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finishing up its list of the Top 50 Albums of the New Millennium,
b ~the Daily Music Staff westled with the hazy distinctions between
,,~ our favorite records. Separating the mad, mystical rants of Mad-
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We hum Wilco's "Jesus, Etc." in class and carry Brian Wilson's
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> " - °?g hoped to incite debate about the best modemn music has to offer.
" '8 Mostly, we pae that it wasn't just us, that the joy, consolation
ro0 ' praed and life that we derived from these albums was not ours alone.
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