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Classic Album: Japan – Gentlemen Take Polaroids
The fourth album by Japan, Gentlemen Take Polaroids, was their most assured statement to date. However, there were murmurings of discontent within the group behind the scenes during its recording…
Classic Album: Prince – Purple Rain
When, five albums into his career, Prince suggested that he wanted to make a movie, his label scoffed. Four decades on, Purple Rain is widely regarded as the moment the…
The Lowdown – The Human League
Since their formation at the height of punk in late-SEVENTIES Sheffield, The Human League have proven to be one of the country’s most resilient acts. It’s time to take a…
Classic Album: Madonna – Madonna
The debut album by Madonna helped to pioneer a new wave of pop, based on the sound of the New York underground. More importantly, it launched the career of a…
Classic Album: The Lexicon Of Love – ABC
Released in 1982, ABC’S Trevor Horn-Produced debut album The Lexicon Of Love came like a bolt out of the blue, mixing futuristic funk with retro cool. It also marked the…
RIP Steve Strange
Steve Strange, an icon and architect of classic pop, has died aged 55. Real name Steve Harrington, Steve died on Thursday from a heart attack while in Egypt. He had…
Issue 15 of Classic Pop is out now
Issue 15 of Classic Pop is out now! In Issue 15 of Classic Pop we speak to ‘Godfather Of Synth-pop’ Gary Numan about the Eighties, his filmic new album and…
The return of former Kool And The Gang singer JT Taylor
Former Kool And The Gang singer James JT Taylor is nearing completion on his first solo album for 15 years, Classic Pop can reveal. Taylor is working with a series…
Blancmange take the fifth
Blancmange release their fifth album Semi Detached on March 23. It’s effectively a solo album by singer Neil Arthur, as it’s the first without keyboardist Stephen Luscombe, who has longterm…
Classic Pop Issue 14 Out Now
Included in each print edition of issue 14 is a free 2015 calendar in association with Lets Rock The Ultimate 80s Festivals. In Issue 14 of Classic Pop we interview Philip…