1. R.E.M.- Murmur
Listen: “Talk About the Passion”
2. Tom Waits- Swordfishtrombones
Listen: “16 Shells from a Thirty-Ought Six”
3. Violent Femmes- Violent Femmes
Listen: “Add It Up”
4. U2- War
Listen: “Sunday Bloody Sunday”
5. The Police- Synchronicity
Listen: “Wrapped Around Your Finger”
6. Minor Threat- Out of Step
Listen: “Betray”
7. Stevie Ray Vaughan- Texas Flood
Listen: “Dirty Pool” [Non-Album Live Version]
8. Metallica- Kill ‘Em All
Listen: “Seek & Destroy”
9. The Replacements- Hootenanny
Listen: “Within Your Reach”
10. Bob Dylan- Infidels
Listen: “Jokerman”
Honorable Mention: Elvis Costello’s Punch the Clock, Neil Young’s Everybody’s Rockin’
Updated: January 21, 2012
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