The second album from Kylie Minogue, Enjoy Yourself, may have been a magnet for critical sneers, but written solely with the fans in mind, it still sold by the truckload……
Album Insight: Madonna – MDNA
Newly divorced and with a fresh multi-million dollar deal, Madonna left the director’s chair in high spirits – but for many, the MDNA buzz just wasn’t enough… Given the triple-entendred…
Kylie – her most pivotal songs
“I have so many characters lurking around my body – I’m possessed!” And with over five decades of hits, Kylie has explored many of them via some of the most…
NOW That’s What I Call Music: 40th Anniversary – 40 Facts & Figures*
(*All based on the numbered Volumes 1 to 116 unless otherwise stated) The NOW series released its first album on 28 November 1983. To celebrate its 40th birthday, here’s 40…
Album Spotlight: Depeche Mode – Playing The Angel
Despite inter-band tiffs played out in the press and personal demons coming to the fore, Depeche’s 11th album Playing The Angel drew praise from all quarters… Prior to Playing The…
Madonna – the soundtrack albums
Despite having so many links to the film industry and roles within it, Madonna has so far only released three official soundtrack albums, and one of those doesn’t even feature…
Album By Album – OMD
The synth-pop icons who mastered the blend of experimentalism and melody… Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, 1980 Thanks to Liverpool’s hosting of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, 2023 has already…
Prince: Remembering Diamonds And Pearls
After ruling the 80s, Diamonds And Pearls proved that Prince could boss the 90s, too. With a mammoth new boxset of the masterpiece LP recently released, Classic Pop asks New…
Will Sergeant interview: “I wanted us to have a classic rock sound”
Echo & The Bunnymen mainstay Will Sergeant has scribed his second memoir, which charts the band’s rapid rise to pop stardom and reveals chance encounters with rock royalty along the…
Inside Kylie’s Tension
Fittingly for one of 2023’s hottest releases, the bulk of Kylie Minogue’s Tension was recorded during a thermometer-melting, record-breaking summer. We meet two of the LP’s key collaborators, Richard ‘Biff’…