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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...
William Blake famously observed that the fool who persists in his folly shall become wise. Pouting peroxide post-punk Kirk Brandon represented a pretty stiff challenge to that weighty maxim. Brandon’s…
The complete guide to Japan and David Sylvian
Inspired by glam and myopically lumped in with the New Romantics because of a proclivity for cosmetics, Japan were always more art than pop. They quit after five albums, reunited…
Making Soul II Soul – Club Classics Vol. One
Emerging from the underground sound system scene, Jazzie B and his collective of Funki Dreds, aka Soul II Soul, gathered to make Club Classics Vol. One, an album which incorporated…
Godfathers of Pop: Guy Chambers
From Marc Almond to Robbie Williams via The Lemon Trees, Guy Chambers has quietly masterminded countless Classic Pop moments over the past 30 years. Now the celebrated songwriter is about…
Godfathers of Pop: Andy Bell
Andy Bell’s fifth solo album sees the Erasure singer once again stepping out from radio-friendly synth-pop into the darker territory of his alter-ego Torsten, a semi-immortal polysexual destined to love…
40 Years Of 2 Tone Records: Half-Speed Master of Specials
To honour the 40th anniversary of 2 Tone Records, Chrysalis Records have announced a year of special releases. Kicking it off: a half-speed master of Specials. To celebrate 40 years since…
Review Round-Up: New Releases & Reissues – Issue 53
New Albums Collard – Unholy While Collard isn’t the new Prince, Prince would have likely applauded him. The 24-year-old’s debut is laced with strikingly atmospheric soul and hip-hop, with the…
Reissue Review: Blancmange – The Blanc Tapes
Never viewed as A-listers, Blancmange rarely feature in lists of the crème de la crème of 1980s electropop pioneers alongside sacred trailblazers such as New Order, The Human League and…
Reissue Review: Depeche Mode – Black Celebration/Music For The Masses – The 12” Singles
All the 12″ singles from depeche mode’s fifth and sixth albums, together at last… Depeche Mode’s weighty singles reissue campaign continues apace with this latest instalment – two 12″ vinyl…
Review Round-Up: New Releases & Reissues – Issue 52
New Albums George Benson – Walking To New Orleans Long before George Benson enjoyed hits like 1983’s In Your Eyes, he’d earned a reputation as a jazz and soul maestro,…