1. Van Lear Rose by Loretta Lynn
2. Good News For People Who Love Bad News by Modest Mouse
3. A Ghost Is Born by Wilco
4. Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand
5. Final Straw by Snow Patrol
6. Antics by Interpol
7. Smile by Brian Wilson
8. The Dirty South by Drive By Truckers
9. College Dropout by Kanye West
10. Our Endless Numbered Days by Iron & Wine
11. Real Gone by Tom Waits
12. Abattoir Blues / Lyre of Orpheus by Nick Cave, et al
13. Medulla by Bjork
14. from a basement on the hill by Elliott Smith
15. I by Magnetic Fields
16. Talkie Walkie by Air
17. Folker by Paul Westerberg
18. Madvillainy by Madvillain
19. Trouble by Ray LaMontagne
20. Bastards of the Beat by Damnwells

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