 | Blue by Joni Mitchell
Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £1.94 Introspective, wistful, intense - an all-time bedsit classic.
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 | Spirit of Eden by Talk Talk
Buy new: £6.48 / Used from: £4.20 Probably about as quiet as pop music can get without ceasing to exist completely.
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 | Exorcising Ghosts by Japan
Buy new: £2.98 / Used from: £2.24 Includes 'Nightporter' - the ultimate song to be depressed to.
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 | White Ladder by David Gray
Buy new: £2.98 / Used from: £0.27 Genuine soulfulness runs the gauntlet of mannered Dylanesque vocals and banal lyrics, and comes through unscathed.
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 | Tapestry by Carole King
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.97 So small a piece of plastic, so many classic tunes.
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 | Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £1.71 Chock full of classics, the pretentiousness all being part of the fun.
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 | THE BEST OF NEIL DIAMOND by Neil Diamond
Buy new: £3.48 / Used from: £0.97 Time to rescue Diamond from his reputation as housewives' favourite, and re-establish him as an all-time master of existential ennui.
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 | Upstairs at Eric's by Yazoo
Buy used from: £5.34 The atmosphere is summed up by the cover: uncluttered, melancholy, and a bit spooky. Does have a few more upbeat tunes, though, for the moments you can almost bear to get out of bed.
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 | Automatic for the People by R.E.M.
Buy new: £5.08 / Used from: £0.37 So doggedly gloomy, it's almost impossible to get through in one sitting. It's that good.
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 | Maria McKee by Maria McKee
Buy new: £4.67 / Used from: £1.39 Anguished, country-tinged songs from former Lone Justice singer. A real sense that 'she's been there', so we don't have to go.
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