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Behaviour 1990
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Behaviour

The Pet Shop Boys released *Behaviour* in October 1990. It was their fourth album, but it didn’t sound much like their previous ones. The sound was slower, more contemplative, and in some cases, almost a departure from the style everyone knew. The idea was to use analog synthesizers, something that wasn’t done much before. To do that, they got in touch with Harold Faltermeyer, a guy who knew his way around that kind of equipment.

Year
1990
Songs
10
Duration
49 min 3 seg
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10 song|s

Song list

# Title Available ⏱
01

Being Boring

Guitarra · Intermedio

6:49 02

This Must Be the Place I Waited Years to Leave

Guitarra · Intermedio

5:30 03

To Face the Truth

Guitarra · Intermedio

5:34 04

How Can You Expect to Be Taken Seriously?

Guitarra · Intermedio

3:56 05

Only the Wind

Guitarra · Intermedio

4:19 06

My October Symphony

Guitarra · Intermedio

5:18 07

So Hard

Guitarra · Intermedio

3:59 08

Nervously

Guitarra · Intermedio

4:07 09

The End of the World

Guitarra · Intermedio

4:43 10

Jealousy

Guitarra · Intermedio

4:48

About the album

Behaviour, according to DoReSol

The album features songs that seem to break the mold. “This Must Be the Place I Waited Years to Leave” is one of them. It’s slow, with guitars, and talks about the years Tennant spent at a Catholic school. Another, “My October Symphony,” features Johnny Marr and is about a Russian composer during the collapse of communism. Some of those tracks are more reflective, more musical, according to what Tennant said later.

The album was reissued in 2001 alongside other releases, such as Further Listening 1990–1991. It was remastered, and songs not included in the original version, such as “Miserablism,” were added. Although it wasn’t a commercial success, it received good reviews. Some considered it softer, more vulnerable, but also more profound. Others saw it as a bit more subdued, lacking the same energy as previous albums.