My Vinyl Collection [🇬🇧EN/ES 🇪🇸] Mi Colección de Vinilos // PET SHOP BOYS - INTROSPECTIVE (1988)
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Today we are going to remember one of the most famous electronic music bands of the 80-90s, rather a duo, since there were only two components, Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe, it is Pet Shop Boys. If you don't know who I'm talking about and you like "synthpop" don't stop going to Google because you'll find a lot of musical gems that in many cases laid the foundations of current electronic music.
This album, the third of his discography, was released at the height of the "boom" of house and acid-house music in 1988. Several of its songs were specially produced to be played in dance music clubs. In addition, tools were used that at that time were practically inaccessible to the rest of mortals such as "Fairlight", with which they could even make orchestral arrangements and sounds of any instrument, this is normal today with any DAW and a PC , but in 1988 it was "the best". The success of their two previous albums allowed them, so to speak, to do what they wanted without limit when it came to producing.
As was normal in this type of music, it was also accompanied by a good number of remixes and maxi-singles. Almost every track on the record was radio hits and played ad nauseam in nightclubs across Europe, but it was "Always In My Mind" and "Left To My Own Devices" that really made waves around the world. Pet Shop Boys were already very well known but this LP was perhaps the one that made them a mass success.
I already told in another post of this series that I had worked in a club in those years precisely and I experienced firsthand all that movement, in which electronic music went from being something experimental and rare to being the music par excellence of nightclubs where the people went crazy dancing. There was already dance music, the 70s showed it to us with bands like Earth Wind and Fire, Boney M, Bee Gees or ELO, but the real novelty was the exclusive use of synthesizers, samples, sequencers, etc., that is, electronic music in pure state, digital sound. Nowadays, with modern computers it is something normal, in those years it was very difficult to access this type of equipment due to its price and the difficulty to find it in music stores.
The Pet Shop Boys were not the duo that brought about this whole movement, but they did contribute to making it music for the whole world, not only for the "weirdos" who used to take drugs and practically dressed up to go to the disco, in addition to carrying out the electronic music on another level. Electronic music followed a much more complex process in which many bands participated that even contributed new instruments such as the "Vocoder" invented by the Kraftwerk band. In "My Vinyl Collection" we will meet more protagonists of the movement in the future.
As always I will leave you YouTube links with the full album and with my favorite song from it so you can listen to it. It's hard not to end the album wanting to hear more from this duo or repeat some of their songs, and if you like it, don't stop looking for remixes and extended versions, there are some exquisite ones.
FULL ALBUM
FAVORITE TRACK
I hope you liked the article, and soon we will have another installment of "My Vinyl Collection", I leave you below the links of the previous ones, do not forget to comment if you found it interesting, you already knew it or it brought back some good memories.
Billy
I want to dedicate this post to my friend and fellow traveler @winkandwoo, I know they're not your favorite band but I can't help but think of them every time we do a song 😜 ❤️
PREVIOUS PUBLICATIONS:
My Vinyl Collection [🇬🇧EN/ES 🇪🇸] Mi Colección de Vinilos // MANO NEGRA - PUTAS FEVER (1989)
My Vinyl Collection [🇬🇧EN/ES 🇪🇸] Mi Colección de Vinilos // DIRE STRAITS - BROTHERS IN ARMS (1985)
My Vinyl Collection [🇬🇧EN/ES 🇪🇸] Mi Colección de Vinilos // THE RAZORS EDGE - AC⚡️DC (1990)
My Vinyl Collection [🇬🇧EN/ES 🇪🇸] Mi Colección de Vinilos // A SPLIT SECOND - FROM THE INSIDE (1988)
My Vinyl Collection [🇬🇧EN/ES 🇪🇸] Mi Colección de Vinilos // LED ZEPPELIN - LED ZEPPELIN III (1970)
My Vinyl Collection [🇬🇧EN/ES 🇪🇸] Mi Colección de Vinilos // UB40 - SIGNING OFF (1980)
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hoy vamos a recordar a uno de los grupos más famosos de música electrónica de los 80-90, mejor dicho dúo, ya que sólo eran dos componentes, Neil Tennant y Chris Lowe, se trata de Pet Shop Boys. Si no sabes de quién hablo y te gusta el "synthpop" no dejes de ir a buscar a Google ya que encontrarás un montón de joyas musicales que en muchos casos sentaron las bases de la música electrónica actual.
