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Dear Diary is a Christian rock opera, and the third studio album by the pop punk band FM Static. It was released on April 7, 2009, through Tooth & Nail Records.
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- ↑ MySpace Blog Archived 2012-09-26 at archive.today
- ↑ "FM Static Chart History - Hot Christian Songs". Billboard Magazine. Retrieved March 25, 2016.