 | Third by Portishead
Buy new: £8.48 / Used from: £4.00 A bleak masterpiece.Possibly even worth the wait.
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 | Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £3.59 I almost didn't want to like them. But He Doesn't Know Why is a lovely tune.
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 | Stay Positive (Limited Edition Special Package) by The Hold Steady
Buy new: £8.28 / Used from: £2.49 Yet to make a bad album... tying with The Shins and Wilco for the title of world's best band
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 | Street Horrrsing by Fuck Buttons
Buy new: £7.98 The underground/noise/whatever album of the year
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 | Hercules and Love Affair by Hercules and Love Affair
Buy used from: £6.77 Worth it just for 'Blind'
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 | Seventh Tree by Goldfrapp
Buy new: £8.68 / Used from: £3.29 Grower of the year... 'A&E' is amazing
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 | Distortion by Magnetic Fields
Buy new: £9.98 / Used from: £5.90 Was always going to struggle against '69 Love Songs'. But it has 'California Girls'
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 | Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! by Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Buy new: £8.38 / Used from: £4.15 This man can do no wrong.
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 | For Emma Forever Ago by Bon Iver
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £3.38 Like Fleet Foxes,this had almost too much hype in the music mags...but it's great
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 | Conor Oberst by Conor Oberst
Buy new: £6.78 / Used from: £2.50 Slightly throwaway compared to the last few Bright Eyes lps...but still splendid
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 | Modern Guilt by Beck
Buy new: £8.98 / Used from: £4.45 Like Nick Cave, Beck cannot make a bad record in my eyes
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 | Chinese Democracy by Guns N' Roses
Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £1.30 A ridiculous,pompous,overblown,overproduced folly...but do you know what? I like it a lot
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 | Accelerate by R.E.M.
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.63 Much,much better than 'Around The Sun'
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 | Blood, Looms and Blooms by Leila
Buy new: £8.28 / Used from: £11.27 Warp's best in a long,long time
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 | The Hawk Is Howling by Mogwai
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £6.00 Mogwai are incapable of making a bad album.
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 | Anywhere I Lay My Head by Scarlett Johansson
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £3.68 I'm in a minority here..but I love this album.
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 | Imperial Wax Solvent by The Fall
Buy new: £9.98 / Used from: £4.99 On this list because it's THE FALL
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 | Mountain Battles by The Breeders
Buy new: £7.28 / Used from: £2.98 Obviously doesn't compare to 'Pod' or 'Last Splash'...but we should be glad the Deals are making music
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 | Real Emotional Trash by Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £5.89 This and a massive of reissue of 'Brighten The Corners'
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 | CSI: Ambleside by Half Man Half Biscuit
Buy new: £14.48 Witty,wise,hilarious.
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 | Kala by M.I.A.
Buy new: £5.28 / Used from: £2.91 Much more than just 'Paper Planes'
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 | Crystal Castles by Crystal Castles
Buy new: £6.48 / Used from: £4.75 I woudn't like to meet them,but excellent music
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 | New Amerykah Part One (4th World War) - UK Edition by Erykah Badu
Buy new: £8.98 I've realised I long ago started running out of superlatives to use in this list...you have to hear this.
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