Este álbum, el tercero de su discografía salió a la venta en pleno "boom" de la música house y acid-house en el año 1988, varios de sus temas estan producidos especialmente para ser pinchados en los clubes de música de baile. Además se utilizaron herramientas que en aquel momento eran practicamente inaccesibles para el resto de los mortales como el "Fairlight", con el que podían incluso hacer arreglos orquestales y sonidos de cualquier instrumento, esto hoy en dia es lo normal con cualquier DAW y un PC, pero en el año 1988 era "lo más". El éxito de sus dos albumes anteriores les permitió, por así decirlo, hacer lo que les dió la gana sin límite a la hora de producir.
Como era normal en este tipo de música ademas le acompañaron una buena cantidad de remixes y maxi-singles. Casi todos los temas del disco fueron éxitos radiofónicos y pinchados hasta el aburrimiento en los clubes nocturnos de toda Europa, pero fueron "Always In My Mind" y "Left To My Own Devices" los que de verdad dieron la vuelta al mundo. Pet Shop Boys ya eran muy muy conocidos pero este LP fué quizá el que los convirtió en un éxito de masas.
Ya conté en otro post de esta serie que había trabajado en un club en aquellos años precisamente y viví en primera persona todo aquel movimiento, en el que la música electrónica pasaba de ser algo experimental y raro a ser la música por excelencia de los locales nocturnos donde la gente se volvía loca bailando. Ya había música de baile, los 70 así nos lo mostraron con bandas como Earth Wind and Fire, Boney M, Bee Gees o ELO, pero la verdadera novedad era la utilización en exclusiva de sintetizadores, samples, secuenciadores etc, es decir música electronica en estado puro, sonido digital. Hoy en día, con los ordenadores modernos es algo normal, en aquellos años era muy difícil acceder a ese tipo de equipamiento debido a su precio y a la dificultad para encontrarlo en las tiendas de música.
No fueron Pet Shop Boys el dúo que trajo todo este movimiento, pero si contribuyeron a hacerlo una música para todo el mundo, no solo para los "raritos" que nos drogábamos y practicamente nos disfrazábamos para ir a la disco, además de llevar la producción electrónica a otro nivel. La música electrónica siguió un proceso mucho más complejo en el que participaron muchísimas bandas que aportaron incluso nuevos instrumentos como el "Vocoder" que invento el grupo Kraftwerk. En "Mi Colección de Vinilos" conoceremos a más protagonistas del movimiento en el futuro.
Como siempre os dejaré enlaces de YouTube con el álbum completo y con mi canción favorita del mismo para que podáis escucharlo. Es dificil que no termines el disco queriendo escuchar más de este dúo o repetir algunas de sus canciones, y si os gusta no dejéis de buscar remixes y versiones extendidas, hay algunas exquisitas.
ALBUM COMPLETO
TEMA FAVORITO
Espero que os haya gustado el artículo, y pronto tendremos otra entrega de "Mi Colección de Vinilos", os dejo debajo los enlaces de las anteriores, no dejéis de comentar si os pareció interesante, ya lo conocíais o trajo algún buen recuerdo.
Billy
Quiero dedicar este post a mi amigo y compañero de viaje @winkandwoo , ya se que no es tu banda favorita pero no puedo evitar pensar en ellos cada vez que hacemos un tema 😜 ❤️
PUBLICACIONES ANTERIORES:
My Vinyl Collection [🇬🇧EN/ES 🇪🇸] Mi Colección de Vinilos // MANO NEGRA - PUTAS FEVER (1989)
My Vinyl Collection [🇬🇧EN/ES 🇪🇸] Mi Colección de Vinilos // DIRE STRAITS - BROTHERS IN ARMS (1985)
My Vinyl Collection [🇬🇧EN/ES 🇪🇸] Mi Colección de Vinilos // THE RAZORS EDGE - AC⚡️DC (1990)
My Vinyl Collection [🇬🇧EN/ES 🇪🇸] Mi Colección de Vinilos // A SPLIT SECOND - FROM THE INSIDE (1988)
My Vinyl Collection [🇬🇧EN/ES 🇪🇸] Mi Colección de Vinilos // LED ZEPPELIN - LED ZEPPELIN III (1970)
My Vinyl Collection [🇬🇧EN/ES 🇪🇸] Mi Colección de Vinilos // UB40 - SIGNING OFF (1980)
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That was a great album! Pet Shop Boys are just one of those bands that were always pretty cool. That's a great vinyl and it looks to be in excellent condition.
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Yes it is, no like the UB40 one 😅
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No one's like UB40, but the Pet Shop Boys were pretty cool!
yes, of course, I was referring to the bad state that I have the UB40 vinyl from the previous post
That was a sad vinyl, just imagine how much a pristine one would be worth!
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