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A Flock Of Seagulls to release 40th anniversary version of debut album
A Flock Of Seagulls are to release a 40th anniversary 3CD and limited edition transparent orange vinyl LP of their self-titled debut album. It’s out 17 February 2023 and is…
Pop Art – John Warwicker
John Warwicker grew up steeped in music history, so it’s no surprise that his designs would eventually grace the sleeves of artists as diverse as Lloyd Cole, Janet Jackson, The…
The Lowdown – Whitney Houston
She was the original 80s pop diva, with some of the biggest singles of the decade, but Whitney Houston died alone at the age of 48. Classic Pop charts a…
Reintroducing the hardline according to Sananda Maitreya
In 2017, we caught up with Sananda Maitreya – otherwise known as The Artist Formerly Known As Terence Trent D’Arby – to talk culture wars, name changes, Greek myths and…
Top 20 heroes of synth-pop
Classic Pop shines a light on those shadowy pioneers who paved the way for the electro revolution… You may know your ABC from your OMD, but what about those pivotal…
Classic Pop Presents 1983
Our brand new issue, Classic Pop Presents 1983, is here! Our 1980s series continues with 1983, the year when pop hit the stratosphere, ruling the world’s Walkmans with some of…
Synth-pop: The rise of the machines
Introducing the pioneering devices that shaped the pop music of the 80s. Members of The Human League and Landscape reveal the true story behind the electronic revolution, from blowing up…
The story of Kraftwerk
In music, the terms ‘legendary’ and ‘influential’ are so commonplace as to lose almost all meaning. But it might be argued that More than any other band in history, Kraftwerk…
The wizards of Oz – How Australian music conquered the world
In the wake of punk, bands from a Land Down Under took on the charts… In this article from 2017, Jonathan Wright spoke to Mental As Anything’s late vocalist Greedy…
The Producers – Mark Rankin
As Paul Epworth’s right-hand man, Mark Rankin was in the studio during the recording of some of the biggest pop moments of recent years including Adele’s Rolling In The Deep…