Has anyone every cited or thanked a music album in their research paper? If it was acceptable what thing would you have thanked?

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I was working on one research project/paper and was staying up until 3-4 am every night drinking herbal tea and listening to Bon Iver's "For Emma, Forever" on repeat.It was making good progress and their was just a certain academic romantic mood to the whole thing. I regret I didn't thank the album in the paper. If it was more acceptable in academic papers, what would you have thanked?

Ian Kennedy

It is extremely unusual to acknowledge people with whom you have had no interaction.

Should I have thanked the CEO of Nescafe for their coffee? And, Darn, I did not take note of the barcode so I could cite it!

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