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Richard and Linda Thompson: Let There Be Lights

Richard Cromelin, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 1982

RICHARD AND Linda Thompson opened their show at the Roxy Thursday night with 'A Man in Need', and followed it with 'Walking on a Wire', which is about a woman in need. This even-handed approach reflects the temperament of the English couple's new album Shoot Out the Lights, which has been accumulating an uncommon amount of critical praise since its release last month on Hannibal Records.

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