 | Trip The Light Fantastic by Sophie Ellis Bextor
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £1.71 One of the comebacks of the year. And therefore, one of the albums of the year. Pop perfection personified.
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 | Change by Sugababes
Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £0.01 Greatest hits = split? Not in Sugababes' rule book it isn't. All hail the new queens of electropop.
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 | Overpowered by Roisin Murphy
Buy new: £11.08 / Used from: £3.22 There's more to her than Moloko you know. As this quite amazing dance pop record ultimately proves.
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 | Pictures Of The Other Side by Gareth Gates
Buy used from: £0.99 Ditching the repertoire of karaoke covers for some excellent, brooding acoustic pop clearly was a good move.
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 | Real Girl by Mutya Buena
Buy new: £6.08 / Used from: £0.01 Solo Sugababe No.1: Leaving a massive girl group need not be a poisoned chalice. Exhibit A: Mutya Buena.
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 | Ghosts by Siobhan Donaghy
Buy used from: £7.95 Solo Sugababe No.2: Sadly no longer in the arena of pop, still one of the more interesting efforts of the year.
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 | Good Girl Gone Bad by Rihanna
Buy used from: £1.23 The Umbrella song drove you up the wall, granted. But Beyonce had better take note nonetheless.
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 | The Reminder by Feist
Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £1.96 There's more to Canada than Avril and Celine, if you must know. Feist is proof of that.
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 | Matinee (Ltd Edition) by Jack Penate
Buy new: £8.98 / Used from: £2.10 Skippy, jumpy, brilliant reggae tinged indie pop from one of the UK's few decent new talents.
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 | Myths Of The Near Future by Klaxons
Buy new: £4.58 / Used from: £0.70 Without a doubt, it was their year. Let's just hope to God they overcome DSAS (Difficult Second Album Syndrome).
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 | Drastic Fantastic + Bonus Track (12 Trks) Aust Exc (Australian Import) by KT Tunstall
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £1.29 Not as much as exposure as the previous album, sadly, but still one of her finest efforts yet.
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 | Robyn (UK Edition Bonus Track) by Robyn
Buy new: £6.18 / Used from: £0.01 What is it about Scandinavians making great records? First, the Cardigans, then Annie, and now Robyn.
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 | Shock Value by Timbaland
Buy new: £5.08 / Used from: £0.89 Producer of the year No. 1: The only rapper/producer that's worth paying attention to. It's just annoying he can't pick the right singles.
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 | Version by Mark Ronson
Buy new: £15.38 / Used from: £0.98 Producer of the year No. 2: Inspired cover versions from an inspired talent. Simple as.
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 | Beautiful World by Take That
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £1.80 Once again, it was their year. Their most mature, yet their most brilliant record to date.
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 | It Won't Be Soon Before Long by Maroon 5
Buy used from: £0.01 An unexpected move into new wave and 80's pop that resulted in their metamorphosis to "rather good" as opposed to "rubbish".
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 | All The Greatest Hits - Special Fan Edition by McFly
Buy used from: £2.99 A greatest hits album, and one to be proud of. Spunky, catchy sugar rush pop rock you can't help but beam with pride at.
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 | Love Music by Ali Love
Calvin Harris, this is, in short, what your debut album should have sounded like.
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 | Soundboy Rock by Groove Armada
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.49 10 years on, they are still the most vitally important dance band this country has produced.
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 | Send Away the Tigers by Manic Street Preachers
Buy new: £6.78 / Used from: £0.78 Another comeback of the year, this was a return to their vitriolic, energetic best.
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 | Cansei De Ser Sexy by CSS
Buy new: £8.88 / Used from: £1.74 One of the most important bands of the year - they need to be bigger than they already are I tell thee.
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 | Heartland by Client
Buy used from: £7.39 So delightfully smutty electro pop it makes Goldfrapp sound more suited to BHS than Agent Provocateur.
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 | Moon Rock by Paul Steel
My tip for the top for next year: he's got a potential mass appeal many will kill for.
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 | Tangled Up by Girls Aloud
Buy new: £3.48 / Used from: £1.86 Anyone who suggests that the Xenomania/Aloud partnership is floundering should sit up and listen. This album throws that theory out of the window altogether.
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 | X by Kylie Minogue
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.08 20 years in the business and she's still eluding her pop icon status to great effect. Superb.
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