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many artists can say that they’ve introduced pop fans to the work of both Marvin Gaye and Joy Division within the space of the same album? Well, Paul Young’s 1983 classic No Parlez manages to do just that – and then some...
It’s a remarkable record – and let’s not forget it was the second biggest-selling album of that year. Only Thriller shifted more copies in the UK.
No Parlez’s producer Laurie Latham and the album’s bass player extraordinaire Pino Palladino both make similar points in our latest cover feature. When discussions turn to the most influential artists of the 80s, why is Paul Young’s name rarely in the mix? Well, we can’t account for those decade overview TV shows that overlook Paul but we’ve always been on Team Young here at Classic Pop. Hopefully, this latest deep dive into his work will put him front and centre in the conversation once again.