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I only heard this for the first time a few years ago. I was pretty impressed, it’s a lot better than its rep. Pleasuredome had more peaks, like you say, but more filler too. All the cover versions midway really bring that album down for me. Guess they got sick of doing them too, judging by the Heroin story!
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Yes, I think the covers thing was much more Paul Morley’s bag than the band’s…
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The reference to Stan Boardman is because he speaks the lines “In the coming age of automation……..”
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Thanks Tony. Any idea where that info came from?
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