Sometimes Lyrics Suffice

TRICKY
Vulnerable (Sanctuary)

Obscure Italian chanteuse finds producer of dreams ("Moody," "Search and Destroy").

NADA SURF
Let Go
(Barsuk)

Right, they do Coldplay better than they did Weezer ("Inside of Love," "Blizzard of '77").

KIMYA DAWSON "I'm Fine," "For Boxer" Knock-Knock Who?(Important)CHRIS SMITHER "Let It Go" Train Home(HighTone) JOSH JOPLIN GROUP "Dishes" The Future That Was(Artemis) JOSH ROUSE "Flight Attendant" 1972(Ryko) CHINGY "Chingy Jackpot" Jackpot(Capitol) JOSH RITTER "You Don't Make It Easy Babe" Hello Starling(Signature Sounds) THOMAS ANDERSON "Gypsy Magdalena" Norman, Oklahoma(Red River)

Duds

JOAN ARMATRADING Lovers Speak(Denon) GUY DAVIS Chocolate to the Bone(Red House) JAY FARRAR Terroir Blues(Act/Resist) JOSH KELLEY For the Ride Home(Hollywood) LIVING THINGS Turn In Your Friends and Neighbors(3AM) SNOOP DOGG Paid Tha Cost to be Da Boss (Capitol/Priority) DON WHITE Live in Michigan(Don White)

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