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*1 ”One of New Order’s greatest choruses and
an electro drum solo to boot – what the hell
more can you ask for?”
*2 ”James Grant’s soulful voice should have
propelled this superb sophisti-pop track into
the Top 10 in 1988.”
*3 ”Three minutes, 26 seconds of janglepop
perfection. No.3 in the indie chart, but a
shameful No.46 in the main one.”
*4 ”Interferon are the ultimate example of
the act that somehow went missing.”
*5 ”Their music was probably just too
damn nice to succeed on a massive scale,
but virtually everything they did was
perfect pop.”
*6 ”Sadly not the only classic Squeeze song
to miss the Top 40, as Tempted, Black Coffee
In Bed and Annie Get Your Gun were unfairly
snubbed, too. What on earth happened?”
*7 ”One of R.E.M.’s most glorious excursions
into harmony and counter-harmony.”
*8 ”Despite cracking the Top 30 in 1982, this
‘84 single was part of a three-and-a-bit year
run of misses for the late Mark Hollis and co.
who didn’t return to the charts til 1986’s Life’s
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http://www.classicpopmag.comOUR CONTRIBUTORS
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Steve Harnell
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Bizarre Love Triangle – NEW ORDER *
ART EDITOR
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Strange Kind Of Love – LOVE AND MONEY *ADVERTISING MANAGER
Jonathan Highett
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Made Of Stone – THE STONE ROSESSUB-EDITOR
Steve O’Brien
Sally Cinnamon – THE STONE ROSES *
DIGITAL EDITOR
Holly Taylor
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Love Is The Seventh Wave – STINGFOUNDER, EDITOR-AT-LARGE
Ian Peel
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Moments In Love – ART OF NOISECREATIVE DIRECTOR
Jenny Cook
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Free Fallin’ – TOM PETTY
MARKETING MANAGER
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Gypsy – FLEETWOOD MACCONTRIBUTORS
John Earls
Steamhammer Sam – INTERFERON *
Johnny Black
Dream Kitchen – FRAZIER CHORUS *
David Burke
Tinseltown In The Rain – THE BLUE NILE
Wyndham Wallace
Such A Shame – TALK TALK
Ian Gittins
See Jungle! (Jungle Boy) – BOW WOW WOW
Douglas McPherson
Pulling Mussels (From The Shell) – SQUEEZE *
Mark Lindores
Control – JANET JACKSON
Rudy Bolly
Let Me Go – HEAVEN 17
Matthew Rudd
All I Wanted – IN TUA NUA
Jonathan Wright
Fall On Me – R.E.M. *
Andy Jones
The Downtown Lights – THE BLUE NILE
Laura Williams
I Melt With You – MODERN ENGLISH
Dave Freak
Such A Shame – TALK TALK *
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When The Wild Calls – SWANS WAY
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Oh L’Amour – ERASUREWHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE 80S SINGLE THAT WASN’T A HIT?
Ian Gittins is a music writer
for The Guardian, formerly
of Melody Maker and Q.
He is the co-writer of the
best-selling autobiographies
of Nikki Sixx, David Essex
and Shane Filan, among many more, and
the author of A Perfect Dream, an illustrated
history of the 40-year career of The Cure,
which is out now. Ian brings us this month’s
reissues reviews section.Best known for editing
Teletext’s music pages
Planet Sound in the
2000s, John Earls has
also written about pop
for the Sunday People,
News Of The World, the Daily Star and
the NME. This month, John meets two
classic songwriting duos – Squeeze’s
Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook, plus
the legendary Daryl Hall & John Oates.
Wyndham Wallace is
formerly a publicist, label
representative and artist
manager who has written for
Uncut and The Guardian.
His Travis documentary,
Almost Fashionable, was selected for the
Edinburgh International Film Festival. For
Classic Pop, Wyndham helms our new
albums section and tells the story of Talk
Talk’s masterpiece Spirit Of Eden.All content copyright Anthem Publishing Ltd 2019, all rights reserved.
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