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Coke & Wet: The Power Station Versus Arcadia By Simon Price

40 years on, Simon Price revisits the undeclared war between Arcadia, who made "the most pretentious album ever", and The Power Station, who made "the most cocainey album ever"; and asks who, if anyone, was the winner

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