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A Flock of Seagulls: Dream Come True (Arista)

Rob Tannenbaum, Rolling Stone, 5 June 1986

AFTER THEIR 1982 debut became one of that year's most popular albums, A Flock of Seagulls found itself unable to expand on its kinetic, reductive electro-pop. In view of their recent floundering, it seems like an act of desperation rather than part of their evolution that the Gulls have landed in the crowded nest of funk. Nor is it surprising that they've laid a big egg.

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