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Blatant Pop Attempts: Ministry, “With Sympathy”

Blatant Pop Attempts: Ministry, “With Sympathy”

Darren Robbins May 14, 2008 13

There are those artists who get a couple releases into their career before they feel the pressure from the suits at the label to “have a hit,” and then there are those artists who

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Blatant Pop Attempts: Kix, “Cool Kids”

Blatant Pop Attempts: Kix, “Cool Kids”

Darren Robbins April 22, 2008 9

The cutout bins are filled with what I’ve always called “blatant pop attempts” — albums created for maximum commercial appeal that, despite such intentions, failed miserably on all fronts. In most cases, one listen

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