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1538:Discography
1430:Lay It Down
1345:Infestation
1268:Joshua Alan
1258:Jizzy Pearl
1253:John Corabi
1233:Marq Torien
1228:Jake E. Lee
1218:Chris Hager
1200:Pete Holmes
1194:Jordan Ziff
1030:October 22,
743:Chris Botti
422:Great White
415:Doug Morris
112:Heavy metal
1573:Categories
1514:Best of Me
1416:Wanted Man
1248:Keri Kelli
1223:Matt Thorr
1008:Music Week
969:, Canada:
899:References
883:1,000,000
764:– producer
762:Mike Stone
750:Production
466:Music Week
430:Britny Fox
413:president
403:Mike Stone
357:Background
343:glam metal
172:chronology
163:Mike Stone
117:glam metal
58:1988-10-24
1465:Body Talk
1331:Detonator
1110:Billboard
1103:Billboard
1017:0265-1548
880:Platinum
837:Billboard
820:UK Albums
790:position
756:Beau Hill
694:Personnel
613:Writer(s)
523:Beau Hill
492:Writer(s)
399:Beau Hill
384:Detonator
201:Detonator
159:Beau Hill
84:Hollywood
1052:. 2006.
1021:Archived
943:June 17,
933:AllMusic
600:Side two
479:Side one
407:DAT tape
363:platinum
288:AllMusic
154:Producer
147:Atlantic
66:Recorded
51:Released
41: by
1543:Members
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1377:Collage
996:"Ratt:
868:/sales
859:Region
426:Warrant
369:" and "
219:Singles
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187:(1986)
96:Burbank
80:A&M
56: (
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105:Genre
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1169:Ratt
1054:ISBN
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347:Ratt
330:7/10
170:Ratt
69:1988
44:Ratt
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