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Bryan Ferry releases new song Star, a collaboration with performance artist Amelia Barratt his first original music release in over a decade. Feature on the upcoming 81-track album Retrospective: Selected…
Interview – Fairground Attraction
After a 35-year hiatus, Fairground Attraction are back – and finally ready to make that long overdue second album. In a Classic Pop exclusive, Eddi Reader and Mark Nevin share…
Review: Erasure – Cowboy (Reissue)
Review: Erasure – Cowboy (Reissue) ★★★★☆ Known to most devotees as ‘The album where Vince Clarke dressed as a cactus on tour’, 1997’s Cowboy is Erasure reminding fans and themselves…
Review: Nik Kershaw – The MCA Years
Nik Kershaw – The MCA Years is a long-overdue boxset for the singer-songwriter who brought a proggy flourish to the 80s charts Nik Kershaw – The MCA Years ★★★★☆ In…
Review: Duran Duran re-release first five albums
Duran Duran re-release the first five albums has them sounding (mostly) shiny again… Duran Duran ★★★★★ Rio ★★★★★ Seven And The Ragged Tiger ★★★☆☆ Notorious ★★★★☆ Big Thing ★★★★☆ More…
Pet Shop Boys release Feel, watch the new video here
Pet Shop Boys release Feel, the latest single from their 15th studio album Nonetheless. The single is available now as a five-track digital bundle which includes the radio edit of…
Album Review: Marc Almond – I’m Not Anyone
After changes in both the personal and professional life of Marc Almond, I’m Not Anyone is a welcome opportunity to take time out for reflection. Although it’s only been seven…
Classic Album: Pet Shop Boys – Introspective
Neil and Chris were dancefloor-bound for album number three, Pet Shop Boys’ Introspective, an expansive set that housed some of their best-loved tracks and remains one of their best-selling collections……
Classic Album: Eurythmics – Touch
Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart’s third album proved they were no flash in the pan. Eurythmics’ Touch was a rich and expansive collection of tracks, at various points majestic or…
Classic Pop Issue 87 is on sale now!
In the new issue of Classic Pop – as a definitive Blitz club compilation is finally released – we round up a star-studded cast including Boy George, Rusty Egan, Gary…