 | Spilt Milk by Jellyfish
Buy new: £7.27 / Used from: £2.37 Pop perfection. These guys had the talent to get to the very top, but blew it, self-destructing due to a clash of egoes. Perfectly crafted melodic west-coast pop tunes, beautifully produced.
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 | I Robot by Alan Parsons
Buy used from: £2.49 Overlooked prog-rock classic. Brilliant from start to finish - a concept album that avoids self-indulgence.
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 | Liars by Todd Rundgren
Buy used from: £2.48 Best album of 2004. Electronica, prop-rock, soul, pop - this album's got it all, along with the most biting lyrics I've heard in a long time.
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 | 100 Year Thing by Chris Stills
Buy used from: £6.77 Name sounds familiar? Yes, its Steven Stills' son, who's got the musical talent of his father, but a much better voice. Great musicianship and catchy blues-tinged songs
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 | Bryter Layter by Nick Drake
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £3.48 Delicately beautiful. Melancholy yet strangely uplifting. Northern Sky will make your hair stand on end.
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 | The Royal Scam by Steely Dan
Buy new: £4.87 / Used from: £16.22 Steely Dan at their very best. Their rockiest album and possibly the darkest, most cynical lyrics of all their work
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 | Go on by Mr Mister
Buy used from: £18.07 Better known for Broken Wings and Kyrie, but this is actually a superior album. Less pop than its predecessor, but a more mature sound, with excellent lyrics. Criminally overlooked.
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 | The Hissing of Summer Lawns by Joni Mitchell
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £4.00 Joni pushes back the boundaries on this one. Very experimental, very ahead of its time. Close your eyes, and let it transport you to another place.
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 | Flaunt the Imperfection by China Crisis
Buy new: £6.08 / Used from: £3.52 Produced by Walter Becker, the closest you get to a 1980s Steely-Dan prototype. Very sophisticated pop, but delivered with Scouse under-statement. Black Man Ray is a contender for best song of 1980s
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 | Force Majeure by Tangerine Dream
Buy new: £7.39 / Used from: £5.00 This one will blow your mind. Its got the best of both worlds - the experimentation and psychedilica of their early works, together with the melody and rhythm of their later material.
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 | Sky by Sky
Buy new: £7.79 / Used from: £4.79 SKY was an attempt to successfully fuse classical and rock instrumental music, and this, debut, is an absolute classic. Monkman's harpsichord on Where Opposite's Meet is stunning.
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 | Mine and Yours by David Mead
Buy new: £5.87 / Used from: £0.49 One of the most talented singer-songwriters to emerge in recent years, this is a delightful collection of catchy pop hooks and delicate ballads, delivered by one of the best voices around.
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