Past PSB Survey Results - 2002 Surveys

This page presents the results of surveys I conducted in the year 2002. The results of surveys conducted in 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020 appear on separate pages.

Note: The response in each survey that received the most votes is highlighted in bold red. I usually list the responses in descending order according to the number of votes, but in a few cases I've decided that the results may be clearer or more meaningful if I list them in some other order. Incidentally, I do vote in my own surveys—and, yes, I vote only once. More often than not, what I vote for doesn't come in first place. In the results below, the symbol ¤ appears after the item(s) that I voted for in each survey.

Survey 88 - Week of December 29, 2002
Opinions of 2002 Christmas card (190 voters)

Which of the following statements comes closest to your opinion of the Boys' controversial fan-club Christmas card this year ("Pet Shop Boys say NO to WAR")?

36.3% - Bravo! — Right on, Chris and Neil!
10.0% - It's rather cheesy-looking, isn't it?
08.4% - Isn't it just a way of saying "Peace on earth"?
06.8% - I like the message, but the medium is questionable.
06.8% - I would have expected better from PSB.
06.3% - Pop stars should stick to music.
05.8% - I don't care about it one way or the other.
05.3% - I disagree but respect them for taking a stand.
05.3% - I don't think it should be taken seriously.
04.2% - I think it's somewhat inappropriate.
04.2% - I have mixed feelings about it. ¤
00.5% - I totally disagree—and disapprove!

Summarizing the overall results in terms of "positive vs. negative":

51.6% - More or less positive opinions
33.1% - More or less negative opinions
15.3% - Neutral or divided opinions ¤

Survey 87 - Week of December 22, 2002
Own the PSB Christmas song? (160 voters)

Do you own a copy of the PSB Christmas song "It Doesn't Often Snow at Christmas" and, if so, in what format?

40.0% - I own it as an mp3 or other audio file on my computer.
25.6% - I own one (or more) of the original fan-club "snowflake" CDs. ¤
14.4% - I own it on tape, CD-R, bootleg, or some other "hardcopy" format.
13.1% - Unfortunately, I've never even heard it!
06.9% - I don't own a copy, but I have heard it.

Survey 86 - Week of December 15, 2002:
Abandon the UK singles strategy? (141 voters)

Should the Boys abandon the chart restrictions strategy on their singles, or should they continue to focus on trying to maximize their UK chart performance?*

First of all, let's see the overall "abandon vs. continue" results:

46.1% - Continue the strategy ¤
33.3% - Abandon the strategy
19.1% - Don't know or don't care

Now here's the breakdown by rationale:

20.6% - Continue the strategy—anything that promotes their success is good ¤
17.7% - Continue the strategy—it ensures lots of bonus tracks!
17.0% - Abandon the strategy—the chart rules are silly!
09.2% - Abandon the strategy—it forces fans to pay too much
09.2% - I don't know—I have mixed feelings about it
07.8% - Continue the strategy—major hits are still likely!
07.1% - Abandon the strategy—it's becoming futile, anyway
05.7% - I don't know—and I'm not sure I understand the question
04.3% - I don't care—it's totally irrelevant to me
01.4% - Don't just abandon the strategy—abandon singles altogether!

*U.K. singles chart rules dictate that a single format cannot contain more than 20 minutes of music or more than three different songs—although additional versions of the same song are allowed and don't count toward those three. But the rules do allow for up to three different discs or formats to all count toward the single's overall chart performance as long as each contains the "featured" song. Releases that don't adhere to these rules are disqualified from appearing on the singles chart (and thus can't be a "number whatever" hit). So instead of releasing a CD single that contains, say, 8 tracks and 50 minutes of music—which is often done in the U.S., at least when anyone bothers to release a single at all these days (U.S. record companies believe that singles sales detract from album sales)—U.K. artists often spread those tracks across two or three CD singles. This, at least in theory, ensures the best-possible U.K. chart performance—but it also ensures that "true fans" have to shell out two or three times as much cash.

Survey 85 - Week of December 8, 2002:
Opinions of upcoming Disco 3 (177 voters)

The Boys have just announced that their next album, scheduled for February 2003, will be Disco 3, consisting of remixes of various Release tracks as well as several new songs. Which of the following statements comes closest to your opinion of this news?

63.3% - It's excellent news! I'm looking forward to it! ¤
17.5% - I'm pleased to get new songs, but I'm not keen on the Disco 3 concept.
07.3% - I'm skeptical, but it sounds like it will be better than Disco 2.*
06.8% - It's OK, but I'd prefer if they held the new songs for an all-new album.
02.8% - What a waste! The whole "Disco series" is a bad idea!
02.3% - It mystifies me. I don't understand why they're doing this.

*One person wrote that she was skeptical—that she liked Disco but hated Disco 2 and feared that Disco 3 would be more like the latter.

Survey 84 - Week of December 1, 2002:
Album with the "strongest material" (158 voters)

A certain Pet Shop Boys album might not be your favorite, but you still might think it's got stronger material than the one that is your favorite. This is about song quality. Not counting Discography, which PSB album in your opinion contains the stongest material, regardless of whether it's your favorite?

37.3% - Behaviour ¤
20.3% - Very
08.9% - Bilingual
07.6% - Release
05.7% - Nightlife
04.4% - Please
04.4% - Introspective
04.4% - Alternative
03.8% - Actually
01.9% - Relentless
01.3% - Disco 2
00.0% - Disco

Survey 83 - Week of November 24, 2002:
The funniest PSB song (139 voters)

What, in your opinion, is the funniest (that is, most amusing) Pet Shop Boys song?

17.3% - Absolutely Fabulous
15.8% - Shameless ¤
12.2% - The Night I Fell in Love
12.2% - Yesterday, When I Was Mad
07.9% - It's Just My Little Tribute to Caligula, Darling!
06.5% - Delusions of Grandeur
06.5% - Tall Thin Men
05.0% - Call Me Old-Fashioned
04.3% - Single
02.9% - Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)
02.2% - Bet She's Not Your Girlfriend
02.2% - How Can You Expect to Be Taken Seriously?
01.4% - "Some other song not listed here" *
00.7% - The Boy Who Couldn't Keep His Clothes On**
00.7% - Bubadubadubadum (aka "All My Wasted Time")
00.7% - Electricity
00.7% - How I Learned to Hate Rock 'n' Roll
00.7% - The Truck-Driver and His Mate

*Two voters who selected the "Some other song not listed here" option didn't email me their write-in votes.

