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After the fanfare of the reissue of two CD and four vinyl Kate Bush Remastered boxsets last November, as well as separate remastered versions of every album, Kate Bush now…
Issue 48 of Classic Pop is on sale now!
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Review: Pet Shop Boys – Behaviour / Very / Bilingual: Further Listening
These three reissues – plus extras – covering the Pet Shop Boys’ 1990s output prove that we should take their post-imperial phase seriously… In the pre-fame days, when he was…
Skids – Scared To Dance review
Dunfermline punk/new wave outfit Skids boasted charismatic future TV presenter Richard Jobson as their frontman, and were the band out of which Big Country formed – Stuart Adamson was their…
The Members – Greatest Hits: All The Singles review
Like The Undertones, The Members were a late-arriving punk band, although they weren’t really a post-punk band. They dabbled in reggae with their single Offshore Banking Business, but it wasn’t…
The Main Ingredient: Brotherly Love, The RCA Anthology review
Hollywood star Cuba Gooding Jr’s old man was one of the vocalists in this leading New York harmony/soul and R&B group of the 70s and 80s. One of the richest…
The Bar-Kays – As One / Night Cruising / Propositions / Dangerous review
The Bar-Kays began as a backing band and session musicians for the Stax label (most prestigiously for Otis Redding) before breaking out on their own. They were one of those…
Rae Morris – Someone Out There review
“These are new beginnings,” coos Blackpool native Rachelle Morris early on the follow-up to 2015’s hyped but nonetheless lukewarm Unguarded. “Find another name for me,” she continues, her voice giddy…
Jackie Moore – I’m On My Way review
The Jacksonville, Florida, singer Jackie Moore is another one of those artists whose chart forays span different eras. She had a gold-certified, million-selling single in 1970 with the gritty gospel/bluesy…
Leo Sayer – The Gold Collection review
Certain financial issues in the 90s and more recent reality TV debacles have somewhat tarnished his reputation, but Leo Sayer was a huge star in the 70s and, to a…