The story behind Prince’s masterpiece Purple Rain After years as the critic’s choice, Prince’s evolution to rock’s leading man saw him score a hit album, blockbuster movie and record-breaking tour.…
Jim Kerr interview: 40 years of Simple Minds’ Sparkle In The Rain
Simple Minds’ frontman Jim Kerr looks back on their bombastic Sparkle In The Rain album To many Simple Minds fans, 1984’s Sparkle In The Rain album was a marker in the…
Nik Kershaw interview – The Riddle
Nik Kershaw – The Riddle Nik Kershaw started 1984 with one album – Human Racing – and finished it with another – The Riddle. Here, he talks about the pressures…
Classic Album: a-ha – Scoundrel Days
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…