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Paul Young: Between Two Fires (CBS 4501501)

Betty Page, Record Mirror, 25 October 1986

ON THE first day, it drifted past. On the second day, it became pleasant BGM with a couple of hooks protruding. And on the third day, it finally sank in. After several listenings, the Paul Young album was still boring. I would have to use phrases like 'consummately produced and arranged', 'suitable for the CD generation' and 'beezer for Dire Straits' fans'.

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