Five Star – There’s a Brand New World
1988, and Five Star become a Leather Proposition.
Billy Joel – Code of Silence
Billy Joel ropes in Cyndi Lauper for a bit of help on this anthem for the emotionally repressed. AMAZING.
Malcolm McLaren & The Bootzilla Orchestra – Deep in Vogue
An extravaganza.
Jakie Quartz – À la vie à l’amour
We now return to the bottomless well that is Atmospheric French Pop.
Japan – The Art of Parties
1981. There has been an awakening. Have you felt it?
C.C. Catch – Strangers by Night
Great Britain joined the European Union in 1973. Perhaps one day pop will get that memo.
Alphaville – Forever Young
First there was the Power Ballad. And then, thanks to Alphaville, came the NUCLEAR POWER BALLAD.
AC/DC – Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
Dan Poliak, invoking the memory of the Spice Girls to make a point about AC/DC and the Fist Pump Anthem. Business as usual then.
Mint Juleps – Docklands
Girl Power, a decade early: it's the brilliant Mint Juleps.
The Boomtown Rats – Never in a Million Years
No more champagne and the fireworks are through - the holiday season may be over, but Stewart can still spare a thought for a song that was lost in the Christmas rush 34 years ago.
Lindsey Buckingham – Go Insane
Derek would rather Fleetwood Mac than jack.
Danny Wilson – Never Gonna Be the Same
Danny Wilson and the problem with perfection - how Mary's Prayer turned into a curse.
Tina Turner – Two People
A tale of Two People: how a winning formula doesn't always, er, win.
Bangles – Following
Now That's What I Call Stalking.
Fancy – Slice Me Nice
Filthy German cake-based Hi-NRG from the man they called Fancy. Fancy that!
Erasure – Yahoo!
A spot of religious ecstasy from a band whose fondness for exclamation marks is rivalled only by Shania Twain.
Young MC – Bust a Move
Dan Poliak on Young MC, rap's big breakthrough and Bette Midler samples.
Carly Simon – Let the River Run
To quote Patrick Juvet, I love America. And to quote Madonna, I love New York. For a person from a small town in Scotland, it was a place I’d only ever […]
Dolly Dots – What a Night
Saddled with the worst name in pop history, that didn't stop the Dolly Dots from conquering Europe.
Claire Hamill – Ultraviolet Light
We’ve already discussed, on numerous occasions, the sad demise of physical singles and bemoaned the loss of their many secondary pleasures. No more ruinously creased ‘giant’ posters folded countless times to […]
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