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257:Growing Up the Hard Way
198:Growing Up the Hard Way
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1091:Blue Morning, Blue Day
985:Complete Greatest Hits
609:The Daily News-Journal
605:"Top music, books, TV"
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630:"Foreigner Hot 100"
554:"Agent Provocateur"
382:"Foreigner singles"
255:, and the B-side, "
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1063:Cold as Ice
1016:Live albums
860:Brian Tichy
784:Jeff Pilson
777:Thom Gimbel
632:. Billboard
362:Akron, Ohio
172:Alex Sadkin
163:Producer(s)
1281:1984 songs
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911:Head Games
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825:Lou Gramm
758:Foreigner
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396:"Reviews"
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