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The Smiths: The Smiths (Rough Trade}

Graham K. Smith, Record Mirror, 25 February 1984

"A COMPLETE signal post in the history of popular music." Little Stevie Morrissey's verdict on his own work bears his usual stamp of camp immodesty — the grand gesture, the bon mot, and sometimes even true class. Only sometimes, though…

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