Cameo: Word Up! (Phonogram/Club Records)***2/3
Jack Barron, Sounds, 11 October 1986
WORDS UPSIDEDOWN: Because you're not the only one whose heart has been broken and Blackmon's approach will serve to remind you of this and how you love it this inconsolable state.
Total word count of piece: 406
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