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12 NOVEMBER 1989

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WHAT BEGAN AS A KNOCKABOUT WAY TO TAKE THE

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THE DARK SOPHOMORE LONG-PLAYER THAT’S MORE SMASHING PUMPKINS THAN SMASH HITS

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CEMENTING AN IMPERIOUS RUN THAT STRETCHES BACK OVER THE PAST DECADE, OMD’S NEW ALBUM BAUHAUS STAIRCASE COMPLETES A HAT-TRICK OF MAGNIFICENCE STARTED WITH ENGLISH ELECTRIC IN 2013. IT EVEN PROVES ANDY MCCLUSKEY AND PAUL HUMPHREYS DON’T NEED TO BE IN THE SAME ROOM AFTER ALL TO LIVE UP TO PAST GLORIES. SO WHY ARE THE DUO THINKING OF CALLING IT A DAY IN THE STUDIO?

DEPECHE MODE

THE BASILDON BAND EVOLVED FROM CAREFREE POP PIN-UPS TO DARK ELECTRONIC OVERLORDS IN A PIONEERING CAREER THAT HAS TAKEN SYNTH MUSIC TO NEW STADIUM-SIZED HEIGHTS

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AS UB40 CELEBRATE 45 YEARS OF NOT HAVING TO SIGN ON, ROBIN CAMPBELL AND JIMMY BROWN TELL CLASSIC POP WHY THEY’RE STILL A BAND OF BROTHERS – JUST NOT WITH THAT BROTHER

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A TRAILBLAZER SINCE THE MID-60S, EDDY GRANT IS ONE OF POP’S GREAT SURVIVORS. AS HE’S HONOURED BY THE CAMDEN MUSIC WALK OF FAME, THE SINGER-SONGWRITER REVEALS ALL ABOUT HIS NEAR-FATAL HEART ATTACK, TAKING ON DONALD TRUMP AND HOW HE’S BEEN UNAFRAID TO MAKE HITS OUT OF POLITICALLY-CHARGED SUBJECT MATTER

THE STYLE COUNCIL MODERNISM: A NEW DECADE

THE STYLE COUNCIL’S FIFTH AND FINAL STUDIO EFFORT MODERNISM: A NEW DECADE TOOK ON NEAR-MYTHICAL STATUS WHEN IT WAS SHELVED BY THE BAND’S LABEL JUST BEFORE ITS PLANNED 1989 RELEASE. SO WERE THE FEARS OVER THEIR SUDDEN SHIFT INTO DANCE MUSIC FOUNDED?

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