Classic_Pop_Issue_30_July_2017

CLASSIC

JULY 2017

CLASSIC POP

DEPECHE MODE

• ALISON MOYET


• TERENCE TRENT D’ARBY


• JANET JACKSON


• GOLDFRAPP


• CREATION •
  STEPS • SAINT ETIENNE


• THE SOUND OF WALES

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CREATION RECORDS

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WHO’S WHO

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WATERCOOLER

MOMENTS

*1 “Goth goes Gospel. Dave Gahan’s best

vocal ever. Sounds like he hasn’t been to bed

in a month (and probably hadn’t).”

*2 “The industrial Zephyr Mix of In Your

Room, produced by Butch Vig, appeals to my

‘offi ce goth’ sensibilities the most.”

*3 “The King of electronic songs.”

*4 “I remember feeling uber-cool singing along

to this at Florida’s Wet ’n’ Wild disco. It had only

just been released in the US and I already knew

all the words as it had been out for a couple of

weeks in the UK.”

*5 “I love it when they sound angry!”

*6 “The soundtrack to a hellish phase of

romantic dejection living in semi-squalor in a

Sheffi eld two-up, two-down. Happy days.”

*7 “I hadn’t even heard it until I bought

their greatest hits in 1998 and then became

obsessed with it. Still feel robbed of its 12 years

of existence without me knowing it!”

*8 “It skedaddles along like a puppy dog.”

*9 “All jaunty monophonic synth riffs, DM’s

debut was a complete fl op when it was fi rst

released. How did that happen?

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OUR CONTRIBUTORS

EDITOR

Steve Harnell

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Condemnation *

PRODUCTION EDITOR

Dan Biggane

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In Your Room (Zephyr Mix) *

ART EDITOR

Alex Duce

[email protected]

Enjoy the Silence *

ADVERTISING MANAGER

Alison Zak-Collins

[email protected]

Somebody

DIGITAL EDITOR

Chris Mackin

[email protected]

Enjoy the Silence

FOUNDER, EDITOR-AT-LARGE

Ian Peel

[email protected]

Policy of Truth (Trancentral Mix)

CREATIVE DIRECTOR

Jenny Cook

[email protected]

Personal Jesus *

MARKETING MANAGER

Gemma Bailey

[email protected]

Personal Jesus

CONTRIBUTORS

Wyndham Wallace

I Feel You *

Paul Lester

Halo *

Andrew Dineley

The Sun and the Rainfall

Rudy Bolly

Behind the Wheel

Mark Lindores

A Question of Lust *

Christian Guiltenane

Little 15

Jonathan Wright

New Life *

Mark Elliott

Shake the Disease

Dave Freak

Dreaming of Me *

Tom Hocknell

Behind the Wheel

Matthew Rudd

New Life

MANAGING DIRECTOR

Simon Lewis

[email protected]

World in my Eyes

WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE DEPECHE MODE SONG?

Mark Lindores grew up

during the golden age of

pop mags, devouring Smash

Hits and Number One.

He now writes about the

artists he used to read about

for Classic Pop, Total Film and Mixmag.

This issue, he casts his eye over the back

catalogue of Janet Jackson and tells the

story of Terence Trent D’Arby’s fall from

grace in our Classic Album feature.

Paul Lester has been

Features Editor of Melody

Maker, and later Deputy

Editor of Uncut. Since

2007, he has freelanced for

The Guardian, The Sunday

Times, The Independent, MOJO, Classic

Rock, Prog and Classic Pop, where this

issue he tells the story of Creation Records,

meets St Etienne and helms our reissues

and compilations reviews section.

Wyndham Wallace

is formerly a publicist,

label representative

and artist manager who

has written for Uncut

and The Guardian. He

oversees Classic Pop’s new albums

reviews section, and this month talks

to Alison Moyet. His fi rst book, Lee,

Myself & I, was about singer-songwriter

Lee Hazlewood.

CEO Jon Bickley

[email protected]

Personal Jesus

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