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On FireOn Fire by Galaxie 500
Buy new: £7.38 / Used from: £5.58
This is quite simply beautiful - The musical equivalent of the most delicious meal that you’ve ever eaten. Get it – or forever be deprived. Sell your grandmother. Now!
Ultimate CollectionUltimate Collection by Patrick Cowley
Patrick Cowley is almost forgotten now - but this guy was a dance music genius - this is the best place to start and even includes a version of - garage punk classic - The Seeds' Pushin' to Hard.
Just Backward of SquareJust Backward of Square by Lowgold
Buy used from: £0.92
Lord alone knows why this album isn't well known, buy it and see what I mean.
HappinessHappiness by The Beloved
Buy used from: £1.49
Wish that pop records were just a little more listenable? get this and you'll be humming along to the songs in no time. Although made in 1990, it sounds perfect today.
Experiment ZeroExperiment Zero by Man or Astro-man?
Buy new: £18.09 / Used from: £15.47
....Because sometimes you just want reved up guitars playing instrumentals sounding like a cross of the Shadows and Devo.
Candy Apple GreyCandy Apple Grey by Hüsker Dü
Buy new: £6.68 / Used from: £2.49
When I dream I dream this album...a set of perfect powerpop songs that Husker Du fans don't like much. They're wrong. It's fantastic
King Tubby's Meets Rockers: Deluxe EditionKing Tubby's Meets Rockers: Deluxe Edition by Augustus Pablo
Buy new: £10.78 / Used from: £9.37
Dub. I love it. and this is the greatest dub album. And it is an album, it works and it's greater than the sum of its parts.
Here Are the SonicsHere Are the Sonics by The Sonics
Buy new: £12.98 / Used from: £12.00
The Sonics were the greatest rock 'n' roll band ever. And this is their greatest album. Makes me wish I'd been born twenty years earlier in the Pacific Northwest.
Without MercyWithout Mercy by The Durutti Column
I've always loved this album. Never knew why until I read the liner notes on the CD, seems it's based on my favourite poem. Weird. Great album and the only one I own on CD, Vinyl and Tape...
Musik Von HarmoniaMusik Von Harmonia by Harmonia
Buy used from: £22.99
Yes it is music...honest. The sound of a dream made real.
Everything All the TimeEverything All the Time by Band of Horses
Buy new: £6.48 / Used from: £5.29
The antidote to the bloody Artic Monkeys. This is a truly amazing debut. Buy it.
Jaguar [CD 1]Jaguar [CD 1] by DJ Rolando
Buy used from: £20.71
This much I know.......it's best dance record ever....or the best techno tune ever....or both?!!
SwoonSwoon by Prefab Sprout
Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £1.75
Stunning super emotional complex songs. Unique.
Fun HouseFun House by The Stooges
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £3.94
Fun House is the best album ever made. Now expanded, it's now best two records ever made!
New York, New YorkNew York, New York by The Dictators
Buy used from: £6.29
This, my friends, is the best live album ever. Great versions of some of their greatest songs.
Droppin' Bombs: The Definitive Trouble FunkDroppin' Bombs: The Definitive Trouble Funk by Trouble Funk
Buy used from: £69.05
Ever get the feeling that the music you adore is ignored. The opposite happened with this band - over-hyped they became too commercial, but they still we the best live band I've ever seen
B-52'sB-52's by The B-52's
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £4.49
Poppy, cheesy and so delightfully tacky that it's irresistible.
Magpie Eyes: 1982-1985Magpie Eyes: 1982-1985 by The Loft
Buy used from: £47.55
The best C86 band with thier entire recorded output (14 tracks) and not one dud. Talk about quality control.
The Electric Lucifer: RemasteredThe Electric Lucifer: Remastered by Bruce Haack
Buy new: £17.09 / Used from: £14.81
It's not exactly well known and mere words cannot describe this album, but trust me, buy it now.
Down by the Jetty - Collectors EditionDown by the Jetty - Collectors Edition by Dr. Feelgood
Buy new: £14.98 / Used from: £13.99
Best British rock album ? Probably. And it's available in stereo (!) for the first time.
Surfin' with the Astronauts/Everything Is A-OK!Surfin' with the Astronauts/Everything Is A-OK! by The Astronauts
Buy new: £21.99 / Used from: £18.79
The Astronauts were a premier surf band, this is the classic first and second albums.