 | August And Everything After by Counting Crows
Buy new: £2.98 / Used from: £1.95 Classic American rock band. A 'must have' album and their best release to date. Amazing from start to finish. Listen to: Mr Jones, Round Here, Anna Begins, Rain King, A Murder Of One
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 | Dizzy Up the Girl by Goo Goo Dolls
Buy new: £3.48 / Used from: £3.70 I love this band. A fantastic rock album. Contains the brilliant "Iris". Also buy 'Gutterflower', 'Let Love In' & 'A Boy Named Goo'. Listen to: Iris, Black Balloon, Slide, Bullet Proof
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 | New Miserable Experience by Gin Blossoms
Buy used from: £0.74 Impossible not to like! Such a fresh sounding, cheerful album full of great big summery hooks. Listen to: Hey Jealousy, Mrs Rita, Found Out About You
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![Friction Baby [Us Import]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41PDAJQASJL._SL75_.jpg) | Friction Baby [Us Import] by Better Than Ezra
Buy new: £3.42 / Used from: £0.45 Not very well known American band. Such a shame. In my opinion, on a par with the Goo Goo Dolls. Listen to: King of New Orleans, Rewind, Desperately Wanting, Hung the Moon, Speeding Up To Slow Down
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 | Lost in America by Gathering Field
Buy new: £24.28 / Used from: £4.85 Brilliant rock/folk/americana. Memorable songs and lyrics. Bill Deasy has such a good voice. (Check out his solo stuff as well.) Listen to: Lost in America, Bound to Be, And I Wanted, Soul Is Human
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 | Waiting by Devlins
Buy new: £71.05 / Used from: £11.50 A melodic rock masterpiece from this talented Irish band. Also buy 'Waves'. Listen to: World Outside, Heaven's Wall, Years Could Go By, Big Decision
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 | Sound of Lies by Jayhawks
Buy new: £4.59 / Used from: £7.68 My favourite Jayhawks CD. Classic americana. Understated brilliance. Beautiful songs throughout. Also buy 'Smile'. Listen to: Man Who Loved Life, Trouble, Big Star, Dying On A Vine, Bottomless Cup
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 | Dulcinea by Toad the Wet Sprocket
Buy used from: £2.39 There are a fair number of quality rock songs on this album. Also buy the equally brilliant 'Coil'. Listen to: Fly from Heaven, Something's Always Wrong, Crowing, Windmills
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 | Breach: Special UK Edition by Wallflowers
Buy used from: £19.44 Jacob (son of Dylan) fronts his own fantastic US rock band. Also buy 'Bringing Down the Horse' + more!. Listen to: Letters From The Wasteland, Sleepwalker, Some Flowers Bloom Dead, Murder 101
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 | The Golden Hum by Remy Zero
Buy new: £10.98 / Used from: £5.31 Often compared to U2 & REM. I think this band deserves to be regarded so highly. Also buy the magnificent 'Villa Elaine'. Listen to: Glorious #1, Save Me, Impossibility
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 | The Distance To Here by Live
Buy new: £2.95 / Used from: £0.55 Worthy survivors of the grunge-rock scene. Loud, melodic, powerful, passionate. Also buy 'Throwing Copper'. Listen to: The Dolphin's Cry, Run To The Water, They Stood Up For Love, We Walk In The Dream
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 | Yourself Or Someone Like You by Matchbox Twenty
Buy new: £7.99 / Used from: £0.10 Classic melodic rock album from late 90's. I don't know anyone who doesn't like this album! Also buy 'Mad Season'. Listen to: Real World, 3am, Push, Damn
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 | The Holiday from You by Gufs
Buy new: £12.53 / Used from: £3.71 Definitely recommend this album to fans of American rock / Matchbox 20. At least 6/7 great songs on here. Listen to: Last Goodbye, Surrounded, Happily Ever After, Somewhere Out There, Mistake, Dumb
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 | No Name Face by Lifehouse
Buy new: £4.90 / Used from: £5.99 Another talented American rock band that should appeal to fans of Matchbox 20. Also buy 'Stanley Climbfall'. Listen to: Hanging by a Moment, Sick Cycle Carousel, Simon, Trying
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 | Parachutes by Coldplay
Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £1.93 Great UK indie-rock band. Just in case you've been living on the moon for the last 8 years. Also buy 'A Rush of Blood to the Head'. Listen to: Yellow, Shiver, Trouble
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 | Eyes Open by Snow Patrol
Buy new: £4.54 / Used from: £3.00 Another great UK indie-rock band. Contains song-of-the-year contender "Chasing Cars". Also buy 'Final Straw' for the song "Run". Listen to: Chasing Cars, You're All I Have, Open Your Eyes
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 | Hopes and Fears by Keane
Buy new: £3.77 / Used from: £0.99 Beautiful, heartfelt UK acoustic indie-rock. Like Coldplay & Travis, but with a piano instead. Listen to: Everybody's Changing, Somewhere Only We Know, Bedshaped
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 | The Man Who by Travis
Buy new: £1.49 / Used from: £0.01 Wonderful UK acoustic indie-rock. Listen to (on a road trip around Scotland): Why Does It Always Rain On Me, Driftwood, Writing To Reach You, Turn
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![Blessed Union [Us Import]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/412STA00C5L._SL75_.jpg) | Blessed Union [Us Import] by Blessed Union of Souls
Buy new: £27.42 / Used from: £0.11 Wow! US 'coffee-house' rock. Melodic. Uplifting. Also buy 'Walking Off the Buzz'. [N.B. Blessid] Listen to: I Wanna Be There, Scenes from a Coffee House, It's Your Day (Bronson's Song), Humble Star
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 | Drops of Jupiter by Train
Buy new: £4.15 / Used from: £1.84 US rock band. Contains the wonderful "Drops Of Jupiter" and a number of other good songs. Listen to: Drops Of Jupiter, She's On Fire, Respect, Mississippi
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 | Thrifty Mr. Kickstar by Dryve
Buy used from: £15.76 A great band, hardly known, and that's a shame. Sounds like the Counting Crows / Gin Blossoms. Worth it for the song "Rain" alone. Listen to: Rain, Nervous, Stay, She Ain't Ready, Heart of This
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 | Grave Dancers Union by Soul Asylum
Buy new: £4.47 / Used from: £0.86 Strong US guitar-rock band. Contains the breakthrough single "Runaway Train". Also buy 'Let Your Dim Light Shine'. Listen to: Runaway Train, Without A Trace, Somebody to Shove, Black Gold
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 | Riverdogs + on Air by Riverdogs
Buy used from: £23.11 Unheard of in the UK. Guitar-driven bluesy AOR/rock classic. What a voice! (Think Whitesnake.) Listen to: Whisper, Spooky, Water From the Moon, Big House
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 | Recurring Dream: The Best of Crowded House by Crowded House
Buy new: £4.44 / Used from: £1.20 Wonderful Australian band. This 'best of' reminds you of how good they were. Listen to: Fall at Your Feet, Don't Dream It's Over, Weather With You, Better Be Home Soon, Private Universe, Distant Sun
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 | On The Night by Dire Straits
Buy new: £4.97 / Used from: £1.16 My favourite Dire Straits record and still the BEST LIVE ALBUM I have EVER heard. This actually improves on the original versions. Listen to: Romeo And Juliet, Your Latest Trick, Brothers In Arms
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