 | Unknown Pleasures
Buy new: $35.99 / Used from: $11.99 IMO, the best record ever made - the clarilty of production and crafting of the songs lyrically/musically are simply the best ever. Timeless.
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 | Pornography by The Cure
Buy new: $23.98 / Used from: $12.74 The Cure's masterpiece, never boring, always compelling and intense. A record with lasting power. The deluxe CD version is second only to the Fiction vinyl pressing.
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 | Closer by Joy Division
Buy used from: $7.94 This record is certainly a masterpiece...so what does that say about Unknown Pleasures? Only the Cure's Pornography and JD's own Unknown Pleasures are better
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 | Hatful of Hollow by The Smiths
Buy new: $18.98 / Used from: $6.86 technically, it's a compilation - actually, it's the best Smiths record - The record has such a great flow, such an easy and pleasing listen. This record never gets old.
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 | Heaven Up Here by Echo & the Bunnymen
Buy used from: $2.75 Many cite "Ocean Rain" as the best EATB record. This one is far more solid and driving, IMO.
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 | Disintegration by The Cure
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $3.19 Few records are ever this complete. From the sound to the production, everything is perfect.
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 | Soul Mining by The The
Buy used from: $2.49 From start to finish (no matter which version you have), the record has no flaws. Enjoyable since the first time I heard it. Yet another timeless record. Well crafted songs.
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 | Setting Sons by The Jam
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $7.09 The best Jam record, IMO. No three piece ever sounded better than the Jam, and this record is proof.
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 | Doolittle by Pixies
Buy used from: $3.48 It's debatable as to whether any of the above records are better than this masterpiece.
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 | God Fodder by Ned's Atomic Dustbin
Buy used from: $0.89 The two bass attack is but the tip of the iceberg. Solid, flowing, and worth repeated plays.
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 | The Bends by Radiohead
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $3.20 "The Bends" is simply the best Radiohead record. There would be no "OK Computer" without this masterpiece.
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 | Split by Lush
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $0.94 The Best of Lush's work, excellent sound, well crafted songs.
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 | Marquee Moon by Television
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $6.25 A band far, far ahead of their time. This record is proof.
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 | Low-life by New Order
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $1.50 A classic.
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 | Faith by The Cure
Buy used from: $0.01 There are records that don't receive the praise deserved...this is one of those records. Truly worth repeated plays.
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 | EP Collection, Vols. 1-2 by Cranes
Buy used from: $5.82 An EP collection, yes, but it is better than many albums.
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 | Sound Affects by The Jam
Buy new: $12.98 / Used from: $6.62 Just slightly behind "Setting Sons", though not lacking as a record. A true classic. "Man in the Cornershop" should have been a single.
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 | Kaleidoscope by Siouxsie and the Banshees
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $6.09 It is impossible to list every great record. This record proves that this list is not in order of rating. As is the next one below.
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 | Juju by Siouxsie and the Banshees
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $6.09 Juju is yet another masterpiece. To listen to it, is to understand its description without uttering or writing a word.
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 | On Fire by Galaxie 500
Buy used from: $14.42 As with every other G500 album, this record contains NO bad songs. You can't ask for more than that.
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 | This Is Our Music by Galaxie 500
Buy used from: $5.25 With each release, Galaxie 500 improved and this was the last studio album.
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 | Today by Galaxie 500
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $7.44 Debut albums aren't supposed to be this good. Always a pleasure to listen to.
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 | Hey Babe by Juliana Hatfield
Buy used from: $0.72 A debut album that turns out to be her masterpiece.
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 | World Without End by The Mighty Lemon Drops
Buy used from: $2.63 Right up there with the best of Echo and the Bunnymen and the Smiths.
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 | Souvlaki by Slowdive
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $3.98 Slowdive's masterpiece. It's right up there with any on this list. A classic record.
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