Joe Jackson: Beat Crazy
Gene Sculatti, Creem, February 1981
IS JOE JACKSON as tired of goofing on wacky 50's graphics as I am? Apparently not, because Beat Crazy sports the squarest, most cliched cover art since Wild Planet.
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