Editing Introspective

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Introspective
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Pet Shop Boys]]
| cover      = Introspective (Pet Shop Boys album).jpg
| alt        =
| caption    = One of several CD editions
| released   = {{start date|1988|10|10|df=yes}}
| recorded   = 1987–1988
| venue      =
| studio     =
* [[Advision Studios|Advision]] (London)
* [[Sarm West Studios|Sarm West]] (London)
| genre      =
* [[Synth-pop]]
* [[dance-pop]]
* [[disco]]<ref>{{cite web|website=[[The New York Times]]|title=The Pet Shop Boys Make a Science of Ambiguity|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/18/arts/recordings-the-pet-shop-boys-make-a-science-of-ambiguity.html|author=[[John Leland (journalist)|John Leland]]|date=18 December 1988|access-date=15 December 2023}}</ref>
* [[house music|house]]<ref>{{cite web|website=[[The Quietus]]|title=The House That Neil & Chris Built: Introspective By Pet Shop Boys Revisited|url=https://thequietus.com/articles/25646-pet-shop-boys-introspective-anniversary-review|last=Bennun|first=David|date=12 November 2018|access-date=15 December 2023}}</ref>
| length     = {{duration|m=48|s=03}}
| label      = [[Parlophone]]
| producer   =
* [[Trevor Horn]]
* David Jacob
* [[Stephen Lipson]]
* [[Lewis Martineé|Lewis A. Martineé]]
* [[Julian Mendelsohn]]
* Pet Shop Boys
| prev_title = [[Actually]]
| prev_year  = 1987
| next_title = [[Behaviour (Pet Shop Boys album)|Behaviour]]
| next_year  = 1990
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = Introspective
 | type        = album
 | single1     = [[Domino Dancing]]
 | single1date = 12 September 1988
 | single2     = [[Left to My Own Devices]]
 | single2date = 14 November 1988
 | single3     = [[It's Alright (Pet Shop Boys song)|It's Alright]]
 | single3date = 26 June 1989
}}
  {{Extra album cover
 | header  = Alternative cover
 | type    = album
 | cover   = Introspective pet shop boys vinyl edition.jpg
 | border  =
 | alt     =
 | caption = Vinyl cover
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/introspective-mw0000652883 |title=''Introspective'' – Pet Shop Boys |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=26 June 2011 |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
| rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-11-13-ca-55-story.html |title=Dancing and Thinking |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=13 November 1988 |access-date=9 November 2015 |last=Hunt |first=Dennis}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[NME]]''
| rev3score = "[[squillion]]"/10<ref>{{cite magazine |title=A Six-Pack of Tennant's Please |magazine=[[NME]] |date=15 October 1988 |last=Ellen |first=Barbara |page=45}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
| rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Irresistible |magazine=[[Q (magazine)|Q]] |issue=26 |date=November 1988}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[Record Mirror]]''
| rev5score = 4/5<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Pet Shop Boys: ''Introspective'' |magazine=[[Record Mirror]] |date=15 October 1988 |last=Culp |first=Nancy |page=32}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev6score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/petshopboys/albums/album/106506/review/5946232/introspective |title=Pet Shop Boys: ''Introspective'' |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=1 December 1988 |access-date=24 September 2015 |last=Coleman |first=Mark |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070713132114/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/petshopboys/albums/album/106506/review/5946232/introspective |archive-date=13 July 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev7score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite book |chapter=Pet Shop Boys |last=Hull |first=Tom |author-link=Tom Hull (critic) |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor1-link=Nathan Brackett |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |editor2-link=Christian Hoard |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |edition=4th |year=2004 |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/630 630–631]}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[Spin Alternative Record Guide]]''
| rev8score = 10/10<ref>{{cite book |chapter=Pet Shop Boys |last=Sheffield |first=Rob |author-link=Rob Sheffield |title=Spin Alternative Record Guide |title-link=Spin Alternative Record Guide |editor1-last=Weisbard |editor1-first=Eric |editor1-link=Eric Weisbard |editor2-last=Marks |editor2-first=Craig |publisher=[[Vintage Books]] |year=1995 |isbn=0-679-75574-8 |pages=294–295}}</ref>
| rev9 = ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]''
| rev9score = 8/10<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Pet Shop Boys: ''Please'' / ''Actually'' / ''Introspective'' |magazine=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]] |issue=250 |date=March 2018 |last=Dalton |first=Stephen |page=43}}</ref>
| rev10 = ''[[The Village Voice]]''
| rev10score = A−<ref>{{cite news |url=https://robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv289-89.php |title=Christgau's Consumer Guide |newspaper=[[The Village Voice]] |date=14 March 1989 |access-date=29 April 2013 |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau}}</ref>
}}

