[Introspective] Final results of poll on whether Elysium was a "contractual obligation album"

[Wayne Studer]

The final results are in for my poll this past week, in which I asked my 
site visitors whether they believe that the Pet Shop Boys' 2012 album 
"Elysium" was a "contractual obligation album" that they created with 
relatively little enthusiasm to fulfill their contract with EMI before 
leaving for their own label. And the response that received the most votes 
was:

* "No, I totally disagree!" chosen by 42.6% of the voters.

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

My new poll for the week ahead is a rerun of a question that I've asked at 
least twice before, most recently in 2010. But as I generally like to do 
with such reruns, I'm giving it a twist this time around. I'm asking you to 
choose your favorite officially released (on CD and/or vinyl) cover by the 
Pet Shop Boys of a song written by another artist -- but *not* counting 
those that the Boys released as singles (a-sides, that is). So such very 
popular covers as "Always on My Mind" and "Go West" are out of the running. 
Thanks to porkchopkid for suggesting this rerun -- although it was my idea 
to add that twist for this go-round, which I think will make things a little 
more interesting and somewhat less predictable.

Thanks as well to everyone who voted in last week's survey! And I hope you 
all have a superb week ahead!

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