 | Anthem by Toyah
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £7.80 Perfect pop album. Innovative song structures, excellent vocals, atmospheric tunes, inspiring lyrics. A trip into the edgy world of post-punk pop and a good introduction to Toyah's unique talents.
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 | New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) by Simple Minds
Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £3.99 Unique and beautiful in music and words. Remastered!
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 | The Broadsword and the Beast (ccd 1380) by Jethro Tull
Buy new: £5.78 / Used from: £3.94 Mediaeval sound, great guitars and brilliant songs. Still exciting after more than 20 years. Now remastered with bonus tracks!!!
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 | Best of Bowie by David Bowie
Buy new: £5.98 / Used from: £3.70 A representative for all the brilliant Bowie albums. As hard as it is to choose from such a massive catalogue, this compilation has done quite well.
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 | Within the Realm of a Dying Sun by Dead Can Dance
Buy used from: £6.50 Dark and haunting. One of many excellent Dead Can Dance albums...
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 | The Changeling by Toyah
Buy new: £8.38 / Used from: £7.28 Dark and poetic. Outstanding lyrics and fantastic vocals. Literally fantastic!
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 | Everything! by Tones on Tail
Buy new: £11.69 / Used from: £11.97 Everything this spin-off from Bauhaus recorded. Dark and experimental, great alternative music.
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 | The Dreaming by Kate Bush
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £4.66 Hounds Of Love is usually everybody's favourite and it is a fantastic album, but this one is even better. Play it loud.
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 | Sleeping with Ghosts by Placebo
Buy new: £4.78 / Used from: £2.84 One of the best bands from the 90s. Great guitar rock.
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 | Felt Mountain by Goldfrapp
Buy new: £6.28 / Used from: £1.49 One of the most stunning releases from the new millennium. Beautiful and yet edgy.
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 | Incantations by Mike Oldfield
Buy used from: £25.00 A truly inspiring instrumental work. Timeless and classic. Far superior to any other Mike Oldfield recording, even better than Tubular Bells.
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 | Fear of the Dark by Iron Maiden
Buy new: £5.18 / Used from: £3.80 One fine example of Iron Maiden's mostly excellent albums.
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 | Mechanical Animals by Marilyn Manson
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £1.55 Melodic and hard, weird and poppy. Maybe a bit mainstream according to Manson's standards, but nevertheless a masterpiece.
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 | Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) by Eurythmics
Buy new: £8.79 / Used from: £1.09 One of the best albums of this creative duo. Exciting pop music.
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 | Boys and Girls by Bryan Ferry
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £7.00 Excellent solo album by former Roxy music singer.
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 | Ophelia's Shadow by Toyah Wilcox
Buy used from: £7.98 Brilliant collaboration of Toyah and Robert Fripp. Innovative, fresh and timeless.
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 | Strange Angels by Laurie Anderson
Buy new: £6.88 / Used from: £4.45 Performance art meets pop music. And what a heavenly voice.
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 | The Power To Believe by King Crimson
Buy used from: £5.24 Stunning album. King Crimson fans may prefer others and I should have included more of them on this list, but this one is a fairly good example of their innovative sound structures.
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 | Primitive Man by Icehouse
Buy new: £15.69 / Used from: £32.29 One of the best male voices ever. Great Southern Land and Hey Little Girl are ultimate classics.
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 | Ray of Light by Madonna
Buy new: £9.78 / Used from: £0.01 Hate her or love her. This is a damn good album.
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 | After the Snow by Modern English
Buy new: £7.79 / Used from: £6.87 Excellent album. Great guitar sound, haunting melodies, fantastic voice.
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 | Once Upon a Time: The Singles by Siouxsie and the Banshees
Buy new: £14.69 / Used from: £5.77 The first Siouxsie album I got and it introduced me to all the brilliant albums these tracks were taken from and those that followed.
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 | So by Peter Gabriel
Buy new: £10.18 / Used from: £5.40 This took a long time to grow on me, but it is a rewarding album full of rich sound and melodies.
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 | The Seeds Of Love by Tears For Fears
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £3.09 Great album, great sound, great arrangements.
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![Adventures In Modern Recording [Plus 3 Bonus Tracks]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41PJ2EC9W0L._SL75_.jpg) | Adventures In Modern Recording [Plus 3 Bonus Tracks] by Buggles
Much much underrated album. Perfect pop music from the early 80s and yet not dated.
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 | Love Is the Law by Toyah
Buy new: £4.98 Last but surely not least, Toyah's fantastic and easiest accessible pop rock album. Just released on CD!!!
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