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Otter Music 2006
Otter Music 2006
1) Basement Jaxx : Intro
2) Ben Harper : Engraved Invitation
3) Goldfrapp : Satin Chic
4) Sierra Swan : Copper Red
5) Beth Orton : Worms
6) Bitch : The Timer Song
7) The Cardigans : I Need Some Fine Wine And You, You Need To Be Nicer
8) Sarah Harmer : I'm A Mountain
9) Grandaddy : Elevate Myself
10) Duncan Sheik : White Limousine
11) Ben Kweller : I Gotta Move
12) Jeffrey Bützer : Carbonated Sewing Machine
13) Teddy Thompson : I Should Get Up
14) The Dreseden Dolls : Mandy Goes To Med School
15) Muse : Supermassive Black Hole
16) Neko Case : Dirty Knife
17) A Hawk And A Hacksaw : The Sparrow
18) Joan Osborne : Dead Roses
19) Shawn Mullins : Talkin' Goin' To Alaska Blues
20) Dustin O'Halloran : Opus 28
Otter Music 2005 Side A
Otter Music 2005
Side A - Indie Otter
1) Richard Swift : Foreward
2) Fiona Apple : Extraordinary Machine
3) Feist : Mushaboom
4) Nikka Costa : 'Til I Get To You
5) Dévics : Just One Breath
6) Tracy Bonham : I Was Born Without You
7) Andrew Bird : Fake Palindromes
8) World Leader Pretend : Appassionato
9) Martha Wainwright: When The Day Is Short
10) Roisin Murphy : Ruby Blue
11) Imogen Heap : I Am In Love With You
12) Gogol Bordello : Oh No
13) Regina Spektor : Us
14) Tarantula A.D. : Who Took Berlin (Part II)
15) Mirrormask Soundtrack : Mrs. Bagwell's Rhumba
16) The Kills : No Wow
17) Jimbo Mathus : Hypmotized
18) Michael Penn : On Automatic
19) Kate Bush : Aerial Tal
20) David Poe : Wilderness
21) Eisley : Golly Sandra
22) Apocalyptica : Epilogue (Relief)
23) Matson Jones : S.E.P. Ruined My Life
2) Fiona Apple : Extraordinary Machine
3) Feist : Mushaboom
4) Nikka Costa : 'Til I Get To You
5) Dévics : Just One Breath
6) Tracy Bonham : I Was Born Without You
7) Andrew Bird : Fake Palindromes
8) World Leader Pretend : Appassionato
9) Martha Wainwright: When The Day Is Short
10) Roisin Murphy : Ruby Blue
11) Imogen Heap : I Am In Love With You
12) Gogol Bordello : Oh No
13) Regina Spektor : Us
14) Tarantula A.D. : Who Took Berlin (Part II)
15) Mirrormask Soundtrack : Mrs. Bagwell's Rhumba
16) The Kills : No Wow
17) Jimbo Mathus : Hypmotized
18) Michael Penn : On Automatic
19) Kate Bush : Aerial Tal
20) David Poe : Wilderness
21) Eisley : Golly Sandra
22) Apocalyptica : Epilogue (Relief)
23) Matson Jones : S.E.P. Ruined My Life
Otter Music 2005 Side B
Otter Music 2005
Side B - Commercial Otter
1) Danny Elfman : Wonka's Welcome Song
2) Tracy Chapman : America
3) Ben Folds : Trusted
4) Tori Amos : Hoochie Woman
5) Audioslave : Man or Animal
6) Blue Merle : Stay
7) Ani DiFranco : Manhole
8) Richard Cheese : Enter Sandman
9) Rilo Kiley : It's A Hit
10) Marianne Faithfull : Desperanto
11) Lina : My Fix
12) Sufjan Stevens : The Blackhawk War...
13) The Darkness : Is It Just Me?
14) Aqualung : Brighter Than Sunshine
15) Dave Matthews Band : Out Of My Hands
16) Paul Cantelon : Odessa Medley
17) Aimee Mann : Going Through The Motions
18) Jorane : The Cave
19) Brazilian Girls : Homme
20) Telepopmusik : Love's Almighty
21) Garbage : Right Between The Eyes
22) Fisher : You
Otter Music 2004
Otter Music 2004
1) Eleni Mandell : Dangerous
2) Rasputina : If Your Kisses Can't Hold The Man You Love
3) The Divine Comedy : Sticks And Stones
4) Jon Brion : Collecting Things
5) Rufus Wainwright : The Art Teacher
6) Imani Coppola : Afrodite
7) Rachael Yamagata : I Want You
8) Jim White : If Jesus Drove A Motorhome
9) Faun Fables : Rising Din
10) Björk : Mouth's Cradle
11) Bond : Explosive
12) Angela McCluskey : Somebody Got Lucky
13) Jonny Greenwood : Iron Swallow
14) Charlotte Martin : Every Time It Rains
15) Lisa Loeb : Hand-Me-Downs
16) Th' Legendary Shack Shakers : Cussin' In Tongues
17) DeVotchKa : Charlotte Minnacht (The Fabulous Destiny Of)
18) William Shatner : That's Me Trying
19) Abra Moore : Shining Star
20) The Polyphonic Spree
21) Tom Waits : Make It Rain
22) Tin Hat Trio : Empire of Light
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