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Psst ... wanna buy an album

Advantages: Excellent songs
Disadvantages: Groping for style

After the release of Look Sharp!, and its subsequent success on both sides of the Atlantic, Joe Jackson began expounding his idea of spiv rock in order to poke fun at musical categorising. He took the idea a step further on his second album, I’m The Man, ...

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Spiv rock

Advantages: Excellent songwriting
Disadvantages: Ugly. misshapen, acquired taste

...Joe Jackson was initially marketed as a spiv rocker, a singer keyboardist and released his first album - Look Sharp! - in February 1979. Recorded live - Jackson claimed there are absolutely no overdubs - it received unanimously positive reviews. Rolling ...

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Police and prostitute in Ménage a trois

Advantages: I was there
Disadvantages: It was 25 years ago

Introduction It’s me again, working through my CD collection. This time I’m going to trace the offerings of ‘The Police’. No need to borrow these, I owned then in vinyl and now on CD. So with on further ado, welcome to an opinion, one I wish I written ...

Dardalius 14.03.2003 · Read full review
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Review of Outlandos d'Amour - Police (The)

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I've got a Police Record and I'm proud of it.

Advantages: Hear them before they were polished, professional smoothies.
Disadvantages: Hear them before they were polished, professional smoothies.

It's 1979, my clothes aren't lairy but it's a close run thing. I'm rushing to the record shop before it closes to buy the debut album of a new group called Police. The lead singer's a bit of alright, especially with his short blonde hair and army keks, an ...

Salgirl 12.06.2001 · Read full review
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Outlaws of love

Advantages: Fresh and exciting
Disadvantages: Not the finished article

The original Police were a three piece made up of Sting, Stewart Copeland and guitarist Henry Padovani, but it was only when guitarist Andy Summers replaced Padovani in 1977 that the magic really began to work. Summers, Copeland and Sting were all season ...

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