'''''Introspective''''' is the third studio album by English [[synth-pop]] duo [[Pet Shop Boys]], released on 10 October 1988 by [[Parlophone]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Introspective|url=http://www.petshopboysshop.co.uk/petshopboys/CD-Albums/Introspective/0DOP0CAS000|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011141317/http://www.petshopboysshop.co.uk/petshopboys/CD-Albums/Introspective/0DOP0CAS000|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 October 2016|website=PetShopBoys.co.uk|access-date=29 December 2016}}</ref> It received generally positive reviews from critics.

==Background==
The album was unusual in that it reversed the typical process by which pop/dance acts released singles. Instead of releasing an album of regular-length (3–5-minute) songs, then releasing lengthy remixes of those songs on subsequent singles, ''Introspective'' was released as an LP consisting of songs that all lasted six minutes or more. Tracks released as singles like "[[Always on My Mind#Pet Shop Boys version|Always on My Mind]]" and "[[Domino Dancing]]" had been issued as shorter, more radio-friendly mixes prior to the album. None was released as a radio single in the same form as it appeared on the album. It was also the case for the two other singles "Left to My Own Devices" and "It's Alright".

Of the six tracks on the album, only two were written specifically for the album—"Left to My Own Devices" and "Domino Dancing". "Always on My Mind" and "It's Alright" are cover versions, "I Want a Dog" is a song that previously appeared as B-side of the single "[[Rent (song)|Rent]]", and "[[I'm Not Scared (song)|I'm Not Scared]]" is their own version of a song they had written for [[Patsy Kensit]]'s pop group [[Eighth Wonder (band)|Eighth Wonder]]. "Always on My Mind" was re-recorded for this album and mixed with "In My House", a new acid-house track on the album which expanded the lyric.

''Introspective'' was re-released in 2001 (as were the duo's first six albums) as ''Introspective/Further Listening 1988–1989''. The re-released version was digitally remastered and came with a second disc of [[A-side and B-side|B-side]]s and previously unreleased material from around the time of the album's original release. Yet another re-release followed on 9 February 2009, under the title ''Introspective: Remastered''. This version contains only the six tracks on the original. With the 2009 re-release, the 2001 two-disc re-release was discontinued. On 2 March 2018, the two-disc version of the album was re-released, this time featuring newly remastered versions of the tracks. It was also released as a digital download and on vinyl.

[[Neil Tennant]], in a speech he gave to the [[Oxford Union]], said he regretted releasing ''Introspective'' so soon after ''[[Actually]]'' as he felt the 12-inch nature of the songs may have put some fans off the band and this probably impacted on the sales of ''[[Behaviour (Pet Shop Boys album)|Behaviour]]'', the subsequent album critically regarded as the Pet Shop Boys' finest album{{citation needed|date=September 2020}} but commercially one of their least successful.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}} Nevertheless, ''Introspective'' remains, according to Tennant, the best-selling Pet Shop Boys album internationally. It peaked at number two on the [[UK Albums Chart]], behind [[U2]]'s ''[[Rattle and Hum]]''.

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| all_writing = [[Chris Lowe]] and [[Neil Tennant]], except where noted
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| total_length = 48:03
| title1 = [[Left to My Own Devices]]
| extra1 = {{hlist|[[Trevor Horn]]|[[Stephen Lipson]]}}
| length1 = 8:16

| title2 = I Want a Dog
| extra2 = {{hlist|Pet Shop Boys|[[Frankie Knuckles]]{{ref|b|[b]}}}}
| length2 = 6:15

| title3 = [[Domino Dancing]]
| extra3 = {{hlist|[[Lewis Martineé|Lewis A. Martineé]]|Pet Shop Boys{{ref|c|[c]}}}}
| length3 = 7:40

| title4 = [[I'm Not Scared (song)|I'm Not Scared]]
| extra4 = {{hlist|Pet Shop Boys|David Jacob}}
| length4 = 7:23

| title5 = [[Always on My Mind#Pet Shop Boys version|Always on My Mind]] / In My House
| writer5 = {{hlist|[[Wayne Carson|Wayne Carson Thompson]]|[[Mark James (songwriter)|Mark James]]|[[Johnny Christopher]]}}
| extra5 = {{hlist|[[Julian Mendelsohn]]|Pet Shop Boys}}
| length5 = 9:05

