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The group’s debut LP planted seeds in everyone who heard them then, and in everyone who continues to hear them with a rebel spirit in the decades beyond.
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A fantastic debut album from one of the most talented and misunderstood artists of our time, ‘The Lion And The Cobra’ showcases O’Connor’s penchant for making an entrance and leaving her mark.
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