Straight Up made Paula Abdul a star in 1988, topping the Billboard Hot 100, selling over 1 million copies, and becoming a defining pop hit.
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The English singer’s fourth solo album is a perfectly competent production that rarely rises above the level of blandly pleasant electro-pop.
These rock songs from the 1980s are so good that modern-day songwriters still study them. And listeners still love them, too.
The pop star’s new album revels in the communal experience of clubbing. But his gleaming songs don’t reveal much about the man behind them.
These four rock songs all came out in 1984, and are so good, they still make anyone want to dance, even decades later.