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Album by Album
New Order Albums – From 1981’s Movement to 2015’s Music Complete, this is your definitive guide… By Steve Harnell New Order Albums: Movement Released 1981 Label Factory Chart Position UK…
ABBA Albums: The Complete Guide
All of the ABBA albums are worth a place in every pop fan’s record collection. Here we take a trip through every record the quartet ever made… By Steve Harnell…
Nick Heyward Albums: The Complete Guide
Nick Heyward albums have, over the decades, embraced pop, soul, funk and folk… By Steve Harnell Nick Heyward Albums: Pelican West Released 1982 Label Arista Records Producer Bob Sargeant Just…
Album By Album: Heaven 17
Taking politics to the dancefloor, they’ve given the human league a run for their money as Sheffield’s biggest synth-pop act. By Steve Harnell Penthouse And Pavement Released 1981 Label Virgin…
Human League Albums – The Complete Guide
Through nine Human League albums the synth icons transformed themselves from science fiction-obsessed futurists into pure pop mavericks. By Steve Harnell The Human League Albums: Reproduction Released 1979 Label…
Album By Album: Sade
Shifting an astonishing 75 million albums worldwide, over the past four decades Sade have finessed their ‘quiet storm’ sound for the masses. By Steve Harnell Diamond Life Released 1984 Label…
The a-ha Albums
Classic Pop salutes the reluctant teen idols and kings of Nordic melancholia with an in-depth look at the a-ha albums Hunting High And Low Released 1985 Label Warner Bros Chart…
Album by Album: Belinda Carlisle
Taking the road less travelled through melodic punk, juggernaut pop success and an LP inspired by Kundalini yoga, Steve Harnell looks at the back catalogue of the singer who first…
Album by Album: Grace Jones
Three distinct phases mark the career of this most singular of artists – disco, reggae and dub excursions followed by all-out commercial pop. She’s recently been set the task of…
Album By Album: Blur
Led by the versatile songwriting of Damon Albarn and dynamic guitar skills of Graham Coxon, the Blur back catalogue is an embarrassment of riches. Steve Harnell takes a look at…