 | There's A Riot Goin' On by Sly & The Family Stone
Apathetic, understated funk masterpiece. Works on so many levels.
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 | Bitches Brew by Miles Davis
Buy new: £12.69 / Used from: £7.17 This is one of those things that you can listen to anywhere, in any situation and it'll sound like what's going on around you. Really intense and really fun.
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 | We're Only in It for the Money by The Mothers of Invention
Buy used from: £43.80 The flip side to flower power. A portait of hippies as pretentious, stoned idiots failing to make any impact against the police state they live in. Frightening, hilarious, genius.
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 | Blood Sugar Sex Magik by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.69 Such a ridiculously great and upbeat album.
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 | Standing on the Verge of Getting It on: Remastered by Funkadelic
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £5.40 Funk and rock having great sex. Only break from the guitar driven groove mayhem is George Clinton's warped monologues.
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 | One Size Fits All by Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention
Buy new: £9.98 / Used from: £6.75 Twice as intricate as most 70's prog rock but with no pretention whatsoever. Inca Roads and Sofa are timeless classics. This is just pure great music for anyone who wants to hear it.
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 | Music For Yoga by Parliament
Buy used from: £3.33 Weirdest and most addictive Parliament album I've heard... the harmonies, the brass, the... fish. You WILL jump around in your living room and you will NOT feel shame!
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 | O.K Computer by Radiohead
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.98 I used to hate this album by default. It had to be dull. But then I went out and got it and, sure enough, GOT it. Thoughtful, poetic and drearily atmospheric. I think so anyway.
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 | Abbey Road by The Beatles
Buy used from: £5.36 It's cool these days to say that the Beatles were overrated. But it's also dumb. And this is why.
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 | Free Your Mind and Your Ass Will Follow: Remastered by Funkadelic
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £4.99 I like Jefferson Airplane alot. And if they were black and twice as tight, they'd sound like this.
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 | Zappa in New York by Frank Zappa
Buy new: £12.28 / Used from: £8.53 Definition of the word entertainment is this album. Full on Zappa: the stupid parodies, the eviscerating avante-gardisms, the gut-wrenching guitar solos... every musical genre exploding in your face.
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 | Mothership Connection by Parliament
Buy used from: £6.94 I hardly need to explain this one.
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 | Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis
Buy used from: £25.96 If I could only have one album it would have to be this.
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 | Led Zeppelin IV by Led Zeppelin
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £1.99 I could be clever and pick a Zeppelin album that's less obvious. III or something. There all good. But this is a classic for a reason.
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