| title6 = [[It's Alright (Pet Shop Boys song)|It's Alright]]
| writer6 = {{hlist|[[Sterling Void]]|[[Marshall Jefferson]]{{ref|a|[a]}}|Paris Brightledge{{ref|a|[a]}}}}
| extra6 = {{hlist|Horn|Lipson}}
| length6 = 9:24
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = ''Further Listening 1988–1989'' (bonus disc)

| title1 = I Get Excited (You Get Excited Too)
| note1 = Twelve-inch mix
| length1 = 5:35

| title2 = Don Juan
| note2 = demo version) (previously unreleased on CD
| length2 = 4:22

| title3 = Domino Dancing
| note3 = demo version) (previously unreleased on CD
| length3 = 4:47

| title4 = Domino Dancing
| note4 = alternative version
| length4 = 4:52

| title5 = The Sound of the Atom Splitting
| note5 = extended version
| writer5 = {{hlist|Tennant|Lowe|Lipson|Horn}}
| length5 = 5:13

| title6 = [[What Keeps Mankind Alive?]]
| writer6 = {{hlist|[[Bertolt Brecht]]|[[Kurt Weill]]}}
| length6 = 3:26

| title7 = Don Juan
| note7 = disco mix
| length7 = 7:35

| title8 = [[Losing My Mind#Liza Minnelli version|Losing My Mind]]
| note8 = disco mix
| writer8 = [[Stephen Sondheim]]
| length8 = 6:09

| title9 = [[Nothing Has Been Proved]]
| note9 = demo for [[Dusty Springfield|Dusty]]) (previously unreleased
| length9 = 4:51

| title10 = [[So Sorry, I Said]]
| note10 = demo for [[Liza Minnelli|Liza]]) (previously unreleased
| length10 = 3:26

| title11 = Left to My Own Devices
| note11 = seven-inch mix
| length11 = 4:47

| title12 = It's Alright
| note12 = ten-inch version) (previously unreleased on CD
| writer12 = {{hlist|Void|Jefferson|Brightledge}}
| length12 = 4:47

| title13 = One of the Crowd
| length13 = 3:56

| title14 = It's Alright
| note14 = seven-inch version
| writer14 = {{hlist|Void|Jefferson|Brightledge}}
| length14 = 4:20

| title15 = Your Funny Uncle
| length15 = 2:18
}}

===Notes===
* {{sup|{{note|a|[a]}}}} Only Sterling Void is credited as a songwriter on original pressings of ''Introspective'' and the "It's Alright" single. Starting in 2001, Pet Shop Boys releases featuring "It's Alright" also credit Marshall Jefferson and Paris Brightledge for songwriting.
* {{sup|{{note|b|[b]}}}} signifies an additional producer
* {{sup|{{note|c|[c]}}}} signifies an associate producer

==Personnel==
Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Introspective''.<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Introspective |type=liner notes |others=[[Pet Shop Boys]] |publisher=[[Parlophone]] |year=1988 |id=CDPCS 7325}}</ref>

===Pet Shop Boys===
* [[Neil Tennant]]
* [[Chris Lowe]]

===Additional musicians===
* [[Richard Niles]] – orchestra arrangement and conducting {{small|(track 1)}}
* [[Sally Bradshaw]] – additional vocals {{small|(track 1)}}
* Josh Milan – piano solo {{small|(track 2)}}
* Fro Sossa – additional keyboards {{small|(track 3)}}
* Mike Bakst – additional keyboards, brass score {{small|(track 3)}}
* Nestor Gomez – guitar {{small|(track 3)}}
* Tony Concepción – brass, trumpet solo {{small|(track 3)}}
* Kenneth William Faulk, Dana Tebor, [[Ed Calle]] – brass {{small|(track 3)}}
* [[Lewis Martineé|Lewis A. Martineé]] – brass arrangements {{small|(track 3)}}
* The Voice in Fashion – backing vocals {{small|(track 3)}}
* [[Blue Weaver]] – [[Fairlight CMI|Fairlight]] programming {{small|(track 4)}}
* [[Andy Richards]], Gary Maughan – Fairlight programming {{small|(track 5)}}
* Judy Bennett, Sharon Blackwell, H. Robert Carr, Mario Friendo, Derek Green, Michael Hoyte, Herbie Joseph, Paul Lee, Gee Morris, Dee Ricketts, Iris Sutherland, Yvonne White – additional vocals {{small|(track 6)}}

