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| Bob Dylan |
Modern Times | 2006 |
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| The Go! Team | Thunder Lightening Strike | 2004 |
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| Ali Farka Toure | Savane | 2006 |
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| Tom Waits | Alice | 2002 |
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Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards | 2006 |
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| Scott Walker | The Drift | 2006 |
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| Kanye West | Late Registration | 2005 |
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