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 – Disco
Kylie’s ‘pandemic album’ turned out to be one of her most consistent as she returned from her sojourn to Nashville and launched into full-on outer space D.I.S.C.O mode While 14th…
OMD interview: “Andy pulls one way, I pull the other. Where we meet in the middle – that’s the OMD sound.”
Cementing an imperious run that stretches back over the past decade, OMD’s album Bauhaus Staircase completes a hat-trick of magnificence started with English Electric in 2013. It even proves Andy…
Top 20 Kylie deep cuts
Beyond the big hits and dancefloor fillers there are plenty of hidden delights to be found in Kylie’s diverse back catalogue. This is Classic Pop’s pick of the best of…
Classic Album: Kylie – Let’s Get To It
Let’s Get To It was the last LP Kylie made with Stock Aitken Waterman and found the former Neighbours star ready to spread her wings… Let’s Get To It is…
Duran Duran interview: “So many horrible things are happening in the world, you need a little levity”
What began as a knockabout way to take the pressure off being inducted into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame has become Duran Duran’s quickest album since their debut.…
Kylie – the inner circle
From songwriters and producers to choreographers and creative visionaries, Kylie has worked with some of the best. We examine some of the key players from across the career of the…
My Pop Life – Ed Byrne
Actor and stand-up comedian Ed Byrne reflects on how his early music tastes were informed by a love of Prince… Who were your musical heroes growing up? Prince. All the…
UB40: Stars on 45
As UB40 celebrate 45 years of not having to sign on, Robin Campbell and Jimmy Brown tell Classic Pop why they’re still a band of brothers – just not with…
Lol Tolhurst interview: “When I left The Cure my whole life disintegrated”
As a brand new album and second book hit the shelves, The Cure’s former drummer Lol Tolhurst takes time out of his packed schedule to talk to Classic Pop. By…