 | Don't Stand Me Down by Dexy's Midnight Runners
Buy used from: £34.95 Kevin Rowlands finest hour. Commercial suicide never sounded so lovely.
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 | Entertainment! by Gang Of Four
Buy new: £5.98 / Used from: £1.98 Chic meets Marx at the student centre. Still potent after 23 years.
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 | Heliocentric by Paul Weller
Buy new: £5.78 / Used from: £1.98 The much maligned modfather's best solo album.
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 | Secondhand Daylight by Magazine
Buy used from: £7.48 Buzzcock founder Howard Deveto's cult band. Pop music never sounded so cruel.
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 | More Specials by The Specials
Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £3.25 Dammers and the gang abandon giddy ska for twisted muzak soundscapes. The soundtrack to my life (unfortunately).
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 | Road to Freedom by Young Disciples
Buy used from: £2.44 Arguably the best British soul album of all time.
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 | Marchin' Already by Ocean Colour Scene
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.88 A truly great modern album that evokes Traffic, Humble Pie and the spirit of northern soul.
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 | Smash The System : The Best of St. Etienne by Saint Etienne
Buy new: £39.99 / Used from: £3.77 A smashing compilation album. UK pop in the 90s.
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 | Power, Corruption & Lies by New Order
Buy new: £5.48 / Used from: £3.28 Quite revolutionary really.
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 | The Best Northern Soul All-Nighter... Ever by Various Artists
Buy used from: £17.42 The young modernist's guide to northern soul.
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 | Signing Off by UB40
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £4.69 A grim snapshot of early 80s Britain. Play this for for the bands many detractors.
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 | Imperial Bedroom by Elvis Costello and the Attractions
Buy used from: £4.84 Blood and Chocolate is his last truly great album. This one is his best.
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 | Wha'ppen? by The English Beat
Buy used from: £16.00 Reggae, calypso, soul and deft social commentary.
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 | About A Boy by Badly Drawn Boy
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.01 Film soundtracks haven't sounded this good in decades.
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 | Denim on Ice by Denim
Buy used from: £15.99 Very strange very funny warped 70s nostalgia.
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 | England Made Me by Black Box Recorder
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £3.99 Worth it simply for their odd cover of Uptown Top Ranking.
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 | Confessions Of A Pop Group by The Style Council
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.52 Bacharach, The Beach Boys and Debussy. The finest Style Council album.
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 | The Best of Burt Bacharach by Burt Bacharach
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £1.16 The Guv'nor. Essential.
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 | The People Tree by Mother Earth
Buy used from: £3.99 A hippie Small Faces for the 90s. Wonderful album.
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 | The Mod Years: 1965-1969 by Brian Auger & The Trinity & Julie Driscoll
Buy used from: £18.98 The mod couple.
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 | The Best of David Bowie 1974/1979 by David Bowie
Buy new: £5.78 / Used from: £0.90 For when you don't feel like shuffling through the studio albums.
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 | Revolver by The Beatles
Buy new: £10.58 / Used from: £3.53 Quite astonishing for its age.
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 | Sinking by The Aloof
Buy used from: £6.99 Joy Division for the post-acid house crowd.
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 | The Gift by The Jam
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £3.03 My favourite Jam longplayer.
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 | Atomic Lullibies: Very Best of the Blow Monkeys by The Blow Monkeys
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.33 Until someone reissues the studio albums, i'll setttle for this teriffic compilation of singles and b-sides. Socialism and synthetic pop in the 1980s.
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