 | Showbiz by Muse
Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £2.49 Audio pleasure if ever there was such a thing, which there is! Pure and utter masterpiece: every single song has it's own peak.
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 | Are You Experienced by Jimi Hendrix Experience
Buy new: £5.78 / Used from: £4.89 What else can I say? The man was a genius, and influenced Matt Bellamy's guitar playing.
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 | The Wall by Pink Floyd
Buy new: £12.28 / Used from: £7.49 I don't know what this is all about, to be stoned while listening to Pink Floyd, you don't require that for this album, 26 songs of genius, and great guitar playing.
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 | Mother's Milk by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £3.39 First Chili's album with Chad and John onboard, and by far their best, the remastered version is pure brilliance with the Jimi Hendrix covers.
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 | Songs For The Deaf by Queens Of The Stone Age
Buy new: £2.98 / Used from: £2.29 Dave Grohl on drums! Josh Homme plays guitar and sings! (I hate Josh, he does Brody Dalle!!)
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 | Nimrod by Green Day
Buy new: £6.48 / Used from: £1.99 Green Day's finest, vastly under-rated. Has Billie Joe at his finest songwriting ability.
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 | In Utero by Nirvana
Buy new: £4.48 / Used from: £0.74 The last of Nirvana's 3 albums before Kurt committed suicide, and their best. Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle stands out.
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 | Surfer Rosa & Come on Pilgrim by Pixies
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.97 The Pixie's debut and at their finest with the howling voice of Frank Black and Joey's guitar playing.
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 | System of a Down by System of a Down
Buy new: £5.78 / Used from: £0.48 What vocals! What music! Start to finish, you can't help but mosh to this album. Don't try and sing along!
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 | Polythene by Feeder
Buy used from: £1.47 Feeder's full debut, sees them flex their muscles, but doesn't frighten everyone away. Cotton wool anyone?
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 | Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness by The Smashing Pumpkins
Buy new: £11.48 / Used from: £6.33 2 hours of pure genius! The Smashing Pumpkins' third album sees them at their most inventive.
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 | Achtung Baby by U2
Buy new: £5.68 / Used from: £1.27 U2 at their darkest, and their finest. Before the meltdown they had with Zooropa and Pop.
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 | Auf Der Maur by Auf der Maur
Buy used from: £2.09 It's a woman! Dark and 'gothic'. It's extremely melodic and shows Melissa's talents to the fullest.
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 | Placebo by Placebo
Buy new: £4.78 / Used from: £1.00 Is it just me, or is Nancy Boy the funniest song of all time? I remember singing along to this one time, drunk!
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 | White Blood Cells by The White Stripes
Buy new: £6.48 / Used from: £3.93 Hardworking drumming (the only compliment I could think of) by Meg, has the White Stripes' finest material. Great album.
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 | The Bends by Radiohead
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £1.37 This album is not depressing, the best of their three best albums (OK Computer and Kid A being the others). Rock on!
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 | Badmotorfinger by Soundgarden
Buy new: £4.48 / Used from: £3.24 The band Chris Cornell was in before Audioslave. Jesus Christ Pose is just awesome!
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 | Infinity Land by Biffy Clyro
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £4.00 I had to add a Scottish band, being Scottish! Mixture of heavier stuff as well as melodic and smart (being Scottish).
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 | Blues for the Red Sun by Kyuss
Buy new: £6.38 / Used from: £4.90 The band Josh Homme was in before Queens of the Stone Age, a shame that this band had to disband. Unbelievably heavy.
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 | Niandra Lades and Usually Just a T-Shirt by John Frusciante
Buy used from: £7.86 Full of pain and anguish, and not to mention drug use! Vocals are a bit 'different'. Captivating listening. A must.
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 | The Downward Spiral by Nine Inch Nails
Buy new: £4.48 / Used from: £3.90 You can feel the anger just being kept back now and then, NIN's finest. Enough said.
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 | Sing Sing Death House by The Distillers
Buy new: £7.38 / Used from: £2.94 It may only be half an hour long, but has the energy of a Super Nova.
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 | The Colour and the Shape by Foo Fighters
Buy new: £4.48 / Used from: £1.89 The Foo's first proper album, as Mr Grohl made the first album himself basically. Essential listening.
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 | The Holy Bible by Manic Street Preachers
Buy new: £4.78 / Used from: £1.11 Archives of Pain has one of the best bass lines I have ever heard and proceeds to sound so weird and brilliant.
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 | Hullabaloo Soundtrack by Muse
Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £2.69 First CD: B sides. Second CD: Extracts from their 2001 le Zenith gig (Paris). Even their Bsides are better than many bands achieve, and thus they deserve two places on this list!
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