Irrational
Irrational
Track Listings
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1. What You Conceived
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2. Mind Crisis
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3. Irrational (One Deception)
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4. Same Questions
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5. ...One Time
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6. Revolution O
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7. Old Plague Revives
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8. Spineless Destiny
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9. Faith's Lost
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10. M.I.C.
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11. Denied
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12. Same Deception
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Irrational,Perpetua,Volcano,Heavy Metal,Pop,Rock
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- symphony of a thousand (pianos)
- piano revelations.
- Dizzying experiments by a brilliant maverick
- Intriguing Ideas, Experiment upon Experiment
- Expand your thinking about music construction
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Nancarrow: Studies for Player Piano
Manufacturer: Wergo Germany
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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- Conlon Nancarrow : Lost Works, Last Works
- Nancarrow: Pieces Nos. 1 & 2; ¿Tango?; String Quartet No. 1
- György Ligeti Edition 1: String Quartets and Duets - Arditti String Quartet
- Ligeti: Mechanical Music
- Complete Webern
ASIN: B000031W5A
Release Date: 2000-01-11 |
Tracks:
- Vol. I: Study For Player Piano No. 3a
- Vol. I: Study For Player Piano No. 3b
- Vol. I: Study For Player Piano No. 3c
- Vol. I: Study For Player Piano No. 3d
- Vol. I: Study For Player Piano No. 3e
- Vol. I: Study For Player Piano No. 20
- Vol. I: Study For Player Piano No. 44
- Vol. I: Study For Player Piano No. 41a
- Vol. I: Study For Player Piano No. 41b
- Vol. I: Study For Player Piano No. 41c
Tracks:
- Vol. II: Study For Player Piano No. 4
- Vol. II: Study For Player Piano No. 5
- Vol. II: Study For Player Piano No. 6
- Vol. II: Study For Player Piano No. 14
- Vol. II: Study For Player Piano No. 22
- Vol. II: Study For Player Piano No. 26
- Vol. II: Study For Player Piano No. 31
- Vol. II: Study For Player Piano No. 35
- Vol. II: Study For Player Piano No. 32
- Vol. II: Study For Player Piano No. 37
- Vol. II: Study For Player Piano Tango?
- Vol. II: Study For Player Piano No. 40a
- Vol. II: Study For Player Piano No. 40b
Tracks:
- Vol. III: Study For Player Piano No. 1
- Vol. III: Study For Player Piano No. 2a
- Vol. III: Study For Player Piano No. 2b
- Vol. III: Study For Player Piano No. 7
- Vol. III: Study For Player Piano No. 8
- Vol. III: Study For Player Piano No. 10
- Vol. III: Study For Player Piano No. 15
- Vol. III: Study For Player Piano No. 21
- Vol. III: Study For Player Piano No. 23
- Vol. III: Study For Player Piano No. 24
- Vol. III: Study For Player Piano No. 25
- Vol. III: Study For Player Piano No. 33
- Vol. III: Study For Player Piano No. 43
- Vol. III: Study For Player Piano No. 50
Tracks:
- Vol. IV: Study For Player Piano No. 9
- Vol. IV: Study For Player Piano No. 11
- Vol. IV: Study For Player Piano No. 12
- Vol. IV: Study For Player Piano No. 13
- Vol. IV: Study For Player Piano No. 16
- Vol. IV: Study For Player Piano No. 17
- Vol. IV: Study For Player Piano No. 18
- Vol. IV: Study For Player Piano No. 19
- Vol. IV: Study For Player Piano No. 27
- Vol. IV: Study For Player Piano No. 28
- Vol. IV: Study For Player Piano No. 29
- Vol. IV: Study For Player Piano No. 34
- Vol. IV: Study For Player Piano No. 36
- Vol. IV: Study For Player Piano No. 46
- Vol. IV: Study For Player Piano No. 47
Tracks:
- Vol. V: Study For Player Piano No. 42
- Vol. V: Study For Player Piano No. 45a
- Vol. V: Study For Player Piano No. 45b
- Vol. V: Study For Player Piano No. 45c
- Vol. V: Study For Player Piano No. 48a
- Vol. V: Study For Player Piano No. 48b
- Vol. V: Study For Player Piano No. 48c
- Vol. V: Study For Player Piano No. 49a
- Vol. V: Study For Player Piano No. 49b
- Vol. V: Study For Player Piano No. 49c
