 | Life in Cartoon Motion by Mika
Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £1.70 A great album that invariably puts a smile to my face
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 | Vampire Weekend by Vampire Weekend
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £4.00 Very uplifting songs with an african undertone.
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 | Nouar by Cheikha Rimitti
Buy used from: £23.99 A fantastic voice in songs that make you want to get up and dance
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 | The Sun Will Come by Honeyroot
Buy new: £11.98 / Used from: £7.84 This cd will make you feel better about yourself
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 | Underground by Original Soundtrack
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £4.85 Arguably Bregovic's best soundtrack.
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 | Rossini: Petite messe solennelle/Stabat Mater
Buy new: £8.98 / Used from: £9.89 Surpisingly playful for a religious piece but after all this is Rossini we are talking about. This does not apply to the stabat mater; that is more serious.
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 | Mendelssohn: Piano Sextet, Op. 110; Piano Quartet No. 1
Buy new: £5.98 / Used from: £4.14 This is a CD from back when I used to listen to classical music only. I still find these pieces very heart-warming and inspiring. I think Mendelssohn was only a teenager when he wrote them.
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 | Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust by Sigur Ros
Buy new: £7.38 / Used from: £2.96 Who would have thought that Sigur Ros would make it into a list like this. Yet, their latest album and especially the first three songs have a refreshing jauntiness and quirkiness. Try them out!
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 | The Seldom Seen Kid by Elbow
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £4.56 A refreshing new album from Elbow with a lot of sunny and cheerful moments. If this album doesnt make them more mainstream I don't know what will.
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 | Jazz by Queen
Buy new: £9.98 / Used from: £7.37 A classic for me at least, with mainly happy and playful songs and a couple of classics. "Dreamers Ball" is a personal favourite of mine.
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 | Handel: Complete Recorder Sonatas
Buy new: £13.69 / Used from: £14.95 This cd is one of my old favourites that I never get tired of. Not particularly jaunty tunes but played with such gusto and refinement it will have you whistling all through the cd. A joy!
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 | The Boy Who Knew Too Much by Mika
Buy new: £6.68 / Used from: £6.49 I admit his singing has become quite manneristic and slightly annoying but Mika's second cd still has plenty of cheerful moments.
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