Album · Pet Shop Boys
Introspective by Pet Shop Boys
Introspective is an album by Pet Shop Boys, released in 1988. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 5 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Domino Dancing”, on 4 lists with a best position of #47.
Pet Shop Boys flipped the dance-pop rulebook on Introspective, their third album, released by Parlophone on 10 October 1988. Instead of a set of radio-length songs to be stretched into remixes later, they served up six tracks of six minutes or more, with the singles already out in tighter edits and none of them sent to radio the way they sound here. It's also where the London duo first went diving into house music.
Only two songs were written for the record, "Left to My Own Devices" and "Domino Dancing". "Always on My Mind" and "It's Alright" are covers, "I Want a Dog" had been the B-side of "Rent", and "I'm Not Scared" is their take on a tune they wrote for Patsy Kensit. Trevor Horn and Stephen Lipson produced, and the whole thing gleams, Chris Lowe's keyboards pulsing and Neil Tennant cool and dry on top. Reviews were mostly warm.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Introspective on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Domino Dancing | 4 | #47 | – | 1988–1991 | |
| 2 | Left to My Own Devices | 1 | #84 | – | 1988 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.