"Irreplaceable": Edie Brickell & the Bohemians
Mat Snow, Q, April 1989
CURRENTLY HIGHER in the US Top 10 than the latest blockbusters by Bon Jovi and U2 is the first album by a group which, until November 5 of last year, couldn't get arrested outside its home town of Dallas, Texas.
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