 | Good Shoes - Think Before You Speak by Good Shoes
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £4.66 50)A modern and witty band that show a real spark for short snappy songs with a keen eye on social observations. These guys are easy going enough to not take too seriously but compelling nevertheless
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 | Alas I Cannot Swim by Laura Marling
Buy new: £8.98 / Used from: £6.50 49)Laura Marling is one of the most genuinely charming solo artists to come out the Indie scene in a long time . Her debut is a soothing listen and contains some great variety.
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 | Futureheads by The Futureheads
Buy new: £8.98 / Used from: £0.72 48)Their most raw and gutsy album. What they needed to remember on later albums was that it wasnt their hooks that made them so great but the four-piece harmony deliveries that made them so unique.
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 | 13 by Blur
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.21 47)A bold change in direction for Brit Pops love child. This albums harvests a much softer and mellow sound than previous outings, resulting in Blurs best album (sorry Think Tank and Parklife)
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 | For Emma Forever Ago by Bon Iver
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £4.48 46)One man, one room, plus a whole lot of feeling.
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 | Off the Wall: Special Edition by Michael Jackson
Buy new: £4.78 / Used from: £3.24 45)Michael Jackson comes into his own as he lends his dynamic voice to a collection of funk, soul and pop ballads that cant help but put you in a good mood
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 | Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division
Buy new: £6.48 / Used from: £4.14 44)Possibly the most macabre album on this list Ian Curtis really does know how to project the saddest of emotions onto a musical backdrop. For me this is definitely the better of their two albums
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 | Antidotes by Foals
Buy new: £8.28 / Used from: £2.24 43)This almost feels like Foals second album. The choice to discard their most popular singles and instead create a more ambient and collective sound is an admirable one.
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 | Panic Prevention by Jamie T.
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.57 42)Though it's easy to be hostile to both Jamie t and his debut album it is nevertheless a great listen and highly recommendable.
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 | Alopecia by Why?
Buy new: £10.88 41)Weird and wounderful songs from California's treasured indie folk nasal based hip hop songster
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 | Your Arsenal by Morrissey
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.99 40)A provocatively camp almost glam rock style album that hits hard with a developed full on rock sound. Moz at his most daring and essential
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 | Andrew Bird & the Mysterious Production of Eggs by Andrew Bird
Buy new: £7.48 / Used from: £39.10 39)A swooning, expanding, almost fairytale approach to pop folk that romanticizes and excavates the everyday with rather dubious and devious lyrical trickery.
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 | The Smiths by The Smiths
Buy used from: £6.25 38)Hatful of Hollow covers most of the Smiths early work but this slightly sketchier record contains forgotten gems such as Miserable Lie and Suffer Little Children
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 | Hail to the Thief by Radiohead
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.18 37)As an album it feels quite bloated and there isnt enough variety to keep you interested all the way through. However, as a collection of independent songs this is an amazing achievement.
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 | Five Leaves Left by Nick Drake
Buy new: £4.78 / Used from: £2.98 36)Oh where would we be without Nick Drake mulling over everything that matters in life in his trademark humble despair and melancholy?
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 | Asleep in the Back by Elbow
Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £3.49 35)Possibly Elbows most stubborn album in terms of lyrics and musical diversity. However, the highly devoted direction makes for an unforgettable listen. By far their best album to date.
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 | Psyence Fiction by UNKLE
Buy used from: £0.60 34)"Somewhere in space this may all be happening right now" Let's hope so! This collaborative effort makes for one of most distinctive, pioneering and dynamic records of the 90s.
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 | Third by Portishead
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £3.99 33)A bed of musical distortion and experimentation aid a lyrical tenderness and honesty. The Rip will never leave me.
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 | Little Hells by Marissa Nadler
Buy used from: £6.49 32)An album of old wives tales and folklore that bathes in the riches of mystery and misery. Definitely Marissas most accomplished and riveting work to date
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 | Strangeways, Here We Come by The Smiths
Buy used from: £9.47 31)A dreadfully sullen affair that grows more dominant and vital with every listen This album inspired Thom Yorke to make OK Computer, enough said.
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 | VISITER by The Dodos
Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £3.49 30)Unfortunately overlooked, this album is very original and contains some amazing songs. Proof that all you really need to make great music is the best drummer and acoustic guitarist alive.
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 | Veckatimest by Grizzly Bear
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £5.99 29)Grizzly Bear search for the perfect record and once again instead come up with a beautifully flawed work of art nothign here is perfect but who cares? Perfection is overrated
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 | Fantasy Black Channel by Late of the Pier
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £5.69 28)This album is like a big psychedelic vortex of electronic insanity, very entertaining and original stuff (just don't mention the Klaxons to them)
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 | Dear Science by TV on the Radio
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.32 27)A very diverse selection tracks. Every song is different and expertly crafted.
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 | Myths Of The Near Future by Klaxons
Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £0.67 26)A melting pot of electronic insanity, exuberance and innovation. Most tracks hit dizzyingly high points with only one or two tracks feeling a bit average in comparison.
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