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The Lowdown
Popular television shows often come packaged up with a memorable title tune, and some even crossed over into the pop charts, as our Top 20 TV Themes confirms. Words by…
Top 20 Duran Duran Collaborations
We countdown the Top 20 Duran Duran Collaborations across their 40-plus years in the business… Duran Duran have always been receptive towards outside input, aligning themselves with the best and…
Top 40 pop soundtracks – the definitive movie playlist
From thrillers to chillers, sci-fi to rom-coms, cinema would be nothing without music – here Classic Pop picks the Top 40 Best Movie Soundtracks We’ve looked at all eras of…
Top 40 80s debut albums
We take a look at the best debut albums of the 80s… Debut albums are often the purest example of any artist’s work. It can be the result of years…
The rise of Wham! Britain’s definitive 80s pop poster boys
As the definitive 80s poster boys, George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley exemplified the decade’s fun factor – here we celebrate the rise of Wham! Britain’s premier pop idols… Bursting onto…
Top 20 Rare & Collectable Records
From the affordable, through to the eye-wateringly expensive and the virtually unattainable, we present our Top 20 Rare & Collectable records… Words by Barry Page While streaming may have had…
Popscene: Europop
Classic Pop takes a look at Europop – the feelgood genre that doesn’t take itself too seriously… Isn’t it just typical of the UK to refer to Europop as something…
Top 20 cover versions of the 80s
Breathing fresh life into old classics or radically reinventing them, we celebrate 20 of the finest 80s cover versions The hit cover version is something of a rarity in today’s…
Top 40 80s pop artists
It’s the ultimate face-off as we count down our favourite 80s pop artists… It is, of course, the impossible task: distil music’s most creative and varied decade down to a…
Sound of the Suburbs – Depeche Mode in the 80s
The rise of Depeche Mode in the 80s… They came from commuterville, schlepping their synthesisers on the train to the big city’s bright lights. But soon they would be airborne…