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Christgau Consumer Guide

Unless you count Amy Grant, pop doesn’t get more explicitly Christian—not only does the back cover thank “Jesus Christ” rather than the usual “God,” but the record invites us to convert. Granted, Arrington’s a Jesse Jackson type Christian—remembers that petroleum is still a finite resource, takes pains to acknowledge the right to choose in a song where the abortion isn’t done.

September 1, 1985
ROBERT CHRISTGAU

Christgau Consumer Guide

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