The Top 200 Albums from the 2000s
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Time | Artist | Album | Year | Buy at
Amazon | Song
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| 1 | 34 |
Arcade Fire
| Funeral
| 2004
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| 2 | 45 |
The Strokes
| Is This It
| 2001
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| 3 | 52 |
Radiohead
| Kid A
| 2000
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Listen
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| 4 | 71 |
Wilco
| Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
| 2002
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Listen
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| 5 | 101 |
The White Stripes
| Elephant
| 2003
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Listen
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| 6 | 110 |
Sufjan Stevens
| Illinois
| 2005
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Listen
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| 7 | 127 |
Radiohead
| In Rainbows
| 2007
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| 8 | 128 |
Animal Collective
| Merriweather Post Pavilion
| 2009
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| 9 | 137 |
LCD Soundsystem
| Sound of Silver
| 2007
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| 10 |
165 | Arctic Monkeys
| Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
| 2006
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| 11 | 168 |
OutKast
| Stankonia
| 2000
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| 12 | 179 |
Amy Winehouse
| Back to Black
| 2006
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Listen
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| 13 | 183 |
Jay-Z
| The Blueprint
| 2001
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Listen
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| 14 | 189 |
Eminem
| The Marshall Mathers LP
| 2000
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Listen
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| 15 | 197 |
The White Stripes
| White Blood Cells
| 2001
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| 16 | 206 |
Franz Ferdinand
| Franz Ferdinand
| 2004
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| 17 | 215 |
The Streets
| Original Pirate Material
| 2002
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Listen
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| 18 | 217 |
Kanye West
| The College Dropout
| 2004
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Listen
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| 19 | 218 |
Antony and The Johnsons
| I Am a Bird Now
| 2005
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| 20 | 231 |
The Flaming Lips
| Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
| 2002
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Listen
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| 21 | 237 |
OutKast
| Speakerboxxx / The Love Below
| 2003
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Listen
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| 22 | 249 |
Fleet Foxes
| Fleet Foxes
| 2008
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| 23 | 250 |
Queens of the Stone Age
| Songs for the Deaf
| 2002
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Listen
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| 24 | 259 |
Interpol
| Turn On the Bright Lights
| 2002
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| 25 | 261 |
Burial
| Untrue
| 2007
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| 26 | 265 |
M.I.A.
| Kala
| 2007
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| 27 | 271 |
Joanna Newsom
| Ys
| 2006
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Listen
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| 28 | 276 |
PJ Harvey
| Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
| 2000
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Listen
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| 29 | 279 |
Portishead
| Third
| 2008
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| 30 | 285 |
TV on the Radio
| Return to Cookie Mountain
| 2006
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| 31 | 299 |
Coldplay
| A Rush of Blood to the Head
| 2002
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| 32 | 301 |
Dizzee Rascal
| Boy in da Corner
| 2003
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Listen
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| 33 | 302 |
M.I.A.
| Arular
| 2005
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Listen
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| 34 | 308 |
Bon Iver
| For Emma, Forever Ago
| 2007
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| 35 | 310 |
The Knife
| Silent Shout
| 2006
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| 36 | 312 |
Daft Punk
| Discovery
| 2001
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| 37 | 323 |
Bob Dylan
| Love and Theft
| 2001
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| 38 | 335 |
Grizzly Bear
| Veckatimest
| 2009
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| 39 | 338 |
TV on the Radio
| Dear Science
| 2008
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| 40 | 339 |
Vampire Weekend
| Vampire Weekend
| 2008
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| 41 | 342 |
The Libertines
| Up the Bracket
| 2002
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| 42 | 346 |
The National
| Boxer
| 2007
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| 43 | 357 |
Panda Bear
| Person Pitch
| 2007
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| 44 | 362 |
The Avalanches
| Since I Left You
| 2000
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| 45 | 371 |
Arcade Fire
| Neon Bible
| 2007
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Listen
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| 46 | 387 |
Radiohead
| Amnesiac
| 2001
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Listen
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| 47 | 388 |
LCD Soundsystem
| LCD Soundsystem
| 2005
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Listen
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| 48 | 395 |
Bright Eyes
| I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
| 2005
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Listen
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| 49 | 399 |
Madvillain
| Madvillainy
| 2004
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Listen
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| 50 | 401 |
Björk
| Vespertine
| 2001
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Listen
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| 51 | 403 |
The Shins
| Chutes Too Narrow
| 2003
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| 52 | 405 |
Beck
| Sea Change
| 2002
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Listen
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| 53 | 414 |
Broken Social Scene
| You Forgot It in People
| 2002
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Listen
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| 54 | 419 |
Kanye West
| Late Registration
| 2005
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| 55 | 420 |
Ryan Adams
| Heartbreaker
| 2000
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Listen
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| 56 | 421 |
Modest Mouse
| The Moon & Antarctica
| 2000
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Listen
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| 57 | 423 |
Bloc Party
| Silent Alarm
| 2005
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| 58 | 437
