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Baker's Dozen

Artists discuss the 13 records that shaped their lives

10. Lionel BartOliver!

‘Who Will Buy?’ turns into an awesome round, "ripe strawberries, ripe!" It’s good, Oliver! is pretty flawless. It’s the same as The Sound Of Music: these are classics for a reason. You know every single fucking song. You’ve been brought up with it. It’s a shame Bill Sikes doesn’t have a song, and I wonder if that’s because Lionel Bart understanding that when a character sings a song they are given some kind of motivation for their acts. He is the most evil character.

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