Fundamental (Pet Shop Boys album)
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Fundamental is the ninth studio album by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys. It was released in May 2006 in the United Kingdom, Europe, Japan and Canada. It was released in late June 2006 in the United States. The album entered the UK Albums Chart at number five on 28 May 2006. In the US the album peaked at number 150 selling 7,500 copies in its first week. As of April 2009 it had sold 46,000 copies in the US and 66,000 copies in the UK. Fundamental earned two Grammy nominations at the 2007 Grammy Awards for Best Dance/Electronic Album and Best Dance Recording with "I'm with Stupid".
Fundamental (Pet Shop Boys album)
Trevor Horn
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Trevor Charles Horn is an English record producer and musician. His influence on pop and electronic music in the 1980s was such that he has been called "the man who invented the eighties".
Horn in 1984
The Buggles: Geoff Downes (far left) and Horn (far right) on the show Caspe Street in 1980
In the 1980s, Horn incorporated samples into pop music using a Fairlight CMI synthesiser.
Hook End Recording Studios, purchased by Horn in the 1990s