[Introspective] Final results of poll on PSB a cappella vs. instrumental

Wayne Studer psbfan at geowayne.com
Sat Aug 2 22:10:01 PDT 2014


The final results are in for my poll this past week, in which I asked my 
site visitors whether they would prefer (hypothetical) a cappella or 
instrumental versions of each of the Pet Shop Boys' studio albums. To 
summarize the outcomes:

* A clear majority of the voters would prefer an instrumental version of 
*each* of the studio albums to an a cappella version,
* "Electric" was the album chosen by more voters (74.7%) than any other for 
an instrumental version, and
* "Behaviour" was the album chosen by more voters (27.4%) than any other for 
an a cappella version.

To see the complete results, please visit my "Commentary" site at 
http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm and click one of the "Past Survey 
Results" options in the top navigation area or click the appropriate link on 
my "What's New?" page.

My new poll for the week ahead deals with "A Man from the Future," which 
Chris and Neil premiered live a week-and-a-half ago. But instead of simply 
asking your early opinion of it, I'm dividing the question into two parts:

1. What do you think of it in terms of their "outside works" (often credited 
to "Tennant-Lowe"), such as their stage musical "Closer to Heaven," their 
film score for "Battleship Potemkin," and their ballet "The Most Incredible 
Thing"?

2. What do you think of it in terms of "PSB overall" -- that is, all of the 
music Neil and Chris have released, including each and every Pet Shop Boys 
album?

Of course, if you haven't heard "A Man from the Future" yet or aren't yet 
familiar enough with it to make such a judgment, then I provide an option in 
the poll for that, too -- although it's still available for online listening 
(at least in some countries; I provide a link to it on my website). So 
please take a few moments to make your choices right there on my home page.

In the meantime, thanks to everyone who voted in last week's survey! And I 
hope you all have a fantastic week ahead!

Wayne
http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm




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