 | Eli and the Thirteenth Confession by Laura Nyro
Buy new: £5.73 / Used from: £4.59 Unbelievable.
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 | Dark Side of the Moon - 30th Anniversary Edition by Pink Floyd
Buy new: £12.47 / Used from: £6.50 They didn't need to play fast to make it concise.
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 | Abbey Road by The Beatles
Buy used from: £2.49 Jamming, a drum solo, symphonic rock; any other group would have fallen on their arse.
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 | New York Tendaberry by Laura Nyro
Buy new: £5.73 / Used from: £3.99 I once rented a very expensive detached house just so I could play this very very loud.
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 | The Smiths by The Smiths
Buy new: £6.62 / Used from: £4.79 Extraordinarily original songs, very badly recorded.
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 | Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd
Buy new: £9.18 / Used from: £5.25 Syd Barrett was such an inspiration that the band managed to eclipse even him.
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 | White Album - The Beatles by The Beatles
Buy used from: £10.78 Deeply sinister and highly amusing. And that's just 'Martha My Dear'.
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 | Strangeways Here We Come by The Smiths
Buy new: £5.38 / Used from: £4.02 Somehow the music is as good as the title.
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 | New Adventures in Hi-Fi by REM
Buy new: £9.42 / Used from: £0.69 Don't read too much into the fact that this is easily available in charity shops nationwide.
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 | Meat Is Murder by The Smiths
Buy new: £6.04 / Used from: £4.44 The opening guitar attack is what injecting heroin must be like.
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![Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk [Extra tracks]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/419Q05XW89L._SL75_.jpg) | Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk [Extra tracks] by Jeff Buckley
Buy used from: £2.84 Better and worse than 'Grace'. The official follow-up would now be recognised as a major classic.
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 | Either/Or by Elliott Smith
Buy new: £5.00 / Used from: £3.19 I was drawn to this genius partly because he is dead. Which always helps.
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 | Animals by Pink Floyd
Buy new: £9.94 / Used from: £6.40 I hate progressive rock. Thank god this isn't.
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 | Randy Newman by Randy Newman
Buy new: £5.63 / Used from: £3.49 Forget Dylan and Neil Young. Laura Nyro and Randy Newman were the real singer-songwriters: sophisticated and concise.
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 | Bossanova by Pixies
Buy new: £5.00 / Used from: £2.35 If Sonic Youth were interested in arrangements...
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 | Room On Fire by The Strokes
Buy new: £4.99 / Used from: £1.31 Don't worry, The Strokes, I noticed what you were doing here.
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 | O.K Computer by Radiohead
Buy new: £3.79 / Used from: £1.47 Music for wondering through shopping centres to.
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 | Court and Spark by Joni Mitchell
Buy new: £3.97 / Used from: £2.68 A dense masterpiece, the jazz influence merely enriches the pop aspect rather than overwhelming it.
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 | Tilt by Scott Walker
Buy new: £4.62 / Used from: £4.27 As cool as an artist still alive can get.
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 | Imperial Bedroom by Elvis Costello
He brought some texture in here. Which enhanced his finest ever set of songs.
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 | Doolittle by Pixies
Buy new: £5.00 / Used from: £2.96 Someone once described this group's output as "Updated fifties music played by psychopaths".
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 | The Stone Roses by Stone Roses
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £3.69 The reason why Manchester is the capital of the north.
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 | 12 Songs by Randy Newman
Buy new: £6.26 / Used from: £3.49 The title highlights the importance of production.
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 | Elliott Smith by Elliott Smith
Buy new: £5.00 / Used from: £4.46 Someone on Amazon gave this one-star as they felt it didn't compare to James Blunt.
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 | Scott 4 by Scott Walker
Buy new: £4.99 / Used from: £2.92 I'm often accosted in the street by complete acquaintances who ask me, "Who is Scott Walker?" This goes some way towards answering that question.
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