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283:(Pa Ubu being a character in the play). "Viva Pa Ubu" includes singing by the whole group, making the CD reissue no longer an instrumental. "Viva Pa Ubu" and "Slice" (an outtake from the July–August recording sessions) had been previously released on the
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908:– producers
716:"½ the Sky"
699:"Look Back"
633:Side two –
549:Side one –
542:Switzerland
502:CD reissues
1631:Categories
1256:Fred Frith
1179:. London:
937:References
900:Production
856:Fred Frith
781:Hodgkinson
635:Day by Day
618:Hodgkinson
601:Hodgkinson
579:"Industry"
524:bonus CD,
334:Don Martin
294:Fred Frith
224:Background
208:avant-rock
151:chronology
95:Avant-prog
1567:Ray Smith
1557:Henry Now
1552:Art Bears
1244:Henry Cow
1177:Henry Cow
1119:Hull, Tom
906:Henry Cow
834:Henry Cow
829:Personnel
747:Writer(s)
649:Writer(s)
565:Writer(s)
538:Kirchberg
439:Pitchfork
356:Ray Smith
324:Cover art
253:Recording
240:Art Bears
218:Kirchberg
214:Henry Cow
149:Henry Cow
141:Henry Cow
128:Celluloid
79:Kirchberg
44:Henry Cow
1618:Category
1478:Teenbeat
1431:Box sets
1414:Concerts
1024:AllMusic
961:18 March
922:See also
750:Recorded
652:Recorded
568:Recorded
390:AllMusic
289:(1982).
277:'s play
162:Concerts
136:Producer
130:(France)
66:Recorded
51:Released
41: by
1520:Erk Gah
1089:15 June
1058:23 July
956:Reuters
812:"Slice"
317:Gravity
280:Ubu Roi
267:outtake
205:English
184:(1991)
175:(1979)
166:(1976)
56: (
1360:Unrest
1353:Legend
1202:
1132:13 May
932:(2006)
815:Cooper
798:Cooper
767:
764:
753:Length
702:Cooper
685:Cooper
655:Length
571:Length
444:8.0/10
384:Rating
381:Source
308:Curlew
104:Length
74:Studio
1492:Ruins
1470:Songs
744:Title
646:Title
562:Title
211:group
201:album
121:Label
87:Genre
1200:ISBN
1134:2021
1091:2011
1060:2012
1031:2019
963:2009
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804:1:21
787:4:28
770:1:29
725:5:14
708:1:19
691:3:58
674:7:38
624:4:01
607:6:55
590:6:58
492:The
468:B+ (
456:9/10
348:and
257:The
58:1979
54:1979
1499:War
809:11.
792:10.
740:No.
642:No.
558:No.
339:MAD
300:of
203:by
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