Please
by Pet Shop Boys
- Type: Album
- Released: 24 March 1986
- Label: Parlophone
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 42:44
- Community rating: 4.09/5 from 6 ratings
Artists on this release: Chris Lowe, Neil Tennant
Album Notes & Community Reviews
The debut album 'Please' introduces the Pet Shop Boys' trademark blend of nocturnal, pulse-driven synthpop and sophisticated urban detachment. The record utilizes sleek drum machines and minimalist keyboard riffs to soundtrack tales of London nightlife and romantic ambiguity. It set a stylish, intelligent benchmark for the era's dance-pop explosion.
Genres
Descriptors: detached, rhythmic, electronic, witty, british
Tracklist
- Two Divided by Zero (03:34)
- West End Girls (04:45)
- Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money) (03:43)
- Love Comes Quickly (04:19)
- Suburbia (05:07)
- Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money) (00:33)
- Tonight Is Forever (04:30)
- Violence (04:29)
- I Want a Lover (04:05)
- Later Tonight (02:49)
- Why Don't We Live Together? (04:50)
Credits
- Neil Tennant - Member
- Chris Lowe - Member
- Mark Farrow - design [sleeve design], graphic design
- Pet Shop Boys - design [sleeve design], graphic design
- David Jacob - engineer
- Nikke Slight - management
- Tom Watkins - management
- Tennant / Lowe - performer [pet shop boys are], written-by
- Eric Watson - photography by [cover], photography by [inner sleeve], photography
- Brian Aris - photography by [inner sleeve], additional photography
- Chris Burscough - photography by [inner sleeve], additional photography
- Ian Hooton - photography by [inner sleeve], additional photography
- Joe Shutter - photography by [inner sleeve], additional photography
- John Stoddart - photography by [inner sleeve]
- Paul Rider - photography by [inner sleeve], additional photography
- Stephen Hague - producer
- John Stoddard - additional photography