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70:Santa Monica
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37:Studio album
1710:Discography
1596:Live albums
1507:Carl Graves
1496:Kerry Hatch
1456:Dale Turner
1362:discography
1235:White Noise
1155:The Wolfman
1075:Soundtracks
1061:Filmography
1051:Discography
997:November 5,
971:November 5,
791:– mastering
747:Dale Turner
743:– tenor sax
725:programming
708:programming
547:"Lightning"
459:"Cool City"
279:MCA Records
251:"Gratitude"
1766:Categories
1743:soundtrack
1536:Only a Lad
1489:John Avila
1463:Sam Phipps
1219:The Grinch
1171:Real Steel
1123:Spider-Man
841:2019-07-28
808:References
741:Sam Phipps
719:Rich Gibbs
698:"The Cast"
603:Video Edit
297:Background
193:chronology
151:chronology
1661:Anthology
1519:Marc Mann
1515:Doug Lacy
1066:Accolades
874:March 17,
768:Technical
693:Personnel
470:"Go Away"
402:In 2014,
395:in 1988.
90:synth-pop
1396:Category
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1302:Big Mess
1131:Big Fish
868:Archived
493:Side two
423:Side one
173:Big Mess
132:Producer
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1345:Related
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1586:Boingo
1370:Batman
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1297:(2017)
1289:(2006)
1281:(1996)
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1254:Albums
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1206:(2015)
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1091:Batman
1086:(1982)
630:Length
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240:So-Lo
103:Length
65:Studio
1671:Songs
1557:So-Lo
1372:music
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1262:So-Lo
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120:Label
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