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Top 10 Boston CDs: January 22, 2006

as reported by Newbury Comics

By BOSTON TOP TEN | January 25, 2006

#10: Shadows Fall 1_ Dane Cook, Harmful If Swallowed [Comedy Central]

2_ Dane Cook, Retaliation [Comedy Central]

3_ Clap Your Hands Say Yeah [self-released]

4_ Staind, Chapter V [Atlantic]

5_ Loren & Wally, Best of Loren & Wally [WROR]

6_ Dropkick Murphys, Blackout [Hellcat]

7_ Taxpayer, Bones & Lungs [Lunch]

8_ Dropkick Murphys, Warrior’s Code [Hellcat]

9_ Ray LaMontagne, Live from Bonaroo 2005 [Junket Boy]

10_ Shadows Fall, The Art of Balance [Century]

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