As Michael Bolton recalled in Classic Pop last issue, he and Diane Warren both wrote their first big hits for Laura Branigan’s 1983 album Branigan 2 – How Am I…
Album review: Elbow – Live At The Ritz – An Acoustic Performance
It’s obvious Elbow are playing to a partisan crowd from how this show – recorded in Manchester as latest album Giants Of All Sizes went to No.1 – gets underway…
Album review: Tim Burgess – I Love The New Sky
Few expected Tim Burgess to turn into a renaissance man and national treasure, yet here he is – frontman for The Charlatans, acclaimed solo performer, DJ, author, boss of the…
Album review: Badly Drawn Boy – Banana Skin Shoes
It’s been so long since Damon Gough released a studio album – his last, aside from 2012’s soundtrack to Being Flynn, was 2010’s It’s What I’m Thinking Pt.1 – Photographing…
New album review: The Magnetic Fields – Quickies
The kings of the themed album, the collective behind 69 Love Songs and 50 Song Memoir now go for 28 quick songs, from the 17 second assault of Death Pact…
Reissue review: Tanita Tikaram – Ancient Heart
Though its success and ubiquity weren’t as widespread or enduring, Tanita Tikaram ’s 1988 debut shared several characteristics with Norah Jones’ first album Come Away With Me, released 14 years…
Lost & Found: The Human League – Romantic?
If only the Human League’s sixth album had actually been their fourth, eh? However, as house music and indie pop captured all the cool in 1990, comeback LPs from veteran…
Gabrielle: “I was strong enough not to chase fame”
Over 25 years after Dreams made Gabrielle a phenomenon, she remains one of the finest pop singers Britain has produced. We spoke to her in 2020… “Oh my God, I LOVE…
Duran Duran to reissue live album A Diamond In The Mind
Duran Duran are reissuing their live album A Diamond In The Mind on vinyl on Friday – with an exclusive pink vinyl edition following in August. Duran Duran have announced…
Classic Pop’s Top 10 Duran Duran songs
It was almost impossible, but we selected our Top 10 Duran Duran tracks… 10. Come Undone (1993) Duran Duran had dropped off-radar before Ordinary World and this brooding classic heralded a…