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Top 40 Stock Aitken Waterman songs
We count down our favourites in this list of the Top 40 Stock Aitken Waterman songs… We’ve put together more than our fair share of Top 40s over the years…
Making Sparks: No.1 In Heaven
With Sparks: No.1 In Heaven, Ron and Russell Mael delivered an album which, while not performing well commercially, would prove one of their most influential records… By Mark Lindores A…
Pet Shop Boys singles – The Top 40
Classic Pop picks out the best Pet Shop Boys singles, from 1984 to 2016… Pet Shop Boys are one of pop’s most successful duos of all time – national treasures,…
Making Wham!: Make It Big
Wham!: Make It Big saw George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley embrace a poppier sound and a more colourful image. It cost them credibility, but earned them their rightful place as…
Forget Me Nots: Transvision Vamp – Little Magnets Versus The Bubble Of Babble
Transvision Vamp had the world at their feet after reaching No.1 with second LP, Velveteen. But thanks to the vicious music press and an interfering record company, its follow-up, Little…
Happiness Not Included: Soft Cell announce new album
Soft Cell have shared details of their brand new album, Happiness Not Included, set for release in Spring 2022. The LP will be the first from Marc Almond and Dave…
Making Depeche Mode: Speak And Spell
Depeche Mode: Speak And Spell announced the arrival of one of the most important synth-pop bands of the 1980s. We look back on its making… It would have been hard…
Making Visage: Visage
Where would the New Romantic movement have been without Visage… or vice versa? The band’s self-titled debut album was the result of an almost supergroup-like meeting of talented individuals. Aiming…
Making Spandau Ballet: Journeys To Glory
Spandau Ballet: Journeys To Glory was the band’s debut album, peaking at No.5 after its release in March 1981. Guitarist/saxophonist Steve Norman talks to Classic Pop about its making… By…
Leslie Winer career retrospective announced
A 16-track retrospective of the Boy George-approved musician, poet and author Leslie Winer will showcase her groundbreaking three-decade career. Released by the Light In The Attic label, When I Hit…