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Title: "Kennedy's Children--all magnets"
Review: Boy, this takes me back to my college years--after the glorious debut album, "New Clear Days" the Vapors had nowhere to go but down, slightly. The songs are much darker lyrically (the title track especially), and the reggae-flirtations might've been done a little better by the Clash a few years earlier, ("Silver Machines" wouldn't be out of place on the 2nd Elvis Costello record) but the hooks are still there and the production is first-rate. This doesn't sound like it's 30 years old--hell, Green Day could release this tomorrow with their faces on the cover and sell millions. If all you know of this overlooked band is "Turning Japanese" do yourself a favor and get their only 2 studio recordings--the remastered versions include single edits and other goodies.
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