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Was (Not Was): Are You Okay? (Chrysalis)

Amy Linden, Spin, November 1990

WHILE THE last Was LP was a tribute, if you will, to '70s soul, this time the beats are more current. Purists will cry sellout, but to paraphrase the great Western philosopher Swamp Dogg, Was (Not Was) aren't selling out, they're buying in.

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