I actually think "Actually" actually is good, actually.
(You know I had to)
That one and "Please" and maybe "Behaviour" qualify as their best albums IMHO. Then it just went too much down the techno-disco-dance-whatever you call it route. I was about to say "hit radio oriented" there, but they were set to that from the very beginning, but they managed to uphold it through intelligent songwriting as well, and not only shake-yer-booty floorfillers. That said, I still feel that even their more recent material (that I've heard of) is more genuine than the average dance pop throwaway and shows that they go down that route not just for the sake of remaining popular.
This one for example, may not be a classic by any means but it betrays influences from the early 80's synth movement of which they in addition were part of themselves:
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