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Behaviour

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work

Behaviour is Pet Shop Boys' fourth album and was released on 22 October 1990 on Parlophone. The duo were not satisfied with the digital synthesizers and samples then available and wanted to use analogue equipment. Harold Faltermeyer, an expert on analogue synthesizers, therefore became the producer. Recording began in April 1990 at his Red Deer studio in Munich and lasted ten weeks. Violator by Depeche Mode, released earlier that year, gave an extra spur.

The album sounds different from Introspective and Very: more reflective and more musical, with the influence of guitar ballads. Guitarist Johnny Marr plays on it, including in My October Symphony, a song about the decline of the Soviet Union. Lowe later said that they had wanted to make an upbeat album and ended up with the opposite. Tennant said there is sadness in it, because sad songs are more interesting to write.

Listening

Listening tip. Listen to My October Symphony and notice the guitar alongside the synthesizers. Can you hear how the song stays soft and reflective?

Track list

  1. 1Being Boring (2018 Remaster)6:51Apple Music ↗
  2. 2This Must Be the Place I Waited Years to Leave (2018 Remaster)5:30Apple Music ↗
  3. 3To Face the Truth (2018 Remaster)5:34Apple Music ↗
  4. 4How Can You Expect to Be Taken Seriously? (2018 Remaster)3:56Apple Music ↗
  5. 5Only the Wind (2018 Remaster)4:18Apple Music ↗
  6. 6My October Symphony (2018 Remaster)5:18Apple Music ↗
  7. 7So Hard (2018 Remaster)3:58Apple Music ↗
  8. 8Nervously (2018 Remaster)4:07Apple Music ↗
  9. 9The End of the World (2018 Remaster)4:44Apple Music ↗
  10. 10Jealousy (2018 Remaster)4:50Apple Music ↗

30-second previews via Apple Music. Listen to the whole album on Apple Music ↗

Categories: Albums and songs