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| Green Day |
American Idiot | 2004 |
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| The Libertines | The Libertines | 2004 |
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| Loretta Lynn | Van Lear Rose | 2004 |
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| Madvillain | Madvillainy | 2004 |
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| Modest Mouse |
Good News for People Who Love Bad News | 2004 |
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| Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane | Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall | 2005 |
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| Morrissey |
You Are the Quarry | 2004 |
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| The Streets |
A Grand Don't Come for Free | 2004 |
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