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Artist Features
From mixing Wham! fans in West End Girls through Neil realising he could sing to being terrified of Dusty, and recording three No.1s in a year, here’s the oft-untold studio…
Gabrielle – A Place In Your Heart interview
It’s been 31 years since the record-breaking Dreams hit big, now with her many-flavoured new album A Place In Your Heart, Gabrielle is back… If there’s any barometer of Gabrielle’s…
Top 20 80s house hits
Our countdown of the best house hits of the 80s… House music may have been initially dismissed as a cult concern by the nation’s one-time ultimate tastemaker Radio 1, but…
Pet Shop Boys – Nonetheless album review
Pet Shop Boys – Nonetheless (Parlophone) Neil Tennant is in the form of his life as the synth-pop legends celebrate going back home with one of their most diverse albums…
Essential Prince In The 90s
Classic Pop presents its essential guide to Prince in the 90s… The dawn of the 90s found Prince in a state of uncertainty. Batman had been a big success, yet…
Top 40 Kylie Minogue songs
In this list of the best Kylie Minogue songs, we count down from 40 to No.1. What will our top track be…? Kylie’s transition from soap favourite to fully-anointed pop…
Top 40 Kate Bush Songs
For our Top 40 list of the best Kate Bush songs we looked back over the singer’s 40-plus-year career… 4o Ken, 1990 Few people would expect to find a Kate Bush deep…
Complete Guide – Pet Shop Boys albums
With Neil Tennant’s witty lyrics and Chris Lowe’s cultured synths and beats, the Pet Shop Boys’ albums helped to redefine the pop landscape… Please, 1986 Five years after first…
Who’s Afraid Of The Art Of Noise? Interview
J. J. Jeczalik and Gary Langan reflect on the formation of Art Of Noise In 1984, Art Of Noise unwittingly created some of the most memorable tunes by maxing out…
Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz interview: “CBGBs was a wonderful incubator for baby bands”
One of the great love stories in music, as well as one of its finest rhythm sections, Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz are preparing to share their memories of life…