Dexy's Midnight Runners Searching For The Young Soul Rebels (Colv) (Ltd)

Included in Q's "5 Best Re-Issues of 2000".
Ranked #85 in Q's "100 Greatest British Albums" - "...Rowland had more emotions than locations: anger, bitterness, even a little anti-love. Still extraordinary today."
5 stars out of 5 -- "[S]ome truly soul-scorching music....At 30 years of age, SEARCHING FOR THE YOUNG SOUL REBELS continues to burn."
5 stars out of 5 - "...The best white soul band of all time....This album is still [a] new testament in truth and communication, clear ideas finding their perfect expression..."
4 stars out of 5 -- "[With an] explosion of '60s Stax Revue-like energy, passion and post-punk attitude..."
"...The most incandescent and refreshing record of the year [1980]: an energetic mix of pop, Northern soul and punkish attitude..."
Ranked #1 in NME's "Top 5 Reissues Of The Year".
Ranked #12 in NME's list of the '50 Greatest Albums Of The '80s.'
Ranked #84 in NME's list of the 'Greatest Albums Of All Time.'
5 star out of 5 -- "[I]ts blend of post-punk ferocity and bygone soul struck a match under pop music and arguably reignited other wordy and worldly artists."