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| Common |
Be | 2005 |
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| Beth Gibbons and Rustin' Man | Out of Season | 2002 |
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| The Go! Team | Thunder Lightening Strike | 2004 |
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| Lambchop |
Nixon | 2000 |
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| Ali Farka Toure | Savane | 2006 |
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| Rufus Wainwright | Want Two | 2004 |
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| Tom Waits | Alice | 2002 |
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| Tom Waits |
Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards | 2006 |
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| Scott Walker | The Drift | 2006 |
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| M. Ward |
Post-War | 2006 |
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