 | Six by Mansun
Buy new: £8.88 / Used from: £0.84 My favourite album ever. Completely unlike the albums the band made before and afterwards, this comes from God knows where, and made a big impression. On me, anyway.
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 | Mend by De Rosa
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £4.31 I know the word angular is overused these days, but the sound here is *gently* angular, almost folky.
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 | The Servant by The Servant
Buy new: £20.49 / Used from: £8.98 A collection of great busy-sounding city life songs. A very distinctive voice and lyrical style.
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 | The Kiss of Morning by Graham Coxon
Buy new: £11.98 / Used from: £6.99 Some of Graham's consistently brilliant lo-fi pop nuggets. All his albums are tremendous.
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 | Generation Terrorists by Manic Street Preachers
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.01 I'm always torn between this and The Holy Bible when trying to choose a favourite Manics album. This one won today. There's something to recommend about all Manics albums, though.
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 | The Decline of British Sea Power by British Sea Power
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.38 This album is perfectly sequenced, and uniquely English. A nice line in almost Bowie-esque vocals and eccentric subject matter.
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 | Frengers by Mew
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.50 A dreamlike collection. Second album And The Glass Handed Kites is also great - proggier than this.
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 | Sleep and Release by Aereogramme
Buy new: £6.68 / Used from: £4.88 Contains some of the heaviest music you'll ever hear, and some of the softest. Aereogramme have a talent for making the plaintive uplifting. See also Seclusion and My Heart Has A Wish...
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 | Slain by Yatsura by Yatsura
Buy used from: £1.40 Noisy pop. For bedroom dancing.
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 | Mclusky Do Dallas by Mclusky
Buy used from: £39.50 Short, sweary, shouty and with a sense of humour to boot.
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 | Experiments in Living by Four Day Hombre
Buy new: £8.98 / Used from: £2.48 Gorgeous and dramatic.
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 | These Things Move in Threes by Mumm-Ra
Buy new: £7.78 / Used from: £2.92 Perfect indie-pop that begs dancing and summer sing-alongs.
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 | Infinity Land by Biffy Clyro
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £4.34 What rock should be. Huge riffs and interesting turns. The Vertigo Of Bliss is also fantastic.
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 | 100 Broken Windows by Idlewild
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £0.78 Mixing poetry and punk. See also Hope Is Important for a slightly more lo-fi tack.
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 | The Sophtware Slump by Grandaddy
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £1.97 A warmer rival to OK Computer.
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 | Now Here Is Nowhere by Secret Machines
Buy new: £8.88 / Used from: £1.49 Prog and krautrock kicked into the noughties.
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 | Logic Will Break Your Heart by The Stills
Buy new: £8.88 / Used from: £0.51 Along the lines of Interpol/Editors, but with better lyrics.
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 | Origin of Symmetry by Muse
Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £3.80 Space-rock-opera-lunacy-genius.
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 | Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun by Sigur Ros
Buy used from: £3.71 Really lush, otherworldly.
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 | Come on Die Young by Mogwai
Buy new: £6.68 / Used from: £3.29 Instrumental greatness. I love all of Mogwai's albums, but this was my induction.
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