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Strange Place for SnowStrange Place for Snow by Esbjorn Svensson Trio
Buy new: £10.98 / Used from: £7.00
If EST are new to you this is a great place to start. Some of their best music, melodically brilliant.
Saxophone Colossus/Tenor MadnessSaxophone Colossus/Tenor Madness by Sonny Rollins
Buy used from: £6.95
At 80 Sonny Rollins still has it - when he was 30 he had a hell of a lot more. Putting these two albums together was a spark of Rollins orientated genius.
Dial M-A-C-E-ODial M-A-C-E-O by Maceo Parker
Buy new: £11.98 / Used from: £4.05
Hot funk from the High Priest of the genre. Don't think about it, buy it!
Let GoLet Go by Avril Lavigne
Buy used from: £0.04
Teen pop at its best. Angst with well observed tales of youth culture
Heavy WeatherHeavy Weather by Weather Report
Buy new: £6.38 / Used from: £1.70
Weather Report - part of jazz history therefore you NEED this CD
Alice's Restaurant: The Massacre RevisitedAlice's Restaurant: The Massacre Revisited by Arlo Guthrie
Buy used from: £19.62
If you have the original you'll want this version too. The updated version of Alice's Restaurant is just as good as the original - with extra bits thrown in
VoyeurVoyeur by David Sanborn
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £2.19
Sanborn blows hard - Run for cover is one of the best tracks ever. Get the CD and find out why!
Eye to the TelescopeEye to the Telescope by KT Tunstall
Buy new: £6.48 / Used from: £0.27
One of the best female singer-song writers of the last 20 years. Brilliant!
ExposedExposed by Mike Oldfield
Buy used from: £14.97
Originally released as a limited edition (100,000) vinyl, this is a great live set of Oldfield's hits.
Steps AheadSteps Ahead by Steps Ahead
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £4.69
Massively under exposed in the UK, this band includes Brecker, Eskine, Gomez, Elias and Manieri - a top jazz line-up. Buy.
I'm Not Dead [DualDisc]I'm Not Dead [DualDisc] by P!nk
Buy new: £13.98 / Used from: £1.18
Listen to this and then tell me that Pink isn't a thoughtful singer/songwriter. Dear Mr. President is lyrically brilliant!
TravelogueTravelogue by The Human League
Buy new: £6.48 / Used from: £4.08
This album energised millions of us in the early 80's. 21 when it came out, at 46 I still think this is some of the most creative music around.
Crime Of The CenturyCrime Of The Century by Supertramp
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £4.50
In the mid-70's this album spoke for a generation and fuelled my angst ridden 6th form years. A great combination of words and music
Under A Blood Red SkyUnder A Blood Red Sky by U2
Buy used from: £0.24
The only U2 album I own - and the only one I want. Their best music is all here.
ResistanceResistance by Courtney Pine
Buy used from: £18.30
Courtney's style has changed markedly in the last 20 yrs. This CD shows that he is still at the top of his soul-hip-funk-jazz game. Blistering listening
BariBari by Ojos de Brujo
Buy used from: £6.99
Ojos are one of Europe's best contemporary world music bands. Their fusion of latin and hip-hop makes for toe-tapping, body-gigging dance music!
Black Holes and RevelationsBlack Holes and Revelations by Muse
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £3.24
Muse! This CD will (almost literally) blow you away. The power and melodic bite of Knights of Cydonia has to be experienced. Click 'Buy'.
Fog on the TyneFog on the Tyne by Lindisfarne
Buy used from: £6.94
This LP (as it was then) was one of the most played in my 6th Form Common Room - it has lost none of it's magic over the last 30 years. A Folk-Rock classic.
Alright, StillAlright, Still by Lily Allen
Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £0.89
Quirky, fun & entertaining. A mixture of pop, reggae that talks about life in today's London - from clubbing to unfaithful relations; it's deeper than it at first appears.
WonderlandWonderland by Michael Nyman
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £3.73
Nyman is everywhere. Nowhere is he better than here.