 | Everybody Loves a Happy Ending by Tears for Fears
Buy new: £7.79 / Used from: £4.98 Every Fabs fan should own this masterpiece. "Ladybird", "Call Me Mellow", two of the most amazing songs the Fabs never recorded. Also "Killing with Kindness"!! Heck this CD is un-bloody-believable!
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 | Temple of Low Men by Crowded House
Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £0.86 Overlooked masterwork from Neil Finn's gang. Also essential: Recurring Dream with VERY Fabs-ish "Not the Girl You Think You Are". Check Neil & Liam Finn "Two of Us" from I Am Sam soundtrack.
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 | Keep It Together by Guster
Buy used from: £5.98 Up there with Posies, Fountains of Wayne: killer songsmiths, melodists in the Fabs family. Seek Guster's version of "Two of Us" from their Satellite EP. Love this band!
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 | Nonsuch by XTC
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £5.39 Difficult to pick the most Fabs-ish XTC album, this one could be it. Heaps o' fun and brilliance! Also Dukes of Stratosphear and just about every XTC/Partridge album.
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 | Op Zop Too Wah by Adrian Belew
Buy used from: £13.43 Self proclaimed Fabs enthusiast, this is his most psychedelic album and packed with Lennon-ish vocals and spirit. "Time Waits" is pure Lennon. Heck, all Belew albums are all great!!
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 | Frosting On The Beater by The Posies
Buy new: £2.98 / Used from: £1.44 US powerpop princes, several brilliant albums. Don't forget Stringfellow's excellent Soft Commands and Auer solo albums. Seek The Posies' version of "I'm Looking Through You"!
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 | Armchair Theatre by Jeff Lynne
Buy used from: £23.13 Sadly overlooked killer album. Check "Blown Away" and you will be. Needs remaster/re-release immediately! Don't forget ELO 1st, Balance of Power, Secret Messages, Time. Also Idle Race CDs
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 | Wonderwall Music by George Harrison
Buy used from: £49.01 Listed here because it is criminally overlooked. Brilliant mix of Indian, psychedelic, Fabs-ish stuff and totally trippy. Essential.
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 | Their Satanic Majesties Request by The Rolling Stones
Buy new: £9.58 / Used from: £8.61 Some critics perpetuate a myth that this album is lame. Rubbish! Absolute brilliance and one of the most psychedelic albums of all time. More fun than Sgt. Pepper!
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 | This Is Where I Came In by Bee Gees
Buy used from: £1.29 Their last & most Fabs-ish. Bloody amazing, every song a killer!! Play "Voice in the Wilderness" at volume 11 & be blown away. Don't forget 1st, Horizontal, Idea, Size Isn't Everything, Living Eyes!
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 | Sky Meadows by Pearlfishers
Buy new: £11.98 / Used from: £5.49 David Scott worhips Lennon-McCartney and Brian Wilson and you can hear it. Check "Saddle Sore" for a brilliant and uplifting example. The whole album and all Pearlfishers albums: 10 stars!!
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 | Dizzy Kiss by The Lionheart Brothers
Buy new: £8.98 / Used from: £3.29 Great Norwegian band with Fabs tendencies and excellent second album. Check "Bring it Down" , very Revolver-ish. Whole album and their first album, all great.
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 | Lucky by Nada Surf
Buy used from: £7.89 Check "Beautiful Beat" and you'll be hooked. Melodic and instantly loveable album. Every track great!!! By the way, if you like Nada Surf, check Winterpills.
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 | The Indifferent Universe by Terrene
Buy new: £16.09 / Used from: £2.49 Great new American band. Songs, melodies, harmonies, hooks, galore. Totally addictive. For fans of Nada Surf, Winterpills, Earlimart, Guster.
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 | Hymn and Her by Earlimart
Buy new: £10.98 / Used from: £3.72 Every Earlimart album is great. Songs and melodies, adventure, totally brilliant and addictive. Check "Teeth". Wow!!! For fans of Nada Surf, Winterpills.
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 | Five Roses by Miracle Fortress
Buy new: £13.19 / Used from: £1.89 They just keep on coming! Candian band right up there with Earlimart, Winterpills, Terrene, Posies, Guster, etc.
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 | Something for the Weekend by Stackridge
Buy new: £10.98 / Used from: £7.58 Their best CD, total Fabdom, sheer genius & joy. Every track amazing! "Something About the Beatles" says it all. Also 5 star: Man in the Bowler Hat CD, "Werner von Braun" from Mr. Mick CD & Korgis CDs
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 | Wish You Were Here by Badfinger
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £6.73 Badfinger's best album and just about as close to a Fabs album as possible. Every song a killer. Chris Thomas produced! Explosive, addictive and thrilling!
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 | You've Got to Laugh by Nik Kershaw
Buy new: £11.98 One of the most amazing albums of all time and criminally overlooked. Right up there with any album in this list. Genius songwriter and lyricist. Previous CDs To Be Frank & 15 Minutes are also killers
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 | Traffic and Weather by Fountains of Wayne
Buy used from: £4.99 Killer band like Posies and other US powerpop bands on this list. But like those other bands, way beyond powerpop and firmly into Fabdom. Addictive!
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 | The Vestals by The Vestals
Buy used from: £2.96 Lone album from US band. Check "Childhood Timeouts" and you're in like Flint! Excellent album! Every piece killer, packed with Fab influences. !!!!
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 | Amber by Clearlake
Buy new: £7.28 / Used from: £1.24 Another American band and a great one. Check "Good Clean Fun" for a big psychedelic leg into the Clearlake world.
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 | Is This What You Want? by Jackie Lomax
Buy used from: £24.99 All Harrison fans must check this killer. George, Clapton, Voorman, McCartney, Starr, Nicky Hopkins plus Harrison composed "Sour Milk Sea", one of his best. Hidden gem of Fabs-ish brilliance.
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 | Owsley by Owsley
Buy used from: £12.99 Power packed gem of killer songs, appeals to all fans of Fabs, Posies, Fountains of Wayne, Guster, Vestals, etc. Every song great. Essential! Seek his "Band on the Run" cover on the Paul tribute CD.
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 | The Secret Life of the Milk and Honey Band by The Milk and Honey Band
Buy new: £12.69 / Used from: £6.55 From Andy Partridge's Ape House label comes this excellent band following in footsteps of the Fabs, Beach Boys etc. Great songs and arrangements. Suggest to get all their albums asap!
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