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Albums I Can't Stop Listening To In My Shop

	Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand Buy new: £4.48 / Used from: £0.20 Music for girls to dance to. And lyrics about sex and death for me to sing through the walls at the sandwich shop guys.
	Up All Night by Razorlight Buy used from: £0.01 A great rock 'n' roll album with clever lyrics and intrumentation. And I can dance to it to scare people walking past.
	Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Buy new: £9.48 / Used from: £5.99 Sensitive, angry, sometimes positively shocking. Pure Nick Cave, then.
	The Boatman's Call by Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds Buy new: £9.78 / Used from: £7.49 Gorgeous and completely unmissable.
	Who Killed The Zutons [New Version] by Zutons Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.01 Here, I'm not just able to dance, but to stomp and clap as well.
	The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Primary Phase (BBC Audiobooks) by Douglas Adams Buy new: £7.82 / Used from: £7.00 Consistantly keeps me in fits of laughter. And has a great 1979 theme tune.
	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Secondary Phase (Audio CD) by Douglas Adams Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £5.44 Arthur Dent, keeping it real and trying to get a decent cup of tea.
	Lost in Translation by Original Soundtrack Buy new: £9.38 / Used from: £7.50 Some distilled and chilled-out loneliness, which I can relate to, working in Warminster. And it gives me a rest from all that dancing.
	Holes in the Wall by The Electric Soft Parade Buy new: £5.78 / Used from: £0.04 Who could resist an album whose opening song's intro is in 7/4? Not me.
	The American Adventure by The Electric Soft Parade Buy new: £2.46 / Used from: £0.45 I got really excited when my bus went past a sign for The American Adventure outside Derby. This is what the shop is doing to my head.
	From Every Sphere by Ed Harcourt Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £1.01 Light-hearted music with a dark undertone. And brilliant melodies.
	Here Be Monsters by Ed Harcourt Buy used from: £0.01 Jamie Cullum was inspired by this album. For heavens' sake don't listen to Cullum. Listen to this gem instead.
	Strangers by Ed Harcourt Buy used from: £0.86 More stripped down than the previous two albums, but interestingly, more loved up.
	O by Damien Rice Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £1.72 Cuts me up every time. Gives me an excuse to cry other than just being in Warminster, which appeases the locals.
	Transmissions From the Satellite Heart by The Flaming Lips Buy new: £5.98 / Used from: £3.00 Insanity for a cold winter's day.
	Ocean Rain by Echo & the Bunnymen Buy new: £6.68 / Used from: £3.77 Not the best album ever made, as marketed by Ian McCulloch, but close.
	The Magic Treehouse by Ooberman Buy used from: £0.98 A top pop record, my favourite album. French swearing... Andy Flett's physics disco... A sun exploding... It's got it all.
	Hey Petrunko by Ooberman Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £2.69 The Magic Treehouse, but seen through an LSD tripping Aram Katchaturian's eyes.
	A Rush of Blood to the Head by Coldplay Buy new: £5.18 / Used from: £1.19 Widescreen!
	Parachutes by Coldplay Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.92 Understated, cute, has Yellow. Yay for minor 13th chords.
	Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand Buy new: £4.99 / Used from: £0.09 Worth it just for the b-sides. BANG BANG Gavrilo Principe BANG BANG Shoot me Gavrilo BANG BANG The first six are for you BANG BANG the seventh is for me. Wonderfully tasteless.
	Lipstick Traces - A Secret History by Manic Street Preachers Buy new: £7.38 / Used from: £4.00 Has Mr Carbohydrate: "Have you heard of Matthew Maynard?/He's my favourite cricketer/I would rather watch him play than pick up my guitar"
	Tom McRae by Tom McRae Buy used from: £1.75 Middle class kid disenchanted with the world. Yes, I can relate to that, sitting in my shop.
	Just Like Blood by Tom McRae Buy used from: £1.23 What could be cooler than an angry young man who references Simon Armitage?
	Scissor Sisters by Scissor Sisters Buy new: £5.18 / Used from: £0.01 And to end, more lame dancing. For a bassist, I have scarily little rhythm. No worries. Sha-mow! Sha-mow!