After a few years out of the spotlight, a bleached-blonde Bowie returned in 1983 with Let’s Dance and achieved greater global fame than ever before. Classic Pop charts the moment…
Life Moves Pretty Fast: The John Hughes Mixtapes boxset review
John Hughes’ legendary 80s films soundtracked a generation, his new boxset Life Moves Pretty Fast combines the hit tracks all in one place. But does it still have the same…
Nick Beggs interview: “Limahl became untenable pretty quickly. He was a difficult character.”
In the 40 years since Too Shy became a smash, Nick Beggs has played with ABC, Belinda Carlisle and Howard Jones, as well as being a distinctive bass presence in…
Thompson Twins / Tom Bailey – album by album
We look back on the albums of Thompson Twins and their frontman Tom Bailey… A Product Of… (Participation), 1981 The Thompson Twins were never two. Once they were four, now they…
The story of ZTT
Radio bans, terrorists and girls dressed in leather… As record labels go, ZTT was anything but boring. In this feature from the CP archives, we spoke to the major…
Classic Album: Talking Heads – Speaking In Tongues
Talking Heads finally completed their transition to pure funk, and reach commercial peaks with one of their most expansive, fully-realised and danceable records – Speaking In Tongues Fans of Scooby…
The rise of Madonna
Before 1983 few people in America – let alone the world – had heard of Madonna Ciccone. but that was soon to change… On 9 January 1983 Madonna Louise Ciccone…
OMD interview: “It’s the best job in the world”
In 2013, OMD were enjoying renewed success with the old line-up of the band, but then tragedy struck. Four years after that, in 2017, Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys talked…
Madonna adds sixth and final London date to The Celebration Tour
As part of her huge Celebration Tour, Madonna has added a sixth and final London date to her schedule, performing at London’s The O2 on Wednesday 6th December. The Celebration…
Top 20 double A-side singles
Since the dawn of pop and rock, the double A-sided single has provided great value for both record buyers and radio DJs… By Barry Page Double A-sided 7” singles were…