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1428:Night Train
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1272:Robin Simon
1160:Discography
1010:Frozen Ones
871:Live albums
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774:Vinny Burns
754:Robin Simon
722:Warren Cann
715:Chris Cross
612:The Quietus
539:Ultravox –
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258:, in 2009.
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130:Robin Simon
95:Instruments
32:Robin Simon
1770:Categories
1652:No Thyself
1567:John Doyle
1499:Blitz Kids
1442:Love Glove
1375:Orchestral
1237:Rusty Egan
1175:Messengers
1165:Tiger Lily
847:Revelation
591:28 October
454:References
357:The Garden
268:The Garden
244:Rockpalast
87:Occupation
44:1956-07-12
1728:Buzzcocks
1624:Real Life
1296:The Anvil
1242:Midge Ure
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1059:The Voice
1024:Sleepwalk
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861:Brilliant
854:Ingenuity
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1541:Magazine
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68:New wave
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312:(1977)
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161:member
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248:Garden
142:Visage
107:synths
101:Guitar
61:Genres
978:Retro
840:U-Vox
470:p. 23
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1581:Noko
1338:(EP)
1073:Hymn
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593:2015
565:ISBN
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396:Howl
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