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Furniture: The Wrong People

Jack Barron, Sounds, 15 November 1986

IF SUCCESS in the pop game is partly dependent on timing, then Furniture must be one of the unluckiest groups I've come across. After years of wallowing in the margins, suddenly last summer they were primed for national recognition as 'Brilliant Mind' moved elegantly through the charts. The essential follow-through came too late, however, due to Stiff going into receivership.

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