Top 40 Madonna songs: Classic Pop and a team of devotees review the Queen of Pop’s back catalogue to decide on her all-time greatest tracks Madonna’s desire to endlessly shapeshift,…
The Making of Madonna’s Like A PrayerÂ
Madonna’s Like A Prayer is an immaculate collection of songs which saw the superstar looking inwards for divine inspiration, taking in grief, loss, redemption and empowerment. With the celestial like a…
Pete Wylie – Teach Yself Wah! Interview
Pete Wylie reflects on his career as a pop maverick One of the great mavericks of alternative pop, it’s taken 40 years for Pete Wylie to create a definitive guide…
Top 20 Remix Albums
Ranked! Our Top 20 Rundown Of The Best Remix Albums While the motives of record labels were often called into question, remix albums were certainly affordable and offered something different…
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…
Black Grape – Orange Head interview
Black Grape’s Shaun Ryder and Kermit return with new album Shaun Ryder made the ultimate comeback in the mid-90s with Black Grape. Now 30 years on from their formation, Shaun…
Bananarama Glorious Interview
As Bananarama prepare for the release of Glorious – The Ultimate Collection, Keren Woodward and Sara Dallin reflects with Classic Pop on how they have overcome everything the industry could…
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…
Inside the album art of 1984
How the album art of 1984 created a lasting legacy In 1984 many artists chose to fuse pop and art on their record sleeves, with plenty opting out entirely…
Tom Bailey reflects on the Thompson Twins’ Into The Gap
The Thompson Twins’ Tom Bailey looks back at the band’s fourth studio album Into The Gap The Thompson Twins released their fourth long-player, Into The Gap, in February 1984. Here,…