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NEWS
POP-UP
Robbie Williams performed with Take That for the first
1-HIT WONDER
Japanese Boy was a hit pretty much everywhere except
Q+A DEON ESTUS
BASSIST DEON ESTUS HAS PERFORMED WITH SOME OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN POP, BUT HE’LL ALWAYS BE BEST KNOWN FOR HIS DECADELONG COLLABORATIONS WITH WHAM! AND GEORGE MICHAEL
LOST & FOUND
Siouxsie and the Banshees were post-punk’s greatest
Q+A BILLY BURNETTE
THE FORMER FLEETWOOD MAC MAN AND SON OF ROCK’N’ROLL ROYALTY TALKS TO CLASSIC POP ABOUT HIS TIME WITH ONE OF THE BIGGEST BANDS ON THE PLANET
THE POD SQUAD
CHECKING IN WITH OUR FAVOURITE CLASSIC POP-FRIENDLY PODCASTS
IAN PEEL‘S A TO Z POP OF BIS FOR…BOXSET
THEY ALWAYS WERE THE PINNACLE OF POP MUSIC PRODUCT AND, IN RECENT YEARS, THEY’VE GONE FROM DELUXE TO SUPER-DELUXE TO ULTRA-DELUXE. LET’S SPEND SOME QUALITY TIME WITH A BOXSET…
REGULARS
THIS MONTH IN POP JULY 1986
IN OUR ROUND-UP OF JULY 1986’S BIGGEST MOMENTS IN MUSIC, PRINCE MAKES A CHERRY-FLAVOURED TURKEY, MADONNA REIGNS SUPREME IN THE CHARTS AND THE POLICE CAN’T GET OUT OF THE STARTING BLOCKS
TOP TEN WEEK ENDING 2 JULY 1989
PET SHOP BOYS GET POLITICAL, QUEEN SOUND LIKE A RUNAWAY TRAIN AND GLADYS KNIGHT MAKES HER ENTRY INTO THE BOND FRANCHISE
SLEDGEHAMMER STRIKES IN THE UNITED STATES
26 JULY 1986
FEATURES
BROTHERS OF INVENTION
2020 IS SET TO BE SPARKS’ BIGGEST YEAR EVER. ACCOMPANYING THEIR DEBUT AS WRITERS FOR HOLLYWOOD ON A MUSICAL STARRING ADAM DRIVER AND A DOCUMENTARY MADE BY DIRECTOR EDGAR WRIGHT, THE DUO’S 24TH ALBUM A STEADY DRIP, DRIP, DRIP IS THE WORK OF SYNTH-POP PIONEERS WHO’VE STAYED HUNGRY. THEY CONTINUE TO DEFY EXPECTATIONS – BUT WILL THE BROTHERS LET CLASSIC POP BEHIND THEIR ENIGMATIC FAÇADE?
Q+A THE WRIGHT IDEA
HE’S HELMED VIDEOS FOR THE BLUETONES AND MINT ROYALE, NOW EDGAR WRIGHT IS RETURNING TO THE MUSIC WORLD WITH SPARKS’ DOCUMENTARY. THE ACCLAIMED FILM DIRECTOR TELLS CLASSIC POP HOW HE FELL FOR THE DUO AND WHY HE’S BEEN BEMUSING AND ANNOYING HIS HEROES.
CLASSIC ALBUM OUT OF TIME R.E.M
FORTY YEARS AFTER THEY PLAYED THEIR FIRST GIG, WE CELEBRATE THE ALBUM THAT TRANSFORMED R.E.M. FROM ARGUABLY THE WORLD’S BIGGEST CULT BAND INTO BONA FIDE CROSSOVER SUPERSTARS
Howling into the void
In 1980, John Foxx predicted a terrifying dystopian future with his incredible synthetic masterpiece Metamatic. The future he predicted is now here, and it’s worse – far worse – than he imagined, and he’s angry about it. Luckily, though, he’s turned that rage into the aptly-named new studio album Howl, his most powerful and personal work to date…
WHERE ANGELS PLAY
THE STONE ROSES SEEMED ON THE VERGE OF GLOBAL DOMINATION 30 YEARS AGO WHEN THEY STAGED THEIR NOW-LEGENDARY SPIKE ISLAND GIG. BUT WHAT’S THE TRUTH BEHIND THIS MOST MYTHICAL OF ALL-DAYERS? STEVE O’BRIEN MEETS SOME FAMOUS FANS WHO MADE IT TO THIS MOST TOTEMIC OF EVENTS FOR ‘THE E GENERATION’.
ALBUM BY ALBUM NICK HEYWARD
THE MUCH- LOVED S INGER- SONGWRI T ER HAS EMBRACED POP, SOUL , FUNK AND FOL K ACROSS A D IVERSE HOOK- LADEN L I FE IN MUSIC
LIGHT FROM THE DARK
NEIL ARTHURIS NOT ONLY RELEASING MORE MUSIC THAN EVER BEFORE AS BLANCMANGE, HE ALSO HAS A STRING OF OTHER PROJECTS ON THE GO WITH A WHOLE HOST OF DIFFERENT COLLABORATORS. ANDY JONESCATCHES UP WITH A MAN WHO IS MORE ENERGETIC THAN EVER, WITH WORLD EVENTS DRIVING HIM EVEN HARDER. BUT IS IT ALL IN THE MIND?
