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Frankie Goes To Hollywood: Frankie Says Pop Revolution

Rob Hughes, Record Collector, January 2014

It's easy to forget how big an explosion Frankie Goes To Hollywood caused in the '80s. Rob Hughes peers through the cracked windows of the Pleasuredome where prog pranced with disco, and finds it's still a dazzlingly bright and original place.

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