Fittingly for one of 2023’s hottest releases, the bulk of Kylie Minogue’s Tension was recorded during a thermometer-melting, record-breaking summer. We meet two of the LP’s key collaborators, Richard ‘Biff’…
Album Insight: Depeche Mode – Some Great Reward
Depeche Mode’s non-conformist fourth album, Some Great Reward, joined the rich lineage of German-recorded pop classics – and finally broke the band in the States… Many artists have found their…
Classic Album: Madonna – True Blue
Just when you thought Madonna couldn’t get any more successful, her third album True Blue turned her into a global phenomenon, and gave us some of the most most iconic…
Midge Ure on The Gift
With his debut solo album The Gift recently reissued as a lavish boxset, Midge Ure recalls his annus mirabilis – when not even Joe Dolce could stop him hitting the…
Duran Duran unveil new cover of Talking Heads’ Psycho Killer
Just in time for Halloween, Duran Duran have released a brand new cover of Talking Heads’ Psycho Killer featuring Victoria De Angelis of Måneskin on guest bass and vocals, with…
ABBA’s The Visitors set for deluxe reissue
In 1981 ABBA’s studio album The Visitors was released. It was, for years, their final album, until Voyage came out two years ago. To mark the 40th anniversary of The…
Soft Cell interview: “Being a pop star was a weird secret I had to keep to myself”
Re-examining work from both ends of their career, Soft Cell have just released two companions to 2022’s comeback album *Happiness Not Included as well as a mammoth boxset of their…
Madonna: The Blond Ambition Tour – the greatest show on Earth
Hitting the road to promote her confessional opus Like A Prayer, Madonna’s Blond Ambition Tour was a non-stop erotic cabaret blending sex, religion and spectacle. Taking elements of Broadway, high…
Gary Numan: Listen To My Voice book review
Author: Richard Cosgrove Publisher: New Haven Publishing For someone whose career was estimated to last just six months by his critics, Gary Numan has done remarkably well to sustain success…
Classic Pop Issue 84 is on sale now!
In the latest issue of Classic Pop we have an exclusive full band interview with Duran Duran who reveal all about their Halloween-themed new album Danse Macabre that features covers,…