Actually

~ Release by Pet Shop Boys (see all versions of this release, 25 available)

Tracklist

1▶CD: Actually

2▼CD: Always on My Mind
#	Title	Rating	Length
1	Always on My Mind (extended dance version) programming: Andy Richards (Strawbs keyboard player/record producer) additional producer: David Jacob and Julian Mendelsohn (Australian record producer and engineer) producer: Pet Shop Boys keyboard: Chris Lowe (1/2 of Pet Shop Boys) synthesizer [fairlight]: Andy Richards (Strawbs keyboard player/record producer) lead vocals: Neil Tennant remixer: Julian Mendelsohn (Australian record producer and engineer) phonographic copyright (℗) by: Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd. and EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1988) cover recording of: Always on My Mind writer: Johnny Christopher (guitarist, lyricist, composer, singer, session musician), Mark James (Francis Zambon, composer of “Suspicious Minds”) and Wayne Carson Thompson publisher: Bike Music, Budde Songs Inc., Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Lovolar Music, Peermusic (S.E. Asia) Ltd., Rose Bridge Music, Screen Gems, Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI) and Sebanine Music sub-publisher: Chelsea Music Publishing Co., Ltd., EMI Music Publishing (Hong Kong) Ltd. (EMI Music Publishing (Hong Kong) Limited) and Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd.		8:07
2	Do I Have To? producer: Pet Shop Boys mixer: Bob Kraushaar keyboard: Chris Lowe (1/2 of Pet Shop Boys) lead vocals: Neil Tennant phonographic copyright (℗) by: EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1988) recording of: Do I Have To? lyricist: Neil Tennant composer: Chris Lowe (1/2 of Pet Shop Boys) and Neil Tennant	3	5:14
3	Always on My Mind phonographic copyright (℗) by: EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1987, in 1991) part of: New York Post: 100 Greatest Covers (2007) (number: 42) cover recording of: Always on My Mind writer: Johnny Christopher (guitarist, lyricist, composer, singer, session musician), Mark James (Francis Zambon, composer of “Suspicious Minds”) and Wayne Carson Thompson publisher: Bike Music, Budde Songs Inc., Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Lovolar Music, Peermusic (S.E. Asia) Ltd., Rose Bridge Music, Screen Gems, Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI) and Sebanine Music sub-publisher: Chelsea Music Publishing Co., Ltd., EMI Music Publishing (Hong Kong) Ltd. (EMI Music Publishing (Hong Kong) Limited) and Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd. recording of: Always on My Mind writer: Johnny Christopher (guitarist, lyricist, composer, singer, session musician), Mark James (Francis Zambon, composer of “Suspicious Minds”) and Wayne Carson Thompson publisher: Bike Music, Budde Songs Inc., Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Lovolar Music, Peermusic (S.E. Asia) Ltd., Rose Bridge Music, Screen Gems, Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI) and Sebanine Music sub-publisher: Chelsea Music Publishing Co., Ltd., EMI Music Publishing (Hong Kong) Ltd. (EMI Music Publishing (Hong Kong) Limited) and Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd.	4.3	3:59

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Release

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/release/2536986 [info]

Release group

associated singles/EPs:	Heart It’s a Sin Rent What Have I Done to Deserve This? by Pet Shop Boys with Dusty Springfield
included in:	Please + Actually

part of:

8th Annual Smash Hits Reader’s Poll – Best LP (number: 3) (order: 3)
Paste: The 50 Greatest Synth-Pop Albums of All Time (number: 10) (order: 10)
Pitchfork: The 200 Best Albums of the 1980s (number: 126) (order: 126)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2020 edition (number: 435) (order: 435)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2023 edition (number: 435) (order: 435)
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (2005 edition) (number: 606) (order: 607)

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/master/27976 [info]
other databases:	https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/pet_shop_boys/actually/ [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000197381 [info]
Wikidata:	Q344590 [info]
discography entry:	https://www.last.fm/music/Pet+Shop+Boys/Actually [info]

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Release information

Barcode:: 077779026326
Format:: 2×CD
Length:: 1:05:17

Additional details

Type:: Album
Packaging:: Longbox
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

Labels

EMI Manhattan
E2 7 90263 2

Release events

United States
1988

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