Best "Pop" Record ever produced?

[AlexC1981]

No mention of Lady Gaga?

Bad Romance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrO4YZeyl0I

Also; Paparazzi, Poker Face and Alejandro. The videos are pretty good too. Ugly, dirty...yet hard to stop watching. The video to Alejandro is particularly disturbing!

[XJSJohn]

rover 623gsi said:

Patch1875 said:

Don't think anything can top the 80's for pop classics

Video killed the radio star - Buggles stands out for me, not my fav but a great pop song.

released in 1979

and first song played on MTV

2nd - Dire Straits, Money for nothing
3rd - Aha - Take on me.

[Wilmslowboy]

New order - True Faith

[mp3manager]

You're all wrong, in the UK it's this....

B*Witched - C'est la Vie

https://youtu.be/UvjLgjtJKsc

But for pure slickness, nothing can touch K-Pop

F[x] - Rum Pum Pum Pum

https://youtu.be/xnku4o3tRB4

F[x] - Electric Shock

https://youtu.be/n8I8QGFA1oM

Edited by mp3manager on Friday 17th July 07:24

[Alucidnation]

GetCarter said:

Alucidnation said:

GetCarter said:

I bloody hate pop music (having done it), but 'Owner of a Lonely Heart' or 'Slave to the Rhythm' would be the best pop music ever 'PRODUCED' as the o/p asked.

Time sensitive of course. They were well ahead of their time.

And neither of those would be where they are without Trevor Horn.

Which is why I added caps to PRODUCED

Who i happen to mention.

[conkerman]

All right now - Free.

Pop perfection.

[rover 623gsi]

the middle eight is too long

[TwigtheWonderkid]

conkerman said:

All right now - Free.

Pop perfection.

It's about 3 minutes too long. Pop record 2m30s max, 2m45s at a push.

[SpudLink]

Obviously impossible to answer, but great way to get people to list loads of great pop records.
I'm about to turn 50, so obviously I think the 70's & 80's was the era when "pop" music was at it's best, and hard to argue with most of the suggestions on here.
However, I'm gonna vote for Heat Wave by Martha Reeves and the Vandellas. Timeless, feel good, get up and dance pop music.

[otolith]

Dunno about "best", but Squeeze deserve a mention.

[rdjohn]

I find it hard to disagree with any of the suggestions here.

For me "the day the music died" was in September 1970 when I heard that Jimmy Hendrix was dead.

"All along the Watchtower" was released as a single shortly afterwards and I still think this is one of his very many best performances.

[TheExcession]

technodup said:

They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse In Your Soul.

That's a really good call too - saw them a couple of times, between the likes of Nirvana, NoMeansNo, Jesus Lizard, Transvision Vamp, PWEI & Ozric Tentacles I used to go to a lot of gigs in my yoof.

davegreg said:

Another Girl, Another Planet - The Only Ones

Another excellent call there

One that is not my favourite but perhaps qualifies - Wonder Stuff - Size of a Cow?

[Rh14n]

otolith said:

Dunno about "best", but Squeeze deserve a mention.

Another vote for Squeeze from me. Could also suggest anything by Abba.

[Ozone]

'Just can't get enough' by Depeche Mode and many others by Vince Clarke.

As has been said, for 'produced' then Trevor Horn is one of the best.

[DocJock]

Just about any single released by T Rex.

[technodup]

otolith said:

Dunno about "best", but Squeeze deserve a mention.

Mmm, Up The Junction.

Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag
Barenaked Ladies - One Week
B52s - Love Shack
REM -Shiny Happy People
Caro Emerald - Liquid Lunch
Space - Me & You V The World
Fratelli's - Chelsea Dagger

Should be at least a mention for Madness too- Baggy Trousers, House of Fun, Our House, and my favourite WIngs of a Dove.

I should stop this before I get to Lily Allen and my hardcore techno credibility is shattered.

[Athlon]

Madness were the masters of pop in the 80's as shown by the chart records! Our House however is the stand out track for the main stream listeners.
Never been a bad album by them, in fact the later albums, especially the Liberty of Norton Folgate are outstanding.

[Gompo]

Many great tracks listed on this thread. I'm far from your average 'pop' fan but I try to pay attention to producers and hear a lot of general Pop through the radio at work. Trevor Horn and The Neptunes being two I like to 'guess' the Producer with.

Anyway, I'd never be able to pick out a single tune, but two to add to the mix:

Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer

The Killers - Mr Brightside.

I'm sure I could think of another 20 not mentioned yet, but those two just stood out at this time.

[StescoG66]

Re PRODUCERS it has to be anything that has the magic ears of either Trevor Horn, Quincy Jones, Thoas Doldy, Bob Clearmountain or Steven Lipson involved.

Surprised tha Something About You by Level 42 hasn't had a mention

Edited by StescoG66 on Sunday 19th July 07:15

[Salesy]

Im glad someone said THRILLER.......

Surely the most iconic video EVER plus a song that everybody knows.


Another one for my vote and is pure 80's

M - POP MUZIK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEfFOd8TDZA