 | ( ) by Sigur Rós
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $4.23 The most atmospheric record I've ever heard. By my favorite band. I'm a happy guy!!! (just kiddin'...)
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 | Urban Hymns by The Verve
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $1.73 Richard Ashcroft was the one who brought me into brit-rock and alternative. The Verve's pinnacle album.
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 | The Lord Of The Rings: Fellowship Of The Ring (The Complete Recordings)
Buy new: $53.99 / Used from: $52.98 The most moving instrumental music. The most dramatic, most beautiful, most epic, most... the greatest film score ever. Oh, and The Two Towers and Return of the King are also among the greatest, it's just that there are only 40 slots here... :(
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 | Ambient 1: Music for Airports by Brian Eno
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $8.77 Minimal ambient plus Eno's musical genius - anything else to add?
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 | A Rush of Blood to the Head by Coldplay
Buy new: $11.94 / Used from: $1.83 The Scientist is my favorite song ever. Just pure, raw emotion.
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 | Human Conditions by Richard Ashcroft
Buy used from: $0.01 The most underrated record I've heard. And the best from Ashcroft. Truly a popular music gem.
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 | Kind of Blue by Miles Davis
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $2.30 Music for late evenings. The first jazz album I bought. Masterpiece.
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 | The Joshua Tree by U2
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $1.99 No one can write rock anthems like Bono and the guys.
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 | Kaya by Bob Marley & the Wailers
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $6.39 All Bob Marley's albums are great. Hard to pick the best one. But if I had to, it'd probably be Kaya.
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 | OK Computer by Radiohead
Buy new: $9.93 / Used from: $2.68 There's just no brit-rock without Radiohead. And there's no Radiohead as we know them without Ok Computer.
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 | Kronos Quartet Performs Philip Glass
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $5.95 All four quartets are amazing! Very sad and touching music. Uneasy music, but painfully beautiful.
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 | Takk... by Sigur Rós
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $6.10 Their most accessible yet beautiful album. Takk for the music, Sigur Ros.
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 | Alina - Arvo Pärt by Vladimir Spivakov
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $10.94 Gentle beauty for the soul. Very minimal yet amazing work.
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 | A Night at the Opera by Queen
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $5.96 I don't really like classic rock, but Queen is so huge you can't pretend they didn't exist. A Night at the Opera is their most accomplished, brilliant album.
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 | Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks by Brian Eno
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $8.88 Space ambient at its best. It's weird how little you can say about a record as great as this. It's just the best.
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 | Dangerous by Michael Jackson
Buy used from: $1.33 Michael Jackson was the first artist I started listening to when I was a kid. King of pop, no doubt. Dangerous was his most artistic record.
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 | The Songs of Distant Earth by Mike Oldfield
Buy used from: $1.57 I don't really enjoy new age music that much, but this album is fantastic. Very atmospheric, sunny, and highly melodic work from the author of Tubular Bells.
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 | Blade Runner
Buy new: $13.96 / Used from: $2.89 The most artistic and diverse work by the Synth King.
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 | He Has Left Us Alone But Shafts of Light Sometimes Grace the Corners of Our Rooms by A Silver Mt. Zion
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $8.00 A painful and depressing record. But it gets under your skin.
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 | The Man Who by Travis
Buy new: $7.98 / Used from: $0.16 Sweet, unabashed folk rock from Scotland. With undoubtedly some of the most catchy and beautiful melodies. Driftwood is gorgeous!
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 | Songs from the West Coast by Elton John
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $0.01 The best effort by the master in the 21st century.
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 | Life for Rent by Dido
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $0.94 I love Dido! She's the most amazing of all mainstream artists. This album proves it.
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 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Once More, with Feeling by Various Artists
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $7.99 Diverse, fun, and gorgeous soundtrack to a musical episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
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 | The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place by Explosions in the Sky
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $9.44 Instrumental rock from another planet. Or maybe from an alternative Earth.
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 | Henryk Gorecki: Symphony 3 "Sorrowful Songs"
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $2.25 A very complex, depressing, and epic work of art by the famous "holy" minimalist composer.
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 | (What's the Story) Morning Glory? by Oasis
Buy used from: $1.50 And after all you're my Wonderwall... Amen.
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 | Vespertine by Björk
Buy new: $7.98 / Used from: $1.26 Her most experimental and gorgeous record.
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 | Essential Bach
Buy used from: $7.64 An overview of the greatest composer's works. Beautiful.
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 | The Visit by Loreena McKennitt
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $5.99 The best artist celtic new age has to offer. This one is much better than The Book of Secrets, imho.
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 | Love Cannot Bear by Robert Fripp
Buy new: $15.98 / Used from: $9.38 Overwhelming guitar ambience. The best in the series.
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 | The Passion of the Christ (Score) by Mel Gibson
Buy new: $8.98 / Used from: $0.44 A wonderful, touching score to Mel Gibson's movie.
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 | O by Damien Rice
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $6.30 A fresh-sounding debut from the Irish singer-songwriter. Blower's Daughter is a modern classic.
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 | Enigma 3: Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi! by Enigma
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $1.13 Enigma's most "soft" and "subdued" record. The Child in Us is a personal favorite.
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 | The Legend by Johnny Cash
Buy new: $29.47 / Used from: $13.59 All of Cash's hits are here. Awesome! (Also, check out Walk The Line soundtrack which actually introduced Cash to me).
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 | The Village
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $6.15 Haunting chamber score. Very, very atmospheric music.
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 | Parachutes by Coldplay
Buy new: $11.94 / Used from: $2.00 Their debut. No stadium rockers here (except for the gorgeous Yellow), it's a touching experience.
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 | Music for Elevators by Anthony Stewart Head
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $7.07 Anthony Head and George Sarah's art-pop adventure. Musically diverse and expressive record.
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 | All That You Can't Leave Behind by U2
Buy new: $10.49 / Used from: $0.98 The second greatest album by U2. Full of unbelievably gorgeous rock anthems, like Beautiful Day, Walk On, In A Little While, and Stuck In A Moment.
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 | Translucence/Drift Music by John Foxx + Harold Budd
Buy new: $26.98 / Used from: $12.60 Gorgeous dream-like piano. For a starlit night only.
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 | Ágætis Byrjun by Sigur Rós
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $4.99 And finally, Sigur Ros' breakthrough album. Olsen Olsen is a personal favorite on here...
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