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The Raspberries: Best Of The Raspberries (Capitol)

Penny Valentine, Melody Maker, 17 March 1979

THE ONE clever thing that Eric Carmen's earlier outfit did was to put Overnight Sensation out in the summer, the one time the record could exploit its full potential – especially on American FM radio, given that the number itself used the sound of the airwave medium: "Hit record, yeah!"

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