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Alternative rock emerged in the 1980s as a guitar-driven genre that rejected mainstream rock conventions while embracing experimental sounds and introspective lyrics. The music blends punk's raw energy with diverse influences ranging from indie pop to grunge and electronic elements. It became a cultural force in the 1990s, offering a more authentic and artistically ambitious approach to rock music.
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1986-06-16 | The Smiths | The Queen Is Dead |
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| 57 |
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1988-03-21 | Pixies | Surfer Rosa |
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| 88 |
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1989-04-17 | Pixies | Doolittle |
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| 23 |
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1990-06-26 | Sonic Youth | Goo |
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| 10 |
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1991-03-08 | R.E.M. | Out of Time |
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| 59 |
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1992-04-17 | The Cure | Wish |
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| 32 |
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1992-10-06 | R.E.M. | Automatic for the People |
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| 68 |
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1992-11-06 | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine |
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| 94 |
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1993-02-22 | Radiohead | Pablo Honey |
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| 21 |
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1993-07-26 | The Smashing Pumpkins | Siamese Dream |
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| 53 |
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1994-03-01 | Beck | Mellow Gold |
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| 97 |
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1995-03-13 | Radiohead | Bends |
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| 49 |
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1995-05-15 | Radiohead | Fake Plastic Trees |
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| 24 |
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1995-06-09 | Alanis Morissette | Jagged Little Pill |
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| 47 |
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1996-01-22 | Radiohead | Street Spirit (Fade Out) |
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| 67 |
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1996-08-24 | Weezer | Pinkerton | ||
| 13 |
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1997-01-29 | Blur | Blur |
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| 38 |
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1997-04-08 | Third Eye Blind | Third Eye Blind |
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| 51 |
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1997-05-10 | Foo Fighters | The Colour and the Shape |
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| 99 |
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1997-05-21 | Radiohead | OK Computer |
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| 2 |
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1997-10-06 | Pixies | Death to the Pixies |
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| 58 |
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1998-10-12 | Placebo | Without You I'm Nothing |
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| 26 |
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1999-03-15 | Blur | 13 |
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| 89 |
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1999-06-07 | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Californication | ||
| 65 |
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1999-09-06 | Muse | Showbiz |
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| 81 |
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1999-09 | Rage Against the Machine | The Battle of Los Angeles |
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| 17 |
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1999-10-04 | Bloodhound Gang | Hooray for Boobies |
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| 76 |
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1999-10-26 | Incubus | Make Yourself |
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| 62 | 2000-05-23 | A Perfect Circle | Mer De Noms |
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| 20 |
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2000-10-04 | Placebo | Black Market Music |
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| 9 |
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2000-10-31 | Lifehouse | No Name Face |
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| 7 |
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2000-11-28 | Rage Against the Machine | Renegades |
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| 31 |
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2001-03-06 | Alien Ant Farm | Anthology |
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| 72 |
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2001-03-27 | bôa | Twilight |
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| 91 |
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2001-04-24 | Weezer | Weezer |
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| 28 |
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2001-05-15 | Weezer | Weezer [Green Album] |
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| 36 |
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2001-05-15 | Weezer | Weezer (Green Album) |
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| 80 |
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2001-07-03 | The White Stripes | White Blood Cells |
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| 85 |
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2001-07-17 | Jimmy Eat World | Bleed American | ||
| 30 |
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2001-07-23 | Cake | Comfort Eagle |
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| 77 |
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2002-06-08 | Red Hot Chili Peppers | By the Way | ||
| 16 |
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2003-03-19 | The White Stripes | Elephant |
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| 19 |
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2003-03-24 | Linkin Park | Meteora | ||
| 25 |
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2003-06-17 | Brand New | Deja Entendu |
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| 6 |
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2003-08-04 | Snow Patrol | Final Straw |
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| 71 |
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2003-09-15 | A Perfect Circle | Thirteenth Step |
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| 37 |
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2004-10-11 | Jimmy Eat World | Futures |
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| 3 |
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2004-11-01 | A Perfect Circle | eMOTIVe |
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| 98 |
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2005-03-22 | Lifehouse | Lifehouse |
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| 40 |
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2005-05-09 | Weezer | Make Believe |
