Erasure pop legend Andy Bell has announced the release of his fourth solo album Torsten The Bareback Saint, a groundbreaking musical concept available from 28th July 2014 through Strike Force…
Extended 80s – The Definitive 12″ Collection!
‘EXTENDED 80’s’ is a brand new collection of sought after 12” extended mixes from the biggest and most credible artists of the era: featuring the awesome Diddy’s 12” Mix of…
Let’s Rock competition winners announced!
We are happy to announce the winners of our Lets Rock competition from Issue 9 of Classic Pop! Here are the lucky winners… 1st prize (Family pass and glamping Bristol…
In Praise of… The Nits
They’ve never had a hit single in the UK (or the US, for that matter), and this weekend sees their first London gig at a major venue (and just their…
Top 100 Singles of the 80s: 5-1
5 Visage: Fade to Grey In many ways, this was the spiritual sequel to our number 20 single, David Bowie’s Ashes To Ashes. Visage frontman Steve Strange stepped out of…
Top 100 Singles of the Eighties: 10-6
10 Propaganda: Duel It’s actually quite incredible that Propaganda manage to gatecrash our Top 10 when they released so little music in the Eighties (and have released next-to-nothing in the…
Top 100 Singles of the 80s: 15-11
15 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark: Enola Gay Not OMD’s biggest chart hit – even Locomotion got higher – but their most well-loved. Possibly because it summed up everything that…
Top 100 Singles of the 80s: 20-16
20 David Bowie: Ashes to Ashes We’ve come across several singles in the Top 100 that bridged the gap between Eighties pop and Nineties pop. And this was the one…
Top 100 Singles of the 80s: 25-21
25 Erasure: Sometimes The first of two high-scoring entries for Erasure, and proof that if any one musician dominates UK Eighties pop – and this Top 100 – it’s Vince…
Top 100 Singles of the 80s: 30-26
30 Frankie Goes To Hollywood: The Power of Love While Relax and Two Tribes, the first two Frankie singles, are remembered for their big, bold, world-stopping statements of sex and…