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| The Ice Machine | ||||
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| Released | 1986 | |||
| Genre | Post-punk | |||
| Label | Homestead Records | |||
| Producer | Iain Burgess | |||
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The Ice Machine [1] is an album by Breaking Circus. It was released in 1986 by on Homestead Records. [2]
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