 | Chrome Dreams II by Neil Young
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $1.30 Neil still making some of the best music of his career - my fave artist of all time.
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 | Soap and Water by Chuck Prophet
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $7.43 Chucky P continually delivers quality product with no signs of letting up...catch him and the Mission Express live sometime - wonderful...
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 | In Rainbows by Radiohead
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $3.99 historic release for the wrong reasons...no band pushes the envelope so consistently...true art.
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 | Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga by Spoon
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $8.85 love this band...every album is good and all get better with each listen...great stuff
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 | Eureka! by The Bears
Long live the Bears! They keep makin' 'em, I keep buyin' 'em...more pop nuggets with wonderfully futuristic guitar solos and sounds...
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 | Challengers by The New Pornographers
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $4.27 my favorite supergroup does it again...love this and all solo works by all members...great stuff always.
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 | Sky Blue Sky by Wilco
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $5.25 consistently quality releases...this one a touch more mellow, some may say mature...others call them the American Radiohead and while I appreciate the sentiment, Wilco does not experiment nearly as much...they do what they do.
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 | Year Zero by Nine Inch Nails
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $1.53 a giant comeback in my mind, was disappointed with the last couple of releases feeling the ambition was gone and Trent was just doing it for the cash...this one erased those doubts...
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 | Sound of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $3.95 another great album by LCD - saw this tour and it was as much dance fun (and I'm no dancer) since the Talking Heads...great
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 | Coming Clean by Gary Lucas
Buy new: $17.99 / Used from: $2.97 wow. Great band, killer guitar...too many different versions of the album though, didn't know which one to buy! Doesn't matter, can't go wrong...
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 | Sirens Of The Ditch by Jason Isbell
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $5.68 don't listen to Patterson, they kicked him out because he was too good...great 1st release, looking forward to the next...also, one of the great live shows I've seen from ole time JD swiggin', butt smokin' good ole boys...go see them.
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 | New Magnetic Wonder by The Apples in Stereo
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $4.66 crazy pastiche of Beatles like sounds and nuggets...highly recommended, as are all previous and solo works...
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 | Traffic and Weather by Fountains of Wayne
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $1.98 Love FOY and what they do...never disappointed by any releases. Pop classics, clever lyrics, harmless summertime fun...
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 | To Be Loved by Ian Moore
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $3.03 got this one late but better late than never...haven't followed Ian closely since the beginning and he's matured wonderfully from guitar slinger to pop tunesmith...wonderfully produced.
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 | Ashtray Rock by Joel Plaskett Emergency
Buy new: $35.99 / Used from: $4.94 listend to this while working out one day and was fully enthralled by the entire story...that's right, a good ole' fashioned concept rock album with great songs throughout...don't miss it
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 | Sweet Warrior by Richard Thompson
Buy new: $11.96 / Used from: $8.95 Richard my Richard...every album is another wonderful adventure from one of my top 3 lyricists of all time...and one of my favorite guitarists to boot...keep 'em coming.
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 | West by Lucinda Williams
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $4.99 Another of my top 3 lyricists comes out with another gem...I worry she's releasing them too quickly and rather she'd live with the songs a while longer...that way maybe she'd learn the lyrics and not have to stand motionless reading a lyric sheet at her shows...but I digress, they are still great songs, performance non-withstanding...
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 | Dream Days at the Hotel Existence by Powderfinger
Buy new: $15.98 / Used from: $1.98 another band that I buy when I find and I'm never disappointed...modern rock with a littel "something extra"...don't know what it is, but I like it...in the same camp as Tragically Hip.
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 | Yours to Keep by Jr. Albert Hammond
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $2.52 from left field comes this nugget from the Strokes guitarist...I was hoping there'd be some solo works as I wasn't thrilled with their 3rd release, and this one as well as his 2nd, and the Little Joy disc from '08 are all wonderful.
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 | Rewind: The Unreleased Recordings by J.J. Cale
Buy new: $18.98 / Used from: $8.99 All JJ is good JJ. Buy them all and love them for the goodness.
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 | Scene of the Crime by Bettye LaVette
Buy new: $17.98 / Used from: $6.48 Bettye and DBT make fine company...great song selection and performance by the band, not to mention the voice...great stuff indeed.
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 | La Cucaracha by Ween
Buy new: $17.98 / Used from: $2.50 Ween is consistnetly engaging in their weirdness, experimentation among styles and the production has improved greatly over the years...recommended.
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 | Wheels In Motion by Glenn Mercer
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $10.96 didn't even know this was out until I saw him play in Cambridge in '08...love the Feelies and all his work since then, so this is no surprise...I'd make this kind of music.
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 | Cast Iron Soul by Danny & Dusty
Buy new: $34.99 / Used from: $12.87 A D&D 2nd disc?? That can't be, can it? 25 years later, Dan & Steve do it again to try and pay off the past promises...love it.
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 | Neon Bible by Arcade Fire
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $7.59 didn't love it at first, but then it snuck up on me and declared it's greatness when I just let it be...like the first, a quality artistic exploration and I hope there are more to come...
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 | Translated From Love by Kelly Willis
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $2.99 one night in a lonely hotel on business travel, with the mp3 player across the room and me stuck immobile browsing the net, I listened to this album about 10x...with Chucky P producing, playing and writing, you can't go wrong...great job by Kelly in sticking to a vision...
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