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Courtney Pine - Transition in Tradition (En hommage à Sidney Bechet)
February 23, 2009
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100
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Céu - Vagarosa
July 7, 2009
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100
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The Hidden Cameras - Origin: Orphan
September 22, 2009
Indie Pop
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100
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Girls - Album
September 22, 2009
Indie Pop
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100
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Sunn O))) - Monoliths and Dimensions
May 26, 2009
Drone Metal
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100
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Fever Ray - Fever Ray
January 12, 2009
Electropop
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100
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Andrew Bird - Noble Beast
January 20, 2009
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100
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Julie Fowlis - Uam (From Me)
October 26, 2009
Score
80
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Gabby Young & Other Animals - We're All In This Together
November 2, 2009
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80
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The Lightning Seeds - Four Winds
May 18, 2009
Score
80
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Gwilym Simcock - Blues Vignette
November 16, 2009
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80
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John McCusker - Under One Sky
January 12, 2009
Score
80
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The Mummers - Tale to Tell
April 16, 2009
Baroque Pop
Score
80
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Get The Blessing - Bugs in Amber
April 22, 2009
Score
80
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Harper Simon - Harper Simon
October 13, 2009
Score
80
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Oumou Sangaré - Seya
February 26, 2009
Score
80
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Prefab Sprout - Let's Change the World with Music
September 7, 2009
Sophisti-Pop
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80
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Jon Hassell - Last Night the Moon Came Dropping Its Clothes In the Street
February 10, 2009
Score
80
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Robert Glasper - Double Booked
August 25, 2009
Score
80
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Terence Blanchard - Choices
August 18, 2009
Score
80
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Rickie Lee Jones - Balm in Gilead
November 3, 2009
Score
80
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AGF/Delay - Symptoms
February 1, 2009
Score
80
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Yonlu - A Society in Which No Tear Is Shed Is Inconceivably Mediocre
April 14, 2009
Score
80
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Woodpigeon - Treasury Library Canada
February 9, 2009
Score
80
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R.E.M. - Reckoning (Songs From The Olympia)
July 7, 2009
Score
80
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