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SWEET PEA ATKINSON: “Don’t Walk Away” (Island):: Was (Not Was) repay Atkinson for his vocal chores by producing a solo debut, and spare us D. Was’s bug-eyed late-capitalist existential cynicism in the bargain. Trouper that he is, Atkinson will sing any nonsense they hand him, but he obviously finds his truth in Dionne Warwick, the Tymes, General Johnson, and Eddie Rabbitt, and I’ll go along with that.