| The XX
| XX
| 2009
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| 59 | 438 |
Primal Scream
| Xtrmntr
| 2000
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| 60 | 449 |
Green Day
| American Idiot
| 2004
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Listen
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| 61 | 458 |
Brian Wilson
| SMiLE
| 2004
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Listen
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| 62 | 464 |
At the Drive-In
| Relationship of Command
| 2000
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Listen
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| 63 | 474 |
Radiohead
| Hail to the Thief
| 2003
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Listen
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| 64 | 493 |
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
| Fever to Tell
| 2003
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Listen
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| 65 | 512 |
Cat Power
| The Greatest
| 2006
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Listen
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| 66 | 513 |
D'Angelo
| Voodoo
| 2000
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Listen
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| 67 |
515 | Godspeed You Black Emperor!
| Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
| 2000
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| 68 | 531 |
The Postal Service
| Give Up
| 2003
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Listen
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| 69 | 536 |
Sigur Rós
| ( )
| 2002
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Listen
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| 70 | 548 |
Dirty Projectors
| Bitte Orca
| 2009
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| 71 | 549 |
The Streets
| A Grand Don't Come for Free
| 2004
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Listen
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| 72 | 554 |
Coldplay
| Parachutes
| 2000
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Listen
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| 73 | 556 |
The Notwist
| Neon Golden
| 2002
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Listen
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| 74 | 559 |
Phoenix
| Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
| 2009
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| 75 | 566 |
MGMT
| Oracular Spectacular
| 2007
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| 76 | 578 |
Bob Dylan
| Modern Times
| 2006
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Listen
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| 77 | 581 |
My Morning Jacket
| Z
| 2005
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Listen
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| 78 | 584 |
The National
| Alligator
| 2005
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| 79 | 586 |
Gnarls Barkley
| St. Elsewhere
| 2006
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| 80 |
587 | Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
| Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
| 2004
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| 81 | 597 |
System of a Down
| Toxicity
| 2001
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Listen
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| 82 | 613 |
Blur
| Think Tank
| 2003
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Listen
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| 83 | 619 |
Justin Timberlake
| FutureSex/LoveSounds
| 2006
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Listen
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| 84 | 621 |
Spoon
| Kill the Moonlight
| 2002
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Listen
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| 85 | 626 |
Hot Chip
| The Warning
| 2006
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Listen
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| 86 | 633 |
Boards of Canada
| Geogaddi
| 2002
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Listen
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| 87 | 636 |
Jay-Z
| The Black Album
| 2003
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Listen
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| 88 | 638 |
Gorillaz
| Demon Days
| 2005
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Listen
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| 89 | 644 |
Deerhunter
| Microcastle / Weird Era Cont.
| 2008
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| Listen
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| 90 | 660 |
Yo La Tengo
| And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out
| 2000
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Listen
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| 91 | 662 |
Battles
| Mirrored
| 2007
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Listen
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| 92 | 667 |
Grandaddy
| The Sophtware Slump
| 2000
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Listen
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| 93 | 671 |
Of Montreal
| Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
| 2007
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Listen
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| 94 | 683 |
Animal Collective
| Strawberry Jam
| 2007
|
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Listen
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| 95 | 688 |
Johnny Cash
| American III: Solitary Man
| 2000
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Listen
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| 96 | 689 |
The Libertines
| The Libertines
| 2004
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Listen
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| 97 | 691 |
Cut Copy
| In Ghost Colors
| 2008
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| Listen
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| 98 | 694 |
Wilco
| A Ghost Is Born
| 2004
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Listen
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| 99 | 697 |
Cat Power
| You Are Free
| 2003
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| 100 |
701 | Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
| Raising Sand
| 2007
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| Listen
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| 101 | 705 |
The Microphones
| The Glow, Pt. 2
| 2001
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| 102 | 709 |
Fennesz
| Endless Summer
| 2001
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Listen
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| 103 | 714 |
Ghostface Killah
| Supreme Clientele
| 2000
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Listen
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| 104 | 717 |
Missy Elliott
| Miss E... So Addictive
| 2001
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Listen
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| 105 | 718 |
Death Cab for Cutie
| Transatlanticism
| 2003
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Listen
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| 106 | 719
| Fever Ray
| Fever Ray
| 2009
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| 107 | 720 |
Liars
| Drum's Not Dead
| 2006
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Listen
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| 108 | 726 |
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
| It's Blitz!
