Inner Sanctum (album)

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Inner Sanctum
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Live album by
Released12 April 2019 (2019-04-12)
RecordedJuly 2018
Venue Royal Opera House, London
Length103:00
Label x2
Director David Barnard
Pet Shop Boys chronology
Agenda
(2019)
Inner Sanctum
(2019)
Hotspot
(2020)

Inner Sanctum is the third live album and video by English duo Pet Shop Boys, released on 12 April 2019 by the duo's label x2. It was recorded in July 2018 during the band's four-day Inner Sanctum residency at the Royal Opera House in London as part of the Super Tour. [1] The show was designed by Es Devlin and directed by David Barnard, and released on DVD, Blu-ray and CD. [2] The DVD/Blu-ray and CD release also includes a recording of the duo playing at Rock in Rio on 17 September 2017. [2]

Contents

Track listing

Inner Sanctum track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Inner Sanctum"4:35
2."Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)"2:51
3."The Pop Kids / In the Night / Burn"11:11
4."Love Is a Bourgeois Construct"6:43
5."New York City Boy"3:40
6."Se a vida é (That's the Way Life Is)"4:16
7."Love Comes Quickly"5:38
8."Love Etc."3:48
9."The Dictator Decides / Inside a Dream"9:20
10."West End Girls"5:10
11."Home and Dry / The Enigma"7:38
12."Vocal / The Sodom and Gomorrah Show"8:56
13."It's a Sin"5:43
14."Left to My Own Devices"5:25
15."Heart / Go West"7:59
16."Domino Dancing"4:52
17."Always on My Mind"4:16
18."The Pop Kids (Reprise)"1:45

Personnel

Pet Shop Boys

Guest musicians

Charts

Chart performance for Inner Sanctum
Chart (2019)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [3] 127
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [4] 182
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [5] 91
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [6] 11
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [7] 12
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [8] 2,
UK Music Video (OCC) [9] 1

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