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363:"Death Disco" was also included on the 1983 album
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517:. Soft Skull Press. p. 202.
465:Jim Walker - drums on "Megga Mix"
322:'s ballet score that surfaces in
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587:"Albums and Tracks of the Year"
18:1979 single by Public Image Ltd
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1063:Songs written by Keith Levene
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462:- drums on "No Birds Do Sing"
312:on the group's second album,
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485:"20 Great Post-Punk Tracks"
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329:In his autobiography,
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447:- guitar, synthesizer
412:"Death Disco" – 4:11
398:" ten years later."
1068:Songs about cancer
937:Flowers of Romance
883:Compilation albums
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428:"Megga Mix" - 6:51
215:singles chronology
69:7" – "Death Disco"
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701:Scott Firth
694:Bruce Smith
599:15 November
557:23 December
382:Paul Lester
320:Tchaikovsky
310:"Swan Lake"
235:Death Disco
200:Producer(s)
187:John Wardle
1053:1979 songs
1027:Categories
744:Ken Lockie
729:Karl Burns
719:Jim Walker
714:Jah Wobble
687:Lu Edmonds
680:John Lydon
470:References
451:Jah Wobble
439:John Lydon
396:Hallelujah
191:Jim Walker
183:John Lydon
126:avant-funk
997:The Clash
778:Metal Box
496:23 August
433:Personnel
420:12" vinyl
315:Metal Box
276:12" cover
121:Post-punk
52:Metal Box
951:Bad Life
930:Memories
547:AllMusic
407:7" vinyl
346:AllMusic
244:Memories
101:Released
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908:Singles
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162:Virgin
140:Length
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354:disco
157:Label
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958:Rise
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559:2019
519:ISBN
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