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Only You: Yazoo interview
With Only You, Yazoo became one of the most popular synth-pop bands of the 80s. Classic Pop looks back with Vince Clarke and Alison Moyet. By Wyndham Wallace Vince Clarke pulls…
There’s still time to vote in our 2018 Reader Awards!
Have you voted in our 2018 Reader Awards on Facebook yet? All the links are included below, so make sure you have your say! We’re running our annual Reader Awards…
Issue 48 of Classic Pop is on sale now!
Get your copy of Issue 48 in-store for just £5.99 – use our storefinder. The single issue is available online for £6.99 here. Alternatively, you can buy a digital issue…
Review: Yazoo – Four Pieces/Three Pieces
A new boxset – on either four vinyl discs or three CDs – remasters Yazoo’s two classic studio albums and adds BBC radio sessions and remixes Yazoo’s genesis was rooted…
The Lowdown: Pet Shop Boys
A former Smash Hits journalist and an architecture student who never graduated, Pet Shop Boys went on to become the most successful UK duo ever, selling more than 50 million records worldwide…
Review: Blancmange – Wanderlust
One of the streaming revolution’s obvious casualties has been the lyric. Where album sleeves often offered them as sustenance for even the casual fan, these days, it requires a conscious…
Review: Steven Jones & Logan Sky – The Electric Eye
As with Hans Und Lieselotte, released earlier this year, The Electric Eye finds Logan Sky (keyboardist in Visage’s final line-up) and Steven Jones further refining their once unmodified penchant for…
Review: Rick Astley – Beautiful Life
The re-evaluation of Rick Astley isn’t, in the grand scheme of things, the weirdest story of recent years. It is, nonetheless, odd. After his debut album’s phenomenal success, declining sales…
Pop Art: Richard Smith of Area interview
Richard Smith’s creative output includes a diverse range of clients and stellar collaborations. As half of the design duo, Area, the graphic designer’s impressive pop portfolio was hugely influential in…
Blancmange new album and UK tour
Blancmange, aka the Neil Arthur led experimental synth-pop project, has a very busy autumn ahead. On October 19th the brand new record ‘Wanderlust’ is set for release and, swiftly afterwards,…