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1268:position
687:"Waiting"
657:Judi Kuhl
468:Writer(s)
380:company.
355:Les Binks
102:hard rock
1627:(1993).
1480:Allmusic
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541:Glover,
421:Jon Lord
335:Jon Lord
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190:Elements
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92:Pop rock
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208:Singles
194:(1978)
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