Sophisti-pop is a subgenre of pop music which developed out of the new wave movement in the UK during the mid 1980s.[1][2] The term has been applied retrospectively[3][4][5][6] to describe acts who blended elements of jazz, soul, and pop with lavish production.[4][7] Music so classified often made extensive use of electronic keyboards, synthesizers and polished arrangements.[4] Artists also utilized cutting-edge studio technology and perfectionist recording methods.[8] The genre has been described as mellow, romantic, and atmospheric.[8]
^Treble staff (24 April 2014). "10 Essential Sophisti-pop albums". Treble. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
^Terich, Jeff; Blyweiss, Adam; Bossenger, A.T.; Prickett, Sam (24 April 2014). "10 Essential Sophisti-pop albums". Treble. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
^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. 'Sophisti-pop' (Inskeep and Soto 2007) is a term now used, retrospectively, to describe a collection of 'intelligent', lavishly produced British pop acts of the mid–late 1980s.
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