Penetration: Coming Up For Air (Virgin) ****
Phil Sutcliffe, Sounds, 22 September 1979
UP! THAT'S what Penetration are. Such stimulation. A Japanese masseuse on speciality-of-the-house rates could hardly have tickled more of a tingle into every nerve-end from the very first shimmering rush of drums and shout of "Shout!"...for this is a song called 'Shout Above The Noise.'
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