Phil Pike’s new book Pip Pop! The Art of 80s Music features Eurythmics in a Bold Visual Tribute

​A Bold Tribute to the Decade That Defined Pop

Pip Pop! The Art of 80s Music is a luxury coffee table book that captures the colour, energy, and creativity of one of music’s most iconic decades. Created by artist Phil Pike, known as Pip from Pip Pop Art, this hardback edition is a visual love letter to the sounds and styles that shaped a generation.

Measuring 216 mm x 279 mm and printed on premium heavyweight gloss-coated paper, the book spans 164 pages and includes 81 full-colour paintings. Each piece is paired with a narrative that explores how the music, fashion, and cultural impact of the 1980s inspired Pip’s artistic vision.

What Makes This Book Special

This is not just a collection of images. It is a curated journey through the era of synthpop, New Wave, New Romantics, and goth. Pip brings the decade roaring back to life with bold colours, cultural icons, and stories that connect art to emotion.

Inside, you’ll find chapters dedicated to 61 legendary artists, each accompanied by a QR code linking to a Spotify playlist featuring Pip’s favourite track for that artist. It’s a multi-sensory experience that combines visual art with the music that inspired it.

Eurythmics – A Chapter of Transformation

Among the featured artists is Eurythmics, celebrated in a vivid chapter that reflects their transformative impact on pop music and identity. Pip’s two original paintings draw inspiration from Sweet Dreams and Touch, albums that redefined synthpop and pushed boundaries of style and sound.

The narrative explores Annie Lennox’s magnetic presence, her theatrical defiance and androgynous style, alongside Dave Stewart’s visionary production. Pip shares personal anecdotes about how their fusion of art-school abstraction and chart-topping accessibility sparked his artistic awakening, turning vinyl grooves into lifelong inspiration.

Celebrate the Sound and Vision of the 80s

This book is bold, nostalgic, and deeply personal. It is a collector’s piece for anyone who loves Eurythmics and the music culture of the 1980s.

Click the link below to pre-order your copy today. Every book will be signed by Phil himself and includes a free bookmark featuring artwork inspired by Annie Lennox.

Personally signed copies and bookmarks are only available for pre-orders placed before 14th October.

Artists Featured in Pip Pop! The Art of 80s Music

Adam and the Ants • Blondie • Eurythmics • The Smiths • Prince • Ultravox • Visage • Gary Numan • Howard Jones • The Human League • Depeche Mode • China Crisis • Yazoo • Nash the Slash • John Foxx • OMD • Siouxsie and the Banshees • The Cure • The Cult • All About Eve • Joy Division • The Mission • The Sisters of Mercy • The Damned • Bauhaus • Fields of the Nephilim • Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds • Christian Death • Balaam and the Angel • The Rose of Avalanche • Dead or Alive • Culture Club • Duran Duran • Spandau Ballet • Soft Cell • Tears for Fears • Classix Nouveaux • A Flock of Seagulls • Marilyn • Japan • Pet Shop Boys • Erasure • Kraftwerk • Thompson Twins • Heaven 17 • New Order • Sparks • Blancmange • Propaganda • Alphaville • Toyah • Hazel O’Connor • Kate Bush • Transvision Vamp • A-ha • Haircut One Hundred • Nick Kamen • Divine • Hawkwind • Motörhead