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172:
163:
95:Anarcho punk
50:Studio album
26:
1728:1982 albums
1584:Gee Vaucher
1572:Pete Wright
1334:23 December
1291:eyeplug.net
1228:23 December
1186:Sybil Right
967:"Securicor"
879:"Bumhooler"
710:"Bumhooler"
503:The Quietus
269:Gee Vaucher
259:(featuring
1717:Categories
1702:David King
1692:Dial House
1622:Penis Envy
1592:(engineer)
1590:John Loder
1208:References
1026:"So What?"
956:"G's Song"
666:"Deadhead"
418:Ox-Fanzine
265:Wally Hope
219:re-release
165:Penis Envy
154:chronology
1560:Phil Free
1293:. Eyeplug
1174:Phil Free
1150:Personnel
816:"Darling"
498:The Album
319:Reception
1660:See also
1568:(guitar)
1562:(guitar)
1556:(vocals)
1550:(vocals)
1544:(vocals)
1454:cite web
1402:"Review"
1356:AllMusic
1307:cite web
1238:cite web
1164:- vocals
1158:- vocals
1004:edition)
868:edition)
831:edition)
783:edition)
634:Side Two
535:Side One
343:AllMusic
249:100 Club
142:Producer
99:art punk
70:Recorded
62:Released
52: by
1580:(drums)
187:(1983)
178:(1982)
169:(1981)
1600:Albums
1574:(bass)
1485:11 May
1444:12 May
1418:Select
1384:
1297:12 May
1065:Length
760:Length
647:Length
548:Length
494:Christ
456:Select
337:Rating
334:Source
296:Christ
253:London
109:Length
78:Studio
1528:Crass
1062:Title
757:Title
644:Title
545:Title
241:Crass
152:Crass
146:Crass
135:Crass
130:Label
90:Genre
55:Crass
1682:EXIT
1487:2017
1460:link
1446:2017
1382:ISBN
1336:2016
1313:link
1299:2017
1244:link
1230:2016
1142:5:04
1131:2:42
1120:2:49
1109:1:57
1098:2:37
1087:2:11
1076:3:37
1040:2:15
1029:1:20
1018:1:22
1007:0:28
992:2:43
981:1:48
970:1:49
959:0:22
948:1:50
937:1:40
926:4:13
915:1:25
904:1:01
893:4:27
882:2:22
871:2:15
856:0:58
845:1:42
834:0:26
819:1:50
808:4:31
797:1:59
786:1:29
771:3:00
735:4:34
724:3:36
713:3:19
702:3:09
691:2:22
680:3:01
669:2:16
658:3:21
625:3:07
614:2:59
603:3:07
592:2:47
581:4:09
570:2:52
559:2:44
65:1982
1136:22.
1125:21.
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1103:19.
1092:18.
1081:17.
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1058:No.
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765:16.
753:No.
729:15.
718:14.
707:13.
696:12.
685:11.
674:10.
640:No.
541:No.
518:NME
251:in
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276:CD
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