Madison Avenue - Bagged !

Madison Avenue's new album Polyester Embassy was compared to herpes by Top magazine this week, which launched a devastating attack on the Australian duo. "Chart bothering Madison Avenue are huge down under, an Australian phenomenon (try saying that pissed) who've straddled both dance and pop markets," said Top. "The fact that they sound as unremarkable as their name ('I mean, Madison Avenue, please!) hasn't stopped them over here too. Polyester Embassy hasn't much to recommend it. OK, so Don't Call Me Baby', is naggingly infectious but so is herpes and you wouldn't queue up in Woolies for that, would you-" Even worse for the Madisons is the fact that Top magazine is the free in-house record guide for Tower Records in the UK . . . Tags

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