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Albums You Must Have
HatsHats by The Blue Nile
Buy new: £5.78 / Used from: £3.00
Just perfect. Music does not get any better than this.
Under A Blood Red SkyUnder A Blood Red Sky by U2
Buy used from: £1.20
This is U2 at their best. Loud!
A Walk Across the RooftopsA Walk Across the Rooftops by The Blue Nile
Buy new: £6.68 / Used from: £2.00
'Tinsletwon', 'Stay', 'Heatwave' not so much an album rather the soundtrack of my life.
Hopes and FearsHopes and Fears by Keane
Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £0.01
Great album with the final track 'Bedshaped' simply awesome.
The WallThe Wall by Pink Floyd
Buy new: £8.98 / Used from: £7.49
An obvious choice perhaps but it's still so good even after all the years.
Without the Aid of a Safety NetWithout the Aid of a Safety Net by Big Country
Buy new: £9.78 / Used from: £8.48
A live album of a concert I attended back in 1993. God bless you Stuart we all miss you
The World Won't ListenThe World Won't Listen by The Smiths
Buy used from: £3.28
I was the only one of my group of friends to like 'The Smiths' their loss not mine!
The Colour Of SpringThe Colour Of Spring by Talk Talk
Buy new: £4.78 / Used from: £3.31
Ther were once thought of as the new 'Duran Duran'. I think not
The Lonesome JubileeThe Lonesome Jubilee by Mellencamp John
Buy new: £7.79 / Used from: £4.35
Play this one loud! Great musicianship throughout
Amused to DeathAmused to Death by Roger Waters
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £3.21
Roger at his best. The way the final few tracks run together is sublime. Probably the only album to manage to incorporate the lyrics 'alien anthropoligists' and get away with it!
And Then There Were ThreeAnd Then There Were Three by Genesis
Buy used from: £4.74
I probably spent the whole of 1978 and 1979 listening to nothing else but Genesis. Walking round the schoolyard with a Genesis album under your arm was pretty much compulsory!!
Going for the OneGoing for the One by Yes
Buy new: £6.78 / Used from: £4.29
Yes with their classic lineup of Anderson, Howe, White, Wakeman and Squire. 'Awaken Gentle Mass Touch' indeed!
Greatest HitsGreatest Hits by Squeeze
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A band who split up way too soon. Great pop songs!
Workers PlaytimeWorkers Playtime by Billy Bragg
Buy used from: £4.75
I was slagged off for being a fan of Billy, but sorry this is just great
RattlesnakesRattlesnakes by Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
Buy new: £16.09 / Used from: £4.29
The man who introduced 'black' to my wardrobe.
Change EverythingChange Everything by Del Amitri
Buy used from: £0.59
Great Band Great Songs
Strange Kind of LoveStrange Kind of Love by Love and Money
This album deserved to make L&M huge, sadly it did not.
CenterfieldCenterfield by John Fogerty
Buy new: £10.29 / Used from: £7.30
Love this album!
Soul MiningSoul Mining by The The
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Always look on the bright side of life!!
Gorgeous GeorgeGorgeous George by Edwyn Collins
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'Girl Like You' is a classic but there is so much more on this album 'Low Expectations' and 'Gorgeous George' are sublime
HighHigh by The Blue Nile
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A third Blue Nile album on my list. I am not sorry. This one stayed in the multi-disc changer in my car for 14 months straight. 'Because of Toledo' one of their best songs
White RoomWhite Room by The KLF
Buy new: £11.29 / Used from: £3.43
Loved the KLF
Grace Under PressureGrace Under Pressure by Rush
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Hard to choose just one Rush Album, this one is in as it is the first CD I ever bought!
Brain Salad SurgeryBrain Salad Surgery by Lake and Palmer Emerson
Buy new: £3.48 / Used from: £3.45
Classic Stuff!