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| Animal Collective | Feels | 2005 |
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| Solomon Burke | Don't Give Up On Me | 2002 |
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| Kate Bush | Aerial | 2005 |
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| Ry Cooder |
Chavez Ravine | 2005 |
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| Bob Dylan |
Modern Times | 2006 |
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| Beth Gibbons and Rustin' Man | Out of Season | 2002 |
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| Sleater-Kinney | The Woods | 2005 |
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| Bruce Springsteen | Devils & Dust | 2005 |
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| Sufjan Stevens | Illinois | 2005 |
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