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| Arrival | ||||
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| Released | 1981 | |||
| Genre | Funk | |||
| Length | 40:38 | |||
| Label | Paul Winley Records | |||
| Producer | Patrick Patterson | |||
| Cymande chronology | ||||
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| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
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Record Collector wrote: "Incredibly dull ballads alternate with less-than-inspired attempts at floor-fillers, with, perhaps, only the closing 'It’s Magic', a Philly International-inspired groove, coming close to scaling the heights of earlier gems." [3] No Depression urged readers to avoid it, writing that it was put out to "cash in on [Cymande's] club cache." [4]
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