The Beau Brummels: The Beau Brummels (Warner Bros.)
Ken Barnes, Creem, August 1975
THE BEAU BRUMMELS weren't the most eagerly anticipated reunion band, but they're the first to equal their earlier standards, an accomplishment the Byrds, Love, Spirit, and so on didn't approach.
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