Sophisti-pop

Sophisti-pop is a retrospective term for a style of Pop music that incorporates influences from Jazz, classic R&B and Soul along with a slick, polished production style. The genre arose in the United Kingdom in the mid-1980s, with acts such as The Blue Nile, Scritti Politti, and Prefab Sprout. Informed by a renewed interest in 1960s Blue-Eyed Soul, these New Wave, Synthpop, and Pop Rock artists introduced complex harmonic progressions, jazzy acoustic guitar leads, and the accompaniment of saxophones and brass alongside synthesizers.