Colin Blunstone: Some Years (Legacy/Epic)
Jim Irvin, MOJO, October 1995
SOME YEARS BURSTS open with an old Zombies song, 'She Loves The Way They Love Her', delivered in a distinctive, creamy tone, suggesting a delicious blend of Nick Drake's breathy Englishness and the phrasing of Smokey Robinson. It sounds wonderfully fresh.
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