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919:Peaches: The Very Best of The Stranglers
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631:The Gospel According to the Meninblack
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1070:Let Me Introduce You to the Family
1042:Nuclear Device (The Wizard of Aus)
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476:"Stranglers: Artist Chart History"
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376:British Hit Singles & Albums
961:The Very Best of The Stranglers
870:Strangled from Birth and Beyond
1333:Songs written by Hugh Cornwell
1328:United Artists Records singles
761:Saturday Night, Sunday Morning
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1287:Celia and the Mutations
1260:Live at the Apollo 2010
1000:Something Better Change
856:Greatest Hits 1977–1990
673:Stranglers in the Night
480:Official Charts Company
373:Roberts, David (2006).
343:"Stranglers favourites"
217:. It was released as a
205:Something Better Change
180:Something Better Change
849:Singles (The UA Years)
1232:Friday the Thirteenth
775:Friday the Thirteenth
182:" / "Straighten Out"
1308:The Stranglers songs
1056:Who Wants the World?
842:Off the Beaten Track
1091:Strange Little Girl
532:Jean-Jacques Burnel
235:Jean-Jacques Burnel
125:Jean-Jacques Burnel
1246:On Stage on Screen
1154:Lies and Deception
912:Lies and Deception
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884:The Hit Men
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278:Ultratop 50
145:Producer(s)
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581:John Ellis
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280:Wallonia)
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276:Belgium (
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1112:No Mercy
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638:La folie
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171:Peaches
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