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To speak of Conlon Nancarrow's music for player piano shouldn't be mistaken to suggest some still broader range of musical output of which the composer's piano rolls are but a subset. Quite the contrary: Nancarrow's meticulous scores--generally unplayable, at least by most primates--are the body of his life's work. This five-CD set contains dozens upon dozens of his studies, each a fairly self-contained exploration of tempo, pitch, rhythm, counterpoint--and the interaction between pairings of those core musical categories. Certainly, this is "difficult" music, hard on the ears, off-kilter in a manner that both demands attention and may repulse listeners unfamiliar with experimental composition. After initial exposure, this collection is the sort of thing that sits on the shelf for some time, before your imagination breaks its internal code. Once that code is broken, though, the vast life inherent in this "mechanical" music becomes almost intoxicating. On some of the quieter pieces, the piano's tone is similar to that of a harpsichord. On others, the palimpsest of ragtime is undeniable. Yes, some pieces seem overly chaotic, but spend some time with them and you'll see, in your mind's eye, dozens of hands working the keys. --Marc Weidenbaum
Customer Reviews:
symphony of a thousand (pianos).......2004-11-15
Imagine for a moment that you have entered a room full of slightly beat-up upright pianos. These pianos begin to come to life by sputtering out unusual, irregular melodies. The melodies don't fit together exactly, but somehow they seem right sounding together. Before you know it, there are so many pianos playing that you can't keep track of them all and they begin to accrue into an impossibly dense spray of sound. Even if you had a roomful of humans playing these pianos they wouldn't get the overwhelming, unswerving independence of each individual line in each piano. The pianos stop playing and you wonder what just happened....
Hopefully this description will give you some indication of what you're in for with these wonderful studies for player piano. Because Nancarrow was working with these mechanical instruments, he could combine complex ratios of rhythms against each other. Some are so subtle that no human could replicate them exactly. This is not to say that the music is dehumanized. It has a great deal of warmth and humor. What Nancarrow gains from the very mechanical nature of these instruments is part of the appeal.
These studies are as rugged and individual as the composer and, as mentioned earlier, Ligeti's Etudes would never have been possible without Nancarrow's wonderful music.
piano revelations........2004-02-22
This stuff influenced Ligeti's "Etudes" for solo piano. The music is mind-blowing.
Dizzying experiments by a brilliant maverick.......2004-01-09
A true compositional original, Conlon Nancarrow is best known for these mind-blowing pieces for player piano. Why this particular instrument? Because most of these short works are utterly unplayable by human beings, unless you are capable of say, depressing all 88 keys at the same time. While later in life Nancarrow also wrote a few small pieces for chamber ensembles, his work here is the core of his output and where his imagination truly took flight.
You may not be quite lucid after hearing something like Study No. 25, which has 1,028 notes in its final 12 seconds, or one of my favorites, the so-called "Canon X" (No. 21). It begins with two musical lines at opposite ends of the keyboard: the bass starts slowly and gradually accelerates, the treble begins in a super-fast blur of notes at the highest end and gradually descends, becoming ever-slower. In the middle of the piece, these two lines cross each other before they continue on their separate ways.
In study after study, Nancarrow explores complex relationships between meter and pitch, most of the time with absolutely astounding results. Some of these pieces are a bit more relaxed, with blues and jazz elements giving them an almost homespun quality. But soon the blizzard of notes returns, as the composer makes full use of the player piano's capabilities. You almost can't believe what you are hearing.
A word of caution: You probably don't want to program all five discs straight through. Well recorded as it is, the timbre of the instrument becomes wearing on the ear after awhile. Give your ears a break and to listen to something completely different, like Debussy, Copland -- or maybe Bob Dylan.
An essential collection for some -- I'm not sure whom! -- but something every listener should hear at least once.
