 | Strictly Commercial: The Best of Frank Zappa by Frank Zappa
Buy new: £19.99 / Used from: £17.99 A great introduction to a fantastically original and innovative artist. 'Bobby Brown goes down' is legendary.
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 | Love Is Here by Starsailor
Buy new: £6.78 / Used from: £0.01 Heart-wrenchingly beautiful stuff. If you're not moved by this the first time you listen to it, you have a heart of stone.
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 | Origin of Symmetry by Muse
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £3.17 OK, so quite a few people have this: but it's a great great album. Tell your friends who don't have it. And go and see them live, they're wonderful.
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 | The Dandy Warhols Come Down by The Dandy Warhols
Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £0.97 Not as acclaimed as 'Tales from Urban Bohemia', but in my opinion a superior album. Has a lovely feel to it, and 'Not if you were the last junkie on earth' is an unknown classic.
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 | Machine Says Yes by FC Kahuna
Buy new: £5.28 / Used from: £2.19 An interesting album: 'Hayling' is (quite rightly) getting the most airplay, but they're all good songs. Leaves a nice feeling on listening right through.
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 | Spiritual Machines by Our Lady Peace
Buy used from: £11.49 The best band you've never heard of. A better Canadian export than Celine Dion (not hard really), Our Lady Peace are a thought-provoking rock/indie outfit.
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 | Post Orgasmic Chill by Skunk Anansie
Buy new: £5.78 / Used from: £1.38 Another case of a album being passed over in favour of one by the same band despite being a better listen. This album is superior to any other Anansie album I've heard. No one tune stands out though.
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 | The Music by The Music
Buy new: £5.78 / Used from: £0.72 Flawed but brilliant. Depressing but uplifting. Probably the most paradoxical album I've ever heard - I love it. Get it, you won't regret it.
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 | Live on Brighton Beach by Fatboy Slim
Buy used from: £1.73 This got a bit of a slating on release from the dance press, which is a shame - for someone like me who isn't really clued-up about mixing etc. it's a great listen, and great fun.
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 | Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits by Dire Straits
Buy new: £15.39 / Used from: £4.98 Fantastic. Dire Straits will go down as one of the most influential bands of the 70s/80s, and this is a perfect showcase of how great they really were.
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 | Greatest Hits by Slade
Buy new: £12.69 / Used from: £3.90 Another massively influential band of the 70s/80s was Slade - as witness Oasis's note-for-note cover of 'Cum on Feel the Noize' in the mid-90s. Indeed, Oasis is the best comparison in modern bands.
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 | The Contino Sessions by Death in Vegas
Buy new: £5.98 / Used from: £0.37 A curious album, moving from soaring guitar tunes to grungy/dance cross-over tracks. A good album, if perhaps better after a few listens.
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 | Since I Left You by The Avalanches
Buy new: £6.88 / Used from: £3.93 Weird, weird, weird. Also, great, great, great. Samples everywhere, which leads to an interesting album. I saw these at Creamfields a couple of years ago, and they were awesome.
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 | The Cream Of Clapton by Eric Clapton
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.96 It's easy to forget what an eclectic artist Eric Clapton was; this greatest hits compilation reminds you of what a versatile man he was. I must admit that I'm not so keen on his singing though...:S.
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 | At the River by Groove Armada
Buy used from: £2.50 OK, so this is a single. But it's quite possibly the most chilled-out, relaxing single I've ever been fortunate enough to buy.
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 | The Battle of Los Angeles by Rage Against The Machine
Buy new: £5.08 / Used from: £2.69 The best RATM album. An amazingly powerful message delivered in scorching style. Turn this one all the way up to 11!
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