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XTC: Mummer (Virgin V2264)

Betty Page, Record Mirror, 3 September 1983

ANDY PARTRIDGE predicted a return to acoustic neo-folk at least two years ago, well before our new pop explosion. Thus, only the few will be prepared for the dry, mystic Englishness of this album.

Total word count of piece: 150

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