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New albums
New album releases
Good music is essential now more than ever, so here are the top Classic Pop picks for new albums you should listen to over the coming weeks… Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott – Manchester…
Top Five Compilations Of 2019
Dedicated to a particular label? Looking for something new to spin? Classic Pop have got you covered with our top five compilations from 2019… 1 2 Tone 7″ Treasures The 7″ format…
Top Ten New Releases Of 2019
2019 was a spectacular year for pop, so here’s the Classic Pop pick for last year’s top ten new releases… 1 Gary Daly – Gone From Here China Crisis’ Gary Daly’s solo…
New Releases: 13 March
This week, we’re looking at four new albums from the world of contemporary pop… Ben Watt – Storm Damage 8/10 After two memoirs, one recounting his battle with a rare…
Review: No-Man – Love You To Bits
The late Mitch Hedberg used to joke about how Pringles’ original intention was to manufacture tennis balls. “On the day the rubber was supposed to show up,” he’d say, “a…
Review: Beck – Hyperspace
Around his previous album Colors two years ago, Beck revealed it was only severe back pain that had prevented him from wanting to make more funk records in the vein…
Review: Coldplay – Everyday Life
The stadium mainstays return with a solemn, understated cry for tolerance and unity that might very well be their best work to date… Though they remain one of the world’s…
Review: Alexandra Savior – The Archer
“Seven years,” sings Alexandra Savior as her second album gets underway, “I’ve had seven years of bad luck and I’m just fine…” It’s a brave statement, but any self-deception is…
Review: Courteeners – More. Again. Forever.
The last stadium indie band left standing, there’s always been more going on with these Mancs than the laddish clichés unfairly attached to them imply… Having scrapped an album along…
Review: Georgia – Seeking Thrills
If a simple hook or singular sound are enough for you, you’ll get on well with Georgia Barnes, especially if you like a gimmick… As this year’s viral clip of…