Please (Pet Shop Boys album)

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Please
Original CD cover
Cover art for the original CD release.
Studio album by
Pet Shop Boys
Released24 March 1986
Recorded
  • August 1985[a]
  • November 1985 – January 1986
StudioAdvision (London)
Genre
Length42:50
LabelParlophone
ProducerStephen Hague
Pet Shop Boys chronology
Please
(1986) 		Disco
(1986)
Singles from Please
  1. "West End Girls"
    Released: 28 October 1985
  2. "Love Comes Quickly"
    Released: 24 February 1986
  3. "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)"
    Released: 19 May 1986
  4. "Suburbia"
    Released: 22 September 1986
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideA−[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[5]
Smash Hits9/10[6]
Spin Alternative Record Guide8/10[7]
Uncut8/10[8]

Please is the debut studio album by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys, released on 24 March 1986 by Parlophone in the United Kingdom and by EMI America Records in the United States. According to the duo, the album's title was chosen so that people had to go into a record shop and say "Can I have the Pet Shop Boys album, 'Please'?".[9] Please spawned four singles: "West End Girls", "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)", "Suburbia", and "Love Comes Quickly"; "West End Girls" reached number one in both the UK and the US.


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  1. ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Please – Pet Shop Boys". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  2. ^ Hunt, Dennis (4 May 1986). "These Boys Aren't the Critics' Pets". Los Angeles Times. 4 May 1986. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert (1990). "Pet Shop Boys: Please". Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s. Pantheon Books. p. 313. ISBN 0-679-73015-X. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). "Pet Shop Boys". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
  5. ^ Hull, Tom (2004). "Pet Shop Boys". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 630–31. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  6. ^ Heath, Chris. "Albums". Smash Hits March 26-April 8 1986. p. 57.
  7. ^ Sheffield, Rob (1995). "Pet Shop Boys". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp. 294–95. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
  8. ^ Dalton, Stephen (March 2018). "Pet Shop Boys: Please / Actually / Introspective". Uncut. No. 250. p. 43.
  9. ^ "Pet Shop Boys – History (1986)". PetShopBoys.co.uk. Retrieved 20 January 2022.