 | River of Dreams by Billy Joel
Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £1.48 Though unexpected perhaps for my favourite album, 'River Of Dreams' escapes the pure-pop stylings of its title track to create an album verging on concept. Each track offers something different.
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 | Illinoise by Sufjan Stevens
Buy new: £8.98 / Used from: £7.00 Right now Sufjan Stevens can do no wrong. Illinois, though now almost two years old, is a perfect example of his fresh sound. Flawless.
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 | Long Gone Before Daylight by The Cardigans
Buy new: £5.88 / Used from: £3.99 Without a doubt, easily the most horrifically underrated album ever to grace this earth. Heart-breaking even at its weakest.
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 | I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning by Bright Eyes
Buy new: £7.08 / Used from: £4.99 Yet another example of an album that does not falter from start to end. By faright Eyes' best work to date.
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 | O by Damien Rice
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £1.40 Continuing the vain of singer-songwriters here, Damien Rice uses composition to bring out the full power of his lyrics on debut 'O'.
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 | Leaders Of The Free World by Elbow
Buy new: £6.28 / Used from: £3.50 Over the three albums Elbow have produced each has developed and grown in their own right. Here is the current peak, until their next album, at least.
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 | The Garden by Zero 7
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £3.55 Though no single track on Zero 7's first album peaks the wonders of 'Destiny', 'Somersault' and 'Distractions', the album as a whole outdoes all previous attempts handsdown.
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 | The Cake Sale by The Cake Sale
Buy used from: £4.12 A group comprising of more talent than the whole of Band Aid put together, The Cake Sale put together an album for charity and accidentally created one of the best albums of this century so far.
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 | Kill the Last Romantic by Easyworld
Buy new: £8.48 / Used from: £4.49 Ironically featuring two of the best love songs ever, 'Kill The Last Romantic' is a fantastic closer to Easyworld's time together, both as an album and as a closing track to their career.
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 | Wincing The Night Away by The Shins
Buy new: £9.98 / Used from: £5.50 Entirely beyond 'New Slang' and more mature than their previous albums, The Shins' third has already a top ten position in my heart. Aw, God bless their little cotton socks.
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