Martin Aston, Q, June 1994
"POPULAR MUSIC, in all its rich varieties, has milestones." So began the Sunday Times review of David Ackles's 1972 album, American Gothic, which compared the achievement of the Ohio-born singer's third album to Gershwin, Bernstein, Sgt. Pepper and early Dylan and Presley.
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