1. Neutral Milk Hotel- In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

Listen: “Two-Headed Boy”

2. AIR- Moon Safari

Listen: “Remember”

3. Black Star- Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star

Listen: “Thieves in the Night”

4. Massive Attack- Mezzanine

Listen: “Teardrop”

5. Pulp- This is Hardcore

Listen: “Glory Days”

6. Lucinda Williams- Car Wheels on a Gravel Road

Listen: “Metal Firecracker”

7. OutKast- Aquemini

8. Mercury Rev- Deserter’s Songs

Listen: “Opus 40”

9. Lauryn Hill- The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Listen: “Lost Ones”

10. Elvis Costello & Burt Bacharach- Painted from Memory

Listen: “God Give Me Strength” [Non-Album Live Version]

Archival Highlight: Bob Dylan- The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Live 1966 - The “Royal Albert Hall” Concert

Listen: “Like a Rolling Stone”

Honorable Mention: Beastie Boys’ Hello Nasty

Updated: August 19, 2012

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