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526:"Too Personal" – 5:54
523:"Honeymoon in Hell" – 5:34
520:"Love Letter" – 4:18
517:"I Love Apple" – 3:26
514:"St. Valentine's Day" – 4:59
511:"Special" – 2:30
508:"All I Want" – 3:49
505:"Dear Sausage" – 3:48
502:"I Don't Know" – 4:20
499:"Wicked Midnite" – 3:51
496:"Millionaire" – 4:37
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580:"I Love Mekons - The Mekons"
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193:consisting of twelve
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820:(31 December 1993).
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1116:Categories
945:Lu Edmonds
929:The Mekons
827:NewsOK.com
534:References
201:Background
195:love songs
179:the Mekons
164:I ♥ Mekons
161:(stylized
113:chronology
111:The Mekons
58:1993-10-18
44:the Mekons
1091:Punk Rock
940:Rico Bell
891:1940-1159
818:Kot, Greg
760:Kot, Greg
635:Kot, Greg
231:Reception
175:punk rock
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475:Greg Kot
255:AllMusic
51:Released
41: by
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477:ranked
205:Before
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