Paul Morley

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Paul Morley is a British music journalist, critic, and media personality known for his influential writing for the NME and his role in shaping the aesthetic and marketing of 1980s pop and avant-garde music.

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instanceOf author
human
media personality
music critic
music journalist
television presenter
associatedWith Factory Records
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Tony Wilson
Trevor Horn
ZTT Records
countryOfBirth England
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1957-03-26
educatedAt Stockport Grammar School
employer BBC
Channel 4
NME
surface form: New Musical Express
familyName Morley
fieldOfWork avant‑garde music
cultural criticism
popular music
genre classical music criticism
music journalism
pop music criticism
rock music criticism
givenName Paul
hasWrittenFor Mojo (1997 film)
surface form: Mojo

NME
surface form: New Musical Express

The Guardian
New Statesman
surface form: The New Statesman

The Observer
The Sunday Telegraph
The Times
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Art of Noise
surface form: The Art of Noise
name Paul Morley self-link
nationality British
notableFor promotion of avant‑garde and experimental pop
shaping the aesthetic and marketing of 1980s pop music
writing for NME in the late 1970s and early 1980s
notableWork A Sound Mind: How I Fell in Love with Classical Music
Ask: The Chatter of Pop
From Manchester With Love: The Life and Opinions of Tony Wilson
Joy Division: Piece by Piece
Nothing
The Age of Bowie
The North (and Almost Everything in It)
Words and Music: A History of Pop in the Shape of a City
occupation author
media personality
music critic
music journalist
television presenter
placeOfBirth Stockport
regionOfOrigin Greater Manchester
televisionShow The Late Show
The Word
Top of the Pops

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Art of Noise memberOf Paul Morley
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Beat Box writer Paul Morley
Paranoimia writer Paul Morley
Paul Morley name Paul Morley self-link
Moments in Love composer Paul Morley
Anne Dudley notableCollaboration Paul Morley
Gary Langan workedWith Paul Morley