アンダーグラウンドのインスタグラム(resul80k2) - 7月27日 20時55分

Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe, AKA Pet Shop Boys are undoubtedly synoymous with the ’80s and the pop music epoch of the decade. Before his starring role in the iconic electro pop-duo, Neil worked as a journalist, interviewing Depeche Mode, Madness and Yazoo. His cool credibility already instated, he quit the freelance life in order to become a full-time Pet Shop Boy in 1981. The two met in an electronics shop after Neil forgot to buy a piece of equipment to plug his new and sparkling synthesizer in to. In walks Chris, and the two begin to talk about their mutual love of music before Neil gives Chris his phone number. Like a modern day fairy tale, it really does prove magic can be found in the mundane. Defined by their sonambulant synths, politically powered lyrics and their timeless image, the pair, like an endless revolving door, have constantly been able to reimagine themselves, relentlessly riding the pop-waves of each decade. They have sold over fifty millions records worldwide, and are rightly-so the biggest selling duo in UK history no less. And it is with that that we turn our attention to their 2nd offering, released in 1987: Actually.
After topping the charts with their hit ‘West End Girls’, the duo decided to scale it back musically, and put more focus on the lyrics for their second album. Actually – called precisely that after Neil found the word to be ‘so English’ – is an epitomical example of the band’s detached but politically-aware brand of dance-pop that has now come to define them. It has been heralded as a loose critique of the political zeitgeist of the ’80s.
The absolutely quintessential artwork was arguably a happy accident. Chris and Neil were shooting their video for ‘What Have I Done To Deserve This?’ British photographer Cindy Palmano was brought there to document the event. To make the most out of their money, the duo asked Cindy to take some publicity shots. The very first photo she took was the one that they chose for the Actually artwork: Chris scowling into the camera, Neil yawning.
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