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...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead - Lost Songs
October 23, 2012
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91
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Bob Mould - Silver Age
September 4, 2012
Score
91
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The Gaslight Anthem - Handwritten
July 24, 2012
Score
83
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Dinosaur Jr. - I Bet on Sky
September 18, 2012
Score
83
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Ben Folds Five - The Sound of the Life of the Mind
September 18, 2012
Score
75
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Soul Asylum - Delayed Reaction
July 17, 2012
Score
75
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The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Meat and Bone
September 18, 2012
Score
75
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Nada Surf - The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy
January 24, 2012
Score
75
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Silversun Pickups - Neck of the Woods
May 8, 2012
Score
75
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The Smashing Pumpkins - Oceania
June 18, 2012
Score
75
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The Killers - Battle Born
September 18, 2012
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75
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Paul Weller - Sonik Kicks
March 27, 2012
Score
67
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Say Anything - Anarchy, My Dear
March 13, 2012
Score
67
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Alanis Morissette - Havoc and Bright Lights
August 28, 2012
Score
67
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Soundgarden - King Animal
November 13, 2012
Score
67
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Garbage - Not Your Kind of People
May 15, 2012
Score
58
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No Doubt - Push and Shove
September 25, 2012
Score
58
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The Cranberries - Roses
February 28, 2012
Score
50
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Linkin Park - Living Things
June 26, 2012
Score
50
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Green Day - ¡Dos!
November 13, 2012
Score
43
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Muse - The 2nd Law
October 2, 2012
Score
43
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Mark Lanegan Band - Blues Funeral
February 7, 2012
Score
43
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The Dandy Warhols - This Machine
April 24, 2012
Score
25
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The Fray - Scars & Stories
February 7, 2012
Score
25
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