Spandau Ballet: True (Chrysalis)
Gavin Martin, NME, 5 March 1983
I CAN'T see Spandau Ballet when I play this LP. I can't see their forced smiles, their indelible pretty boy we-are-and-can-be-a-part-of-the-pop-parade smiles, their Top Of The Oxford Road Tube smiles.
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