Genya Ravan: …And I Mean It! (20th Century Fox import) ****½
Phil Sutcliffe, Sounds, 1 September 1979
DON'T EVEN let it cross your mind that I'm influenced by Ms Ravan being the only artist who's given me a great big kiss at the end of an interview. The record shows that I gave her last offering, Urban Desire, a gorblimey rave job long before I knew the sweet charms of her flesh...well, her lips anyway. And this album is an entirely apt follow-up which will attract far more attention if my faith in your consummate good taste is not to be entirely undone.
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