 | Hell Freezes Over by Eagles
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £1.94 They're back, and better than ever! "14-year vacation," huh? Some vacation ... Now about that next album, guys -- or is that too long a, um, shot? Anyway, glad you're still here ...
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 | On The Night by Dire Straits
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £1.76 They went out with a bang and would be missed even more sorely if it weren't for Knopfler's solo stuff. Nothing like witnessing him live though!
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 | Enchanted - USA by Stevie Nicks
Buy new: £36.49 / Used from: £19.02 Her long-awaited retrospective, although she was already working on "Trouble In Shangri-La" when this came out. Check out the slimmed-down piano version of "Rhiannon"!
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 | Eric Clapton Unplugged by Eric Clapton
Buy new: £5.68 / Used from: £1.23 The guitar god went acoustic and delivered the performance that would set the standard for all "unplugged" appearances. And Layla became a whole other person ...
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 | The Dance by Fleetwood Mac
Buy new: £5.78 / Used from: £2.77 Lindsey Buckingham returned, and the magic with him. Probably Christine McVie's last tour, but this is one not to be missed!
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 | Road Tested by Bonnie Raitt
Buy new: £10.98 / Used from: £3.30 After all those years, she FINALLY released a live album, too. This, of course, is how you want to hear her. And an all-star list of supporting artists to boot!
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 | Live at Carnegie Hall by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
Buy new: £12.99 / Used from: £13.97 He unfortunately left us before I had a chance to see him in concert, so this is all I have left. Wish I'd been there! A man becoming one with his guitar, and some of the greatest blues ever recorded.
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 | Yes I Am by Melissa Etheridge
Buy new: £6.38 / Used from: £0.06 Not her first, but her coming out album; commercially and personally. Of course, this is one woman who's never been afraid to speak her mind anyway. And she's a great guitar player, too!
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 | Golden Heart by Mark Knopfler
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £3.78 Everything he couldn't do with Dire Straits and some things he could have. A great solo debut; but then, we expected nothing less from him! Sadly underrated commercially.
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 | Shaming of the Sun by Indigo Girls
Buy used from: £1.78 They'd been around since '87 but began to hit it big around the change of the decades. Here they're going electric and I love it! (Great lyrics, too, as always.)
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 | Live/1975-85 by Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band
Buy new: £17.98 / Used from: £15.50 Another one of those guys you just have to have seen live at least once; he gives all he has and more, in every performance. As close to the real thing as few other boxed sets will ever come.
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 | Live!
Buy used from: £0.63 They had disbanded over a decade before this double disc was released, but it brings back oh-so precious memories. Also a good portrait of their development as a band.
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 | Automatic for the People by R.E.M.
Buy new: £5.68 / Used from: £0.29 Arguably their best release of the '90s, if not ever (bar "Document," that is). Some find it unexpectedly soft but I love it; and let's be honest, unexpected things are a big part of their appeal.
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 | Achtung Baby by U2
Buy new: £5.68 / Used from: £1.80 Not one of their best albums imho, but the only good one they released in the '90s. This and "Joshua Tree" kept me hoping for better things even in '97 (and of course, they eventually delivered).
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 | Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting 1984-1994 by Sting
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £3.18 He proceeded to produce a lot more great music & still does, but a nice summary of his solo work after retiring (from) the Police. Brazilian music and rock avantgarde never blended together so well!
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 | Luck of the Draw by Bonnie Raitt
Buy new: £18.79 / Used from: £1.16 "Nick Of Time" was a tough act to follow, but she delivered marvelously. Truly "Something To Talk About" ... and to listen to! Currently my favorite studio album of hers.
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 | Look What I Did!: The Joe Walsh Anthology by Joe Walsh
Buy new: £33.39 / Used from: £15.09 Another guitar hero's overdue career retrospective; shows how much more than his Eagles stuff there is to him. Also the guy with the industry's weirdest sense of humor; just check the liner notes ...
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 | The Wall by Pink Floyd
Buy new: £11.88 / Used from: £8.94 OK, so it's actually from '79, but Roger Waters's performance at the site of the Berlin Wall gave it a whole new meaning. How many albums can call themselves "definitive" two decades in a row?
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 | Ediciones del Milenio by Heroes del Silencio
Buy new: £34.49 / Used from: £17.89 They didn't make it past the middle of the decade, but it was great while it lasted. And EVERYbody knew "Entre Dos Tierras," even those who didn't speak Spanish.
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 | Strange Weather by Glenn Frey
Buy used from: £3.60 He finally graduated from his post-Eagles "I just wanna have fun" phase and released a more mature, although less pop/R&B-sounding album. His best imho; still wonder why it tanked commercially.
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 | Looking East by Jackson Browne
Buy new: £7.99 / Used from: £1.91 Another underrated gem. And after 6 years, he finally took us on a "Naked Ride Home" in 2002! (While on the way, check the title track, "Barricades," "Culver Moon" & "Nino.")
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 | Wildest Dreams by Tina Turner
Buy used from: £79.36 The bonus CD version is what you'll want to get of this one; in addition to the studio tracks it has live cuts on CD#2. This is how it's meant to be heard ... especially now that she's quit touring!
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 | No Need To Argue by The Cranberries
Buy used from: £0.24 One of the few new bands of the '90s that I truly like, and yet another great band from Ireland, too. What is it about the Emerald Isle that makes it produce so many outstanding artists?
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 | Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette
Buy new: £6.78 / Used from: £1.00 Girl power (or make that: woman power) found a new voice too, and she delivers with a vengeance. Stay clear of this lady, guys; she'll eat you alive. And forget that pop diva past of hers ...
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 | Into The Great Wide Open by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.30 Not a favorite with diehard fans, but I like it a lot. The title track in particular rings a chord with me.
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