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1071:" (The Men)
1023:Holiday '80
857:Jim Russell
838:Martyn Ware
626:BRIT Awards
614:– Presenter
607:) – Herself
414:Love Action
346:Martyn Ware
1339:Categories
1125:Mirror Man
880:Travelogue
848:Ian Burden
672:References
487:Mirror Man
384:Ian Burden
223:Occupation
214:electronic
174:1962-09-18
89:newspapers
1298:Heaven 17
915:Romantic?
853:Jo Callis
549:Romantic?
388:Jo Callis
296:synth-pop
277:Member of
204:Synth-pop
192:, England
190:Sheffield
41:citations
901:Hysteria
633:Q Awards
557:EastWest
507:Hysteria
307:A levels
263:Papillon
258:EastWest
209:new wave
67:libelous
1054:Singles
929:Secrets
922:Octopus
572:, host
562:Octopus
416:" and "
253:A&M
103:scholar
1153:Louise
986:(2003)
971:(1998)
865:Albums
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619:Awards
483:Motown
451:Slough
248:Virgin
241:Labels
226:Singer
197:Genres
186:Origin
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1160:Human
936:Credo
908:Crash
631:2004
624:1982
610:2007
597:1999
542:1990s
535:Crash
530:Human
298:band
110:JSTOR
96:books
34:This
887:Dare
693:ISBN
662:ISBN
516:Dare
512:Dare
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440:Dare
436:Dare
423:Dare
386:and
369:Dare
168:Born
82:news
43:for
1008:EPs
612:VH1
462:MTV
317:by
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