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From 1970 to 2016, here’s Classic Pop’s (chronological) list of the Top 40 essential Elton John songs… By Ian Wade Where to start with a Top 40 of Elton…
Making ABBA: Waterloo
Its title track stands as a pop masterpiece, and the ratio of killer to filler has improved, but ABBA: Waterloo is still as preposterous as it is pleasing… By Wyndham…
Making ABBA: Ring Ring
ABBA: Ring Ring was the album that announced the arrival of a new pop group that were about to take on the world… By Wyndham Wallace “Every day in…
Top 20 Adam Ant Songs
In the late 70s and 80s, Adam Ant bridged the gap between punk and pop. Here’s Classic Pop’s list of the best Adam Ant songs… 20 Friends (1979) Although Friends…
Making ABBA: Voulez-Vous
Voulez-Vous showed off ABBA at their sexiest, as the quartet headed for boogie wonderland on the most disco-influenced work in their back catalogue… By Mark Lindores With a new baby,…
Making David Bowie: Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
While the New Romantics were still largely a secret to the outside world, their hero was dreaming up a soaring rock record, a multi-layered, dystopian masterpiece – Scary Monsters (And…
The Story Of The New Romantics
The New Romantics brought a burst of colour and style to a drab and depressing music scene in the first years of the 1980s… By Matthew Lindsay ‘Fame Fame Fame…
Making ABBA: Arrival
Transformed into a slick hit-making machine, ABBA: Arrival found the band at the peak of their powers across a landmark album that can be seen as a benchmark for great…
Making ABBA: Super Trouper
One of their most fully formed collections of songs – and a unanimous band favourite – Super Trouper saw ABBA put aside their differences to fine effect… By Mark Lindores…
Making ABBA: The Visitors
For ABBA The Visitors would prove the album that split the band for good (well, for 40 years anyway). “We’ve emptied ourselves of everything we’ve got to give,” said Björn.…