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529:Label: Blank (BRC 019)
429:Label: rooArt (848531)
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251:Into the Light Again
245:Simon Holmes joined
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426:Released: June 1991
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148:Tall Tales and True
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724:"If a Vow"
713:"Alimony"
353:Discography
286:Along with
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1380:3 December
1215:"Profiles"
1199:16 January
1138:13 January
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876:References
844:Nominated
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605:Format: CD
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130:Biography
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