Think of Apple and its loss of gloss to Android.

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In his first single, "Just Ain't Gonna Work Out, " he draws on traditional soul, though he favors the deep, emotive arrangements and piercing lyrics of love and loss that provided a bluesy alternative to the sparkling gloss of Motown's incandescent hits.

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But the gloss was taken off England's triumph by the early loss of goalscorer Heskey, as well as his replacement Carlton Cole before the interval.

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And so while Southend had caused the odd moment of alarm - Jean-Francois Christophe headed unmarked over early in the half - few could argue the Blues did not deserve the win, although a late knee injury to Joe Cole took the gloss off a win that otherwise earned the Blues some semblance of redemption after Sunday's loss to Man Utd.

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