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Gene: As Good As it Gets

Terry Staunton, Polydor Records, January 2001

THE 17 TRACKS gathered on this disc provide a perfect opportunity to re-appraise one of the brightest, most intriguing bands of recent times (isn't hindsight a wonderful thing?), and offer cast-iron evidence that the musical landscape would have been a much dimmer picture without them.

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