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A Certain Ratio: The Graveyard And The Ballroom (Factory) ****

Mick Middles, Sounds, 9 February 1980

A CERTAIN Ratio (currently the hippest combo in Manchester) typify the approach, style, feel, and idealism of Factory Records. They are distant, difficult to touch and pompous. Which isn't necessarily a put-down. In fact their improvement over the last six months is staggering.

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