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691:Australia (
500:"Marooned"
1575:Categories
1536:The Makers
1373:My Mistake
1309:Spellbound
1161:Dizrythmia
1085:Div Vercoe
1073:Mike Chunn
1009:7 December
888:Roadrunner
873:Roadrunner
844:References
816:Australia
635:– vocals,
528:1981 remix
502:1981 remix
489:1981 remix
483:1981 remix
477:1981 remix
468:(T. Finn,
466:1981 remix
447:All Blacks
337:Roadrunner
324:Spellbound
160:Dizrythmia
149:chronology
1521:Forenzics
1489:Split Enz
1450:Next Exit
1387:I Got You
1380:I See Red
1120:Neil Finn
1068:Phil Judd
1052:Split Enz
720:position
686:position
643:Neil Finn
627:Split Enz
622:Personnel
565:I See Red
487:"Frenzy"
459:I See Red
405:Side Two
373:I See Red
367:Side One
331:Reception
274:Neil Finn
259:Split Enz
147:Split Enz
140:Split Enz
74:July 1978
65:, England
44:Split Enz
1401:Poor Boy
1295:Rear Enz
1063:Tim Finn
904:(1993).
808:Country
760:Canada (
633:Tim Finn
586:) – 2:32
567:" – 3:15
560:) – 3:04
481:"Betty"
357:Tim Finn
267:art rock
255:new wave
212:AllMusic
127:Producer
116:(AUS/NZ)
86:New wave
59:Recorded
51:Released
41: by
1511:Members
1358:Singles
829:Europe
770:50,000
755:/sales
746:Region
639:, piano
558:N. Finn
470:N. Finn
439:B-sides
418:"Betty"
380:N. Finn
280:Details
182:(1979)
173:(1979)
164:(1977)
1481:Videos
1168:Frenzy
932:charts
918:
785:7,500
726:Canada
674:Charts
617:– 3:06
584:Rayner
506:Rayner
435:Frenzy
399:Rayner
263:Frenzy
250:Frenzy
206:Rating
203:Source
169:Frenzy
92:Length
24:Frenzy
1516:ENZSO
960:(PDF)
832:1981
811:Date
782:Gold
767:Gold
257:band
109:Label
81:Genre
1011:2021
986:2020
928:ARIA
916:ISBN
777:RMNZ
718:Peak
705:RMNZ
684:Peak
730:49
710:13
698:24
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