Featuring a gobby frontman with the theatrical nous of Jim Morrison, a Frank Sinatra croon and Leonard Cohen’s melancholic sensibility, Echo & The Bunnymen forged grandiose soundscapes out of punk…
My Life In Vinyl: Stephen Street
The music producer Stephen Street is best known for his work with The Smiths, Morrissey and Blur. He tells an attentive Ben Wardle about the 10 albums he’s worked on…
Making The Sundays: Reading, Writing And Arithmetic
Mixing the feathery whimsy of the Cocteau Twins and the jangling melodicism of The Smiths, The Sundays were tipped for huge stardom with Reading, Writing And Arithmetic. Only problem was:…
Ultravox – The Complete Guide
From their origins as art-rock innovators with John Foxx to their seminal success as synth-pop saviours with Midge Ure, Ultravox may have changed their sound and their line-up but their…
Prefab Sprout albums – the complete guide
All of the Prefab Sprout albums are worth a place in every pop fan’s record collection. Here we take a trip through the band’s peerless back catalogue… Swoon Released 1984…
Top 20 80s pop instrumentals
We count down our Top 20 80s pop instrumentals… While the vocal power, stage presence and charisma of a good frontperson is always handy when making a career in pop,…
Top 20 80s cover versions
Cover versions are sometimes bad, sometimes great. Here’s Classic Pop’s rundown of the very best cover versions of some of the 80s’ very best songs. It’s a testament to the…
Top 20 pop side projects
Some pop side projects were just fleeting dalliances away from the mothership, while others made a lasting impact… Whether they’re borne out of creativity, curiosity or just plain boredom, pop…
One-Hit Wonders – Best Of The 80s
One-hit wonders are like love affairs – intense, but alas, all-too-brief. Here’s Classic Pop’s rundown of the greatest one-shots ever to earworm their way into the charts and the public’s…
a-ha albums – the complete guide
Classic Pop salutes the reluctant teen idols and kings of Nordic melancholia with an in-depth look at the a-ha albums Hunting High And Low Released 1985 Label Warner Bros Just…