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142:chronology
140:Fred Frith
133:Fred Frith
69:1996, 2000
44:Fred Frith
1312:John Zorn
842:Henry Now
800:Art Bears
793:Henry Cow
607:Bydgoszcz
585:Stuttgart
561:Personnel
528:) – 10:09
390:Reception
289:Stuttgart
267:John Zorn
265:In 2000,
257:in 2000.
251:Bydgoszcz
243:Stuttgart
202:guitarist
81:, Germany
79:Stuttgart
1610:Category
1195:Woodwork
1174:Impur II
1124:Pacifica
944:Clearing
937:Quartets
887:Material
807:Massacre
556:) – 3:12
549:) – 3:52
542:) – 2:12
535:) – 2:50
521:) – 6:03
514:) – 5:07
507:) – 4:00
500:) – 2:00
493:) – 5:12
486:) – 9:28
461:AllMusic
414:AllMusic
367:Japanese
312:acoustic
308:lozenger
285:Clearing
279:. Using
231:Clearing
206:composer
187:Clearing
162:Clearing
128:Producer
66:Recorded
51:Released
41: by
24:Clearing
1573:Related
1319:Dropera
916:Gravity
738:27 July
712:27 July
359:(2002);
341:British
293:Germany
247:Germany
199:English
175:(2002)
166:(2001)
157:(2000)
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1004:Allies
951:Prints
408:Rating
405:Source
255:Poland
120:Tzadik
98:Length
74:Studio
1213:Impur
554:Frith
547:Frith
540:Frith
533:Frith
526:Frith
519:Frith
512:Frith
505:Frith
498:Frith
491:Frith
484:Frith
195:album
190:is a
115:Label
87:Genre
1254:and
740:2022
714:2022
688:2007
662:2006
208:and
122:(US)
58:2001
54:2001
601:by
599:DAT
287:in
197:by
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