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What ABBA: The Album lacked in an imaginative title, it made up for with great songwriting, ambitious musicianship and record-breaking sales By the time of this, their fifth studio album,…
Making ABBA: Waterloo
Its title track stands as a pop masterpiece, and the ratio of killer to filler has improved, but ABBA: Waterloo is still as preposterous as it is pleasing… By Wyndham…
Making ABBA: Ring Ring
ABBA: Ring Ring was the album that announced the arrival of a new pop group that were about to take on the world… By Wyndham Wallace “Every day in…
Echo & The Bunnymen to re-release first albums on vinyl
Echo & The Bunnymen are re-releasing their first four albums on vinyl on 22 October. Each of them will be available on 180g black vinyl from all music retailers, as…
Richard Ashcroft set to release new album this October
Richard Ashcroft is set to release a new album, Acoustic Hymns Vol. 1, on 29 October via RPA / BMG. The album features 12 newly-recorded acoustic versions of songs from his…
Classic Pop Presents Blondie is now on sale
Buy Classic Pop Presents Blondie online here. Get the digital version here. Also available in WHSmith stores. Find your nearest stockist here. The all new Classic Pop Presents Blondie is…
Making ABBA: Voulez-Vous
Voulez-Vous showed off ABBA at their sexiest, as the quartet headed for boogie wonderland on the most disco-influenced work in their back catalogue… By Mark Lindores With a new baby,…
Making David Bowie: Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
While the New Romantics were still largely a secret to the outside world, their hero was dreaming up a soaring rock record, a multi-layered, dystopian masterpiece – Scary Monsters (And…
Making ABBA: Arrival
Transformed into a slick hit-making machine, ABBA: Arrival found the band at the peak of their powers across a landmark album that can be seen as a benchmark for great…
Making ABBA: Super Trouper
One of their most fully formed collections of songs – and a unanimous band favourite – Super Trouper saw ABBA put aside their differences to fine effect… By Mark Lindores…