**The songs that appear in blue are "write-in" votes.

Survey 82 - Week of November 17, 2002:
"Release-era" artwork (145 voters)

Which of the following statements comes closest to how you feel about the "Release-era" artwork as compared to Mark Farrow's artwork for the Boys?

22.8% - The Release-era art is quite good—a welcome change.
16.6% - It's been OK as a change of pace, but they should now go back to Farrow.
15.2% - Farrow is an integral part of the PSB image—I miss his art.
11.7% - The Release-era art has been awful! Bring back Farrow now!
10.3% - It's hard to say—I have mixed feelings about it.
07.6% - I couldn't care less about the art as long as the music is good.
06.2% - I really can't see much difference. ¤*
04.8% - I don't much care for it—they should go back to Farrow.
04.1% - It hasn't been very good, but they should continue to try other artists.
00.7% - The Release-era art is fantastic—the best ever!

*The graphic arts are hardly my forté, so I admit that my own opinion in this respect is rather questionable.

Survey 81 - Week of November 10, 2002:
12-inch vinyl singles (140 voters)

Which of the following PSB singles do you own in 12-inch vinyl single format? (Any 12-inch vinyl single counts.)*

47.9% - West End Girls ¤
46.4% - Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money) ¤
44.3% - Always on My Mind ¤
43.6% - Left to My Own Devices ¤
42.1% - It's a Sin ¤
40.0% - Domino Dancing ¤
39.3% - What Have I Done to Deserve This? ¤
39.3% - It's Alright ¤
37.9% - Love Comes Quickly ¤
37.1% - Suburbia ¤
37.1% - So Hard ¤
36.4% - Rent ¤
36.4% - Where the Streets Have No Name (I Can't Take My Eyes Off You) ¤
35.0% - DJ Culture ¤
33.6% - Heart ¤
33.6% - Being Boring ¤
31.4% - How Can You Expect to Be Taken Seriously? ¤
30.7% - New York City Boy ¤
28.6% - I Don't Know What You Want But I Can't Give It Any More ¤
27.1% - Liberation ¤
26.4% - Go West ¤
25.0% - Before ¤
25.0% - Se A Vida É (That's the Way Life Is) ¤
25.0% - A Red Letter Day ¤
24.3% - Jealousy ¤
24.3% - You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk ¤
23.6% - Was It Worth It? ¤
23.6% - Can You Forgive Her?
23.6% - I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing
22.9% - Yesterday, When I Was Mad ¤
21.4% - Paninaro '95
18.6% - Somewhere ¤
16.4% - To Step Aside ¤
14.3% - Single-Bilingual ¤
11.4% - Break 4 Love ¤
10.7% - Absolutely Fabulous
08.7% - Home and Dry
04.3% - I Get Along**

*Voters could choose more than one item in this survey, so the total adds up to considerably more than 100%

**As far as I know, no 12-inch vinyl single of "I Get Along" had been released—at least "officially"—at the time of this survey, but several voters nevertheless indicated that they owned it. Perhaps a bootleg? A mistake? A mystery?

Note: Several people emailed me and asked why I didn't include such songs as "One More Chance," "Paninaro," "The Boy Who Couldn't Keep His Clothes On," and "Discoteca" in the list. A good question. I made an admittedly arbitrary decision to leave out songs that, despite the fact that they were indeed released in 12-inch vinyl single format, fell outside the list of U.K. and U.S. 7-inch and CD singles, or which might also be construed as "b-sides" or "bonus tracks" of those singles. Often such songs were singles in their own right in other countries. But my list was already extremely long, so I left them out. But obviously a number of fans own 12-inch vinyl singles of those songs as well.

Survey 80 - Week of November 3, 2002:
The saddest PSB song (187 voters)

What, in your opinion, is the saddest Pet Shop Boys song?

14.4% - It Couldn't Happen Here
13.7% - Your Funny Uncle
10.2% - For All of Us
09.1% - Love Is a Catastrophe
07.0% - Being Boring
06.4% - Jealousy
06.4% - King's Cross
06.4% - To Face the Truth
04.3% - Only the Wind
03.7% - Dreaming of the Queen ¤
03.2% - Postscript (I Believe in Ecstasy)
02.7% - So Sorry, I Said
02.1% - Discoteca
02.1% - Do I Have To?
01.6% - This Must Be the Place I Waited Years to Leave
01.6% - To Speak Is a Sin
01.1% - Birthday Boy
01.1% - Hit and Miss
01.1% - Later Tonight
00.5% - Betrayed
00.5% - Always on My MInd (Dub Mix)*
00.5% - You Choose
00.5% - "Some other song not listed here" **

*The songs that appear in blue are "write-in" votes.

**One voter who selected the "Some other song not listed here" option didn't email me his or her write-in vote.

Survey 79 - Week of October 27, 2002:
Favorite Peel session song (117 voters)

Of the three "new" songs recently performed by the Pet Shop Boys on The John Peel Show, which is your favorite?

35.0% - Try It (I'm in Love with a Married Man)
34.2% - "I can't say because I haven't heard them yet!"
17.9% - A Powerful Friend ¤
12.8% - If Looks Could Kill

Survey 78 - Week of October 20, 2002:
Albums owned on vinyl (151 voters)

Which Pet Shop Boys albums do you own on vinyl?*

42.4% - Please ¤
42.4% - Actually
41.1% - Introspective ¤
30.5% - Disco
23.8% - Behaviour
17.9% - Release
13.9% - Very
13.9% - Bilingual
13.2% - Nightlife
12.6% - Discography
12.6% - Alternative
11.3% - Disco 2
07.9% - Relentless

*Because voters could vote for more than one item, the total adds up to more than 100%. Voters had the option of submitting their vote without selecting any items, so these figures include those who don't own any PSB albums on vinyl. In light of this fact—although I'm not surprised that the figures are so high for the early albums—but I'm frankly amazed that the figures are as high as they are for the later albums. This probably means that a lot of fans still prefer vinyl LPs to compact discs—either that or they're devoted PSB collectors who buy vinyl as collectibles.

Survey 77 - Week of October 13, 2002:
The happiest PSB song (180 voters)

What do you consider to be the happiest Pet Shop Boys song?