| 2009
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| 109 | 728 |
The Rapture
| Echoes
| 2003
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Listen
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| 110 | 732 |
The Hold Steady
| Boys and Girls in America
| 2006
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Listen
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| 111 | 736 |
Justice
| †
| 2007
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Listen
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| 112 | 739 |
N.E.R.D.
| In Search of...
| 2001
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Listen
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| 113 | 742 |
Okkervil River
| Black Sheep Boy
| 2005
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Listen
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| 114 | 744 |
Elbow
| The Seldom Seen Kid
| 2008
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| Listen
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| 115 | 746 |
Sleater-Kinney
| The Woods
| 2005
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Listen
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| 116 | 749 |
J Dilla aka Jay Dee
| Donuts
| 2006
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Listen
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| 117 | 761 |
Queens of the Stone Age
| Rated R
| 2000
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Listen
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| 118 | 771 |
Wolf Parade
| Apologies to the Queen Mary
| 2005
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Listen
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| 119 | 777 |
Spoon
| Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
| 2007
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Listen
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| 120 | 798 |
Four Tet
| Rounds
| 2003
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Listen
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| 121 | 814 |
Sigur Rós
| Takk...
| 2005
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Listen
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| 122 | 819 |
Ghostface Killah
| Fishscale
| 2006
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Listen
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| 123 | 842 |
The Wrens
| The Meadowlands
| 2003
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Listen
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| 124 | 847 |
Fuck Buttons
| Tarot Sport
| 2009
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| 125 | 848 |
Morrissey
| You Are the Quarry
| 2004
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Listen
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| 126 | 855 |
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
| Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!
| 2008
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| Listen
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| 127 | 857 |
Lily Allen
| Alright, Still
| 2006
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Listen
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| 128 |
862 | ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
| Source Tags & Codes
| 2002
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| Listen
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| 129 | 863 |
Johnny Cash
| American IV: The Man Comes Around
| 2002
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Listen
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| 130 | 866 |
The Flaming Lips
| Embryonic
| 2009
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| 131 | 869 |
Gillian Welch
| Time (The Revelator)
| 2001
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Listen
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| 132 | 875 |
Clipse
| Hell Hath No Fury
| 2006
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| 133 | 884 |
Elliott Smith
| Figure 8
| 2000
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Listen
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| 134 | 894
| Hercules and Love Affair
| Hercules and Love Affair
| 2008
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| Listen
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| 135 | 901 |
Damien Rice
| O
| 2002
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Listen
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| 136 | 908 |
The Mars Volta
| De-Loused in the Comatorium
| 2003
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Listen
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| 137 | 914 |
U2
| All That You Can't Leave Behind
| 2000
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Listen
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| 138 | 928 |
Kanye West
| Graduation
| 2007
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Listen
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| 139 | 931 |
Feist
| The Reminder
| 2007
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Listen
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| 140 | 935 |
Animal Collective
| Sung Tongs
| 2004
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Listen
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| 141 | 936 |
Junior Boys
| So This Is Goodbye
| 2006
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Listen
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| 142 | 939 |
Animal Collective
| Feels
| 2005
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| 143 | 946 |
Cannibal Ox
| The Cold Vein
| 2001
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Listen
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| 144 | 948 |
Badly Drawn Boy
| The Hour of Bewilderbeast
| 2000
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Listen
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| 145 | 949 |
The Killers
| Hot Fuss
| 2004
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Listen
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| 146 | 952 |
Danger Mouse
| The Grey Album
| 2004
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| 147 | 961 |
Belle and Sebastian
| The Life Pursuit
| 2006
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Listen
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| 148 | 963 |
Elliott Smith
| From a Basement on the Hill
| 2004
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Listen
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| 149 | 968 |
Scott Walker
| The Drift
| 2006
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| 150 | 976 |
Santogold
| Santogold
| 2008
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| 151 | 986 |
TV on the Radio
| Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
| 2004
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Listen
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| 152 | 990 |
Goldfrapp
| Felt Mountain
| 2000
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Listen
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| 153 | 993 |
Modest Mouse
| Good News for People Who Love Bad News
| 2004
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Listen
