A surprising discovery I made.
June 18th, 2008Going back to my iPod here for a minute. I was retagging some tracks in iTunes, sorting songs by the number of plays, etc, etc, and this weirdest thing crops up: Introspective is the album I listen to the most, even with other albums (Fundamental and Disco 4) having been released since installing iTunes. Maybe it’s the uptempo feel of the album (its slowest track, “I want a dog,” still clocks it at 110 BPM,) or the connection I have with the album (it was among the first CDS I was given with my first disc player, along with No Jacket Required and the soundtrack for the first episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, but according to iTunes, I return to the record again and again and again. I wouldn’t even say it’s my “favorite” Pet Shop Boys album, but it is apparently the one I enjoy the most as a whole. Later this week, I’ll go into the album a bit, I think, talking about it as a single unit versus its tracks, how it’s built like a DJ set, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera.
June 19th, 2008 at 4:42 am
I can’t check how much i’ve listened to it, but I can imagine that Introspective is still one of my most listened to albums. You can’t beat this album version of Left To My Own Devices, which is my fave PSB track of all time. Always on my mind / in my house shines out as a very different and brilliant experiment too.