 | The Joshua Tree by U2
Buy new: £11.69 / Used from: £2.50 Narrowly better than "achtung baby", Joshua Tree is a wonderful tribute and criticism of American culture and rock and roll.
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 | Achtung Baby by U2
Buy new: £9.58 / Used from: £0.22 Achtung narrowly misses out on top spot, but the originality of electro rock and the sheer tempo and malice of the album is mesmerizing.
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 | Definitely Maybe by Oasis
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.05 The best proper rock and roll album in recent history. Dodguy production but great songs, it's rock and roll...
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 | Live And Dangerous by Thin Lizzy
Buy new: £4.37 / Used from: £1.75 The best live album of all time, a truly wonderful band at the height of their powers.
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 | Funeral by Arcade Fire
Buy new: £8.38 / Used from: £5.72 The best album since the turn of the millenium, a fantastic collection of bizarre, haunting and evocative songs with beautiful lyrics to boot.
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 | Brutal Youth: Expanded Edition by Elvis Costello
Buy used from: £17.00 Costello's best album, a wonderful songwriter and performer, hugely listenable and frighteningly bitter, brilliant stuff.
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 | Eyes Open by Snow Patrol
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.48 A great follow up to 2004's "final straw", snow patrol better their bestseller with this collection of indie ballads, hard-hitting lyrics get you right there...
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 | The Ultimate Collection (2CD) by The Pogues
Buy used from: £13.09 Greatest hits is essential because they have so many great songs, a remarkable and fascinating, genre setting band.
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 | Drunken Lullabies by Flogging Molly
Buy used from: £9.95 Essential for Irish punkfolk fans, not as good as the pogues, but undeserving of "poor man's pogues" tagline, brilliant stuff.
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 | Urban Hymns by The Verve
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.85 Almost the verve's sole contribution to the Britpop scene, puts "northern soul" firmly in the shade and deservedly so, a shame they couldn't emulate this.
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