 | For the Roses by Joni Mitchell
Buy new: £5.58 / Used from: £3.83 Why not "Blue"? Because this is at least as good. Oh and everybody else picks "Blue".
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 | Horses by Patti Smith
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.98 An unbelievablly good album and supremely important. Didn't so much 'push back the barriers' as explode them.
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 | The Kick Inside by Kate Bush
Buy new: £6.18 / Used from: £4.07 Most people plump for "Hounds of Love" and I wouldn't dispute that choice, this is my favourite.
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 | Debut by Björk
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.48 Some people can't see past her occasional eccentricities to the bold and brilliant artist that she is.
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 | Ys by Joanna Newsom
Buy new: £8.88 / Used from: £5.00 The most amazing album release since...who knows. Totally unique but very lovable.
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 | Frank by Amy Winehouse
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.94 This album blew my mind when I first heard it. "Back to Black" is giving her the success her talent warrants but this is even better.
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 | Martha Wainwright by Martha Wainwright
Buy used from: £7.31 A fantastic album and, believe it or not, is a good companion to the Amy Winehouse album(no I'm not kidding) rather than clash they compliment and contrast.
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 | Rickie Lee Jones by Rickie Lee Jones
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £3.29 Her debut and her best. The slightly erratic output since this album has given her a lower profile than she deserves.
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 | Big Science by Laurie Anderson
Buy new: £10.48 / Used from: £8.27 Beautiful, strange and very different but if you let it in you'll love it.
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 | Dusty In Memphis (Expanded Version) by Dusty Springfield
Buy new: £3.48 / Used from: £2.07 I heard this for the first time less than a year ago. I shouldn't have waited so long, neither should you!
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 | I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You by Aretha Franklin
Buy new: £6.68 / Used from: £2.80 So often great artists struggle to produce great albums.No problems here.(incidentally the order of appearance is not a ranking in quality).
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 | Trailer Park by Beth Orton
Buy new: £8.58 / Used from: £0.24 Her first and, in my opinion, still her finest collection of songs. A real 'grower' too.
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 | Tapestry by Carole King
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £3.99 Just packed full of 'standards' pure and simple.
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 | Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea by PJ Harvey
Buy new: £3.48 / Used from: £2.50 Album wise she never quite did it before this one .She is a goddess!
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 | Heart Food by Judee Sill
Buy new: £15.98 / Used from: £10.05 Never heard of her? Neither had I 'till recently; a REAL lost classic but gaining more attention now.
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 | Time (The Revelator) by Gillian Welch
Buy new: £6.68 / Used from: £4.50 Excellent album. Like entering into a whole other way of thinking.
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 | The House Carpenter's Daughter by Natalie Merchant
Buy new: £12.98 / Used from: £7.44 In which our heroine takes a gamble and goes all folky and boy does it come off.
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 | HAZEL EYES,IWILL LEAD YOU by Josephine Foster
Buy used from: £15.36 A relatively recent discovery. It took a few plays before completely blowing me away. Unique artist and superb album.
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 | On Leaving by Nina Nastasia
Buy new: £6.48 / Used from: £8.02 Perfect in every way.
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 | Chelsea Girl by Nico
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £7.22 The ideal introduction to an amazing talent. Very good songs in a unique style from the queen of cool.
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 | The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.31 Not only did she do it on her own, she did it better.
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 | Short Sharp Shocked by Michelle Shocked
Buy used from: £20.15 Superb album from a now half-forgotten artist. 'Memories of East Texas' is so good it could convert a Black Metal fan to country-folk music.Very varied in styles.
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 | Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette
Buy new: £6.48 / Used from: £0.61 Tapestry for the '90s? Whatever. Just packed with good tunes, although that line about the spoons...
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 | The Pirate's Gospel by Alela Diane
A new(ish) artist to watch. Folk infused genius. Rough Trade's album of 2007 and mine too.
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 | Whatever (UK Mid Price) by Aimee Mann
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £1.79 A brilliant and over-looked(at time of release) gem.Don't make the mistake of thinking that its position as last entry is any reflection on its quality.
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