- Danton Supple - engineer [assistants at sarm west]
- Robin Barclay - engineer [assistants at sarm west]
- Jill Wall - management