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Thompson Twins
From the affordable, through to the eye-wateringly expensive and the virtually unattainable, we present our Top 20 Rare & Collectable records… Words by Barry Page While streaming may have had…
Classic Pop issue 90 is on sale!
In the latest issue of Classic Pop we have a world exclusive cover feature interview with The Human League as the group look back with us on their storied life…
Thompson Twins announce Into The Gap 40th anniversary edition
The Thompson Twins to release Into The Gap 40th anniversary edition. Initially released in February 1984, the fourth album by The Thompson Twins was a multi-platinum album on both sides…
Alannah Currie interview: “For a couple of years the three of us had a real laugh”
In this archive interview from 2017, Thompson Twins’ Alannah Currie remembers the band’s early days… By Jenny Valentish Behind the imposing doorway of the Sisters HQ in Borough, south London,…
Tom Bailey interview: “It can be harder to write pop when you’re older”
Previously a cult proposition across the albums A Product Of… and Set, US hit In The Name Of Love inspired Tom Bailey to transform Thompson Twins from a seven-piece cult…
Thompson Twins / Tom Bailey – album by album
We look back on the albums of Thompson Twins and their frontman Tom Bailey… A Product Of… (Participation), 1981 The Thompson Twins were never two. Once they were four, now they…
Issue 78 of Classic Pop is on sale now!
In the latest issue of Classic Pop, we have the definitive interview with a-ha’s Morten, Magne and Paul who reveal all about their complex band dynamic and new album, True…
Here’s to Future Days: Tom Bailey interview
With a brand new album out now, an exciting independent record label and an extensive world tour schedule, there are three fresh chapters in the story of former Thompson Twin…
Review: Tom Bailey – Science Fiction
Almost three decades since their swansong, the former Thompson Twin finally releases his solo debut… a spirited and confident collection. Wyndham Wallace gives Science Fiction 4/5 and names it Classic…
Top 100 Singles of the 80s: 100-96
100 The Smiths: Bigmouth Strikes Again A surprisingly low entry in the Top 100 for what’s possibly the purest of pure indiee-pop, at least in comparison to everything else in…