39.4% - I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing ¤
12.8% - Se A Vida É (That's the Way Life Is)
08.3% - Was It Worth It?
06.7% - New York City Boy
06.1% - Saturday Night Forever
05.6% - Heart
05.6% - Liberation
05.0% - Absolutely Fabulous
02.2% - The Boy Who Couldn't Keep His Clothes On
01.7% - It Always Comes as a Surprise
01.7% - Happiness Is an Option
01.1% - Always on My Mind*
01.1% - Euroboy
01.1% - Radiophonic
00.6% - One in a Million
00.6% - Go West
00.6% - The Truck-Driver and His Mate

*The songs that appear in blue were "write-in" votes.

Survey 76 - Week of October 6, 2002:
Singles better than album versions? (137 voters)

Pet Shop Boys singles are often different from the original album versions. In which of the following cases do you think the single version (the main "7-inch" mix) is better than the album version?*

40.1% - I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing¤
36.5% - A Red Letter Day ¤
29.2% - It's Alright ¤
27.7% - Suburbia ¤
27.0% - How Can You Expect to Be Taken Seriously? ¤
27.0% - Yesterday, When I Was Mad ¤
24.1% - Always on My Mind ¤
24.1% - Heart ¤
19.0% - Jealousy ¤
13.9% - Rent
13.9% - Domino Dancing
13.9% - Left to My Own Devices
10.9% - Paninaro '95
10.2% - Go West
10.2% - Home and Dry
09.5% - Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money) ¤
09.5% - Single
08.0% - West End Girls
08.0% - Absolutely Fabulous ¤
07.3% - Being Boring
05.8% - I Don't Know What You Want But I Can't Give It Any More
05.1% - New York City Boy
03.6% - What Have I Done to Deserve This?
03.6% - Where the Streets Have No Name (I Can't Take My Eyes Off You)
03.6% - Before
03.6% - Somewhere
03.6% - I Get Along
02.9% - DJ Culture
02.9% - Se A Vida É (That's the Way Life Is)
02.9% - To Step Aside
02.9% - You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk
02.2% - It's a Sin
01.5% - Love Comes Quickly
01.5% - Was It Worth It?
01.5% - Liberation
00.7% - So Hard**
00.7% - Can You Forgive Her?

*The percentage stated is the percentage of the total number of voters who indicated that they consider the song in question as being superior in its single version to its album version. Because voters could vote for more than one song, the total percentage adds up to more than 100%. Every PSB single received at least one vote, despite the fact that some singles are identical (as far as I can tell) to the album versions.

**For some unknown reason the survey program wasn't accurately reporting the votes for "So Hard" correctly, so I'm not absolutely confident that the percentage listed here for this song is an accurate reflection of the actual number of votes it received. Its percentage is my best guess based on my observations of the program's behavior pattern.

Survey 75 - Week of September 29, 2002:
Source of PSB news (117 voters)

What is your primary source of Pet Shop Boys news?

31.6% - The Official PSB Site (www.petshopboys.co.uk)
31.6% - The Aimoo Pet Shop Boys Community Forum
12.0% - More than one of these sources
08.5% - The Introspective mailing list
08.5% - Some other website, list, or group
03.4% - Yahoo's Petheads discussion group and mailing list
01.7% - The alt.music.pet-shop-boys newsgroup
01.7% - All of these sources ¤
00.9% - Print publications

Survey 74 - Weeks of September 15 and 22, 2002:
Hits collection format (209 voters)

Neil has recently spoken of the Boys releasing a hits collection next year. If you had to choose from one of the following formats for this collection, which do you think it should be?

42.6% - A four- or five-disc boxed set that includes all of the singles, key b-sides and album tracks, and rarities, including a number of unreleased tracks ¤

32.1% - A single-disc collection of all of the singles released since Discography, including one or two new ones

08.6% - A two-disc collection of all of the U.K. singles

05.7% - A two-disc "best of" that includes popular album tracks as well as most of the singles

05.3% - A single-disc collection of the Boys' own personal favorites—half Neil's and half Chris's

02.9% - A single-disc collection of just the biggest hits

02.9% - A single-disc collection with the contents determined by votes from fans

I also received several "write-in" comments from fans suggesting still other formats, including the following:

A complete DVD collection of every PSB music video (needless to say, I want that, too—and Neil has suggested that such a release is also likely sometime next year!)

A compilation of the best "non-PSB" remixes

A two-disc set—one disc featuring all of the singles since Discography plus a second disc of all-new material

A single-disc collection of the singles since Discography with a simultaneously released two-disc "special edition" that adds PSB classics performed in the "Release style"

A "collaborations" collection featuring tracks the Boys have recorded, written, and/or produced with other artists

Survey 73 - Week of September 8, 2002:
The most romantic PSB song (139 voters)

What do you consider to be the most romantic Pet Shop Boys song?

30.2% - It Always Comes as a Surprise ¤
25.2% - Liberation
08.6% - Nervously
07.9% - Footsteps
06.5% - Tonight Is Forever
03.6% - Home and Dry
02.9% - E-mail
02.9% - Heart
02.2% - I Want to Wake Up
01.4% - Rent*
01.4% - The View from Your Balcony
00.7% - Confidential
00.7% - Falling
00.7% - Forever in Love
00.7% - Hit and Miss
00.7% - If Love Were All
00.7% - Love Comes Quickly
00.7% - Single
00.7% - To Face the Truth
00.7% - Two Divided by Zero
00.7% - Was It Worth It?

*The songs that appear in blue were "write-in" votes.

Survey 72 - Week of September 1, 2002:
Best set of singles (145 voters)

Which Pet Shop Boys album produced, in your opinion, the best set of singles, taken as a group? (In the case of Discography, count just the three songs that hadn't previously appeared on an album.)

37.2% - Very ¤
29.0% - Actually
09.7% - Please
08.3% - Behaviour
06.9% - Introspective
04.1% - Bilingual
03.4% - Nightlife
01.4% - Discography
00.0% - Release

Survey 71 - Week of August 25, 2002:
Favorite PSB tour (119 voters)

Based on whatever criteria you deem appropriate (personal experience, video releases, setlist, costumes, etc.), which major PSB tour has been your favorite?

30.3% - The Performance tour (1991) ¤
26.9% - The Nightlife tour (1999)
18.5% - The Uni/Release tour (2002)
14.3% - The DiscoVery tour (1994)
05.0% - The Somewhere (Savoy) shows (1997)
03.4% - The MCMLXXXIX Tour (1989)
01.7% - The 2000 Summer Tour

Survey 70 - Week of August 18, 2002:
Fave "Home and Dry" version (114 voters)

Which version of "Home and Dry" is your favorite?

