Boomtown Rats: V Deep (Mercury)
Richard Cook, NME, 27 March 1982
I HAVEN'T bothered with this group since the awful 'I Don't Like Mondays', which made me douse most of the fonder memories for minor excellences like 'Me And Howard Hughes' with a probably irrational distaste for what seemed a cheap retreat into bombastic pomp.
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