Intriguing Ideas, Experiment upon Experiment.......2000-12-30
Conlon Nancarrow is one of those composers who could exist only in real life, as he would be too implausible for fiction. Nancarrow was a composer for player piano, who spent much of his life an expatriate in Mexico, composing music steeped in both early 20th C. jazz and "modernist" classical traditions, and yet music that is entirely individual.
For me, Nancarrow's work functions best when he illustrates the sheer possibility of the keyboard freed from the limitations of a human player or players. The player piano in Nancarrow's work is an acrobat, ready to twirl on wires from which human piano players are unable to dangle. I find least satisfying the experimental works which are centered less on the possibility of the player piano, and more on the synthesis of 30s jazz into a unique classical aesthetic. I freely confess to being a listener rather than a musician in my own right, and some of the experiments just don't keep me hooked.
Still, if you're longing for something quite different and of high quality, Nancarrow may be what you are seeking.
Expand your thinking about music construction.......2000-07-27
Re-open any closed ideas you had about musical structure, architecture, harmony, rhythm, melody -- and what brings pleasure to your brain. Listening to these pieces inspires whole new forms of composition.
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Jim Gill's Irrational Anthem and More Salutes to Nonsense
Jim Gill
Manufacturer: Jim Gill Music Inc.
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
General
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General
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ASIN: B0007CYBNS
Release Date: 2001-09-12 |
Tracks:
- The Irrational Anthem
- Can't Wait To Celebrate
- I'll Spell It Out For You
- Saxophones
- Shakin' Everywhere
- The Gong Song
- Jumping and Counting
- Toy Boat
- Follow The Band
- (Jim Gill Is) Going Nowhere
- Laughing In Rhythm
- Buffet Ballet
- Bix Beiderbecke
- The Dance Along Gong Song
- Yodeling
- May There Always Be Sunshine
Product Description
The fourth in a series of music play CDs for young children produced and recorded by Jim Gill. Wonderfully fun and educational. Tracks include: The Irrational Anthem, Can't Wait to Celebrate, I'll Spell It Out for You, Saxophones, Shakin' Everywhere, The Gong Song, Jumping & Counting, Toy Boat, Follow the Band, (Jim Gill is) Going Nowhere, Laughing in Rhythm, Buffet Ballet, Bix Beiderbecke, The Dance Along Gong Song, Yodeling, and May There Always Be Sunshine.
Customer Reviews:
Upbeat performer!!.......2006-01-19
I've seen Jim Gill several times at concerts at my children's preschool. He is very upbeat, and lively. He's also a little silly, but the kids love that. He sings silly songs that kids love to sing (Washing Machine), dance, and jump around to. He's kind of like Raffi, but silly (in a good way). :-)
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Sweet Irrational Worship: Niles-Merton Songs
Chad Runyon , and Jacqueline Chew
Manufacturer: MSR Classics
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
Chamber Music
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- The Seven Storey Mountain
ASIN: B000EMGESQ
Release Date: 2006-02-14 |
Tracks:
- Niles-Merton, Op.171: The Messenger
- Niles-Merton, Op.171: The Nativity
- Niles-Merton, Op.171: The Responsory, 1948
- Niles-Merton, Op.171: Sundown
- Niles-Merton, Op.171: When You Point Your Finger
- Niles-Merton, Op.171: The Weathercock
- Niles-Merton, Op.171: Evening
- Niles-Merton, Op.171: Great Prayer
- Niles-Merton, Op.171: Love Winter
- Niles-Merton, Op.171: Lament of a Maiden
- Niles-Merton, Op.172: O Sweet Irrational Worship
- Niles-Merton, Op.172: Autumn
- Niles-Merton, Op.172: Wisdom
- Niles-Merton, Op.172: The Mirrors Mission
- Niles-Merton, Op.172: For My Brother
- Niles-Merton, Op.172: The Greek Women
- Niles-Merton, Op.172: Cana
- Niles-Merton, Op.172: The Ohio River Louisville
- Niles-Merton, Op.172: Original Sin
- Niles-Merton, Op.172: Birdcage Walk
- Niles-Merton, Op.172: Jesus Weeps into the Fire
- Niles-Merton, Op.172: Mosaic: St. Praxeds
Product Description
