Womack and Womack: Love Wars (WEA)
Gavin Martin, NME, 11 February 1984
"ABSENCE MAKES the heart grow fonder", sing Cecil (brother of Bobby) and Linda (daughter of Sam Cooke) at the start of their epic 'Love Wars' and it's all too true chillun, all too true.
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