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Rip It Up, Issue 168, 1 July 1991, Page 5

PAULA ABDUL 1 ■ tfisßa Spellbound Like no other performer PAULA ABDUL inspires love from her audience. Her first album sold ten million copies worldwide. On the U.S. charts for more than 2 years, it remained No 1 for ten weeks and produced four No I singlesan achievement unmatched by any other debut. . ■ Like no other singer, PAULA ABDUL connects with her audience. The winner of Grammy, Emmy, MTV, American Music, Peoples Choice and Billboard video awards, she was voted the first choice of Desert Shield forces and 199 l's 'Top American Hero'by high school students nationwide. Like no other artist, PAULA grows with her audience. Co-writing four tracks on her new album, 'SPELLBOUND', Paula collaborates with the likes of V. JEFFREY SMITH, PETER LORD, DON WAS, STEVIE WONDER and PRINCE. to cast a spell that dances with excellence and turns in unexpected directions.

s massive l . 1 I 411/' i WHw I ' ■ ; - ! : . I »•' * 'X’V'-y/ 1 ' I I j Blue Lines "Massives might be in the soundsystems of Bristol, along with Smith & Mighty, Gary Clail, Mark Stewart & Nel lee Hooper, but stone me if they haven't dropped teh sleekest, deadliest, most urbane, most confounding LP1991 has yet seen. And it's only their debut. Without going OTT with superlatives, Massive but current changes on the dancefloor perspective and map out blueprints for what surely must come next. After 'BLUE LINES' the boundaries separating soul, funk, reggae, house, classical, hip-hop and space-rock will be blurred for ever." Dele Fadele NME (10).

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: ' • ■.. - zr" VARIOUS ARTISTS . —Fun, Filth ■WPS and Fury WW' 18 Prime Punk Cuts X RAY SPEX • Oh Bondage Up Yours! — I Am A Cliche • ADAM AND THE ANTS—Deutscher Girls, Plastic Surgery • THE RUTS— In A Rut, Babyions Burning • STIFF LITTLE FINGERS —Suspect Device, Alternative Ulster, Johnny Was (All Live) • THE SKIDS —The Saints Are Coming, Into The valley • MAGAZINE — Shot By Both Sides, Goldfinger • THE MEMBERS — Sound Of The Suburbs • PENETRATION — Firing Squad, Don't Dictate • THE MEKONS—Work All Week • HOLLY BETH VINCENT & JOEY RAMONE - Got You Babe • ’