Our model new situation, Traditional Pop Presents 1983, is right here! Our Eighties sequence continues with 1983, the 12 months when pop hit the stratosphere, ruling the world’s Walkmans with a number of the largest tunes – and stellar albums – ever recorded.
It was a 12 months of arrivals. Forty years on, we pay tribute to the 12-month interval that welcomed the likes of Madonna, Wham!, Bananarama, REM, Tears For Fears, Paul Younger and Cyndi Lauper to the world by way of a golden run of game-changing debut albums. Add but extra seminal long-players from Speaking Heads, David Bowie, Eurythmics, Tradition Membership, Yazoo and extra, and right here was a interval when pop music really was unstoppable…
Get on board as we have a good time a peak 12 months in planet pop – order your copy at present!
Additionally on this situation…
- Hint The Police’s 12 months as they had been busy turning into ‘the largest band on this planet’
- Discover the beginning of uber-producer Trevor Horn’s mighty ZTT file label, and the now-world well-known NOW compilations
- Unique interviews with Stephen Morris and Gillian Gilbert from New Order, Heaven 17’s Martin Ware, Kajagoogoo’s Nick Beggs, and Thompson Twins’ Tom Bailey
- Our final 1983 playlist, plus rather more!
