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1292:
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1268:
1258:
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1246:
1242:
1233:
1232:
1228:
1223:
1174:
1165:
1055:
1026:A Rolling Stone
998:
978:
969:
960:
957:A Rolling Stone
938:
929:Chris Blackwell
918:
913:
893:
868:
841:
831:from the album
815:
798:
732:
702:
559:
550:
519:Stylus Magazine
455:
424:
389:late one night.
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273:
253:
244:
235:
204:
199:
179:
159:
155:
154:
146:
117:progressive pop
94:
92:
76:
66:from the album
50:
31:
24:
17:
12:
11:
5:
3638:
3628:
3627:
3622:
3617:
3612:
3607:
3602:
3597:
3592:
3587:
3585:Divinyls songs
3582:
3577:
3572:
3567:
3550:
3549:
3547:
3546:
3540:
3538:
3534:
3533:
3531:
3530:
3523:
3516:
3509:
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3495:
3488:
3481:
3474:
3467:
3460:
3457:I Touch Myself
3453:
3446:
3443:Hey Little Boy
3439:
3432:
3425:
3418:
3411:
3404:
3401:Good Die Young
3397:
3390:
3383:
3376:
3368:
3366:
3362:
3361:
3359:
3358:
3351:
3344:
3341:Make You Happy
3337:
3334:The Collection
3330:
3322:
3320:
3316:
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3313:
3312:
3305:
3298:
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3274:
3270:
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3261:
3258:
3253:
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3237:Richard Harvey
3235:
3232:
3229:
3224:
3218:
3215:
3214:
3207:
3206:
3199:
3192:
3184:
3175:
3174:
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3171:
3168:A One Man Show
3163:
3161:
3157:
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3154:
3153:
3145:
3143:
3139:
3138:
3136:
3135:
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3100:
3093:
3086:
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3020:Living My Life
3016:
3009:
3002:
2995:
2988:
2981:
2974:
2967:
2964:Demolition Man
2960:
2953:
2946:
2939:
2932:
2925:
2918:
2911:
2908:La Vie en rose
2904:
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2889:
2887:
2883:
2882:
2880:
2879:
2871:
2863:
2855:
2847:
2839:
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2816:
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2796:
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2776:Living My Life
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2756:
2748:
2740:
2731:
2729:
2725:
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2591:
2584:
2577:
2570:
2563:
2555:
2553:
2549:
2548:
2546:
2545:
2538:
2535:More Than This
2531:
2524:
2517:
2514:Same Old Scene
2510:
2503:
2496:
2489:
2482:
2475:
2468:
2461:
2454:
2447:
2440:
2433:
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2423:Virginia Plain
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2253:
2245:
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2236:
2235:
2230:
2225:
2223:John Gustafson
2220:
2215:
2210:
2205:
2200:
2198:Graham Simpson
2194:
2193:
2190:Phil Manzanera
2186:
2179:
2172:
2164:
2161:
2160:
2153:
2152:
2145:
2138:
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2124:
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2110:
2109:External links
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2087:
2070:
2053:
2031:
2009:
1987:
1965:
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1864:
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1822:
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1778:
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1727:Top 40 Singles
1714:
1710:Single Top 100
1697:
1691:" (in Dutch).
1680:
1657:
1640:
1614:
1586:
1559:
1530:
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856:Living My Life
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838:
837:
828:
827:
817:
816:
813:
805:
804:
797:
794:
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786:John Gustafson
783:
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767:Phil Manzanera
764:
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746:
731:
728:
720:
719:
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705:
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691:
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687:
682:West Germany (
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678:
675:
665:
664:
661:
651:
650:
647:
636:
635:
632:
624:
623:
620:
617:Single Top 100
612:
611:
608:
600:
599:
596:
586:
585:
582:
574:
573:
570:
562:
561:
556:
549:
546:
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451:
423:
420:
341:
338:
286:
285:
282:
281:
269:
268:
264:
263:
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40:
39:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
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3405:
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3391:
3388:
3384:
3381:
3377:
3374:
3370:
3369:
3367:
3363:
3357:
3356:
3355:The Essential
3352:
3350:
3349:
3348:Greatest Hits
3345:
3343:
3342:
3338:
3336:
3335:
3331:
3329:
3328:
3324:
3323:
3321:
3317:
3311:
3310:
3306:
3304:
3303:
3299:
3297:
3296:
3295:Temperamental
3292:
3290:
3289:
3285:
3283:
3282:
3278:
3277:
3275:
3273:Studio albums
3271:
3265:
3264:Clayton Doley
3262:
3259:
3257:
3254:
3252:
3249:
3247:
3246:Frank Infante
3244:
3242:
3239:
3236:
3233:
3230:
3228:
3225:
3223:
3220:
3219:
3216:
3212:
3205:
3200:
3198:
3193:
3191:
3186:
3185:
3182:
3170:
3169:
3165:
3164:
3162:
3158:
3151:
3147:
3146:
3144:
3140:
3133:
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3126:
3122:
3119:
3115:
3112:
3108:
3105:
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3098:
3094:
3091:
3087:
3084:
3083:7 Day Weekend
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3073:
3070:
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3063:
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3056:
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3042:
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2958:
