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On Sale Now – Classic Pop Presents Kate Bush
Running Up The Charts On 23 June 2022 the unexpected happened – Kate Bush rocketed to UK No. 1 with her single ‘Running Up That Hill’, breaking several records in…
The Producers – Clive Langer & Alan Winstanley
We meet the diplomatic production duo who have worked with some of the biggest names in rock and pop over the course of a hugely successful 40-year period… If a…
Rusty Egan unveils new Boy George collaboration
New Romantic legend Rusty Egan has shared a new song, Sister (featuring Boy George and Mary Pearce), from his forthcoming (and as-yet-untitled) new studio album. The LP promises collaborations with a…
ABBA in the studio
In 2018, ABBA announced they had finished two new songs, their first in over three decades. In issue 43 of Classic Pop, released in the August of that year, we…
Album By Album – Whitney Houston
Whitney’s powerful pipes and model looks saw her become a true music icon… Whitney Houston, 1985 When you consider that Whitney Houston’s discography contains some of the greatest love songs of all…
Classic Album: OMD – Architecture & Morality
Merging the machinations of German electronica with warm Merseyside melodies and otherworldly choral samples, on their third album, Architecture & Morality, OMD struck the perfect balance between experimentalism and commercial…
Prince – the revolution will be televised
Prince owned the airwaves when his 1985 Purple Rain tour was beamed out to millions around the world and its legendary Syracuse show is now being released on Blu-ray and…
Pop Art – Greg Jakobek
Greg Jakobek’s name may not be familiar, but his design work certainly will be. His graphics graced the record sleeves of some of some of the 80s biggest names, and…
Top 20 compilation albums
In this veritable best of the best Best Ofs, we select 20 of the finest pop artist compilation albums… By Barry Page As the high sales of compilation albums would…
Coming Round Again – when the 60s met the 80s
Proving that form is temporary yet class is permanent, a whole host of major 60s acts had an unexpected career resurgence as bona fide chart stars in the 80s… By…