@starckclub.bsky.socialProduced by #JohnRocca, “Southern Freeez” was the 1980 debut single from UK #JazzFunk group #Freeez. Critic #StanWilson called it “a sublime dip into the depths of pop pleasures” while critic #LucyGiles called it “a #SophistiPop wallop”- it was an early Starck fave
#80sMusic
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@michiyoasaumi.bsky.socialcd spinning, sheets soft... #CityPop #JapaneseAOR #SophistiPop
@starckclub.bsky.socialUK #JazzFunk band #Level42’s 1984 single “Hot Water” was a Top10 hit in #Belgium #Norway & #TheNetherlands (#18 in the UK). Music critic #DellSwinton called it, “a polished, sophisticated pop powerhouse sure to become a hit”- it was a Starck fave
#SophistiPop #80sMusic #1980s
@michiyoasaumi.bsky.socialcool glass, warm booth light... #CityPop #JapaneseAOR #SophistiPop
@twest70.bsky.socialMore 80’s rainy fall day music, it’s my favorite Spandau Ballet album Parade. An underrated sophistipop album, this cassette was in heavy rotation when I was a teen.
#spandauballet #onlywhenyouleave #sophistipop #vinylsky
@sierkje.bsky.social#BreakingKindSongs #MusicChallenge #MusicSky
10.03 | Song begins with the letter O
"Oblivious" by Aztec Camera ("High Land, Hard Rain", 1983)
@michiyoasaumi.bsky.socialbetween midnight loads... #CityPop #JapaneseAOR #SophistiPop
@luchabat.bsky.social#NowSpinning Kalapana II (1976)
The aptly named second album from the Hawaiian legends offers up smooth, island #yachtrock and soulful #softrock with some #funk and even proto #sophistipop moments. #NowPlaying #vinyl #VinylCommunity #VinylSky
@illinoynce.bsky.socialSuch a great tune… #Sophistipop
@michiyoasaumi.bsky.socialpurple seat, city still glowing... #CityPop #JapaneseAOR #SophistiPop
@michiyoasaumi.bsky.socialflip through one more page... #CityPop #JapaneseAOR #SophistiPop
@michiyoasaumi.bsky.socialstill wired to the old crt... #CityPop #JapaneseAOR #SophistiPop
@starckclub.bsky.social#Durham UK #SophistiPop trio #TheKaneGang scored a big hit when their 1987 cover of #DennisEdwards “Don’t Look Any Further” went to #1 on the USA Dance Chart but it was their 1985 single “Gun Law” which critic #MikeRose called “sublime” that became a much beloved Starck fave
@getmusic.bsky.socialArmstrong - HandiCrafts
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"Too lo-fi and steeped in emotional immediacy to be sophisti-pop and yet too 'considered' to disregard such inferences."
#indiepop #janglepop #indiefolk #60spop #sophistipop #sunshinepop #music
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@john-tweet.bsky.socialLEONARD COHEN - 'I'm Your Man' album (1988)
The 8th studio album, released in Feb '88. Among the singles incl. 'First We Take Manhattan', 'I'm Your Man' & 'Everybody Knows'. The album would reach No.34 in Canada & No.48 in the UK.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcUP...
#LeonardCohen #SynthPop #SophistiPop
@anarchrist.bsky.social@starckclub.bsky.social2 years after UK singer #BryanFerry disbanded #RoxyMusic, he released his 1985 solo effort BOYS AND GIRLS which became his only #1 solo album in the UK. Music critic #EmilRhine called it “sexy, sublime and seductive”- Starckers adored a deeper cut “The Chosen One”
#SophistiPop
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