Colin Newman: A-Z (Beggars Banquet)
Andy Gill, NME, 18 October 1980
AFTER THE flawed experimentalism of Gilbert and Lewis's Dome and Cupol projects, I wasn't quite sure what to expect from Colin Newman's first solo outing a not unexpected state of affairs, considering Wire's past output.
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