===Technical===
* [[Trevor Horn]] – production {{small|(tracks 1, 6)}}
* [[Stephen Lipson]] – production, engineering {{small|(tracks 1, 6)}}
* [[Pet Shop Boys]] – production {{small|(tracks 2, 4, 5)}}; associate production {{small|(track 3)}}
* David Jacob – engineering {{small|(tracks 2, 4)}}; production {{small|(track 4)}}
* Mike Nielsen – engineering {{small|(track 2)}}
* [[Frankie Knuckles]] – mix, additional production {{small|(track 2)}}
* John Poppo – mix engineering {{small|(track 2)}}
* [[Lewis Martineé|Lewis A. Martineé]] – production, engineering, mixing {{small|(track 3)}}
* Mike Couzzi – engineering {{small|(track 3)}}
* César Sogbe – engineering assistance {{small|(track 3)}}
* [[Julian Mendelsohn]] – production, engineering {{small|(track 5)}}

===Artwork===
* [[Mark Farrow]] – cover design
* Pet Shop Boys – cover design
* [[Eric Watson (photographer)|Eric Watson]] – photography

==Charts==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}

===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Weekly chart performance for ''Introspective''
! scope="col"| Chart (1988)
! scope="col"| Peak<br>position
|-
{{album chart|Australia|44|artist=Pet Shop Boys|album=Introspective|rowheader=true|access-date=29 September 2011}}
|-
{{album chart|Austria|8|artist=Pet Shop Boys|album=Introspective|rowheader=true|access-date=29 September 2011}}
|-
! scope="row"| Canada Top Albums/CDs (''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-RPM-IDX/IDX/80s/RPM-1988-12-10-OCR-Page-0011.pdf |title=RPM100 Albums |magazine=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]] |volume=49 |issue=8 |date=10 December 1988 |page=11 |issn=0033-7064 |via=World Radio History}}</ref>
| 11
|-
! scope="row"| [[European Top 100 Albums|European Albums]] (''[[Music & Media]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/80s/88/M&M-1988-11-05-OCR-Page-0016.pdf |title=European Top 100 Albums |magazine=[[Music & Media]] |volume=5 |issue=45 |date=5 November 1988 |page=30 |oclc=29800226 |via=World Radio History}}</ref>
| 3
|-
! scope="row"| Finnish Albums ([[The Official Finnish Charts|Suomen virallinen lista]])<ref>{{cite book |last=Pennanen |first=Timo |title=Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 |language=fi |edition=1st |location=Helsinki |publisher=[[Otava (publisher)|Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava]] |year=2006 |page=233 |isbn=978-951-1-21053-5}}</ref>
| 1
|-
{{album chart|Germany4|3|id=786|artist=Pet Shop Boys|album=Introspective|rowheader=true|access-date=4 August 2018}}
|-
! scope="row"| Icelandic Albums ([[Tónlist]])<ref>{{cite news |url=https://timarit.is/page/2551403#page/n27/mode/2up |title=Ísland (LP-plötur) |newspaper=[[DV (newspaper)|DV]] |language=is |date=4 November 1988 |page=44 |issn=1021-8254 |via=[[Timarit.is]]}}</ref>
| 5
|-
! scope="row"| Italian Albums (''[[Musica e dischi]]'')<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.musicaedischi.it/classifiche_archivio.php |title=Classifiche |work=[[Musica e dischi]] |language=it |access-date=3 June 2022}} ''Select "Album" in the "Tipo" field, type "Pet Shop Boys" in the "Artista" field and press "cerca".''</ref>
| 9
|-
! scope="row"| Japanese Albums ([[Oricon Albums Chart|Oricon]])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/152447/ranking/cd_album/ |script-title=ja:ペット・ショップ・ボーイズのアルバム売り上げランキング |trans-title=Pet Shop Boys album sales ranking |language=ja |publisher=[[Oricon]] |access-date=4 August 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130111175636/http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/152447/ranking/cd_album/ |archive-date=11 January 2013}}</ref>
| 7
|-
{{album chart|New Zealand|15|artist=Pet Shop Boys|album=Introspective|rowheader=true|access-date=29 September 2011}}
|-
{{album chart|Norway|14|artist=Pet Shop Boys|album=Introspective|rowheader=true|access-date=29 September 2011}}
|-
! scope="row"| Spanish Albums ([[Productores de Música de España|AFYVE]])<ref>{{cite book |last=Salaverrie |first=Fernando |date=September 2005 |title=Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 |language=es |edition=1st |location=Madrid |publisher=[[Sociedad General de Autores y Editores|Fundación Autor/SGAE]] |isbn=84-8048-639-2}}</ref>
| 3
|-
{{album chart|Sweden|5|artist=Pet Shop Boys|album=Introspective|rowheader=true|access-date=29 September 2011}}
|-
{{album chart|Switzerland|2|artist=Pet Shop Boys|album=Introspective|rowheader=true|access-date=4 August 2018}}
|-
{{album chart|UK2|2|date=19881016|rowheader=true|access-date=4 August 2018}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|34|artist=Pet Shop Boys|rowheader=true|access-date=4 August 2018}}
|}
{{col-2}}

