Billy Idol Essential CD

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List Price	$10.98 (You save $2.19)
Category	Rock/Pop Albums, Pop CDs, Hard Rock, Rock
Label	Chrysalis
Orig Year	2003
All Time Sales Rank	142953
CD Universe Part number	5796831
Catalog number	582221
Discs	1
Release Date	Jun 03, 2003
Mono/Stereo	Stereo

Billy Idol Essential Songs

1.	Rebel Yell
2.	Hot in the City
3.	White Wedding
4.	Eyes Without a Face
5.	Catch My Fall
6.	Mony Mony
7.	To Be a Lover
8.	Sweet Sixteen	$1.29
9.	Flesh For Fantasy
10.	Don't Need a Gun	$0.99
11.	Dancing With Myself

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