List of sophisti-pop artists
This is a list of artists retrospectively classified under the genre sophisti-pop.[1] The term has been applied to pop music that emerged during the mid-1980s in the UK[2][3] which incorporated elements of new wave, jazz, soul, and pop.[2][4] Music so classified often made extensive use of electronic keyboards, synthesizers and polished arrangements, particularly horn sections.[2]
Sophisti-pop artists[edit]
- ABC[3]
- Altered Images[2]
- Animal Nightlife
- Aztec Camera[3]
- Basia[2]
- The Blow Monkeys[3]
- The Blue Nile[5]
- The Christians[6]
- Curiosity Killed the Cat[3]
- Danny Wilson[3]
- Deacon Blue[7]
- Double
- Everything but the Girl[2]
- Bryan Ferry[8]
- Go West
- Haircut One Hundred[9]
- Hue and Cry[10]
- Joe Jackson[11]
- Johnny Hates Jazz[3]
- Laid Back[2]
- Level 42[3]
- Living in a Box[3]
- Love and Money
- Matt Bianco[12]
- Orange Juice[2]
- Prefab Sprout[2]
- Sade[2]
- Scritti Politti[13][14]
- Simply Red[2]
- Belouis Some[15]
- Spandau Ballet[16]
- The Style Council[2][13]
- Swing Out Sister[2]
- Jessie Ware[4]
- Wet Wet Wet[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Kirkham, Neil (2017). "Polluting young minds? Smash Hits and 'high Thatcherism'". Journal of European Popular Culture. 8 (2): 139–152. doi:10.1386/jepc.8.2.139_1. Retrieved 13 December 2018.[dead link]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Pop/Rock » Punk/New Wave » Sophisti-Pop". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Inskeep, Thomas; Soto, Alfred (22 February 2007). "The Bluffer's Guide – Sophisti-Pop". Stylus. Archived from the original on 4 September 2011. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
- ^ a b "9 different music genres in the internet age – 2/10 – Sophisti-Pop". The Economic Times. 7 September 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ Strong, Martin C. "The Blue Nile". Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ Payne, Aidan (18 December 2009). "Top soul band back in Bahrain for Upstairs Downstairs concert" (PDF). Gulf Daily News. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 December 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ Strong, Martin C. (2002). The Great Scots Musicography : The Complete Guide to Scotland's Music Makers. Mercat. p. 214. ISBN 978-1-8418-3041-4.
- ^ Treble staff (24 April 2014). "10 Essential Sophisti-Pop albums". Treble. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
- ^ Cills, Hazel (15 June 2016). "Playlist: Underrated 1980s New Wave". Hipsway. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- ^ Strong 2002, p. 287.
- ^ Dolan, Jon (19 July 2012). "Joe Jackson – The Duke". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ "Matt Bianco". Virgin Media. Archived from the original on 13 October 2013.
- ^ a b Cills, Hazel (15 June 2016). "Playlist: Underrated 1980s New Wave". MTV. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Scritti Politti – Anomie & Bonhomie". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ "Belouis Some – Artist Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
- ^ Griffin, Andrew W. (6 June 2015). "Film Review: "Soul Boys of the Western World"". Red Dirt Report. Retrieved 27 December 2018.