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#50
Danielia Cotton
Small White Town
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#49
John Prine
Fair and Square
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#48
Franz Ferdinand
You Could Have It So Much Better
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#47
Paul McCartney
Chaos and Creation in the Backyard
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#46
John Hiatt
Master of Disaster
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#45
Blue Merle
Burning in the Sun

#44
Trey Anastasio
Shine
#43
Jason Mraz
Mr. A-Z
#42
Thievery Corporation
Cosmic Game

#41
Ben Lee
Awake is the New Asleep

#40
Dar Williams
My Better Self
#39
Ben Folds
Songs For Silverman

#38
Robert Plant
Mighty Rearranger

#37
Son Volt
Okemah and the Melody of Riot
#36
Susan Tedeschi
Hope and Desire

#35
Nickel Creek
Why Should The Dire Die?
#34
Bob Dylan
No Direction Home

#33
Kanye West
Late Registration

#32
Shemekia Copeland
The Soul Truth
#31
New Pornographers
Twin Cinema


#30
Aimee Mann
The Forgotten Arm
#29
Tori Amos
The Beekeeper
#28
Kate Bush
Aerial
#27
Jamie Cullum
Catching Tales
#26
Rodney Crowell
The Outsider

#25
Arcade Fire
Funeral

#24
Matisyahu
Live at Stubbs
#23
Wilco
Kicking Television
#22
Chris Whitley
Soft Dangerous Shores
#21
Jack Johnson
In Between Dreams

#20
Rolling Stones
A Bigger Bang

#19
Feist
Let It Die
#18
Fiona Apple
Extraordinary Machine
#17
The Decemberists
Picaresque

#16
Spoon
Gimme Fiction

#15
Kathleen Edwards
Back To Me		 Read The Review!

#14
Mike Doughty
Haughty Melodic

#13
Neil Young
Prarie Wind

#12
John Butler Trio
Sunrise Over Sea
#11
Bright Eyes
I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning

#10
Bruce Springsteen
Devils and Dust
#9
White Stripes
Get Behind Me, Satan

#8
Ryan Adams
Cold Roses

#7
David Gray
Life in Slow Motion
#6
Amos Lee
Amos Lee


#5
Death Cab For Cutie
Plans
#4
Sufjan Stevens
Illinois

#3
Beck
Guero

#2
My Morning Jacket
Z

#1
Coldplay
X&Y
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