#NowPlaying: #PetShopBoys - Introspective
1988 European pressing.

Released #OnThisDay, PSB's third studio album. I really the concept behind this album, where every song originally is a 12" remix and is edited down for single release. I feel like this album could use a little more oomph from time to time, but the beat behind I Want a Dog - and especially how it starts so abruptly, and that breakdown near the end of Domino Dancing are brilliant. I wish there were more of that on here. The strings in the opening of this album, Left to My Own Devices, sounds eerily familiar to the opening of #Videosex' album Lacrimae Christi, Sivi Dan. (Featured earlier in this thread.) My favourite track has got to be It's Alright though, it mixes melancholy with optimism and the music reflects that amazingly, due to the low tempo with its silky smooth bassline and those great vocals! Unfortunately, it seems that both #vinyl copies I have had, sounded absolutely terrible when nearing the end of a side. Now that I'm listening to it again, it doesn't seem as bad, but still annoying enough that I would rather play the CD version.

#80s #80sMusic #synthpop #dancepop #hinrg

#NowPlaying: #Videosex - Lacrimae Christi
2023 Slovene pressing on gold #vinyl.

I was in Ljubljana for one day and took that opportunity to find something local. I was introduced to this record by a kind shopkeeper. It's some very clean and upbeat #synthpop & #newwave from #80s #yugoslavia, unfortunately not picked up anywhere else it seems. This is only my first listen but I'm already very impressed! (I wonder if this hashtag is actually about the band though... EDIT: no.)