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*** Various artists, “The Sopranos--Music From the HBO Original Series,” Play-Tone/Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrax. The A3’s techno-blues “Woke Up This Morning,” the opening song of the colorful drama and of this soundtrack album (in stores Tuesday), perfectly evokes the restless dread crippling crime boss Tony Soprano--that vibe continuing with bluesman R.L. Burnside’s churning, loop-spiked “It’s Bad You Know” to the closing resignation of Eurythmics’ “I’ve Tried Everything.” Only Wyclef Jean’s “Blood Is Thicker Than Water” is truly new, but ace Dylan, Springsteen and Sinatra make this hard to refuse.

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