We Are The World – The Album
WE ARE THE WORLD HIT NO.1 ACROSS THE GLOBE, SOLD 10 MILLION COPIES AND PICKED UP FOUR GRAMMY AWARDS. YET THE ALBUM OF THE SAME NAME APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN ERASED FROM EXISTENCE. 35 YEARS ON FROM ITS RELEASE, JON O’BRIEN TAKES A LOOK BACK AT THE MOST FORGOTTEN U.S. CHARTTOPPING LP OF THE 80s.
I LICKED BOY GEORGE’S MOPED AS WE WENT SCRAMBLING IN THE RAIN.
ADAMSKI WAS THE CHILD PUNK PRODIGY WHO BECAME ONE OF RAVE’S FIRST SUPERSTARS. HE ENDED UP HATING HIS MEGAHIT KILLER – BUT NOW HE’S FALLEN SO HARD FOR IT AGAIN THAT HE’S CREATED AN ALBUM OF NEW VERSIONS. HE TELLS CLASSIC POP OF TABLOID INFAMY, OFFENDING SEAL, LSD-FUELLED BIKING WITH CULTURE CLUB’S FRONTMAN AND DAVID CAMERON’S UNLIKELY CAMEO IN CREATING A SMASH…
SAL SOLO
THE FORMER SINGER FOR CLASSIX NOUVEAUX TALKS TO CLASSIC POP ABOUT HIS MEMORIES OF BEING A PIONEER IN THE NEW ROMANTIC MOVEMENT…
TOP 2O REUNION ALBUMS
REKINDLING THE CREATIVE CHEMISTRY OF OLD ISN’T EASY, BUT HERE ARE 20 EXAMPLES OF WHEN IT DID WORK. DO CALL IT A COMEBACK…
THE ACE FACE
AT THEIR 1990s PEAK, SWEDEN’S ACE OF BASE ARE REPUTED TO HAVE RAKED MORE MONEY INTO THEIR HOMELAND THAN VOLVO. AS A LAVISH NEW BOXSET CELEBRATES THEIR LEGACY, SINGER JENNY BERGGREN LOOKS BACK ON HER TIME IN THE BAND.
Q+A ROGER O’DONNELL
THE CURE KEYBOARDIST’S SOLO ALBUM 2 RAVENS IS A DARKLY MESMERISING WORK. HE TALKS US THROUGH ITS CREATION AND TELLS US ABOUT AN EPIC 12 MONTHS FOR ROBERT SMITH AND CO…
REVIEWS
THE HOT LIST
WHAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT AT CLASSIC POP TOWERS THIS MONTH
THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS
MADE OF RAIN
PAUL WELLER
ON SUNSET
BLANCMANGE
MINDSET / WAITING ROOM (VOLUME 1)
SPARKS
A STEADY DRIP, DRIP, DRIP
THE PRETENDERS
HATE FOR SALE
LIAM GALLAGHER
MTV UNPLUGGED
THE STREETS
NO-ONE IS GETTING OUT OF THIS LIFE ALIVE
NORAH JONES
PICK ME UP OFF THE FLOOR
LIANNE LA HAVAS
LIANNE LA HAVAS
RUFUS WAINWRIGHT
UNFOLLOW THE RULES
PETER GABRIEL
RATED PG
ELLIE GOULDING
BRIGHTEST BLUE
JOHN FOXX AND THE MATHS
HOWL
SNOWGOOSE
THE MAKING OF YOU
THOMAS AZIER
LOVE, DISORDERLY
THE LEVELLERS
PEACE
DIANA ROSS
SUPERTONIC
EGO ELLA MAY
HONEY FOR WOUNDS
JIM BOB
POP UP JIM BOB
SHAGGY
HOT SHOT 2020
GIZMO VARILLAS
OUT OF THE DARKNESS
JON HASSELL
SEEING THROUGH SOUND (PENTIMENTO VOLUME TWO)
DEPECHE MODE
VIOLATOR: THE 12” SINGLES
PET SHOP BOYS
IT COULDN’T HAPPEN HERE
GOLDFRAPP
SUPERNATURE
WHITNEY HOUSTON
WHITNEY HOUSTON
JIMMY SOMERVILLE
SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER
VARIOUS ARTISTS
ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS: THE ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK
THE BELOVED
HAPPINESS: SPECIAL EDITION
DEAD OR ALIVE
NUKLEOPATRA
SLEEPER
SMART
BRITNEY SPEARS
OOPS!…I DID IT AGAIN
NICK KAMEN
THE COMPLETE COLLECTION
THE BLUE NILE
HIGH
VARIOUS ARTISTS
MUSIK, MUSIC, MUSIQUE – 1980: THE DAWN OF SYNTH POP
MINTY
OPEN WIDE
ADEVA
ADEVA!
BARRY PAGE
A-HA: DOWN TO THE TRACKS
DAVE BALL
ELECTRONIC BOY: MY LIFE IN AND OUT OF SOFT CELL
MICK ROCK
THE RISE OF DAVID BOWIE 1972-1973
RICHARD BOWES
SOME MIGHT SAY: THE DEFINITIVE STORY OF OASIS