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| 154 | 994 |
Ryan Adams
| Gold
| 2001
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Listen
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| 155 |
996 | The Good, the Bad and the Queen
| The Good, the Bad and the Queen
| 2007
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| Listen
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| 156 | 998 |
Tool
| Lateralus
| 2001
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Listen
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| 157 | 1004 |
Bill Callahan
| Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle
| 2009
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| 158 | 1007 |
Bruce Springsteen
| The Rising
| 2002
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| 159 | 1009 |
Midlake
| The Trials of Van Occupanther
| 2006
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| 160 | 1016 |
Norah Jones
| Come Away with Me
| 2002
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Listen
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| 161 | 1024 |
The Decemberists
| The Crane Wife
| 2006
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Listen
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| 162 | 1032 |
Fugazi
| The Argument
| 2001
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Listen
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| 163 | 1036 |
The Field
| From Here We Go Sublime
| 2007
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| 164 | 1040 |
Grizzly Bear
| Yellow House
| 2006
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Listen
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| 165 | 1041 |
Loretta Lynn
| Van Lear Rose
| 2004
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Listen
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| 166 | 1043 |
The New Pornographers
| Twin Cinema
| 2005
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Listen
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| 167 | 1044 |
Sleater-Kinney
| One Beat
| 2002
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Listen
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| 168 | 1048 |
Röyksopp
| Melody A.M.
| 2001
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Listen
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| 169 | 1049 |
The Roots
| Phrenology
| 2002
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Listen
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| 170 | 1050 |
Lil Wayne
| Tha Carter III
| 2008
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| 171 | 1053 |
Devendra Banhart
| Rejoicing in the Hands
| 2004
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Listen
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| 172 | 1056 |
Lambchop
| Nixon
| 2000
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Listen
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| 173 | 1060 |
The Strokes
| Room On Fire
| 2003
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Listen
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| 174 | 1074
| The Antlers
| Hospice
| 2009
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| 175 | 1076 |
Rufus Wainwright
| Want One
| 2003
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| 176 | 1084
| Luomo
| Vocalcity
| 2000
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| 177 | 1085 |
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
| The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
|
2009
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| 178 | 1089 |
Erykah Badu
| New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)
| 2008
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| Listen
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| 179 | 1090 |
Neko Case
| Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
| 2006
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Listen
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| 180 | 1096 |
Beirut
| Gulag Orkestar
| 2006
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Listen
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| 181 | 1100 |
The Horrors
| Primary Colours
| 2009
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| 182 | 1114 |
Super Furry Animals
| Rings Around the World
| 2001
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| 183 | 1120 |
Raekwon
| Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt II
| 2009
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| 184 | 1135 |
Sigur Rós
| Med sud i eyrum vid spilum endalaust
| 2008
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| Listen
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| 185 | 1138 |
Spoon
| Girls Can Tell
| 2001
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Listen
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| 186 | 1153 |
Wilco
| Sky Blue Sky
| 2007
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Listen
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| 187 | 1156 |
Burial
| Burial
| 2006
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| 188 | 1157 |
Scissor Sisters
| Scissor Sisters
| 2004
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Listen
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| 189 |
1159 | Bright Eyes
| Lifted or the Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground
| 2002
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| Listen
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| 190 | 1164 |
Sufjan Stevens
| Michigan
| 2003
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Listen
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| 191 | 1171 |
The Decemberists
| Picaresque
| 2005
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Listen
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| 192 | 1172 |
Solomon Burke
| Don't Give Up On Me
| 2002
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Listen
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| 193 | 1173 | M83
| Saturdays = Youth
| 2008
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| Listen
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| 194 | 1178 |
PJ Harvey
| White Chalk
| 2007
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Listen
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| 195 | 1182 |
Spoon
| Gimme Fiction
| 2005
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Listen
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| 196 | 1196 |
Gorillaz
| Gorillaz
| 2001
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Listen
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| 197 | 1197 |
M83
| Dead Cities, Red Seas and Lost Ghosts
| 2003
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Listen
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| 198 | 1199 |
Björk
| Medulla
| 2004
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Listen
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| 199 | 1204 |
My Morning Jacket
| It Still Moves
| 2003
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Listen
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| 200 | 1205 |
Interpol
| Antics
| 2004
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