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EDITORIAL
WELCOME
So, Classic Pop is 10. We can scarcely
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OUR CONTRIBUTORS
The winner of the Best Writer – Specialist
FREE BUNDLE OF NOW YEARBOOKS
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NEWS
Brad Pitt’s studio hosts Sade for new recording sessions
© Sophie Muller Could a new Sade studio
Jamiroquai announce vinyl reissue series
Jamiroquai’s vinyl reissue series continues apace with four
DEPECHE MODE REVEAL BRAND NEW ALBUM AND TOUR
© Anton Corbijn Depeche Mode have announced details
OMD AND SOFT CELL ARE AMONG LET’S ROCK HEADLINERS FOR 2023
© Andrew Whitton Let’s Rock has unveiled details
SAM BROWN
STOP!, STOPPING AND STARTING AGAIN: HOW SAM BROWN CAME BACK FROM THE SILENCE (WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM UKULELES)
DROWNING IN BERLIN
MOBILES Eastbourne-based synth-pop band Mobiles became one of
GARBAGE DIG OUT HITS AND DEEP CUTS FOR DOUBLE ALBUM RETROSPECTIVE
Garbage have announced the release of Anthology, their
PEOPLE POWER PROMPTS WELLER RARITIES COMP
© Sandra Vijandi Hand-picked by the Modfather himself,
MY POP LIFE
THE UNFORGOTTEN AND GOODNESS GRACIOUS ME STAR REVEALS HIS MUSIC OBSESSIONS
CERRONE
THE GALLIC DISCO LEGEND ON REMIXES, INSPIRING DAFT PUNK AND HOW HE NEVER GOT A “GOOD VIBRATION” FROM FRENCH POP
LOST & FOUND
RAW ALYSON WILLIAMS New York soul singer Alyson
ACCESS ALL AREAS FOR NEW DURAN BOOK
A new photobook promises an unparalleled behind-the-scenes glimpse
IAN PEEL‘S A TO Z of POP
FROM TALK TALK BY TALK TALK TO MADNESS’ COVER OF MADNESS VIA VISAGE’S VISAGE. DO THE ULTIMATE ANTHEMS COME WHEN BANDS LOOK TO THEMSELVES FOR INSPIRATION?
REGULARS
THIS MONTHIN POP NOVEMBER 1982
TV GOLD ON BONFIRE NIGHT, PRINCE HITS THE ROAD, DURANMANIA IN ACTION AND THE BEST-SELLING ALBUM OF ALL TIME IS RELEASED…
SUPER FAN
DEVOTED FANS SHOW US THEIR COLLECTIONS AND POP MEMORABILIA
POPARAZZI
READERS SHARE THEIR FAVOURITE PHOTOS AS THEY GET UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL WITH SOME OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN PLANET POP
TOP TEN
BABS AND THE BEE GEES, BLONDIE GO ROCKSTEADY, BOWIE’S IN FASHION, AN OMD CLASSIC… PLUS A LOVE METAPHOR BUILT ON FULL-BODIED LAGER
FEATURES
Northern Exposure
SEEMINGLY ON THE VERGE OF SPLITTING FOR THE THIRD TIME WHEN LAST YEAR’S DOCUMENTARY A-HA: THE MOVIE BROUGHT THEIR SIMMERING TENSIONS TO THE BOIL, WITH TYPICAL CONTRARINESS THE BAND ARE INSTEAD RELEASING THEIR FIRST ALBUM FOR SEVEN YEARS. TRUE NORTH IS TRULY BEAUTIFUL – BUT, AS THE TRIO TELL CLASSIC POP, THIS TIME IT REALLY COULD BE A-HA’S FINAL STATEMENT.
CLASSIC ALBUM KICK INXS
ON THEIR SIXTH ALBUM, THE AUSSIES LAID THEIR AMBITIONS BARE, TAPPING INTO THE ZEITGEIST AND TRANSFORMING INTO GLOBAL MEGASTARS – THOUGH THE ICONIC FUNK-ROCK HYBRID WAS ALMOST SCRAPPED BY THEIR BEMUSED LABEL BOSSES
THE PL AYERS
MICHAEL HUTCHENCE The talismanic, charismatic frontman and co-songwriter
THE SONGS
1 GUNS IN THE SKY INXS announce their
THE VIDEOS
NEED YOU TONIGHT/ MEDIATE This award-winning promo apes
HEARTS AND MINDS
DESPITE BEING FORGED FROM PERSONAL LOSS AMIDST A GLOBAL PANDEMIC, SIMPLE MINDS’ LATEST ALBUM, DIRECTION OF THE HEART, AIMS TO SHINE A POSITIVE LIGHT IN DARK TIMES – AND IT MIGHT EVEN BE THEIR NEW NEW GOLD DREAM EXPLAINS JIM KERR AND CHARLIE BURCHILL…
THOMPSON TWINS & TOM BAILEY
REASSESSING ONE OF THE 80S’ MORE NEGLECTED HITMAKERS
ECLECTIC WARRIORS
MEDAZZALAND IS DURAN DURAN’S GREAT LOST ALBUM – UNTIL NOW. FINALLY GETTING A PHYSICAL RELEASE 25 YEARS AFTER IT WAS DUE OUT, IT’S THE RECORD THAT COULD HAVE EASILY SUNK THE BAND – ESPECIALLY WHEN JOHN TAYLOR LEFT. BUT, AS NICK RHODES TELLS CLASSIC POP, THEY CONTINUED WITH A BOLD AND BRILLIANT EXPERIMENT, DESPITE WRITER’S BLOCK AND PERSONAL HEARTBREAK AT THE LOSS OF FRIEND AND INSPIRATION, MICHAEL HUTCHENCE.
