Bebop Moptop | ||||
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Released | 17 July 1989 | |||
Recorded | July 1988 – April 1989 | |||
Studio | Inner City Sound (Dundee, Scotland) The Manor (Oxfordshire) The Church (London) | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 50:29 | |||
Label | Virgin | |||
Producer | Danny Wilson, Allan McGlone, Fred De Faye | |||
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AllMusic | [1] |
Hi-Fi News & Record Review | B:2 [2] |
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