''Persona Non Grata'' is the third studio release by Dutch

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band

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. With the departure of

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, the band took a more aggressive approach than on their previous two albums, resulting in a largely

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and heavy metal influenced album. The stylistic change resulted in some moderate European success. The album was released in April 1994. The song "Demagogue" became a European club hit. The band can be seen performing the album's track "Good Grief!" in the 1995 film, ''

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''. ''Persona Non Grata'' was reissued in 1999 as a two-disc set with the second disc consisting of live material.

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(4:14) # Good Grief! (4:31) # No Honestly! (3:28) # Alienated (5:18) # Candy Strip Exp. (4:51) # Selfsufficient Snake (5:29) # (Some) Chitchat (5:07) # Burnt Up Cigarette (4:09) # Selfstyled (3:17) # Mugshot (3:14) # Hangout (3:39) # Downer (9:38)

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