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| Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | Abbatoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus | 2004 |
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| Coldplay |
A Rush of Blood to the Head | 2002 |
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| Doves |
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| Franz Ferdinand | You Could Have It So Much Better | 2005 |
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| R.E.M. |
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| The White Stripes | Elephant | 2003 |
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| Wilco |
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot | 2002 |
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| Wilco |
A Ghost Is Born | 2004 |
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