Sunday Spins: Pet Shop Boys, 'Please'

Time for a new Sunday Spins vinyl review! Please is the amazing 1986 debut album by British duo Pet Shop Boys. The album features mainstays like "West End Girls," "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money)" and "Love Comes Quickly."

I obtained an original EMI Records pressing from Luna Music in Indianapolis, Indiana last weekend.

My copy of Please just cooks. Flawless in every way, there is nary a crackle to be found. The sound is crisp and clear and I'm easily transported back to the 80s. My mom had a lot of Pet Shop Boys singles on 45s so I was used to hearing them on vinyl. Finding a copy of Please brought me right back to childhood... and I mean that literally. I was like seven when the album first came out!

I have to say "West End Girls" is one of my favorite tracks of all time. So much so that when I was first connected to the Internet and had the thought to look up music, the song I searched for before any other was "West End Girls." To my delight, I found it! Thanks early song sharing!

I had the very first iteration of the iPod which held like a thimble-full of songs and one of the tracks taking up that precious space was "West End Girls."

Please is one of those albums that you just let play through because every track is a banger. This is especially helpful when listening to vinyl because you don't have to get up to move the needle! On my pressing, the liner is intact and features lots of pictures of Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe as the Pet Shop Boys. It was great fun to gaze at the photos while listening to the record the first time I look it out of the sleeve.

My Favorite Pop Songs Of All Time

TGIF! Today, the album An Evening With Silk Sonic is out! Bruno Mars & Anderson.Paak are Silk Sonic - the debut album is going to be huge. This just has me in the mood to listen to and write about pop music. I love the irony in the song and video below!

"Smokin' Out The Window"

Woman cannot live on Glam metal and metalcore alone and sometimes I like to listen to pop music while exercising. Some of my favorite pop songs go all the way back to my childhood. The stuff I listened to regularly back then is still on my playlist today. The tracks below are not in any particular order - I just genuinely love them and wanted to share with you. Maybe you will discover something new. 

New Radicals - You Get What You Give

Montell Jordan - This Is How We Do It

Mariah Carey - Honey

Paramore - Ain't It Fun

The Cast of 'Rent' - Seasons of Love

Prince & The New Power Generation - 7

Britney Spears - Circus

Michael Jackson - You Rock My World

Maxwell - Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder)

3LW - No More (Baby I'ma Do Right)

Warren G and Nate Dogg - Regulate

Big Pun - Still Not a Player

Bruno Mars - 24k Magic

Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls

George Michael - Freedom (90)

Boy Meets Girl - Waiting For A Star To Fall