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Ah, I remember now, this is where I saw Prefab Sprout getting a well-deserved mention, although I never thought of looking for them in the Prog Recommendations forum. Smile
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The two first albums by Nik Kershaw is what i would call sophisto pop, with a distinct nose for art rocl, but with a bounce no other artists then Nik have.
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I’d like to mention the album Victims by Gizmo, an obscurity from 1981. It doesn’t precisely fit what’s been outlined in this thread, but it’s somewhat more synth-heavy and pop-oriented than your typical prog.

It’s on YouTube but only as a full album. It’s not clear what the rule is here. I’ve seen it said that full album posts aren’t allowed, but I’ve seen full album YouTube videos posted. So I’ll err on the side of caution and let you all search for this.
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Originally posted by Crane Crane wrote:

I’d like to mention the album Victims by Gizmo, an obscurity from 1981. It doesn’t precisely fit what’s been outlined in this thread, but it’s somewhat more synth-heavy and pop-oriented than your typical prog.

It’s on YouTube but only as a full album. It’s not clear what the rule is here. I’ve seen it said that full album posts aren’t allowed, but I’ve seen full album YouTube videos posted. So I’ll err on the side of caution and let you all search for this.

you can post the link though for full length albums from youtube. 
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Originally posted by Crane Crane wrote:


I said post the link not the video LOL
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Many have been mentioned already but for me the artists I most respected in the 80's that were NOT prog or metal
Gary Numan 
Tears For Fears
OMD (Maid Of Orleans has a tron!)
China Crisis
Simple Minds (borderline prog band and well known to be fans of Genesis)
Propaganda (a lot of prog musicians were involved in A Secret Wish so its virtually prog anyway!)
Big Country (maybe too 'rock' for this thread?!)
XTC
Siouxsie and The Banshees (check out Israel and Peep Show)
The Stranglers
Jon and Vangelis (The Friends of Mr Cairo surely fits the bill?!)
Ultravox (Vienna is the absolute bees knees for sophisti-pop) 
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Only just seeing this. Would like to recommend the band 22 Layers. Features the vocals of Peter Coyle once of the Lotus Eaters. This is sheer beauty. Came across them on an online Prog festival during lockdown. Amazing music. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPRVs0WU1Aw
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I love this song (but the rest of the album, isn't very good)


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Definitely try Black. My choice would be selftitled compilation of two singles: https://www.discogs.com/Black-Black/master/606152
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I'm not sure if I know the exact definition of pop, but normally it is short of popular music, and rock counts as popular music too, no?

Pop can be sophisticated in different ways: composition, vocal subtlety, production subtlety, lyrics etc.  If we count Tv-2 as pop, they were clearly sophisticated, especially in terms of lyrics.
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I also think I would count Eurythmics as "sophisti-pop", because it definitely has some subtlety, and it is clearly on a higher artistic level than the most corny stadium rock.
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Yeah, I'm a giant XTC fan so that's where I go when I need a fix of 80's art pop.
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