The Raspberries: Starting Over
Ken Barnes, Rolling Stone, 24 October 1974
THE RASPBERRIES have at last realized their potential. They've clearly become the premier synthesizers of Sixties pop influences, extant. Even more importantly, the end results of their adroit collages of musical knowledge often equal or surpass their models' original creations.
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