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2951:
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2944:
2940:
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2930:
2926:
2923:
2922:On Your Knees
2919:
2916:
2912:
2909:
2905:
2902:
2898:
2895:
2891:
2890:
2888:
2884:
2877:
2876:
2872:
2869:
2868:
2864:
2861:
2860:
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2853:
2852:
2848:
2845:
2844:
2840:
2837:
2836:
2832:
2829:
2828:
2824:
2823:
2821:
2817:
2810:
2809:
2805:
2802:
2801:
2797:
2794:
2793:
2789:
2786:
2785:
2781:
2778:
2777:
2773:
2770:
2769:
2768:Nightclubbing
2765:
2762:
2761:
2757:
2754:
2753:
2749:
2746:
2745:
2741:
2738:
2737:
2733:
2732:
2730:
2728:Studio albums
2726:
2722:
2717:
2713:
2706:
2701:
2699:
2694:
2692:
2687:
2686:
2683:
2671:
2668:
2666:
2663:
2661:
2658:
2656:
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2651:
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2646:
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2641:
2638:
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2631:
2624:
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2613:
2610:
2606:
2603:
2599:
2596:
2592:
2589:
2585:
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2578:
2575:
2571:
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2564:
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2557:
2556:
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2543:
2539:
2536:
2532:
2529:
2525:
2522:
2518:
2515:
2511:
2508:
2504:
2501:
2497:
2494:
2490:
2487:
2483:
2480:
2476:
2473:
2469:
2466:
2462:
2459:
2455:
2452:
2448:
2445:
2441:
2438:
2437:Do the Strand
2434:
2431:
2427:
2424:
2420:
2419:
2417:
2413:
2407:
2406:
2402:
2400:
2399:
2395:
2393:
2392:
2388:
2386:
2385:
2381:
2379:
2378:
2374:
2372:
2371:
2370:Greatest Hits
2367:
2366:
2364:
2360:
2354:
2353:
2349:
2347:
2346:
2342:
2340:
2339:
2335:
2333:
2332:
2328:
2326:
2325:
2324:The High Road
2321:
2319:
2318:
2314:
2313:
2311:
2307:
2301:
2300:
2296:
2294:
2293:
2292:Flesh + Blood
2289:
2287:
2286:
2282:
2280:
2279:
2275:
2273:
2272:
2268:
2266:
2265:
2261:
2259:
2258:
2254:
2252:
2251:
2247:
2246:
2244:
2242:Studio albums
2240:
2234:
2231:
2229:
2226:
2224:
2221:
2219:
2216:
2214:
2211:
2209:
2206:
2204:
2201:
2199:
2196:
2195:
2192:
2191:
2187:
2185:
2184:
2183:Paul Thompson
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2173:
2171:
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2166:
2165:
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2158:
2151:
2146:
2144:
2139:
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2132:
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2128:
2121:
2117:
2113:
2112:
2100:
2096:
2091:
2084:
2080:
2074:
2067:
2064:(in German).
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2057:
2041:
2035:
2019:
2013:
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1991:
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1969:
1953:
1947:
1931:
1927:
1921:
1906:
1905:
1900:
1893:
1878:
1874:
1873:"Grace Jones"
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1849:
1842:
1835:
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1819:
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1798:
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1355:0-7432-0169-8
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1198:
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1186:
1183:
1178:
1172:
1170:Chart (1986)
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1168:
1157:
1153:
1150:
1147:
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1135:
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1131:
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1101:
1097:
1094:
1093:
1090:
1087:
1086:
1082:
1079:
1078:
1075:
1072:
1071:
1067:
1064:
1063:
1060:
1057:
1056:
1053:Track listing
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1043:
1041:
1037:
1036:
1031:
1027:
1023:
1022:
1017:
1008:
1005:
1001:
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990:
986:
976:
972:
967:
963:
958:
954:
953:
949:
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935:
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930:
927:
926:
924:
921:
916:
910:
907:
905:
902:
901:
899:
896:
895:Songwriter(s)
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888:
885:
883:
879:
875:
871:
864:
860:
857:
853:
850:
849:
847:
844:
839:
836:
835:
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818:
811:
806:
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784:
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774:
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768:
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758:Paul Thompson
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750:
747:
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741:
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710:
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633:
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621:
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615:Netherlands (
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603:Netherlands (
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583:
580:
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543:
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531:
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430:
419:
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412:
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366:Paul Thompson
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181:Songwriter(s)
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165:
153:
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143:
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135:
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83:"Sultanesque"
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