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| Sleeping on a Roller Coaster | |
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| EP by | |
| Released | 1992 |
| Genre | Power pop, rock |
| Label | Matador |
| Producer | Tommy Keene, Steve Carr |
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| Allmusic |   link |
| ARTISTdirect | link |
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