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presented the album as a "perfect, pimple-free, faceless pop music that attempts to be soulful but lacks any kind of charisma", reproached the fact that all the tracks "repeat the formula ad nauseum", and concluded that "the album is a danger to youngsters everywhere". Johnny Dee of
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754:. Vol. 6, no. 43. 28 October 1989. p. 14.
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605:. London: Spotlight Publications Ltd. p. 32.
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714:Pennanen, Timo (2021). "London Boys".
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305:All tracks written by Ralf René Maué.
256:and stayed on the chart for 29 weeks.
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18:1989 studio album by London Boys
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952:"I'm Gonna Give My Heart" (Remix)"
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346:"I'm Gonna Give My Heart" – 4:08
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329:"Wichitah Woman" – 3:58
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267:A review published in
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60:Genre
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