 | War Stories by UNKLE
Buy new: £11.68 / Used from: £7.99 (2007) Underrated stone-cold classic, featuring collaborations with the likes of Josh Homme and Ian Astbury. Dance grooves meet snarling guitars.
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 | Kid A by Radiohead
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £1.23 (2000) Groundbreaking follow-up to OK Computer
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 | Return to Cookie Mountain by TV on the Radio
Buy new: £7.48 / Used from: £4.84 (2006) In which TV On the Radio deliver on the promise of their debut album
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 | Turn On The Bright Lights + Bonus Track (Aust Excl (Australian Import) by Interpol
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £3.71 (2002) Interpol's stunning debut channels Joy Division, Magazine and the Psychedelic Furs to create something dark, brooding and powerful
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 | Blackbird by Alter Bridge
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £3.97 (2007) This amazing album, by unreconstructed, devils-horn finger sign flashing heavy rockers Alter Bridge, features 14 classic tracks and no filler. Has been on heavy rotation here since its release
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 | Is This It by The Strokes
Buy new: £7.77 / Used from: £5.45 (2001) This album single-handedly kicked off the US hipster rock revival that broughts us the likes of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Kings of Leon
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 | attack, decay, sustain, release by Simian Mobile Disco
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £3.10 (2007) Best dance album of the decade (although Justice runs it a close second)
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 | In Rainbows by Radiohead
Buy used from: £11.39 (2007) The hype surrounding its unorthodox release distracted from the fact that it is a killer album
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 | Fever To Tell by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £2.71 (2003) 'Maps' is arguably the anthem of the decade
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 | Demon Days by Gorillaz
Buy new: £4.88 / Used from: £0.62 (2005) Damon Albarn's music here transcends the cartoon-character focus of the debut
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 | Youth & Young Manhood by Kings of Leon
Buy new: £5.08 / Used from: £1.29 (2003) Outstanding raw bluesy debut
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 | Cross by Justice
Buy used from: £4.61 (2007) Squelchy lo-fi dance with massive beats and hooks
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 | Kasabian by Kasabian
Buy new: £4.48 / Used from: £1.46 (2004) Britain's answer to the post-punk channelling of Interpol was a reinvention of Madchester, to great effect
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 | Global a Go-Go by Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros
Buy new: £7.38 / Used from: £5.99 (2001) A slow-burn grower, that I only really grew to appreciate after Joe's early demise
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 | The Dream by The Orb
Buy new: £19.99 / Used from: £12.05 (2007) A massive return to form by The Orb, thanks partly to the input of Dreadzone's Tim Bran
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 | Dear Science by TV on the Radio
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £4.45 (2008) More accessible than 'Cookie Mountain', this is a mesmerising success
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 | Myths Of The Near Future by Klaxons
Buy new: £2.98 / Used from: £0.66 (2007) Manic dance-punk meets art-rock
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 | Come with Us by The Chemical Brothers
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.69 (2002) The hipsters had moved on, and the Chems have struggled to get a good album review this decade. This remains a classic dance album, however
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 | Reality by David Bowie
Buy new: £3.48 / Used from: £0.84 (2003) Bowie's second 'return to form' album in 2 years. Since then, nothing. Please, sir, can we have some more?
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 | Think Tank by Blur
Buy new: £4.88 / Used from: £1.61 (2003) The sound of Blur working through the loss of guitarist Graham Coxon is eclectic yet surprisingly coherent
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 | Silent Alarm by Bloc Party
Buy new: £3.48 / Used from: £1.71 (2005) A reinvention of sophisticated guitar pop
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 | Gorillaz by Gorillaz
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.38 (2001) The hype initially distracted from the songs, but these have shone through in the long run
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 | Black Ice by AC/DC
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £3.34 (2008) Finely crafted hard rock album, packed with hooks and the trademark Young brothers' riffs
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 | Oracular Spectacular by MGMT
Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £2.54 (2008) Hyped to death by the music press, it's a good job this album lived up to the hype, and more
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 | Antics by Interpol
Buy new: £6.28 / Used from: £2.55 (2004) Somehow deemed a 'disappointment' on its release, this builds solidly on their debut
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