280:, 'remarkably assured pop classicism,' and it led to The Deal being named by Musician Magazine one of the twenty best unsigned bands in the world. However, sales were limited, and in fall 1988 the Deal finally broke up. The music of the Deal remained firmly in obscurity until 2003 when a power pop independent label,
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