37.7% -Release album version
21.9% - Ambient Mix ¤
15.8% - Blank & Jones Remix (or "Vocal Remix")
08.8% - Radio Edit
04.4% - Some other version not listed here
03.5% - Blank & Jones Dub Mix
03.5% - Acapella Version
01.8% - Blank & Jones Radio Edit
01.8% - Don't know or don't like any

Survey 69 - Week of August 11, 2002:
How many PSB bootlegs? (107 voters)

How many unauthorized or "bootleg" Pet Shop Boys CDs, vinyl discs, and/or tapes do you own (not counting ones you've made yourself)?

36.4% - None—but I have nothing against them
13.1% - Just one
11.2% - Two or three
10.3% - Four or five
10.3% - From six to ten
06.5% - None—I consider bootlegs to be unethical
06.5% - So many that I've lost count!
05.6% - More than ten ¤

Survey 68 - Week of August 4, 2002:
Multi-word album titles? (145 voters)

Which of the following statements comes closest to expressing how you would feel if the Pet Shop Boys were ever to release an album with a title consisting of more than one word?*

24.8% - "I hope they don't—it would be so unlike them!"
17.9% - "It would be a disaster—a sure sign of 'the end.'"
17.9% - "I suppose it depends on what the multi-word album title is."
11.7% - "It's fine with me."
11.0% - "It wouldn't bother me, but I'd prefer if they didn't." ¤
11.0% - "I feel neutral about it—I don't care one way or the other."
05.5% - "I hope they do!"

*Of course, depending on how you look at it, you might say that the Boys have already had multi-word album titles. Some consider the title of Actually to be pet shop boys, actually, and you might also point to Discography's subtitle, The Complete Singles Collection. Then there's Very Relentless (taken together) and Disco 2. Still, I think most fans and critics agree that all Pet Shop Boys album titles essentially consist of a single word.

Survey 67 - Week of July 28, 2002:
Remixer redux? (147 voters)

The Boys have commissioned "official" remixes with more than 60 mixers. Of these past remixers, which would you most like to see remix more PSB songs in the future?

15.6% -Tom Stephan (Superchumbo/Tracy & Sharon)
10.9% - Trouser Enthusiasts (Ian Masterson) ¤
06.8% - The Almighty (Martyn Norris and Jon Dixon)
06.8% - Jam & Spoon (Rolf Ellmer and Markus Löffel)
04.8% - Brothers in Rhythm (Steve Anderson and Dave Seaman)
04.8% - Stephen Hague
04.8% - Shep Pettibone
04.1% - Trevor Horn
03.4% - Moby (Richard Melville Hall)
02.7% - Lange (Simon Langelann)
02.7% - David Morales
02.0% - Blank & Jones (Piet Blank and Jaspa Jones)
02.0% - Club 69 (Peter Rauhofer)
02.0% - Coconut 1 (Gary Jones)
02.0% - Julian Mendelsohn
02.0% - Motiv 8 (Steve Rodway)
02.0% - Rollo (Rollo Armstrong) and Rob Dougan
02.0% - Some other official remixer not listed here*
01.4% - Arthur Baker
01.4% - Beatmasters (Paull Carter, Amanda Glanfield, and Richard Walmsley)
01.4% - François Kevorkian
01.4% - Love to Infinity (Andy Lee, Pete Lee, and Louisa Bailey)
01.4% - Sasha (Alexander Coe)
01.4% - Danny Tenaglia

… plus one vote (00.7%) for each of the following:

Manfred Alois
Altern 8 (Mark Archer and Chris Peat)
Basement Jaxx (Felix Radcliffe and Simon Buxton)
Brother Brown (Henrik Olsen and Atle Thorberg)
Farley and Heller (Terry Farley and Peter Heller)
The Grid
The KLF (Bill Drummond and Jim Cauty)
Mark Picchiotti
Thee Artist Formerly Known as Felix Da Housecat (Felix Stallings, Jr.)
Thunderpuss 2000 (Chris Cox and Barry Harris)
Tin Tin Out (Darren Stokes and Lindsay Edwards)
Junior Vasquez (Donald Mattern)
Vinnie Vero
The Young Collective (Tracy Young)

*Unfortunately, those who voted for "some other official remixer" didn't email me their own choices.

Survey 66 - Week of July 21, 2002:
Which PSB "vids" do you own? (147 voters)

Which of the following "feature-length" PSB videotapes, DVDs, and/or laserdiscs do you own?*

68.7% -Montage (2001) ¤
66.7% - Somewhere – Live at the Savoy (1997) ¤
61.2% - Videography (1991) ¤
60.0% - Performance (1992) ¤
49.7% - It Couldn't Happen Here (1988) ¤
49.0% - Various (1995) ¤
46.9% - DiscoVery – Live in Rio (1995) ¤
46.3% - Highlights - Pet Shop Boys on Tour (1990) ¤
39.5% - Television (1986) ¤
34.7% - Showbusiness (1988) ¤
28.6% - Promotion (1991) ¤
27.2% - Projections (1993)

*The percentages shown are of the total number of survey participants who said that they own the videotape, DVD, and/or laserdisc in question. Because participants could indicate that they own more than one "vid," the total figures of this survey add up to considerably more than 100%.

Survey 65 - Week of July 14, 2002:
Which books have you read? (129 voters)

Which of the following PSB-related books have you read?*

65.9% - Pet Shop Boys, Literally, by Chris Heath ¤
61.2% - Pet Shop Boys versus America, by Chris Heath ¤
18.6% - Pet Shop Boys: Introspective, by Michael Cowton ¤

*The percentages shown are of the total number of survey participants who said that they've read the book in question. Because participants could indicate that they've read more than one book, the total figures of this survey add up to more than 100%.

Survey 64 - Week of July 7, 2002:
Which albums do you own? (218 voters)

Which Pet Shop Boys albums do you own?*

88.1% - Very ¤
88.1% - Nightlife ¤
86.7% - Behaviour ¤
86.7% - Discography ¤
86.2% - Actually ¤
86.2% - Bilingual ¤
84.4% - Release ¤
83.5% - Please ¤
81.7% - Introspective ¤
80.3% - Alternative ¤
73.9% - Disco ¤
73.4% - Disco 2 ¤
63.3% - Relentless ¤
46.8% - Essential ¤

*The percentages shown are of the total number of survey participants who said that they owned the album in question. Because participants could choose as many albums as they own, the total figures of this survey add up to considerably more than 100%.