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| 14 |
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2005-05-30 | Arctic Monkeys | Who The F*** Are Arctic Monkeys? |
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| 90 |
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2005-06-01 | Coldplay | X&Y |
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| 83 |
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2005-08-16 | 30 Seconds to Mars | A Beautiful Lie |
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| 93 |
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2005-09-27 | Panic! at the Disco | A Fever You Can't Sweat Out |
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| 18 |
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2006 | The All-American Rejects | Move Along |
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| 1 |
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2006-01-01 | The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus | Don't You Fake It | ||
| 41 |
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2006-01-01 | Brand New | The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me |
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| 64 |
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2006-03-10 | Placebo | Meds |
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| 27 |
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2006-04-26 | Snow Patrol | Eyes Open |
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| 73 |
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2006-05-05 | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Stadium Arcadium | ||
| 46 |
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2006-05-19 | AFI | Decemberunderground |
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| 22 |
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2006-06-23 | Billy Talent | Billy Talent II |
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| 95 |
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2006-06-28 | Muse | Black Holes and Revelations |
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| 96 |
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2006-10-20 | My Chemical Romance | The Black Parade |
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| 92 |
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2007-05-11 | Linkin Park | Minutes to Midnight | ||
| 78 |
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2007-06-11 | Paramore | RIOT! |
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| 52 |
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2007-06-15 | The White Stripes | Icky Thump |
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| 100 |
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2007-10-10 | Radiohead | In Rainbows |
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| 39 |
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2007-11-19 | OneRepublic | Dreaming Out Loud |
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| 35 |
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2008 | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Greatest Hits | ||
| 87 |
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2008-09-19 | Kings of Leon | Only by the Night |
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| 8 |
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2008-12-16 | The All-American Rejects | When the World Comes Down |
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| 60 |
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2009 | My Chemical Romance | The Foundations of Decay |
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| 43 |
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2009-02-03 | The Fray | The Fray |
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| 34 |
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2009-04-06 | Kasabian | West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum |
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| 86 |
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2009-09-10 | Muse | The Resistance |
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| 54 |
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2009-11-17 | OneRepublic | Waking Up |
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| 56 |
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2009-12-04 | 30 Seconds to Mars | This Is War |
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| 45 |
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2010 | My Chemical Romance | Danger Days The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys |
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| 29 |
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2010-09-08 | Linkin Park | A Thousand Suns |
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| 55 |
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2010-11-05 | My Chemical Romance | Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys |
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| 63 |
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2011-03-18 | Panic! at the Disco | Vices & Virtues |
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| 82 | 2011-06-07 | Paramore | Monster |
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| 79 |
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2011-10-25 | The Black Keys | Lonely Boy |
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| 50 |
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2012-06-20 | Linkin Park | Living Things |
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| 48 |
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2012-09-26 | Muse | The 2nd Law |
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| 4 |
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2012-10-23 | Basement | Colourmeinkindness |
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| 11 |
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2012-10-30 | My Chemical Romance | Number One |
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| 84 |
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2013-04-05 | Paramore | Paramore | ||
| 15 |
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2014 | Nirvana | In Utero - 20th Anniversary Remaster |
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| 69 |
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2014-05-16 | Coldplay | Ghost Stories |
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| 61 |
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2015-09-11 | Bring Me the Horizon | That's The Spirit |
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| 44 |
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2015-12-18 | Cage the Elephant | Tell Me I'm Pretty |
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| 33 |
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2016-09-30 | Coldplay | Adventure Of A Lifetime |
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| 66 |
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2017-10-21 | Yungblud | 11 Minutes (with Halsey feat. Travis Barker) |
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| 75 |
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A Perfect Circle | Mer de noms |
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| 5 |
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PJ Harvey | To Bring You My Love |
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| 12 |
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The Used | Lies for the Liars |
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| 42 |
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Placebo | Placebo |
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| 70 |
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Placebo | Sleeping with Ghosts |
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