 | The Stone Roses by Stone Roses
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.48 I know a lot of people will disagree but this is a classic. Certainly my favourite album, and for purely subjective reasons. But that's what music is, isn't it?
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 | Led Zeppelin IV by Led Zeppelin
Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £1.89 My favourite Led Zep album: rock and blues in equal measure - sublime
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 | Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £4.76 Brilliant album, which I prefer to DSOM. Title track for my funeral.
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 | The Bends by Radiohead
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.99 Radiohead at their peak, it was downhill from here.
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 | Germ Free Adolescents by X-Ray Spex
Buy used from: £5.50 If only all punk albums had been like this. Raw and brilliant.
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 | Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division
Buy new: £9.78 / Used from: £5.00 A dark troubled beauty.
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 | Where Are You by Frank Sinatra
Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £3.57 a difficult choice, but this really is my favourite Sinatra album - heart-wrenching.
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 | Station to Station: Remastered by David Bowie
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.97 Most consistent Bowie album, modernity personified.
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 | Setting Sons by The Jam
Buy new: £4.37 / Used from: £16.85 Not their best in absolute terms, but means a lot to me.
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 | Minimum - Maximum by Kraftwerk
Buy new: £12.98 / Used from: £7.00 Kraftwerk live shouldn't work, but this is superb.
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 | Replicas by Gary Numan
Buy used from: £4.57 A great album at the time that still sounds fantastic today.
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 | The Man Comes Around: American IV by Johnny Cash
Buy new: £18.09 / Used from: £3.99 The whole American Recordings series is brilliant, but this is the pick.
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 | Life in a Scotch Sitting Room Vol.2 by Ivor Cutler
Buy new: £8.79 / Used from: £33.29 Clever, funny and brilliantly performed live. Episode 13 cracks me up every time.
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 | Felt Mountain by Goldfrapp
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £1.89 Beautiful, sensual music. Just better than Supernature.
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 | Geraeusch by Aerzte
Buy new: £23.99 / Used from: £17.94 Marvellous double superbly recorded.
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 | Searching for the Young Soul Rebels by Dexys Midnight Runners
Buy new: £5.37 / Used from: £3.25 I liked it at the time but love it more and more as the years pass.
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 | Red Dirt Girl by Emmylou Harris
Buy new: £11.98 / Used from: £5.50 Emmylou finally started writing, and how. Easily her best.
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 | Ella & Louis by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
Buy new: £8.79 / Used from: £19.84 From the picture on the cover to the faultless performances everything here is perfect.
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 | Rattus Norvegicus: IV by Stranglers
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £6.49 Their first 4 albums a all great, but this is the most wonderful.
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 | Back in Black by AC/DC
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £5.99 Fantastic rock album, also hilarious.
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 | World Without Tears by Lucinda Williams
Buy new: £4.37 / Used from: £3.23 Stunningly beautiful album.
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 | Mystery White Boy by Jeff Buckley
Buy new: £6.37 / Used from: £3.68 I actually prefer this to Grace. Excellent performance which better shows his talent.
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 | Product by Buzzcocks
Buy new: £16.98 / Used from: £14.50 Bit of a cheat as I couldn't decide between Another Music... and Love Bites.
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 | Love Is Red by David Poe
Buy new: £12.69 Outstanding album from this little known singer. One of my reference recordings.
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 | Kilimanjaro by The Teardrop Explodes
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £4.62 Original album rather spoilt by extra tracks here. Brilliant nevertheless
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