Survey 63 - Week of June 30, 2002:
Your first PSB single (181 voters)

What was the first Pet Shop Boys single you ever bought?

17.1% - West End Girls
09.4% - It's a Sin
06.1% - Always on My Mind
06.1% - Can You Forgive Her?
05.0% - Go West ¤
05.0% - "I honestly don't remember!"
03.9% - Before
03.9% - "I've never bought a PSB single!"
03.3% - Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)
03.3% - So Hard
03.3% - I Don't Know What You Want But I Can't Give It Any More
02.8% - Love Comes Quickly
02.8% - Paninaro '95
02.8% - Somewhere
02.2% - Heart
02.2% - Domino Dancing
02.2% - It's Alright
01.7% - Suburbia
01.7% - What Have I Done to Deserve This?
01.7% - Was It Worth It?
01.1% - Left to My Own Devices
01.1% - How Can You Expect to Be Taken Seriously?
01.1% - Where the Streets Have No Name (I Can't Take My Eyes Off You)
01.1% - I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing
01.1% - Yesterday, When I Was Mad
01.1% - Absolutely Fabulous
01.1% - Single-Bilingual
01.1% - A Red Letter Day
01.1% - You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk
01.1% - Home and Dry
00.6% - Rent
00.6% - DJ Culture
00.6% - Liberation
00.6% - Se A Vida É (That's the Way Life Is)
00.6% - New York City Boy
00.0% - All other singles

Survey 62 - Week of June 23, 2002:
Member of the fan club? (114 voters)

Are you or have you ever been a member of the official Pet Shop Boys Fan Club?

52.6% - No, I've never been a member.
21.9% - Yes, I'm a longtime member (3 to 10 years). ¤
09.6% - I used to be a member, but not anymore.
07.9% - Yes, I'm a fairly new member (less than 3 years).
06.1% - Yes, I'm a very longtime member (more than 10 years).
01.8% - You know, I'm not really sure.

Survey 61 - Week of June 16, 2002:
Your favorite Pet Shop Boy (122 voters)

Who's your favorite Pet Shop Boy?

45.1% - Neil
40.2% - "I can't possibly choose between them!" ¤
14.8% - Chris

Survey 60 - Week of June 9, 2002:*
More simple when you're young? (143 voters)

In "Se A Vida É," Neil sings, "Life is much more simple when you're young." What do you think?

46.9% - "Yes, I agree. Life is much more simple when you're young."
21.0% - "It depends. You can't generalize about this." ¤
16.8% - "What a silly question! Is your survey bucket starting to run dry?"
08.4% - "I disagree. Life is equally difficult for young and old."
07.0% - "I disagree. Life is more difficult when you're young."†

*This survey actually started two days early, on June 7, because I needed to be out of town over the July 8-9 weekend to take part in a family funeral.

^†I realized after starting this survey (and it was too late to change it) that perhaps I should have suggested "complex" as an "alternate opposite," so to speak, to "simple." In other words, maybe I should have offered "I disagree. Life is equally complex for young and old" and "I disagree. Life is more complex when you're young" as possible choices. Oh well, what's done is done.

Survey 59 - Weeks of May 26 & June 2, 2002:*
Have you met them? (168 voters)

Have you ever met one or both of the Pet Shop Boys or have seen them "in person" other than performing on stage?

32.7% - "No, I've never seen either of them 'offstage.'" ¤
32.1% - "Heck, I've never even seen them onstage, much less offstage."
10.1% - "Yes, I met one or both of them just before or just after a concert."
07.7% - "I haven't met either, but I have seen one or both offstage."
06.5% - "I've met one or both more than once in different contexts."
06.0% - "Yes, I met one or both of them at a store signing."
02.4% - "Yes, I met one or both of them at a club or restaurant."
02.4% - "Yes, I met one or both in some other context."

*This survey lasted nearly two full weeks, from May 26 to June 7, because a personal/family emergency forced me out of town for two successive weekend survey "turnover" periods.

Survey 58 - Week of May 19, 2002:
Favorite "Home and Dry" bonus track (130 voters)

Which is your favorite of the three previously unreleased PSB songs on the "Home and Dry" CD singles and the U.S. Release bonus disc?

42.3% - Always
39.2% - Sexy Northerner
10.0% - "I can't pick one because I haven't heard them yet!"
06.2% - Nightlife ¤

Survey 57 - Week of May 12, 2002:
How Release compares… (176 voters)

How would you rate the new album Release in comparison with other Pet Shop Boys albums?

27.3% - "It's better than average."
14.2% - "It's about average—I'd rate it right in the middle."
11.9% - "I'm still undecided—ask me again in a couple months."
11.4% - "I think it's their weakest album yet."
10.8% - "I think it's their best album yet!"
08.5% - "It's below average for them." ¤*
08.0% - "I'd rate it their second-best."
05.1% - "I'm torn—it has some of their best songs, but also some of their worst."
02.8% - "I'd rate it their second-weakest album."

*This doesn't mean that I don't like Release. On the contrary, I do like it. It's just that I like most other Pet Shop Boys albums more. Thus, from my own perspective, it's "below average."

Survey 56 - Week of May 5, 2002:
Least favorite Release track (186 voters)

What is your least favorite track from the Pet Shop Boys' new album Release?

17.2% - The Night I Fell in Love
17.2% - Love Is a Catastrophe ¤
15.6% - E-mail
12.4% - The Samurai in Autumn
08.6% - You Choose
08.6% - Home and Dry
07.5% - Birthday Boy
05.4% - Here
03.8% - I Get Along
03.8% - London

Survey 55 - Week of April 28, 2002:
Favorite track from Release (197 voters)

What is your favorite track from the Pet Shop Boys' new album Release?

21.3% - London
15.7% - Home and Dry
13.2% - Here
10.7% - I Get Along
10.2% - Birthday Boy ¤
07.1% - The Night I Fell in Love
06.6% - You Choose
06.1% - The Samurai in Autumn
05.6% - Love Is a Catastrophe
03.6% - E-mail

Survey 54 - Week of April 21, 2002:
Will you see PSB on this tour? (144 voters)

Will you be seeing the Pet Shop Boys in concert on their current tour?

53.5% - Yes, I've already bought my ticket(s)!
19.4% - No, I don't think I'll be able to see them this time around.
16.0% - I plan on it, but I haven't been able to buy tickets yet. ¤*
06.9% - I haven't decided yet.
04.2% - I've already seen them on this tour!

