#Sophisti-pop

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Tracklist:

Y Tú Te Vas • Torero • Quisiera Ser • Salomé (Club Mix-Radio Edit) • Completamente Enamorados • Fiesta En América • Tu Pirata Soy Yo • Este Ritmo Se Baila Así (Sye Bwa) • Tiempo De Vals • Provócame • Dejaría Todo • Baila Baila (Memê's Boriqua Radio Edit) • Tal Vez Es Amor (Talvez Seja Amor) • Candela

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[80sheaven]

The Style Council, gracing the back cover of Smash Hits in July 1985

[august-sysex]

prefab sprout - wild horses (1989 demo version)

[guerrilla-operator]

PREFAB SPROUT

[kellymagovern]

Fine Young Cannibals - "She Drives Me Crazy" [x]

[joanofarc]

burst, shelleyan orphan (1992).

just burst we'll uncontrollably burst down through the inside and out through the outside and place a kiss on my head i'm treading water but i'd rather drown

[ubykh]

Prefab Sprout - Appetite (Acoustic)

If your eyes are wanting all you see Then I think I'll name you after me I think I'll call you appetite

[coloursteelsexappeal]

Spandau Ballet - I'll Fly for You (1984)

[aaron-long]

I keep cracking up at this Prefab Sprout live moment where guitarist Kevin Armstrong unexpectedly does a huge slide and it clearly throws Paddy off

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Tracklist:

Never Gonna Give You Up • Whenever You Need Somebody • Together Forever • It Would Take A Strong Strong Man • The Love Has Gone • Don't Say Goodbye • Slipping Away • No More Looking For Love • You Move Me • When I Fall In Love

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[reckonslepoisson]

Charm, Clairo (2024)

For some reason I was quite into Clairo’s last album Sling, but I can’t really remember why – and Charm isn’t reviving my enthusiasm. Certainly competently and tastefully put together, I cannot help but want a little more, or even just a slight mark of distinction, a moment that is not tepid and dull. 

Pick: ‘Glory of the Snow

[nineteenfiftysix]

Tanita Tikaram - Twist In My Sobriety (Ancient Hearts, 1988)

[80sheaven]

“Surrender” Swing Out Sister vinyl single sleeves from 1986/87.

Video with song facts at Simplyeighties.com

[guerrilla-operator]

Prefab Sprout // The Golden Calf

You dashing horseman all gone away Left you a stable bill to pay And now the golden calf has turned to clay All my feelings dressed in gloves Couldn't touch your windswept harbour love White and open-necked you would still play