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25 Albums That Give Me The Right Horn
Achtung BabyAchtung Baby by U2
Buy new: £5.68 / Used from: £1.00
U2's finest. Sounded wonderful in 1991 - truly awesome now
Get ReadyGet Ready by New Order
Buy new: £6.48 / Used from: £0.61
Fanboys might disagree but who cares? New Order's best moment and that's saying something. It's saying that it's New Order's finest moment.
ScreamadelicaScreamadelica by Primal Scream
Buy new: £2.98 / Used from: £0.01
Wonderful minutes of beautiful nonsense - syringe those ears out, lay back on your sofa and overdose in the ensuing musical cuddle.
The Fat of the LandThe Fat of the Land by The Prodigy
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.90
Big Beats came home with this album and have stayed as a permanent lodger ever since
SuedeSuede by Suede
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.75
Feel the love, the lust and the self-loathing all in one place. Ahh. Uh, uh. Arghhh.
O.K ComputerO.K Computer by Radiohead
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.91
They say it's a classic now - but we knew it back in 1997, didn't we, pop-pickers?
Urban HymnsUrban Hymns by The Verve
Buy new: £6.18 / Used from: £0.75
Don't try telling me Northern Soul is better, because it's not. Simple as the proverbial that.
Hot FussHot Fuss by The Killers
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £3.07
Who needs metal? This is my favourite album to eat meat to.
Turn On The Bright Lights + Bonus Track (Aust Excl (Australian Import)Turn On The Bright Lights + Bonus Track (Aust Excl (Australian Import) by Interpol
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.30
Music that's too good for students to enjoy.
This Is HardcoreThis Is Hardcore by Pulp
Buy new: £6.18 / Used from: £1.03
Dark and dirty with just enough moments of uplift to prevent you from creating and donning a Jarvis mask, knocking up a noose & hanging yourself from a rafter in the bathroom. Take a shower instead.
Exit Planet DustExit Planet Dust by The Chemical Brothers
Buy new: £6.48 / Used from: £0.53
Listen to this and wish you were back in the mid-90s. Things were somehow simpler then.
Moon SafariMoon Safari by Air
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £1.29
Whack this on and feel your confidence to pull any bird buoyed. Get your horn on, love machine.
Non Zero SumnessNon Zero Sumness by Planet Funk
Buy used from: £70.93
Never seemed to make it mainstream making it a personal and private pleasure. A bit like a banana and sugar sandwich. Calorific.
Songs of Faith and DevotionSongs of Faith and Devotion by Depeche Mode
Buy new: £5.68 / Used from: £4.80
Not the usual Mode - but somehow even better for it. Now grow you hair and make like a latter day Jesus but hopefully with better shoes.
Demon DaysDemon Days by Gorillaz
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Precisely and vaguely what the first decade of the 21st century is all about.
New Adventures in Hi-FiNew Adventures in Hi-Fi by R.E.M.
Buy new: £10.88 / Used from: £0.45
Yes, Automatic and Out Of Time were brilliant - but this speaks more delicately to me.
The Queen Is DeadThe Queen Is Dead by The Smiths
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Grab a daffodil and a pair of 80's NHS Specs and dance. And grow a quiff post-haste while you're at it.
CalifornicationCalifornication by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £1.40
Too commerical? Sod off and shove your next critique up an orifice two sizes too small. Danke.
The Stone RosesThe Stone Roses by The Stone Roses
Buy used from: £2.00
Put your floppy hat on and bask in the glorious English rain
Endtroducing.....Endtroducing..... by DJ Shadow
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.49
Whack your amplifier up to two-thirds volume, hide under the sofa and prepare to rejoiced with masterly musical fear.
This Is the Day...This Is the Hour...This Is This!This Is the Day...This Is the Hour...This Is This! by Pop Will Eat Itself
Buy used from: £3.70
Age has not withered this disc of sparkliest dynamite. Always unconvential, PWEI were far too hairy for many to handle - don't let this furry abundance put you off
Greatest HitsGreatest Hits by The Cure
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £4.23
It'a Greatest Hits album. Get over it. Then get on to it. And then put some lipstick on, squire.
Road To RouenRoad To Rouen by Supergrass
Buy new: £7.46 / Used from: £2.96
Short and sweet and beautiful.
MillionairesMillionaires by James
Buy new: £6.08 / Used from: £0.01
A bit bleak but a lot pretty. A glorious way to feel msierable about yourself and the fact that life isn't going quite as planned. Albums like this make it all worthwhile, I promise you.
MezzanineMezzanine by Massive Attack
Buy new: £6.18 / Used from: £1.97
Some stand out tracks carry this album to the higher echelons of great music. You know which ones they are. If you don't then you should. Shame on you.