*A personal note: I eventually bought my tickets, but then a death in the family prevented me from attending the concert. Instead my husband George went with a friend of ours. Fortunately I had seen the Boys in concert before, so I wasn't too terribly upset by it.

Survey 53 - Week of April 14, 2002:
Have you bought Release yet? (155 voters)

Have you bought the Pet Shop Boys' new album Release yet?

55.5% - Yes, it's already been released here and I've bought it.
18.7% - No, I'm waiting for it to be released in this country.
17.4% - Yes, I bought it as an import. ¤
05.2% - Not yet, but it's been released here and I may buy it soon.
01.9% - I have it on order as an import, but I haven't received it yet.
01.3% - No, I have no plans to buy it at all.

Survey 52 - Week of April 7, 2002:
What should PSB cover? (43 voters)

If you could ask the Pet Shop Boys to record any song of your choice—one that was originally by another artist—what song would that be?

11.6% (5 votes) - "You Belong in Rock n' Roll" (Tin Machine)
07.0% (3 votes) - "Year of the Cat" (Al Stewart)
04.7% (2 votes) - "In the End" (Linkin Park)

… plus one vote (2.3%) for each of the following songs (I've highlighted in blue the ones that I personally find the most intriguing, imaginative, and/or amusing):

"Baby, As You Turn Away" (Bee Gees) ¤
"Because the Night" (Patti Smith)
"Bizarre Love Triangle" (New Order)
"Blue Monday" (New Order)
"Cha Cha Heels" (Bronski Beat)
"China Cat Sunflower" (Grateful Dead)
"Everyday Is Like Sunday" (Morrissey)
"F.E.E.L.I.N.G. C.A.L.L.E.D. L.O.V.E." (Pulp)
"Goodbye Horses" (Q Lazzarus)
"Heartbeats Accelerating" (Kate and Anna McGarrigle)
"I Think We're Alone Now" (Tommy James and the Shondells/Tiffany)
"Keep It Gay" (original Broadway cast of The Producers)
"Let Me Entertain You" (original Broadway cast of Gypsy)
"Light My Fire" (The Doors)
"Like a Virgin" (Madonna)
"Live to Tell" (Madonna)
"The Long and Winding Road" (The Beatles)
"Love Will Tear Us Apart" (Joy Division)
"Lost Without Your Love" (Bread)
"Love's Not for Me" (Theme from Animalympic)
"Send Me an Angel" (Real Life)
"Sing" (Travis)
"Sinn" (? - artist unknown)
"Solitaire" (Neil Sedaka/The Carpenters)
"Somewhere Over the Rainbow" (Judy Garland)
"Son of a Preacher Man" (Dusty Springfield)
"Talk Tonight" (Oasis)
"The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" (Vicki Lawrence)
The Three-Penny Opera (all of the songs) (Brecht/Weill)
"The Walk" (The Cure)
"Watching the Detectives" (Elvis Costello)
"What Have You Done for Me Lately?"/"Nasty Boys" medley (Janet Jackson)
"Your Disco Needs You" (Kylie Minogue)

Survey 51 - Week of March 31, 2002:
Who should cover what? (41 voters)

If you could have any recording act of your choice record any Pet Shop Boys song of your choice, what artist and song would that be?

First let's look at just the artists. From among the 41 votes, 28 different artists were named:

14.6% (6 votes) - Madonna
12.2% (5 votes) - David Bowie ¤
07.3% (3 votes) - U2
04.9% (2 votes) - George Michael

… plus one vote (2.4%) for each of the following:

ABBA
Alphaville
Tori Amos
The Beautiful South
Björk
Chemical Brothers
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Beverley Knight
Marilyn Manson with Marianne Faithful
Billy Ray Martin
Ricky Martin
Metallica
Bette Midler
Kylie Minogue
Moby
Morrissey
New Order
Nine Inch Nails
Radiohead (or Thom Yorke solo)
REM
Saint Etienne
Skinny Puppy
Dusty Springfield
Paul Weller

Next let's consider the songs. From the 41 votes, 28 different PSB songs were cited:

14.6% (6 votes) - Friendly Fire ¤
07.3% (3 votes) - Being Boring
04.9% (2 votes) - I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing
04.9% (2 votes) - It's a Sin
04.9% (2 votes) - Rent
04.9% (2 votes) - Shameless
04.9% (2 votes) - So Hard

… plus one vote (2.4%) for each of the following:

Call Me Old-Fashioned
Can You Forgive Her?
Disco Potential
Discoteca
Heart
Hey, Headmaster
Hit and Miss
How I Learned to Hate Rock 'n' Roll
I Don't Know What You Want But I Can Give It Any More
I Get Along
It Always Comes as a Surprise
King's Cross
Liberation
Love Comes Quickly
Love Is a Catastrope
My October Symphony
A Red Letter Day
To Speak Is a Sin
What Have I Done to Deserve This?
Where the Streets Have No Name/I Can't Take My Eyes Off You
Yesterday, When I Was Mad

Finally, here's the complete list of artist/song combinations provided by our voters:

12.2% (5 votes) - David Bowie, "Friendly Fire" ¤

… plus one vote (2.4%) for each of the following (and I hope you don't mind, but I've highlighted in blue the five that I personally find especially imaginative—and in a couple cases, absolutely hilarious):

ABBA, "A Red Letter Day"
Alphaville, "Shameless"
Tori Amos, "Being Boring"
The Beautiful South, "Can You Forgive Her?"
Björk, "I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing"
Chemical Brothers, "Disco Potential"
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, "I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing"
Beverley Knight, "So Hard"
Madonna, "Call Me Old-Fashioned"
Madonna, "Friendly Fire"
Madonna, "Heart"
Madonna, "It Always Comes as a Surprise"
Madonna, "Rent"
Madonna, "Shameless"
Marilyn Manson with Marianne Faithful, "What Have I Done to Deserve This?"
Billy Ray Martin, "I Don't Know What You Want But I Can't Give It Any More"
Ricky Martin, "Discoteca"
Metallica, "My October Symphony"
George Michael, "Rent"
George Michael, "To Speak Is a Sin"
Bette Midler, "Liberation"
Kylie Minogue, "Love Comes Quickly"
Moby, "Being Boring"
Morrissey, "Love Is a Catastrophe"
New Order, "So Hard"
Nine Inch Nails, "It's a Sin"
Radiohead (or Thom Yorke solo), "Hey, Headmaster"
REM, "I Get Along"
Saint Etienne, "Being Boring"
Skinny Puppy, "Yesterday, When I Was Mad"
Dusty Springfield, "Hit and Miss"
U2, "How I Learned to Hate Rock 'n' Roll"
U2, "It's a Sin"
U2, "Where the Streets Have No Name/I Can't Take My Eyes Off You" (the medley)
Paul Weller, "King's Cross"

Survey 50 - Week of March 24, 2002:
Favorite cover of a Pet Shop Boys song (104 voters)

What is your favorite "cover" by another artist of a song originally released by the Pet Shop Boys?

