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Top 15 Pop Compilations 1980-1999
Now That’s What We’re Talking About! Classic Pop compiles a Best Of countdown of the best of compilations… ever. Written by Paul English. 15. Now Dance ’92 (1992) Released when the format was…
Propaganda – A Secret Wish review
We’ve already had the 20th (CD, DVD plus SACD) and 25th (Element Series Edition) anniversary reissues of Propaganda’s A Secret Wish, now here’s a brand new version, just in time…
The Pet Shop Boys celebrate 30 years of hit album actually
On the 30th anniversary of its release, we discover how the Pet Shop Boys’ second album was informed by Thatcherism, a 60s singer living in a motel, Catholicism and ZZ…
Arcade Fire – Everything Now album review
Sony/Columbia 3/5 It’s tough to reconcile the Arcade Fire of now with the Montreal band that first emerged in 2004 touting the breathless, romantic Funeral. Back then, the idea they’d…
Sparks – Hippopotamus album review
BMG 4/5 Songs about sex and about Scandinavian design. Songs about The Macbeths and about Edith Piaf. Yep, the Mael brothers are back, and as delightfully oddball as ever. If…
BNQT – Volume 1 Review
Wyndham Wallace reviews supergroup BNQT’s debut release Volume 1, and begs the question, “when is Volume 2 arriving?” [Bella Union] One thing’s certain about BNQT, a supergroup made of members…
Jack Up The 80s returns
Jack Up The 80s is back for 2017. Not too sexy for this party! “They’ve had Number 1’s all over the world and are another of those acts we’ve been…
Issue 24 of Classic Pop is on sale now!
Issue 24 of Classic Pop magazine is out now! It’s a packed affair as our cover star Martin Fry lifts the lid on his audacious 21st-century reboot of ABC’s classic…
Top 100 Singles of the 80s: 30-26
The Top 100 Singles of the 80s countdown continues… 30 Frankie Goes To Hollywood: The Power of Love While Relax and Two Tribes, the first two Frankie singles, are remembered…
Top 100 Singles of the 80s: 65-61
65 Depeche Mode: Everything Counts We counted up the votes for Everything Counts but – oops – forgot to qualify which version people were voting for, as it’s been a…