Forsaking their punk sound but not their attitude, Blondie: Parallel Lines earned the band global success thanks to a string of hits and the undeniable star power of their charismatic frontwoman……
Duran Duran: The Side Projects
If there’s a schism that exists within the ranks of Duran Duran, it was most obviously visible in their wildly differing splinter groups, The Power Station and Arcadia. Classic Pop…
Making Duran Duran: The Wedding Album
With Duran Duran: The Wedding Album, the band responded to the new decade by eschewing their old extravagance, going back to their roots and injecting a heavy dose of introspection…
Making Erasure: The Circus
Lauded for bringing fun and flamboyance back to synthpop, Erasure: The Circus masked deeply political statements as well as heartbreaking despair with gloriously uplifting harmonies Vince Clarke had built up…
Alison Moyet interview
In this Alison Moyet interview from 2017, the former Yazoo singer talks to Wyndham Wallace about surviving 35 years in the pop business… It’s mid-April, and Alison Moyet is cradling…
The Time LP to get expanded re-release on 40th anniversary
Forty years ago The Time released their first eponymously-titled album, and now, to mark its anniversary, Rhino Records are releasing a 2LP expanded version. Originally released on 29 July 1981,…
Arthur Baker presents new collection of Shep Pettibone remixes
Arthur Baker Presents Dance Masters: The Shep Pettibone Master-Mixes is the first in a series of brand new series which opens with a new collection of 12” and 7” remixes…
Making Duran Duran: Rio
Duran Duran: Rio epitomised the 80s with its aspirational glamour. But it wasn’t all style – the record itself was packed with classic songwriting… By Mark Lindores When Duran Duran…
Interview With Gary Numan: Emergency On Planet Earth
In our interview with Gary Numan, the synth-pop visionary tells Classic Pop of writing about global catastrophe during a pandemic, the struggles to sustain his career rebirth and the truth…
Making Pet Shop Boys: Yes
Released in March 2009 Pet Shop Boys’ Yes found the duo teaming up with Brian Higgins and Xenomania, the UK’s top pop producers of the 2000s… By Ian Ravendale Pet…