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660:Los Angeles
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603:Springsteen
1594:Categories
1535:Mo' Living
1431:Amy Farina
979:Metacritic
955:October 8,
944:Gibson.com
924:References
917:Jason Munn
894:Masterdisk
864:Production
570:normalized
566:Metacritic
239:Metacritic
205:Me and Mia
140:chronology
132:Chris Shaw
89:Indie rock
1411:Marty Key
1310:March 24,
1300:Pitchfork
1188:Pitchfork
817:Personnel
621:Pitchfork
432:Pitchfork
93:punk rock
1304:Archived
1193:Archived
1146:July 19,
1140:Archived
1018:Archived
1014:AllMusic
990:July 19,
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587:AllMusic
262:AllMusic
128:Producer
121:Lookout!
57:Recorded
49:Released
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1552:Singles
1393:Ted Leo
1110:May 18,
1077:May 18,
1066:Blender
902:Imagery
831:Ted Leo
673:Ted Leo
597:Blender
574:average
337:Blender
209:Ted Leo
173:(2007)
164:(2004)
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1199:May 8,
688:Length
437:7.0/10
256:Rating
253:Source
243:79/100
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1026:2012
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776:3:46
765:2:42
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743:5:33
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721:3:04
710:3:46
699:3:30
642:Tour
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