| Seven Songs | ||||
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| Released | 1982 | |||
| Studio | Jacobs Studios, Farnham, Surrey | |||
| Genre | Post-punk, experimental, world music | |||
| Label | Fetish | |||
| Producer | Tony, Terry & David (Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, Ken Thomas, Peter Christopherson) | |||
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Seven Songs is the debut studio album by English band 23 Skidoo, released in 1982 by record label Fetish.
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Sounds |  [2] |
| Trouser Press | favourable [3] |
AllMusic called it "post-punk at its most invigorating and terrifying." [1] Trouser Press called it "a near-brilliant fusion of funk, tape tricks and African percussion". [3]
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