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Classic Album
How two members of Sheffield’s most pioneering pop group split to form a new politically-driven band that would ultimately rewrite the rule book with a debut album of icy electronica…
Classic Album: Fever – Kylie Minogue
Having made her triumphant return to pop with 2000’s shimmering disco opus light years, Kylie capped her comeback the following year with a streamlined new sound and a cool new…
Classic Album: Violator – Depeche Mode
In the late 80s, Depeche Mode were huge Stateside. Appearances would cause riots and they could easily wow 70,000 people in a single sitting. But after six varied and successful…
Classic Album: Whenever You Need Somebody – Rick Astley
The musical merging of a northern soul boy with pop’s hottest production team, Whenever You Need Somebody rockrolled the music business, defying critics to sell more than 15 million copies…
Classic Album: She’s So Unusual – Cyndi Lauper
She emerged as the fun-loving queen of quirky pop, famed for her wacky outfits and crazy-coloured hair, but Cyndi Lauper’s debut album She’s So Unusual revealed her to be so…
Classic Album: Debut – Björk
Following the break-up of Icelandic indie outfit The Sugarcubes, Björk released THE 1993 masterpiece, Debut, the record that was to establish her as a true pop maverick Having emerged as…
Classic Album: Hounds Of Love – Kate Bush
Given her current status as one of the most original and dynamic artists Britain has ever produced, it’s hard to imagine that there was a time in the mid-Eighties when…
Classic Album: Fantastic – WHAM!
Speedos, shuttlecocks and exuberant, life-affirming tunes – when George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley exploded onto the scene with their debut album, the pop world didn’t quite know what had hit…
Classic Album: Gentlemen Take Polaroids – Japan
A long-awaited commercial breakthrough, their first top 40 single and a shift to a major label: Japan’s fourth album was a turning point in their fortunes. However, this success hid…
Classic Album: Purple Rain – Prince And The Revolution
When, five albums into his career, prince suggested that he wanted to make a movie, his label scoffed. Twenty-nine years on, Purple Rain is widely regarded as the moment the…