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Classic Pop
Classic Pop magazine is the ultimate celebration of great pop and chart music across the decades with in-depth interviews with top artists, features, news and reviews. From pop to indie and new wave to electronic music – it's all here...
Matt Goss has shared the video to his latest song, Somewhere To Fall. The release comes ahead of the Bros singer’s fifth solo album, The Beautiful Unknown, which arrives 19…
Issue 71 of Classic Pop is on sale now!
In the latest Classic Pop, we have a world exclusive interview with Soft Cell as they announce new studio album *Happiness Not Included – their first for 17 years –…
Top 15 Electropop Albums
In our list of the best electropop albums, we look back at 40-plus years of cutting edge music… By Oliver Hurley 15 HEAVEN 17 – PENTHOUSE AND PAVEMENT (1981) The debut…
Eurythmics: Annie Lennox interview
In this exclusive Eurythmics interview from 2018, we talk to Annie Lennox about her and Dave Stewart’s relationship, their music, their 40-year career and the future of their partnership… By…
Top 15 Sophisti-Pop Albums
By mixing elements of jazz, R&B and soul, a new wave of artist emerged during the mid-80s, bringing with them a certain cultured elegance to the charts. Here is our…
Making Dexys Midnight Runners: Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
In 1980 Dexys Midnight Runners arrived with their debut LP, Searching For The Young Soul Rebels, an album that reinvented American soul through a gritty British lens… By Gary Tipp…
Making Tears For Fears: The Hurting
In 1983 Tears For Fears’ The Hurting introduced the world to a band that blended bleak musings on the long-term effects of childhood trauma with a razor-sharp synth-pop instinct. The…
Making a-ha: Hunting High And Low
a-ha: Hunting High And Low is one of the finest synth-pop albums of all time, and one of the most successful debuts ever. Here Classic Pop speaks to the band’s…
National Album Day celebrates women in music
National Album Day returns for its fourth edition on Saturday 16 October, and this year will spotlight women artists and their huge contribution to music and culture through the art of…
S’Express: Mark Moore interview
As the leader of S’Express, Mark Moore was one of the biggest names in dance music in the late 80s and early 90s. In this exclusive interview, he explains the…