[Introspective] Final results of poll on the PSB album "Very"

[Wayne Studer]

The final results are in for my poll of the past two weeks, in which I 
asked my site visitors their retrospective assessment of the Pet Shop 
Boys' 1993 album Very in the wake of the silver anniversary of its 
release. And the response that received the most votes was:

* "It may not be their absolute greatest album, but I think Very is 
certainly *one* of their best," chosen by a whopping 64.4% 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 coming two weeks -- actually, for just a little more 
than two weeks (more about that in a moment) -- is based on a widespread 
but admittedly debatable premise: that, way back in 1988, the music 
video for "Domino Dancing" did irreparable harm to the momentum of the 
Pet Shop Boys' career in the United States, resulting in them never 
again having a major mainstream hit single there. Site visitor Adrian 
Williams suggested that I ask which of their subsequent singles over the 
next ten years or so (up through 2000) do you think would have, under 
different circumstances, had the greatest chance of having become a 
major U.S. hit single. So please mull this over and, when you're ready, 
make your selection right there on my home page.

Personal circumstances will prevent me from switching to a new poll 
precisely two weeks from now, on October 21. Instead, I won't be able to 
conclude this poll until the following day, Monday, October 22 -- and, 
depending on your time zone, that be Tuesday, October 23, for you. So 
this survey will run until then, after which the one that follows will 
run just a little less than two weeks. After that, I plan on resuming my 
"traditional" weekly survey schedule.

In the meantime, thanks to Adrian Williams for suggesting this new poll 
question. And thanks to everyone who voted in last week's survey! I wish 
you all a wonderful two weeks ahead!

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