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Edwyn Collins: Blue Boy

Paul Morley, Uncut, July 2002

HIS FIRST GROUP, ORANGE JUICE, MIXED TOGETHER VELVETS GUITARS AND CHIC RHYTHMS. THEN, 15 YEARS AFTER THEIR HEYDAY, EDWYN COLLINS HAD A MONSTROUS WORLDWIDE SOLO HIT WITH 'A GIRL LIKE YOU'. NOW HE'S MADE AN ALBUM OFECLECTIC BLUE-EYED SOUL-POP WORTHY OF BECK OR PRINCE.

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