 | In the Flat Field by Bauhaus
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £8.00 This is such a timeless classic...I suppose not the usual 4AD sound... maybe thats why they left to sister company BeggarsÂ…
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 | Treasure by Cocteau Twins
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £4.64 There are so many excellent Cocteau records to choose from... this one stands out for me as the entire album ebbs and flows with mood swings... sublime
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 | Bird Wood Cage by Wolfgang Press
Buy used from: £8.31 Manic depressives who go on stage in butchers aprons complete with blood! This album still has 3 singles, IMHO their best offering being Kansas...
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 | Medusa by Clan Of Xymox
Buy new: £7.79 / Used from: £12.44 I love this band, especially the early material with Pieter Nooten. Lovely slow ballads blending into runaway dance anthems....
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 | Lonely Is An Eyesore by Various Artists
Buy new: £7.79 / Used from: £4.99 This compilation introduced me to so many 4AD bands like Wolfgang Press, Clan of Xymox, Colourbox... Brilliant
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 | Clan of Xymox by Clan Of Xymox
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £6.26 If you can find the US import of this get it. has the 12" of "A Day" and "Stranger". As well as Muscoviet Mosquito.... a class on its own
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 | Sleep With Fishes by Brook Michael & Noote
Buy used from: £12.00 When you take Brook's guitar work and blend it with Clan of Xymox keyboards, all you can get is sheer magic... wonderful cocophony of styles...
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 | Hits by Birthday Party
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £7.00 Its way different to Nick Cave material... actually like an assualt on the senses. How refreshing
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 | Cobalt Blue by Michael Brook
Buy used from: £9.80 The man with the infinite guitar.... Love his work
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 | Filigree & Shadow by This Mortal Coil
Buy used from: £17.51 TMC is other peoples songs covered by 4AD artists... but somehow it all fits together into one coherant body of work....if you can find the TMC box set it has the original versions .... but very rare!
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 | Within the Realm of a Dying Sun by Dead Can Dance
Buy used from: £5.75 My favourtie DCD album. A lot of Brendan singing.... I can listen to songs like "Xavier" and "Anywhere out of the world" over and over and over...
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 | Ciao! - The Best of Lush by Lush
Buy new: £7.79 / Used from: £18.89 There albums are all good... but this is a nice short summary of their brilliance.... Light from a dead star....yes please...
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 | Retrospective by Red House Painters
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £5.68 Again...all their stuff is good. so lets have a DB CD of tracks and get a great perspective....
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 | Sweet Ride - The Best of Belly by Belly
Not just the singles....rare tracks.... B Sides.... Tanya... you are talented!
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 | In a Doghouse by Throwing Muses
Buy new: £11.98 / Used from: £13.00 This contains the first self titled album and the near impossible to find "Chains Changed" EP. Brilliant...
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 | Pod by Breeders
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £4.75 Pixies Bassit Kim Deal runs the show here... it is basically her group. And it's good....
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 | Doolittle by Pixies
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.96 This whole album is amazing. Good solid guitar music. And Frank Black has the ability to go from scream mode to soft lullaby...well sort of... ha ha you need this.
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 | The Mirror Pool by Lisa Gerrard
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £4.99 I bought this album for Sanvean.... which is a true anthem. But her voice is to die for in any case. In some ways similar to DCD, in others quite differnet. Which is good....
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 | Livonia by His Name Is Alive
Buy used from: £7.00 You either love or hate Warren Defever.... I happen to think he has amazing talent..
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 | Fetisch by X-Mal Deutschland
Buy used from: £32.00 Very German. Quite Gothy in a way.. Sehsucht and Qual are awesome....
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 | Sue by Frazier Chorus
Buy used from: £11.00 Slight Cheat here - this isn't on 4AD. FC released a brilliant EP "Sloppy Heart" and then left 4AD. The three songs all appear on here (albeit in different verions). Great - especially "Storm"
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 | Surfer Rosa & Come on Pilgrim by Pixies
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £2.72 Pixies first two EPs on one CD. If you have ever been in an alternative club you'll recognize songs from this....Gigantic, Where is my mind, I've been tired...AMAZING
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 | The Best of Colourbox 1982-1987 by Colourbox
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £6.25 Way ahead of their time.. samples...Polished Guest Vocalists. And the biggest 4AD single to date....Pump UpThe Volume (MARRS and AR Kane)
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 | Extractions by Dif Juz
Buy used from: £17.95 I first heard Dif Juz on Lonley is an Eyesore. Glad I did! And Liz Frazier sings on a track too... nice.
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 | Bossanova by Pixies
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £3.40 This album is not as good as the previous selections (IMHO) but my favourite Pixies track is on here.... Dig For Fire.....
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