Human League: Crash
Ira Robbins, Creem, January 1987
I HAVE GRAVE trouble imagining what sort of people would describe themselves as real fans of certain swill that's on the market today. Casual or simply misguided listeners might accidentaly get to like a song or two, but caring about such colorless emotional ciphers with any enthusiasm requires real stupidity.
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