In the late summer of 1967, two imminent Kentucky residents met for the first time. Thomas Merton (1915 1968), a Trappist monk and author, had traveled around the world to settle in the monastery at Trappist, Kentucky. John Jacob Niles (1892 -1980), a folk singer and composer, had never drifted far from his Kentucky roots. The journey to their meeting found its genesis in the language of existentialist poetry and Zen Buddhism. The two would only meet a few times before Mertons untimely death in Thailand on December 10, 1968. But this occasion was enough to launch Niles on a four-year journey to set twenty-two poems of Thomas Merton to music. Both Opus 171 and 172 are unique because, as song cycles, they do not share common harmonic or melodic themes. Rather, it is Mertons poetry that binds each cycle together. Opus 171 reflects both the poet and composers fascination with nature, changes in season and day closing to night. Images of wheat fields making simple music, the moon speaking clearly to the hill and secret vegetal words permeate the first ten songs. Niles sought to capture these images with music. For example, in The Messenger Niles uses a descending melody of triplets to suggest an image of sunlight spilling forth as the singer announces the coming of the warrior sun. In Evening he uses a repeated three-note melody throughout the piece to evoke the call of the whippoorwill. Niles was devastated by Mertons death. Undoubtedly his grief influenced the poems he selected for Opus 172. While Opus 171 emphasizes nature, the remaining twelve songs center upon grief, violence and human misery. For My Brother: Reported Missing in Action, 1943 is Thomas Mertons most famous poem and Niles perfectly captures the overwhelming anguish Merton felt at the loss of his only brother. He uses a falling melodic line at the beginning of the piece that suggests a sense of despair. Then, as the poet entreats his brother to Come, in my labor find a resting place Niles changes the key from minor to major and marks the passage with great tenderness. A funeral march closes the piece as the pianist plays alternate fifths and octaves to create the effect of marching feet. The Ohio River-Louisville is another example of using music to highlight the text. Merton portrays a tremendous silence of the river that drowns out all industry and commerce. The only sound that is heard is the thin salt voice of violence. Niles employs a technique he learned from Charles Ives. The pianist is instructed to play a cluster chord only on the black notes using a felt-covered board 10 7/8 long. The clashing sound of the chord invokes the noise of the city. He contrasts this clashing sound with a sparse accompaniment to reflect the slow-moving river.
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- brothers of sepultura
- sepultura's relatives from argentina
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Irrational
Perpetua
Manufacturer: Pavement Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
General
| Rock
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Metal
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ASIN: B0000021K7
Release Date: 1997-01-28 |
Tracks:
- What You Conceived
- Mind Crisis
- Irrational (One Deception)
- Same Questions
- One Time
- Revolution O
- Old Plague Revives
- Spineless Destiny
- Faith's Lost
- M.I.C.
- Denied
- Same Deception
Customer Reviews:
brothers of sepultura.......2000-06-06
these guys are sepultura's brothers. their music rocks equal to sepultura's too.
sepultura's relatives from argentina.......1999-09-25
sounds like sepultura. perpetua is from argentina, south america and they have the same impact as sepultura from brazil
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Christmas, An Irrational Season
Carolyn Arends
Manufacturer: 2B Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
General
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| Christian & Gospel
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| Pop
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| Folk
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| Pop
| Indie Music
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ASIN: B000EJZV24
Release Date: 2004-11-02 |
Tracks:
- The Irrational Season (Prelude)
- Come and See
- Do Not Be Afraid
- Angels We Have Heard on High
- Christmas Must Be Tonight
- Is Bethlehem Too Far Away
- Now in Flesh Appearing
- My First Christmas
- Go Tell It on the Mountain
- The Lord's Servant
- Come Thou Long-Expected Jesus
- A Christmas Blessing
- The Irrational Season (Postlude)
Product Description
Christmas, an Irrational Season - is a new recording featuring a stirring collection guaranteed to help you celebrate, contemplate, and enter into the miracle of the Incarnation.
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- RPM Delivers the Goods !!!!
- This Woman Rocks, Move over Avril !!!
- Powerful Music that Doesn't Let Up, Recommended!!!!
