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Reception

''Blind Love'' was given 3 out of 5 in a review by All Music. In ''

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said the album, "lived up to Simon Day's belief in the disposability ethic. It spat out one buzzsaw, troublegum tune after another, delivered with punkish verve and given the sheen

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hoped for by producer Nick Mainsbridge. It sounded impossibly simple, but that's what distinguished it from the pack."

Track listing

*Note: On the LP/Cassette version, tracks 1-6 are "side A" and tracks 7-11 are "side B"

Credits

* Artwork by llustrations– Simon Day * Photography – Linda Marlin * Producer, Recorded By – Nick Mainsbridge * Producer ssistant– Rob Lowlands, Scott Christie * Backing Vocals –

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