BOO TWO
30 YEARS AFTER HER LAST LP, IT’S THE SECOND COMING OF BETTY BOO. BACK WITH AN ALBUM OF BANGERS AS GLORIOUSLY FLOOR-FILLING AS ANYTHING IN HER HIP-HOP HEYDAY, SHE TELLS CLASSIC POP ABOUT WHY NOW WAS THE RIGHT TIME TO RETURN AND TAKES US INSIDE HER STAR-LADEN NEW RECORD, BOOMERANG
Nik Kershaw -The Works
HE WAS THE UK’S MOST SUCCESSFUL SOLO ARTIST DURING 1984 AND 1985, BUT BY 1989 NIK KERSHAW’S STAR WAS ON THE WANE. SO HOW DID HE RALLY TO PRODUCE THE WORKS, ARGUABLY THE PINNACLE OF HIS SONGWRITING MODUS OPERANDI?
Baggy
YOUR AT-A-GLANCE GUIDE TO SOME OF OUR FAVOURITE SUB-GENRES
TOP 2O DOUBLE A-SIDE SINGLES
SINCE THE DAWN OF POP AND ROCK, THE DOUBLE A-SIDED SINGLE HAS PROVIDED GREAT VALUE FOR BOTH RECORD-BUYERS AND RADIO DJS
SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL
THE MOVIES OF JOHN HUGHES FEATURED SOME OF THE HIPPEST ARTISTS OF THE 80S. AS A NEW BOXSET IS RELEASED FEATURING TRACKS FROM MANY OF HIS BIG SCREEN CLASSICS, WE MEET THE CULT DIRECTOR’S MUSIC SUPERVISOR TARQUIN GOTCH, HIS SON, JOHN HUGHES JR, AND THE DREAM ACADEMY’S NICK LAIRD-CLOWES…
REVIEWS
Reviews
Brian Eno’s emotive new solo album is reviewed
THE HOT LIST
A VINYL-CENTRIC DIP INTO EXCITING RELEASES WE’RE TALKING ABOUT
A-HA
TRUE NORTH
BETTY BOO
BOOMERANG
SOFT CELL/MARC ALMOND
NON-STOP EROTIC CABARET… AND OTHER STORIES: LIVE/ THINGS WE LOST
SIMPLE MINDS
DIRECTION OF THE HEART
DAVID BOWIE
MOONAGE DAYDREAM/ DIVINE SYMMETRY
FATBOY SLIM
RIGHT HERE, RIGHT THEN
LEFTFIELD
THIS IS WHAT WE DO
CARLY RAE JEPSEN
THE LONELIEST TIME
THE FIZZ
EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN
SAM BROWN
NUMBER 8
BRIAN ENO
FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE
SPEAR OF DESTINY
GHOST POPULATION
ARCTIC MONKEYS
THE CAR
THE CULT
UNDER THE MIDNIGHT SUN
ACID KLAUS
STEP ON MY TRAVELATOR
DANNY GOFFEY
BRYAN MOONE’S DISCO PUNK
THE DAMNED
A NIGHT OF A THOUSAND VAMPIRES – LIVE IN LONDON
CERRONE
CERRONE BY CERRONE
JEAN-MICHEL JARRE
OXYMORE
FOXTON & HASTINGS
THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT
TEGAN AND SARA
CRYBABY
BERNARD BUTLER
LIVE AT ROUGH TRADE EAST
DEXYS MIDNIGHT RUNNERS
TOO-RYE-AY: AS IT SHOULD HAVE SOUNDED
ERASURE
ERASURE
SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES
ALL SOULS
SEAL
SEAL
INXS
SHABOOH SHOOBAH/ LIVE AT THE US FESTIVAL, 1983
VARIOUS ARTISTS
NOW YEARBOOK ’85/NOW YEARBOOK EXTRA ’79/ NOW #1S/NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL CHRISTMAS
VARIOUS ARTISTS
JOHN HUGHES: LIFE MOVES PRETTY FAST
THE HUMAN LEAGUE
THE VIRGIN YEARS
DEPECHE MODE
PLAYING THE ANGEL: THE 12” SINGLES
KYLIE MINOGUE
IMPOSSIBLE PRINCESS
DEBBIE HARRY
KOOKOO
VOICE OF THE BEEHIVE
LET IT BEE
THE RAH BAND
MESSAGES FROM THE STARS: VOLUME ONE
THE SELECTER
CELEBRATE THE BULLET
JESUS JONES
SOME OF THE ANSWERS
SECRET AFFAIR
SO COOL: THE VERY BEST OF
HOWARD JONES
LIVE AT THE NHK HALL, TOKYO
DONNA SUMMER
DONNA SUMMER
RECOIL
UNSOUND METHODS/LIQUID/ SUBHUMAN
DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES
DO IT FOR LOVE
THE BANGLES
DIFFERENT LIGHT
THE HOUSE OF LOVE
O2 ACADEMY 3, BIRMINGHAM
LADY GAGA: APPLAUSE
ANNIE ZALESKI
LIKE PUNK NEVER HAPPENED: CULTURE CLUB AND THE NEW POP
DAVE RIMMER
A DIFFERENT STAGE
GARY BARLOW
MIXTAPE: 21 SONGS FROM 10 YEARS (1975-1985)
FIONA MCQUARRIE
OMD RELEASE ARCHITECTURE & MORALITY
6 NOVEMBER 1981
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