 | Famous Among the Barns by Ben Taylor Band
Buy used from: £6.49 James's son. Found out that Ben existed through his fathers website, had a look at the album, sampled a few songs and fell in love with it. BTB rocks!!!
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 | Galore - The Best of Kirsty Maccoll by Kirsty MacColl
Buy new: £8.42 / Used from: £3.50 'New England' written by Billy Bragg, brilliant! '...I put him on a pedestal, he put me on the pill' - superb lyric!
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 | Take a Break by Me First & The Gimme Gimmes
Buy new: £10.08 / Used from: £6.13 Went to a houseparty this summer and this CD was playing very loud - we all had great fun singing along whilst trying to mosh!
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 | A Fine Romance by Frank Sinatra
Buy new: £2.61 / Used from: £1.25 I just love Frank. I don't know why the likes of Robbie try to imitate the best, its a wasted effort.
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 | You Really Got Me - The Best Of by The Kinks
Buy new: £2.98 / Used from: £2.45 Grew up with my Mum listening to them, they're cooler than cool. As for the song 'Lola', one of my friends experienced the song in real life - remember boys, always check for an adams-apple!!!
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 | Yesterday Once More-Greatest Hits 1969-1983 by The Carpenters
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £3.98 Karen is said to have a voice in 10 million. Beautiful songs - my favourite 'Superstar'. I know they've never been fashionable, but who cares, what is fashionable anyway???
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 | Open Road by Gary Barlow
Buy new: £18.00 / Used from: £0.75 I've always liked Gary's voice. 'So help me girl' is an underrated pop classic.
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 | The Good Will Out by Embrace
Buy new: £1.40 / Used from: £0.04 This album shoots me straight back to 1998, the good old days. I remember hearing 'Come back to what you know' in a hair salon and mistook it for the Verve as I'd never heard of Embrace.
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 | The Globe Sessions by Sheryl Crow
Buy used from: £4.78 'The Difficult Kind' is my all time favourite - noticed it wasn't on her 'Best of...' - why not?
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 | The Specials by Specials
Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £3.40 I listen to this when I'm gearing myself up to go out. 'Nite Klub' reminds me of going to our local cheesey nightclub on cheap student nights - those were the days.
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 | Stars - The Best of 1992-2002 by Cranberries
Buy used from: £2.69 Dolores is talent. Shes got the ability to almost be a yodeller - amazing songwriter too. 'Linger' and 'Just my imagination' are my clear favourites.
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 | James Taylor: Greatest Hits by James Taylor
Buy new: £4.58 / Used from: £1.23 Heard a song on film 'Running on empty' with River Pheonix and instantly fell in love with it. Found out who sang it years later when I hummed it to my Mum - 'Fire and Rain'. I'm a fan for life.
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 | Songs From The Last Century by George Michael
Buy new: £2.61 / Used from: £0.04 I always enjoy listening to this album. The sound is grown up and timeless - smart move George.
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 | Dirty Dancing - Original Soundtrack by Original Soundtrack
Buy new: £4.93 / Used from: £2.95 Takes me (and I suppose everyone) back to the film when I hear any of these songs. Patrick Swayze has an average voice, but made 'Shes like the wind' sound beautiful.
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 | Different Class by Pulp
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £1.35 Always liked Pulp, but didn't love them until I heard 'Something changed' - its magical.
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 | Dusty: The Very Best Of Dusty Springfield by Dusty Springfield
Buy new: £5.84 / Used from: £2.27 Dusty is soul. A rare voice. Love her old songs i.e. 'Look of Love' and 'Some of your lovin'' but not too keen on her later stuff with Pet Shop Boys and the like.
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 | The Burt Bacharach Collection by Burt Bacharach
Buy used from: £14.15 Stumbled upon this CD because of The Carpenters and Dusty. I'd never realised how great Cilla Black sang, so powerful.
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 | Female of the Species by Space
Buy used from: £0.01 Spooky, dark and good fun - not to everyones taste.
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| Bluetonics by Bluetones
Buy new: £0.95 / Used from: £0.01 I love the lyric '...there's no heart you can't melt with a certain little smile'. Sweet and upbeat.
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| There Is a Light That Never Goes Out by Smiths
Buy used from: £6.99 Groovy, but romantic. Reminds me of being collected on cold winter nights, and taken out for a drive.
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