 | The Madcap Laughs by Syd Barrett
Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £2.35 An astonishingly jagged and emotional insight into the mind of an acid casualty. Out of tune singing, shifting electric guitar and quiet pyshedelic overdubs.
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 | Check Your Head by Beastie Boys
Buy new: £11.78 / Used from: £1.13 Still the best Beastie Boys record for it's mix of fun hip-hop and funky jams.
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 | Safe As Milk: Remastered by Captain Beefheart
Buy new: £3.32 / Used from: £5.40 My latest obsession. Makes The Doors seem lame. That something this good is largely obscure is a crime.
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 | The Future Is Medium by Compulsion
Buy used from: £4.66 An obscure post-grunge gem. Like Nirvana combined with The Kinks, but better than how that sounds.
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 | Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots by Flaming Lips
Buy new: £7.97 / Used from: £0.98 The first of 3 (yes, 3!) Flaming Lips records. A record that never gets old. A record that has enriched my life in every way. It's seen me thru a bad trip, and explained the universe to me.
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 | Hit to Death in the Future Head by Flaming Lips
Buy new: £4.04 / Used from: £2.07 Perfect 3 minute pop songs made with noise.
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 | Zaireeka by Flaming Lips
Buy used from: £9.59 Masterpiece. Unique. Majestic. Revolutionary. The cd will probably be phased out in a few years, and you won't be able to listen to it anymore.
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 | At Folsom Prison by Johnny Cash
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £1.99 Johnny Cash rocks the criminal content of California.
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 | Jazzmatazz Vol.2: the New Reality by Guru
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £1.40 An irresistable blend of hip hop beats and live jazz playing. Laid back and groovy.
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 | Come on Feel the Lemonheads by Lemonheads
Buy new: £4.14 / Used from: £1.35 Still the best Lemonheads album. A collection of 2 and a half minute pop songs with at least 5 great ideas in each.
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 | The Secret Migration by Mercury Rev
Buy new: £10.19 / Used from: £1.00 Mercury Rev reach new heights of ethereal brilliance. It's like their previous 2 records, but better in every way.
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 | Surfer Rosa & Come on Pilgrim by Pixies
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £3.26 The blueprint for any alt. rock band that wants to be worth anything. So raw, so intense, so invigorating... perfect.
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 | Stephen Malkmus by Stephen Malkmus
Buy new: £7.48 / Used from: £2.75 A rock album for all moods.
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 | Washing Machine by Sonic Youth
Buy new: £4.57 / Used from: £3.02 Noise so intricate that it sounds like classical music... if you get stoned enough. The best all round example of Sonic Youth's work.
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 | Infernal Love by Therapy
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £1.23 What an album! Remember Therapy? for this.
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 | After the Gold Rush by Neil Young
Buy new: £4.51 / Used from: £3.74 A gently swaying masterwork. Simple, yet very effective.
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 | Tonight's the Night by Neil Young
Buy new: £4.26 / Used from: £2.89 Jagged and raw yet deeply emotional.
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 | Mirror Ball by Neil Young
Buy new: £9.98 / Used from: £2.97 The record that introduced me to Neil Young. I'd never heard a guitar sound like this before. The chord changes are so BIG, the solos unbelievable. It's brash, loud, unrelenting.
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 | Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) by Wu-Tang Clan
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.39 Nasty but irresistable hip-hop. Samples, beats, rapping and lyrics are all of the highest standard.
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 | Another Side of Bob Dylan by Bob Dylan
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £3.42 Hard to decide which early Dylan record to include, so for now it's this one. Simple music, but witty and affecting lyrics. The performances are outstanding.
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 | The Supreme Clientele by Ghostface Killah
Buy new: £4.64 / Used from: £3.00 How many records on this list, y'all? One more. This one. Psychedelic hip-hop, I call it.
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 | In Utero by Nirvana
Buy new: £4.57 / Used from: £1.24 Disparage Nirvana's influence all you like, but you can't deny that this is one hell of a record. The "grunge" record to rule, and to end them all.
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