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Painful Mentions

Red House Painters' "Songs for a Blue Guitar" and "Red House Painters (Rollercoaster)"

Otis Redding's "Otis Blue"

Richard and Linda Thompson's "Shoot Out the Lights"

Beck's "Sea Change"

Jackson Browne's "Late for the Sky"

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds' "The Boatman's... more Call"

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