25.0% - Liza Minnelli, "Tonight Is Forever" ¤
13.5% - Robbie Williams, "I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing"
11.5% - East 17, "West End Girls"
07.7% - Autopulver, "Being Boring"
07.7% - Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine, "Rent"
06.7% - Liza Minnelli, "Rent"
06.7% - Dubstar, "Jealousy"
05.8% - Merril Bainbridge, "Being Boring"
03.8% - Kinky Boyz, "In the Night"
02.9% - Hungry Lucy, "Jealousy"
02.9% - Inga, "Do I Have To?"
01.9% - Gamma Ray, "It's a Sin"
01.0% - Cleaner, "You Know Where You Went Wrong"
01.0% - Fictional, "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)"
01.0% - Momus, "So Hard"
01.0% - Rhea's Obsession, "What Have I Done to Deserve This?"
00.0% - All other cover versions

Survey 49 - Week of March 17, 2002:
"Break 4 Love" mixes (73 voters)

What is your favorite mix of "Break 4 Love" (the Pet Shop Boys' collaboration with Peter Rauhofer)?

26.0% - UK Radio Mix (Rauhofer)
23.3% - "I don't know which mix is my favorite—I haven't heard them yet."
09.6% - USA Club Mix (Rauhofer)
08.2% - Friburn & Urik Tribal Mix ¤
06.8% - Friburn & Urik Hi-Pass Mix
05.5% - US Radio Mix (Rauhofer)
05.5% - Laroz & Amdursky Mix
04.1% - Classic Radio Mix (Rauhofer)
04.1% - Richard Morel's Pink Noize Club Mix
02.7% - Tribeca Dub (Rauhofer)
01.4% - Classic Club Mix (Rauhofer)
01.4% - Sunshi Moriwaki's 2-Step Remix
01.4% - Some other mix not listed here
00.0% - Mike Monday Kit Kat Dub
00.0% - Ralphie's Dub for Love (Rosario)
00.0% - Michael Moog Club Mix
00.0% - Michael Moog Dub

Survey 48 - Week of March 10, 2002:
Release purchase plans (133 voters)

The Pet Shop Boys' new album Release will be released with four different covers. How will this fact affect your plans to purchase this album?

51.1% - "I'll buy just one—whichever one I like the best."
19.5% - "I'll buy all four right away!"
12.0% - "I'll buy just one—it doesn't matter which."
06.8% - "I may eventually buy all four if I can find some of them used." ¤
05.3% - "I haven't made up my mind yet."
04.5% - "I'll probably buy more than one, but not all four."
00.8% - "I'm not planning on buying any."

Survey 47 - Week of March 3, 2002:
About Chris's "God" quote (142 voters)

In a recent interview, while discussing "religious" terrorists, Chris said, "Whoever invented God is an idiot. God is absolutely man's worst invention." What do you think of this statement?

31.0% - "I agree 100%. Right on, Chris!"
16.2% - "I don't look to pop stars for views on religion."
11.3% - "I'm somewhat inclined to agree with it."
10.6% - "I disagree with it, but I understand where Chris is coming from." ¤
08.5% - "I have no opinions about it one way or another."
07.7% - "I think it's very thought-provoking, and it's worth consideration."
07.0% - "I disagree with it wholeheartedly."
04.2% - "I have mixed feelings about it."
03.5% - "I think it's disgusting. I'm very disappointed in Chris."

Survey 46 - Week of February 24, 2002:
PSB singles buying habits (154 voters)

Which of the following statements comes closest to describing your "buying habits" with regard to singles by the Pet Shop Boys?

44.8% - "I buy every PSB single, including 'Disc 1,' 'Disc 2,' etc."
13.0% - "Not only do I buy every single, but often multiple copies of the same disc." ¤
12.3% - "I occasionally buy a single for the bonus tracks."
11.0% - "I always buy singles if they contain new songs, but otherwise I don't."
06.5% - "I never buy singles—I only buy albums."
05.8% - "I often buy PSB singles, but not always."
04.5% - "I occasionally buy a single for the remixes."
01.3% - "I buy singles that come out before the album, but not the later ones."
00.6% - "I occasionally buy a single for an alternate 'single mix.'"

Survey 45 - Week of February 17, 2002:
How often you've seen them "live" (116 voters)

How often have you seen the Pet Shop Boys perform "live" and in person?

25.9% - Once ¤
22.4% - Never
21.6% - Twice
17.2% - Five times or more
07.8% - Three times
05.2% - Four times

Survey 44 - Week of February 10, 2002:
Their new "guitar sound" (120 voters)

Which of the following statements comes closest to how you feel about the Boys' new "guitar sound"?

28.3% - "I like it. It's a nice change of pace for them." ¤
23.3% - "I prefer to withhold my judgment until the new album is released."*
12.5% - "I think it's fantastic—their best yet!"
11.7% - "It's OK as a one-time experiment, but I hope that's all."
05.8% - "It doesn't matter—I love everything they do!"
05.8% - "I'm disappointed—it's just not like them."
05.0% - "I feel pretty neutral about it."
04.2% - "It's a disaster—a terrible move on their part!"
03.3% - "I don't much care for it, but I can handle it."

*One voter asked, "WHAT new guitar sound? Haven't heard it. Heard OF it, haven't heard it." Point taken. I had intended for the "I prefer to withhold my judgment…" option to serve the needs of voters who hadn't yet heard the pre-release Release tracks, but perhaps I should have provided a separate "I don't know…" option instead.

Survey 43 - Week of February 3, 2002:
How old are you? (181 voters)

Another "PSB fan profile" question: To which of the following age brackets do you belong?