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Irrational Anthem
RPM
Manufacturer: 7940 Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
General
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Pop Rock
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Pop Rock
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General
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ASIN: B000153K2Y
Release Date: 2004-01-20 |
Tracks:
- Goddamnit
- Canât Take Me Anywhere
- Donât Be You
- Girl Next Door
- Liquid You
- Unlike Me
- If I had A Rock Band
- Talk You Down
- Play God
- Helium
- A Happy Song
Product Description
Born in KY and raised in VA, RPM grew up studying classical voice, piano and flute. Picking up the electric guitar along the way, she moved to Los Angeles to begin work on what would become âIrrational Anthemâ â an ambitious lyrical and musical work that offers an alternative to those sick of corporate sanitized music. RPMâs blatant irreverence, and acclaimed live show, go even further to set her apart as she guns into guitar solos while singing lead and rocking out with a presence that is both magnetic and hypnotic.
Customer Reviews:
RPM Delivers the Goods !!!!.......2004-01-23
I had been hearing about RPM on various sites on the web and was very interested in finding out what she was all about. She surpassed by expectations by far and her album has been hard to pull out of my CD player. It's well written and the Choruses are all sing alongs. Its refreshing to see a woman musician who plays guitar, writes her own songs, and has something to say. For anybody who is tired of the mainstream women rockers and wants something with bite, I would strongly recommend they pick up Irrational Anthem, it is money well spent.
This Woman Rocks, Move over Avril !!!.......2004-01-23
Irrational Anthem is the kind of album to put on if you want to blow of some steam, rock out in your car, or you plain rock out. It slams from start to finish and is catchy as hell. I can't get the songs out of my head after I listen to them. For all of you who think that Avril Lavigne is it, just listen to RPM and you will now the meaning of real. Her lyrics are are like barbed wire unlike Avril's musings on skater boys. Some of my favorites are the opener Goddamnit, Don't Be You, Talk You Down, and If I Had A Rockband. I would not be surprised if she rockets to superstardom this year. Grab this album before it grabs you!
Powerful Music that Doesn't Let Up, Recommended!!!!.......2004-01-23
This CD really blew me away, after being bombarded by so many other so called "rocker" women, I was hesistant when I bought the album but she blows all the others out of the water. From the first track Goddamnit which is a pumping anthem about organized religion through to Don't Be You and Girl Next Door, my favorite track on the album, to the beautiful closer, A Happy Song. The whole album rocks and there is not one weak track on the entire album. The production is great and I can't wait to see her on tour. For those who love Evanescence and even Avril, RPM is a sure fire hit. She has a lot of edge and her lyrics spare no one including organized religion and the government. This is a woman who mean business. Highly Recommended !!!!!!!
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Closer to Daylight
Manufacturer: Playing Havoc
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
Pop Rock
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ASIN: B000CA3A1E
Release Date: 2004-07-13 |
Product Description
||| 1) Le jardin sauvage (3:15)
||| 2) Une pluie de roses (3:58)
||| 3) Giddy up (2:43)
||| 4) Pour un fou manqu (3:37)
||| 5) Moi j'aime tre maniaque (3:01)
||| 6) King Louis (2:38)
||| 7) Cher enfer (3:11)
||| 8) J'ai toujours l'cho (4:06)
||| 9) Dans la peau du diable (4:32)
||| 10) Rachmaninov (3:23)
||| 11) La plaine (4:17)
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Solo/Tutti: Works by Richard Karpen
Manufacturer: Centaur
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
Computer
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| Classical
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General
| Classical
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General
| Chamber Music
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ASIN: B0007WFY8O
Release Date: 2005-03-29 |
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Roll 'Em
Manufacturer: Irrational Behavior Productions
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000837CSM |
Product Description
Song List: Roll' em; Don't Be That Way; Flying Home; It Ain't Necessarily So; Drum Boogies; Memories of You; Jersey Bounce; Manteca; Sing, Sing, Sing; Avalon
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- It Found Me
- Kaleidoscope [Original recording remastered] [Import]
- Land of the Free [Import]
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- Metal for Demons
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- No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith
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