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526:US Version
248:Steve Fisk
232:Steve Fisk
213:Steve Fisk
155:Repetition
144:chronology
135:Steve Fisk
78:noise rock
1600:No Energy
1552:7/26/2001
1422:Sara Lund
1290:Pitchfork
1257:Pitchfork
1105:Tobi Vail
1020:"Unwound"
834:Sara Lund
811:Personnel
428:Pitchfork
274:Mapparium
252:Challenge
244:Challenge
93:post-punk
83:math rock
1339:(55): 46
1295:Archived
1230:Archived
1198:Kerrang!
1152:Archived
1147:AllMusic
1028:Archived
490:AllMusic
378:Kerrang!
308:AllMusic
242:, "With
198:American
130:Producer
88:art punk
57:Recorded
49:Released
39: by
1488:Unwound
1403:Unwound
1366:Discogs
970:Insound
936:. 1998.
930:Unwound
816:Unwound
438:7.8/10
433:5.9/10
257:Empire.
205:Unwound
196:by the
177:(1999)
168:(1998)
159:(1996)
142:Unwound
42:Unwound
1607:Empire
1113:eMusic
789:"XLNT"
679:"Data"
671:Length
547:"Data"
539:Length
440:(2015)
435:(1998)
302:Rating
299:Source
101:Length
803:10:11
668:Title
536:Title
203:band
118:Label
66:Genre
1270:2023
1203:EMAP
948:link
792:2:05
781:8:34
770:5:09
759:9:00
748:1:42
737:2:23
726:5:20
715:4:34
704:3:12
693:3:13
682:3:33
649:2:05
638:8:34
627:5:09
616:9:00
605:1:42
594:5:20
583:4:34
572:3:12
561:3:13
550:3:33
421:7/10
1364:at
1225:NME
907:: 5
797:12.
786:11.
775:10.
664:No.
643:10.
532:No.
495:NME
416:NME
278:CMJ
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