#Sophisti-pop

[reckonslepoisson]

Fushigi, Akina Nakamori (1986)

City pop, for me, is an era notable for its top-heaviness. So few eras of pop music – particularly from a single country – reap such rewards; city pop has its classics and its godawful duds, but it’s catalogue of ‘very decent but not quite top tier’ releases is formidable. Akina Nakamori’s Fushigi [Mysterious] fits in that vast, impressive tier, a loud and dramatic record with a good amount of warble that is, alas, not quite my city pop canon. 

Pick: ‘Back Door Night’

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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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[august-sysex]

prefab sprout - wild horses (1989 demo version)

[80sheaven]

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

[guerrilla-operator]

PREFAB SPROUT

[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

[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

[kellymagovern]

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

[joanofarc]

happy to be sad, allen clapp (1992).

there's a voice inside my head and it sounds like you you're just in blue and i'm happy to be sad from you

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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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[coloursteelsexappeal]

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

[nineteenfiftysix]

Spandau Ballet - True (True, 1983)

[slowandsweet]

evrshde - Line of Fire (Lyric Video)

[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