On a related note, it's a complete joke that the likes of TT D'Arby, Neneh Cherry, Prince's Sign O The Times and Scritti's Cupid & Psyche 85 weren't in the Classic Pop top 100. Either the readership is horribly narrow and biased towards a few acts, or there really weren't that many voters....plus, a 1979 album made the cut, and the magazine just says "how did this happen?". Er, because you didn't automatically disqualify it, you dummies.
Your favourite pop album (from these) of the 80s.
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I read one copy of Classic Pop. The others are in a pile on my bedroom floor. Can't even remember if I still have a subscription.
I want to like it, but I just can't seem to.
The problem is it's not Smash Hits and it isn't the middle of the 80s anymore.
The problem is that it's a bit shit.
It's basically Q magazine for 80's pop music which by definition can't possibly work.
It's basically Q magazine for 80's pop music which by definition can't possibly work.
The only issue I had is the one celebrating Like A Virgin's 30th anniversary. It was OK.
Q in the 80s was pretty good. I saved a lot of those issues. Smash Hits and Record Mirror were my favourites, though. The latter was even better in the 70s.
Q in the 80s was pretty good. I saved a lot of those issues. Smash Hits and Record Mirror were my favourites, though. The latter was even better in the 70s.
I wish I'd kept more of my Qs and Record Mirrors.
Classic Pop's major failing is the writing. It just fails to spark. And every issue feels the same.
Classic Pop's major failing is the writing. It just fails to spark. And every issue feels the same.
I used to love the album reviews in Q. Sadly it didn't start until late 1986 so it missed some of the best albums of the decade..
I have some of my Record Mirror reviews and articles on a DVD. Only 70s things, though. If you want to see stuff on McCartney, Elton, Carpenters, Bay City Rollers and ONJ, I'm your man!
I only discovered Record Mirror in 1984 (because Depeche Mode were on the cover), and it changed quite a bit in the 7 years I continued to read it. Not always for the best!
Q sort of coincided with the CD era; the first issue had Graceland and Paul McCartney's Press To Play. The former was the first compact disc I ever bought.
Yeah, I had that first issue of Q. I think it's quite rare now.
Typical me, I began with issue #2! Then carried on for years, much longer than I should have, when it became a shrine to dadrock and indie landfill. I used to like the unusual colour-schemes they'd come up for the Q...yellow on black, red on black, orange, green....until "brand awareness" forced them into keeping on white-on-red for eternity.
I think I bought it solidly from the first issue for about 6 years. I used to really look forward to it! RM was going down the tubes at this point and Q filled a gap.
I remember the different colour schemes too!
RE: Classic Pop
I can't believe this magazine is still in print.
I bought the first few issues because the concept seemed cool.
But I found the writing really sloppy and full of a lot of wrong "facts".
Also it wasn't telling me anything new or giving deep enough interviews.
I look at it on the shelf in newsagents now and really wonder who the hell is still buying it...
I can't believe this magazine is still in print.
I bought the first few issues because the concept seemed cool.
But I found the writing really sloppy and full of a lot of wrong "facts".
Also it wasn't telling me anything new or giving deep enough interviews.
I look at it on the shelf in newsagents now and really wonder who the hell is still buying it...
The sloppiness in the facts department is appalling in the latest issue. Even the most cursory proof-read would have spotted the Wham! mistake, the various factual errors and allowing a 1979 album to be included is just bizarre.
Looks like Control won this. Typically it's my least favourite on the list!
I think you will find Kylie Minogue's opus, Kylie, won! And rightfully so.
Kylie is definitely the best pop album of the 80's! May not be groundbreaking, but pure fun all the same.
However, if we are talking best non single pop tracks of the 80's, than Kylie's Enjoy Yourself for me wins every time. I love it and it was of course my personal #11 in last years PWL rate. Such a bop.
If we are talking non singles (or only singles in Japan!) Turn It Into Love is where it's at.