===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ 1988 year-end chart performance for ''Introspective''
! scope="col"| Chart (1988)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| Canada Top Albums/CDs (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-RPM-IDX/IDX/80s/RPM-1988-12-24-OCR-Page-0013.pdf |title=Top 100 Albums of '88 |magazine=RPM |volume=49 |issue=10 |date=24 December 1988 |page=13 |issn=0033-7064 |via=World Radio History}}</ref>
| 80
|-
! scope="row"| European Albums (''Music & Media'')<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/80s/89/M&M-1989-01-01-OCR-Page-0017.pdf |title=1988 Year End Eurocharts – Top 100 Albums |magazine=Music & Media |volume=6 |issue=52/1 |date=1 January 1989 |page=31 |oclc=29800226 |via=World Radio History}}</ref>
| 65
|-
! scope="row"| UK Albums ([[Gallup (company)|Gallup]])<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Week-IDX/IDX/1989/MW-1989-03-04-awards-IDX-48.pdf |title=Top 100 Albums – Year-End Chart 1988 |department=Music Week Awards |magazine=[[Music Week]] |date=4 March 1989 |page=8 |issn=0265-1548 |via=World Radio History}}</ref>
| 24
|}

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ 1989 year-end chart performance for ''Introspective''
! scope="col"| Chart (1989)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| Canada Top Albums/CDs (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.6625&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.6625.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.6625 |title=Top 100 Albums of '89 |magazine=RPM |volume=51 |issue=8 |date=23 December 1989 |page=14 |issn=0033-7064 |via=Library and Archives Canada}}</ref>
| 73
|-
! scope="row"| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1989 |title=Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts – 1989 |language=de |publisher=GfK Entertainment |access-date=4 August 2018}}</ref>
| 61
|}
{{col-end}}

==Certifications and sales==
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications and sales for ''Introspective''}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Brazil|nocert=yes|salesamount=140,000|salesref=<ref>{{cite news |last=Fucuta |first=Brenda |url=http://memoria.bn.br/docreader/DocReader.aspx?bib=030015_11&pagfis=155930|title=Discografia marcada pela 'dance music' |newspaper=[[Jornal do Brasil]] |language=pt |issue=245 |date=9 December 1994 |page=38 |via=[[National Library of Brazil]]}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|artist=Pet Shop Boys|title=Introspective|award=Platinum|type=album|relyear=1988|certyear=1999|date=23 December 1999}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Finland|artist=Pet Shop Boys|title=Introspective|nocert=true|type=album|relyear=1988|salesamount=32,840}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|artist=Pet Shop Boys|title=Introspective|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=1988|certyear=1988}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|artist=Pet Shop Boys|title=Introspective|award=Platinum|type=album|relyear=1988|certyear=1988|certref=<ref>{{cite book |last=Salaverrie |first=Fernando |url=http://www.mediafire.com/file/x263f6daopkswo8/Spanish+certifications+for+1979-1990.pdf |title=Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 |language=es |edition=1st |location=Madrid |publisher=Fundación Autor/SGAE |date=September 2005 |page=924 |isbn=84-8048-639-2 |access-date=4 August 2018}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Sweden|artist=Pet Shop Boys|title=Introspective|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=1988|certyear=1988|date=28 December 1988}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Switzerland|artist=Pet Shop Boys|title=Introspective|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=1988|certyear=1998}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Pet Shop Boys|title=Introspective|award=Platinum|number=2|type=album|relyear=1988|certyear=1989|id=3372-2148-2|date=9 January 1989|access-date=6 September 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Pet Shop Boys|title=Introspective|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=1988|certyear=1988|date=22 December 1988}}
{{Certification Table Summary}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Europe|nocert=true|salesamount=1,200,000|salesref=<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/90s/90/MM-1990-10-27-OCR-Page-0011.pdf |title=Spotlight – Pet Shop Boys |magazine=Music & Media |volume=12 |issue=7 |date=27 October 1990 |page=20 |oclc=29800226 |via=World Radio History}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=yes}}

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