2018 remastered reissue - With their second album, Actually, the Pet Shop Boys perfected their melodic, detached dance-pop. Where most of Please was dominated by the beats, the rhythms on Actually are part of a series of intricate arrangements that create a glamorous but disposable backdrop for Neil Tennant's tales of isolation, boredom, money, and loneliness. Not only are the arrangements more accomplished, but the songs themselves are more striking, incorporating a strong sense of melody, as evidenced by "What Have I Done to Deserve This?," a duet with Dusty Springfield. Tennant's lyrics are clever and direct, chronicling the lives and times of urban, lonely, and bored yuppies of the late '80s. And the fact that dance-pop is considered a disposable medium by most mainstream critics and listeners only increases the reserved emotional undercurrent of Actually, as well as its irony.
| A1 | One More Chance | 5:29 |
| A2 | What Have I Done To Deserve This? | 4:17 |
| A3 | Shopping | 3:36 |
| A4 | Rent | 5:07 |
| A5 | Hit Music | 4:43 |
| B1 | It Couldn't Happen Here | 5:20 |
| B2 | It's A Sin | 4:58 |
| B3 | I Want To Wake Up | 5:07 |
| B4 | Heart | 3:57 |
| B5 | King's Cross | 5:09 |
