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Classic Album
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 Album: Adam And The Ants – Kings Of The Wild Frontier
Left without any band members following a Malcolm McClaren-led mutiny, Adam regrouped stronger than ever and made the seemingly unlikely transformation from leather-clad abrasive post-punks to vibrant chart darlings with Kings…
Classic Album: Stevie Wonder – Hotter Than July
The first Stevie Wonder album of the 80s was a back-to-basics return to form. A tight collection in which The Motown legend plays it safe with his trademark funky soulful…
The Making of Madonna’s Like A Prayer
Madonna’s Like A Prayer is an immaculate collection of songs which saw the superstar looking inwards for divine inspiration, taking in grief, loss, redemption and empowerment. With the celestial like a…
Classic Album: a-ha – Scoundrel Days
Classic Pop takes a look back at a-ha’s dark sophomore LP, Scoundrel Days, and discover an album more Smashing Pumpkins than Smash Hits Just how on earth do you follow…
Album Insight: Kylie Minogue – Golden
We’d had IndieKylie, SexKylie, CuteKylie and DanceKylie… Well, in 2018 it was the turn of CountryKylie, as the Princess of Pop embraced the sounds of Nashville – and soundtracked a…
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…
Making Electronic by Electronic
With Electronic, Johnny Marr and Bernard Sumner shook off the shackles of being at the forefront of two of the most significant bands of the 80s and aimed straight for…
Making Tears For Fears’ Songs From The Big Chair
After making major waves with their debut The Hurting in 1983, Tears For Fears returned with a new sound two years later with Songs From The Big Chair… Having achieved a level of…
Making KLF: The White Room
Subsidised with the proceeds of an 80s novelty hit, the eccentricities, the vision and ambition of KLF, combined with their taste for acid house and anarchy, resulted in The White…