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Our 1980s series continues! The brand new Classic Pop Presents 1985 explores a year where pop truly ruled the world – a year of colossal creativity, mammoth sellers and Live Aid.

After the New Wave takeover and the synth-pop revolution, the genres mixed like never before in a year that gave us some of the most exciting and diverse records of the decade.

Inside this special edition, we revisit some of the year’s finest albums, including Kate Bush’s mighty Hounds of Love, Tears For Fears’ epic Songs From The Big Chair, and Talking Heads’ Little Creatures, which marked the band’s commercial peak.

From the Classic Pop archive we present interviews with a-ha’s Paul Waaktaar-Savoy, who recalls the making of the band’s life-affirming debut; we speak to Peter Hook about New Order’s transformative Low-Life LP; and Jim Kerr revisits Simple Minds’ stadium-ready classic, Once Upon A Time.

Also inside Classic Pop Presents 1985, we pay tribute to Grace Jones in a year that cemented her status as a global icon, and revisit classic collections from Prince, The Cure, Scritti Politti, The Style Council and Prefab Sprout. Plus, of course, there’s our Top 40 singles, the best of the year’s soundtracks and our rundown of the best of the rest of 1985’s albums.

There’s all this and more to get stuck into in this brand new issue of Classic Pop Presents. Guarantee your copy and order today – you won’t want to miss adding this one to your collection…

STEP INTO 1985 ➔

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CLASSIC POP PRESENTS 1985 ➔