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The Lowdown
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…
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…
Pet Shop Boys singles – The Top 40
Classic Pop picks out the best Pet Shop Boys singles, from 1984 to 2016… Pet Shop Boys are one of pop’s most successful duos of all time – national treasures,…
The Lowdown: Deacon Blue
A former school teacher from Dundee relocated to Glasgow and formed a band whose name referenced a Steely Dan song. Deacon Blue clocked up five top 10 albums and 16…
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…
The Lowdown: Michael Jackson
When Michael Jackson joined his brothers in The Jackson 5, a star was born. As a solo artist, he went on to become one of the world’s most recognisable stars…
The Lowdown: Pet Shop Boys
A former Smash Hits journalist and an architecture student who never graduated, Pet Shop Boys went on to become the most successful UK duo ever, selling more than 50 million records worldwide…
The Lowdown: ABBA
We remember the must-have singles and albums from one of the greatest pop groups of all time – the mighty ABBA. Written by David Burke. The ABBA story begins in…
The Lowdown: Madonna
From Boy Toy to “Bitch I’m Madonna”, there is not a lot that the megastar from Michigan hasn’t accomplished during her 35-year reign. Officially the most successful female artist of…
The Lowdown: Duran Duran
Classic Pop explores 40-plus years of Duran Duran fever, noting the must-have albums, essential singles and must-watch music videos… Duran Duran are virtually synonymous with the Eighties. Name a buzz-phrase…