 | Amplifier Worship by Boris
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $10.55 As the title implies, the focus is on the purity of amplified sound. They are the best Mevlin proteges ever.
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 | Mangled Demos from 1983 by Melvins
Buy new: $12.98 / Used from: $7.90 The Melvins' early days when they played punk in the style of 80's hardcore bands like Social Distortion or Black Flag.
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 | Houdini by Melvins
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $5.30 The Melvins magnum opus. The best. Accept no substitutions. The discerning listener's Dookie.
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 | Bleach by Nirvana
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $2.00 The first Nirvana. An obvious Melvins influence felt on this murky journey through the underbelly of America.
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 | Animal Chin by Jaga Jazzist
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $4.75 Bizarre alternative music that matters. Call it jazz, call it electronic, whatever. It's good.
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 | Animositisomina by Ministry
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $3.99 One of the heaviest bands of all time delivers their signature crushing sound.
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 | Ill Communication by Beastie Boys
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $0.01 This is the Beastie Boys' Sgt. Peppers. Eclectic sounds reference everything from jazz to Buddhism to their early days as a punk group.
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 | Another Perfect Day by Motörhead
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $8.73 The most controversial Motorhead album, but frankly I don't see what the fuss is about. They have not sacrificed their terrific sound.
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 | Out of Our Heads by The Rolling Stones
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $8.36 Features the Stones' hit "Satisfaction". And their fantastic early sound.
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 | Anticon Presents: Music for the Advancement of Hip Hop by Anticon
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $7.49 A collage of obscure hip-hop masterpieces.
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 | Hotter Than Hell by Kiss
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $2.33 Kiss makes a murky fuzzy 70's rock tour de force.
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 | Appetite for Disctruction by Funkstörung
Buy used from: $8.77 I have heard the future of electronic music.
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 | Beggars Banquet by The Rolling Stones
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $7.07 Awesome Stones album. Ignore the cliched Sympathy for the Devil, and check out the other hidden gold songs.
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 | Around by Tom Verlaine
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $6.00 awe-inspiring genre-defining guitar work.
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 | Anthology by The Monkees
Buy new: $24.99 / Used from: $16.20 all the Monkees you need.
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 | Varcharz by Mouse on Mars
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $3.46 avant-garde fascinatingly beautiful electronica.
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 | Best of Dr. Know by Dr Know
Buy new: $17.98 / Used from: $9.98 80's hardcore punk that makes my best of punk list.
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 | A Chance to Cut Is a Chance to Cure by Matmos
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $2.12 electronic music set to the beat of actual sounds recorded during plastic surgery.
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 | Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols by The Sex Pistols
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $3.50 the album that started it all. In no way overrated. Listen to it. Love it.
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 | St. Elsewhere by Gnarls Barkley
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $4.71 Mainstream as all hell a few tears ago, but sheer R&B genius pumping with energy of a suave adrenaline rush.
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 | Social Distortion by Social Distortion
Buy new: $8.97 / Used from: $3.34 The most consistent band of the 80's punk/ hardcore scene. They blend traditional rock and rockabilly with their own unique vision and make it look easy.
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 | Taiga by OOIOO
Buy new: $15.98 / Used from: $10.36 abstract to the max. Rich ambient sounds.
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 | Goat by The Jesus Lizard
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $9.00 heavy alternative from the Nirvana/ Sonic Youth school of 90's sound.
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 | Nightlife by Erase Errata
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $2.98 schizophrenic alternative rock that scatters across your mind.
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 | It's Alive by The Ramones
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $5.99 The most realistic audio depiction of the speed and energy of a Ramones show.
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 | In the Absence of Truth by Isis
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $8.02 Brutal, but melodic. Think of a symphony played in a slaughterhouse.
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 | The Complete Recordings by Robert Johnson
Buy new: $22.99 / Used from: $13.44 The complete recordings of a man whose reputation precedes him. A true legend of blues or any other genre.
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 | Faith/Void by Faith
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $6.16 More 80's hardcore punk. Actually two seperate self-titled EP's in one from the bands The Faith and Void. Faith is great traditional hardcore, but Void is a tad more experimental.
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 | Landshark/Where the Wild Thing by Fang
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $7.99 The best album of the 80's that you've never heard of.
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 | Complete Recorded Works (1930-1934) by Kansas City Kitty & Georgia Tom
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $12.36 Back to basics with these enjoyable jazz/blues tunes.
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 | Eddie Cantor:The Columbia Years: 1922-1940 by Eddie Cantor
Buy used from: $22.99 The first half of the twentieth century is immensely rich in music quality, but we too often ignore the unmined gold.
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 | 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Al Jolson by Al Jolson
Buy new: $7.97 / Used from: $3.13 More great ancient hits from the sands of time.
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 | Blood Suckers/Prepare for the Attack by The Varukers
Buy new: $18.98 / Used from: $10.94 UK 80's punk that doesn't suck or sound like generic noise.
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 | Banana In Your Fruit Basket : Red Hot Blues, 1931-1936 by Bo Carter
Buy new: $17.98 / Used from: $10.99 double entendre-rich blues from the golden age of sound.
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 | Decomposer by The Matches
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $2.03 Pop punk? maybe. But, insanely individual.
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 | Rise Above: 24 Black Flag Songs to Benefit the West Memphis Three by Various Artists
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $2.75 The biggest names in good music cover the biggest band in good music to raise money for a good cause.
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| Prick by Melvins
Buy used from: $22.00 Melvins' experimental noise project.
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 | She by Maldoror
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $2.66 My favorite Mike Patton side project. Features Merzbow and is one of the best examples of why I listen to music.
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 | Cause for Alarm - Anthology by Cause For Alarm
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $2.49 Brutally fast aggressive hardcore punk that smashes into the brain with the force of a freight train.
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 | The Whitey Album by Ciccone Youth
Buy new: $7.97 / Used from: $3.59 Sonic Youth's side project. Beware, don't be overcome by the genius.
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