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| Beth Gibbons and Rustin' Man | Out of Season | 2002 |
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| Elliott Smith | From a Basement on a Hill | 2004 |
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| Bruce Springsteen | The Rising | 2002 |
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| Tom Waits | Alice | 2002 |
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