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Favourite Albums of the Last 5 Years
The Year of the LeopardThe Year of the Leopard by James Yorkston
Buy new: £2.92 / Used from: £2.99
Close your eyes and you'll be transported to the best beer garden in the world.
Drowning in a Sea of LoveDrowning in a Sea of Love by Nathan Fake
Buy new: £15.94 / Used from: £10.49
Lovely melodies and beats, music to do something relaxing too.
BroomBroom by Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
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Playful pop music in the vein of Elliott Smith but with a lot less angst and a lot more silliness.
Skinny GrinSkinny Grin by Acoustic Ladyland
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The band shift to more conventional pop song structures on this album and I think it's all the stronger for it.
MadvillainyMadvillainy by Madvillain
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Madlib and MF Doom collaboration. Short, jazzy tunes and witty, off beat delivery.
We Think As InstrumentsWe Think As Instruments by I'm Not A Gun
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Subtle music, lots of things going on in the background that would go unnoticed without headphones.
The Beatific VisionsThe Beatific Visions by Brakes
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This supergroup have produced probably the finest indie rock album of the last 5 years.
The ReminderThe Reminder by Feist
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Her voice bounces between fragile and powerful, interesting and varied tunes.
ComicoperaComicopera by Robert Wyatt
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Wonderfully all over the shop.
The FutureheadsThe Futureheads by Futureheads
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I can't think of another album with so many catchy songs jammed together, I can't help but bop all the way through it.
The Difference Between Me And You Is That I'm Not On FireThe Difference Between Me And You Is That I'm Not On Fire by McLusky
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Rocky and mocking, great for bad mornings.
In RainbowsIn Rainbows by Radiohead
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A return to good form after the mediocrity of Hail to the Thief. I can go back to bumming them again now.
Broken Social SceneBroken Social Scene by Broken Social Scene
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The production is amazing, it turns the songs into messy pieces of genius.
I See a DarknessI See a Darkness by Bonnie Prince Billy
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Melancholy songs of sex and death, heart wrenching at times.
WallsWalls by Apparat
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Makes your body wiggle. I detest the term "electronica".