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All songs composed by Rod Argent except where indicated.
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323:"Highwire"
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126:chronology
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583:Argent -
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370:"Trapeze"
359:Writer(s)
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346:Side two
312:"Circus"
291:Side one
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108:Producer
51:Released
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767:In Deep
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