to say—pure commodity, and proud of it." In his retrospective review, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic said that Actually is the album where "the Pet Shop Boys perfected their melodic, detached dance-pop." Actually is featured in the 2005 musical reference book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, and has been recognised in various other "must-listen" lists. In 2006, Q magazine included Actually in its list of the "40 Best Albums of the '80s" at number 22. In 2012, Slant Magazine ranked the record at number 88 on its list of the "100 Best Albums of the 1980s". In 2020, Rolling Stone placed Actually at number 435 on its list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time". In popular culture Although not released as a single, the track "Shopping" is frequently featured as background music in British television news and current affairs programmes dealing with retail business issues and as bumper music on home shopping shows. This is despite the fact that the song is actually a critique of privatisation in 1980s Britain, and has little to do with actual shopping. "Shopping" was also used in a season 1 episode of the Disney Channel television series Lizzie McGuire. "King's Cross" served in the Japanese media as a commercial song to the Aurex's (owned by Toshiba) cassette tape recorder model XDR. Track listing Personnel Credits adapted from the liner notes of Actually. Pet Shop Boys Neil Tennant Chris Lowe Additional musicians Andy Richards – Fairlight and keyboard programming Blue Weaver – Fairlight and keyboard programming Gary Maughan – Fairlight and keyboard programming Adrian Cook – Fairlight and keyboard programming J. J. Jeczalik – Fairlight and keyboard programming Dusty Springfield – guest vocals Angelo Badalamenti – orchestra arrangement Technical Julian Mendelsohn – production, engineering ; mixing Stephen Hague – production ; mixing David Jacob – engineering ; production ; mix engineering Pet Shop Boys – production Shep Pettibone – production Dave Meegan – engineering Andy Richards – production Tony Phillips – engineering Artwork Mark Farrow – design Pet Shop Boys – design Cindy Palmano – cover photograph Eric Watson – inner sleeve photograph Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Certifications and sales References Bibliography External links 1987 albums Albums produced by Julian Mendelsohn Albums produced by Shep Pettibone Albums produced by Stephen Hague Parlophone albums Pet Shop Boys albums