Marshall's Law
Richard Cook, NME, 4 December 1982
ELVIS COSTELLO LOVES HIM... BUT NOBODY ELSE HAS EVER HEARD OF HIM! WE BRING YOU MARSHALL CRENSHAW THE MOST ANONYMOUS NAME IN POP. SNAP: WALDO; CACKLE: CRENSHAW; POP: RICHARD COOK
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