Neil Tennant, Brett Anderson and Vic Reeves: Twentieth Century Blues
Stephen Dalton, NME, April 1997
WHAT A SIMPLY spiffing party. The glint of expensive a jewellery, the waft of exotic perfume, the tinkle of erudite conversation "More cocaine, vicar? Help yourself, dear boy. Purely medicinal, of course. No, the orgy won't be starting for an hour or so yet."
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