35.9% - 25–29 years old
21.5% - 30–34 years old
18.2% - 20–24 years old
08.8% - 35–39 years old
06.6% - 19 or younger
06.1% - 40–44 years old
01.7% - 45–50 years old ¤
01.1% - 51 or older

It's interesting to note that these figures constitute a nearly perfect bell curve, indicating what's known in statistics as a "normal distribution." I think I need to do some research to determine the precise significance of this. Perhaps it simply signifies that the greatest "bulge" in the PSB fan demographic is those persons who were in their teens during the years of the Boys' greatest commercial success (particularly in the U.S.), from 1986 to 1990.

Survey 42 - Week of January 27, 2002:
Opinions of downloading the new album before its release (147 voters)

Which of the following statements comes closest to expressing how you feel about downloading the songs from the upcoming album off the Internet?

53.7% - I see nothing wrong with it since I'll still buy the album when when it's released. ¤
19.7% - It spoils the fun of hearing the album on release, so I don't do it.
12.9% - I admit it's questionable, but I do it anyway.
04.1% - That's what the Internet is for, dammit!
02.7% - I feel neutral about it.
02.0% - It deprives artists of control over their music, so I don't do it.
02.0% - It's their problem if they can't keep it from leaking out.
01.4% - It robs artists of their royalties, so I don't do it.
01.4% - I would if I could, but I can't, so I don't.
00.0% - There's nothing wrong with it; they're filthy rich as it is.

Survey 41 - Week of January 20, 2002:
The PSB single that shouldn't have been a single (147 voters)

What Pet Shop Boys single do you most feel shouldn't have been released as a single?

16.3% - Before
08.8% - New York City Boy
08.2% - Single-Bilingual
07.5% - I Don't Know What You Want But I Can't Give It Any More
05.4% - "I can't pick one—they're all terrific singles!"
04.8% - Liberation
04.1% - Paninaro '95 ¤
04.1% - To Step Aside
03.4% - It's Alright
03.4% - DJ Culture
02.7% - West End Girls*
02.7% - Domino Dancing
02.7% - How Can You Expect to Be Taken Seriously?
02.7% - Was It Worth It?
02.7% - Somewhere
02.0% - Rent
02.0% - Left to My Own Devices
02.0% - Jealousy
02.0% - Go West
02.0% - I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing
02.0% - Yesterday, When I Was Mad
01.4% - Love Comes Quickly
01.4% - Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)
01.4% - What Have I Done to Deserve This?
00.7% - Suburbia
00.7% - It's a Sin
00.7% - Always on My Mind
00.7% - Being Boring
00.7% - Where the Streets Have No Name (I Can't Take My Eyes Off You)
00.7% - Absolutely Fabulous
00.0% - Heart
00.0% - So Hard
00.0% - Can You Forgive Her?
00.0% - Se A Vida É
00.0% - A Red Letter Day
00.0% - You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk

*Although you have to wonder how very different the Pet Shop Boys' fate may have been if "West End Girls" had never been their big breakthrough hit. Would another song have done it for them as well? Or would they have disappeared into oblivion? Perish the thought!

Survey 40 - Week of January 13, 2002:
The PSB track that should have been a single, but wasn't (159 voters)

What Pet Shop Boys track do you most feel should have been released as a single, but wasn't?

20.1% - For Your Own Good
12.6% - Tonight Is Forever ¤
11.3% - Closer to Heaven
09.4% - Shameless
06.9% - King's Cross
05.0% - The Theatre
05.0% - The End of the World
04.4% - This Must Be the Place I Waited Years to Leave
03.8% - One in a Million
03.1% - I Want a Lover
03.1% - It Always Comes as a Surprise
02.5% - A Different Point of View
01.9% - Delusions of Grandeur
01.9% - Dreaming of the Queen
01.9% - Up Against It
01.9% - I'm Not Scared
01.3% - I Want to Wake Up
00.6% - It Must Be Obvious
00.6% - Jack the Lad
02.5% - Some other track not listed here:*

In Denial
Miserablism
To Speak Is a Sin

*Four voters chose this option, but only three of them sent in their "write-in" choices.

Survey 39 - Week of January 6, 2002:
Where do you live? (150 voters)

I'm curious about my fellow Pet Shop Boys fans and website visitors: Where do you live?

(For purposes of comparison, I've added estimated regional figures for percentage of world Internet usage, extrapolated from CyberAtlas.)

Let's first look at the "raw figures":

34.7% - United States (34.4% of world Internet usage) ¤
29.3% - Continental Europe (27.7% of world Internet usage)
16.7% - United Kingdom (4.4% of world Internet usage)
04.7% - Latin America (4.1% of usage)
04.0% - Canada (3.0% of usage)
03.3% - Australia (1.9% of usage)
02.7% - Asia (other than Japan) (22.0% of usage)
02.7% - Elsewhere (Africa, South Pacific, etc.) (0.4% of usage)
01.3% - Japan (6.7% of usage)
00.7% - Ireland (0.2% of usage)
00.0% - New Zealand (0.3% of usage)

Now, if we use these figures to obtain a ratio that compares the percentages of poll respondents to the regional percentages of Internet usage, we obtain the following results (rounded to the nearest hundredth of a point):

2.7% / 0.4% = 6.68 - Elsewhere (Africa, South Pacific, etc.)
16.7% / 4.4% = 3.79 - United Kingdom
0.7% / 0.2% = 3.35 - Ireland
3.3% / 1.9% = 1.75 - Australia
4.00% / 3.0% = 1.33 - Canada
29.3% / 22.7% = 1.29 - Continental Europe
4.7% / 4.1% = 1.14 - Latin America
34.7% / 34.4% = 1.01 - United States ¤
1.3% / 6.7% = 0.20 - Japan
2.7% / 22.0% = 0.12 - Asia (other than Japan)
0.0% / 0.3% = 0.00 - New Zealand

A bit of analysis: In short, voting by those who live "elsewhere" is 6.68 times more than one would expect from a purely random sample; voting by those who live in the United Kingdom is 3.79 times more than one would expect from a random sample. These figures suggest comparatively high degrees of Pet Shop Boys fandom—or, perhaps more accurately, comparatively high degrees of accessing my PSB website. By contrast, voting by those who live in Japan is one-fifth as much as one would expect from a random sample, suggesting a comparatively low degree. Intriguingly, voting by those who live in the United States is almost exactly what one would expect from a purely random sample. Please keep in mind, however, that this was an extremely unscientific survey that doesn't necessarily "prove" anything.

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