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1399:Live albums
1336:Eve to Dawn
1280:Pandemonium
1196:Disillusion
1029:25 November
889:– mastering
513:"Like Hell"
444:red vinyl.
362:heavy metal
163:Paul Cooper
87:Heavy metal
1565:Categories
1474:RockShocks
1435:Eurobounds
903:References
877:– producer
875:Max Norman
869:Production
547:"Get Away"
413:Rising Sun
378:Max Norman
174:chronology
159:Max Norman
141:Roadrunner
92:glam metal
1414:8186 Live
1315:Metal Mad
1287:Biosphere
997:Billboard
855:– guitars
836:Personnel
536:Yamashita
396:in 1989.
1389:Jealousy
1364:Sunburst
1238:Loudness
1097:Loudness
1054:28 March
1004:28 March
926:AllMusic
849:– vocals
592:Side two
465:Side one
366:Loudness
307:AllMusic
172:Loudness
151:Producer
144:(Europe)
59:Recorded
51:Released
44:Loudness
41: by
1550:X Japan
1484:Singles
1343:2･0･1･2
936:13 July
864:– drums
828:1:34:00
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245:(Japan)
221:Singles
207:(1986)
198:(1985)
189:(1985)
185:Odin EP
126:(Japan)
1545:Anthem
1301:Racing
1294:Terror
1266:Engine
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79:Genre
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1382:Odin
1056:2010
1031:2020
1006:2010
972:ISBN
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713:Odin
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627:3:55
616:3:59
573:4:35
556:3:53
539:4:18
522:3:44
505:4:04
421:and
349:7/10
250:(US)
130:ATCO
1540:Ezo
1535:Sly
1374:EPs
810:No.
777:No.
756:12.
745:11.
733:No.
708:12.
697:11.
685:No.
598:No.
471:No.
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822:1.
789:1.
654:5.
643:4.
632:3.
621:2.
610:1.
561:5.
544:4.
527:3.
510:2.
489:1.
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