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Making The Cure: Disintegration
On their eighth album, The Cure: Disintegration, the band turned their backs on the skewed brand of pop that had yielded a succession of hits, and opted instead for doom-laden…
INXS music to soundtrack new short film
A new short film is set to be soundtracked by the songs of INXS. Original Sin – The 7 Sins drops on 16 July on the Veeps streaming platform and…
Japan: Quiet Life – A Retrospective
Japan biographer and musician Anthony Reynolds looks at the origins of Japan: Quiet Life and the latest 2021 deluxe reissue with reflections from band members and associates… In early 1979,…
Making Duran Duran: Duran Duran
Before the silk suits, yachts and blockbuster videos sailed into view, Duran Duran’s debut album saw them at their most experimental – an innate pop sensibility melded with art-school synths,…
Making Rick Astley: Whenever You Need Somebody
The musical merging of a northern soul boy with pop’s hottest production team, Rick Astley: Whenever You Need Somebody Rickrolled the music business, defying critics to sell more than 15…
Adam And The Ants: Inside The Court Of Prince Charming
1981 saw Adam And The Ants becoming the biggest band in Britain. Merrick – aka drummer/producer Chris Hughes – tells Classic Pop of life inside the Ants during their rapid…
Making Blondie: Parallel Lines
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……
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…
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…