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1114:"Loop: Heaven's End / Fade Out / A Gilded Eternity / The World in Your Eyes"
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had done) and reaching #39 on the official UK album charts.
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Spencer, Mr (20 January 1990). "The way we wah wah".
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218:that was entirely all their own", according to
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1260:"LOOP | full Official Chart History"
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974:Marszalek, Julian (8 June 2009).
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787:"The Nail Will Burn (Burn Out)"
228:journalist Chris Parkin called
1231:Bungle, Fwump (11 July 2000).
915:"Album Review: Loop – Sonancy"
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208:that had defined their debut,
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1061:Rueben, Simon (21 May 2009).
877:Parkin, Chris (19 May 2009).
450:In a contemporary review for
18:1990 studio album by Loop
913:Sentz, Tim (25 March 2022).
943:"Loop, 'A Gilded Eternity'"
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1233:"Loop – A Gilded Eternity"
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754:"From Centre to Wave"
623:"From Centre to Wave"
1068:The Line of Best Fit
721:"The Nail Will Burn"
568:"The Nail Will Burn"
327:The Line of Best Fit
259:Professional ratings
891:on 30 December 2011
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1296:Loop (band) albums
955:on 17 January 2010
798:"Arc-Lite (Sonar)"
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254:Critical reception
222:'s Creaig Dunton.
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1291:1990 albums
1269:4 September
981:The Quietus
948:Brainwashed
926:4 September
710:"Afterglow"
535:"Afterglow"
243:The Quietus
238:Sonic Youth
220:Brainwashed
206:psychedelia
203:Technicolor
1285:Categories
1119:PopMatters
861:References
490:movement.
464:acid house
351:PopMatters
216:space rock
125:chronology
68:Space rock
1162:26 August
1130:14 August
1013:14 August
832:Position
1244:12 April
1074:12 April
1046:12 April
1008:AllMusic
987:12 April
959:12 April
699:"Vapour"
524:"Vapour"
488:shoegaze
278:AllMusic
186:Fade Out
136:Fade Out
111:Producer
73:shoegaze
51:Released
41: by
732:"Blood"
579:"Blood"
156:(2022)
153:Sonancy
149:(1990)
140:(1988)
1197:Sounds
976:"Loop"
895:3 June
819:Charts
691:Length
648:Length
635:Side D
604:Length
591:Side C
560:Length
547:Side B
516:Length
503:Side A
413:Sounds
272:Rating
269:Source
82:Length
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193:Music
175:band
99:Label
60:Genre
1271:2022
1246:2020
1164:2023
1132:2016
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989:2020
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848:1990
837:1990
826:Year
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735:5:29
724:4:51
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462:as "
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248:gain
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177:Loop
173:rock
123:Loop
116:Loop
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884:NME
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406:4/5
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332:78%
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