 | Beautiful Freak by Eels
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $1.09 "Beautiful Freak"...the perfect album to soundtrack a teenager's angsty and emotional years, especially if said teenager is into beautiful melodies and great lyrics..a great early album.
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 | Broken by Nine Inch Nails
Buy used from: $0.01 Nine Inch Nails...so much could be said. This album, followed shortly after by Downward Spiral, opened my ears to a genre of music that, til then, I didn't consider: heavy, layered, dark rock.
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 | Smash by Offspring
Buy used from: $0.49 When I heard "Come Out and Play" in high school for the first time, I knew I wanted this album. My parents wouldn't buy it for me, so my younger Uncle did...and it was great.
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 | Fashion Nugget by Cake
Buy new: $8.98 / Used from: $2.99 As with all the goups on this list, I've loved Cake for around 10 years. Great, unusual pop that fuses misc. genres. Truly an enjoyable alt album.
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 | Too Far to Care by Old 97's
Buy new: $13.96 / Used from: $5.43 I still love this album. Bluegrass inspired rock and roll...fast paced, great lyrics, and one of the best sing along albums in my collection. Perfect for a drive down a lonely highway.
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 | Weezer (Blue Album) by Weezer
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $2.14 Alongside with Pinkerton, Weezer's finest work. Near perfect melodic pop rock. Doesn't get much better than this.
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 | Pinkerton by Weezer
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $4.20 Sadly, the last truly great album produced by Weezer. Angsty and harder than the Blue Album...just a classic of alt rock, and a cult hit of its time.
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 | The Wall (Deluxe Packaging Digitally Remastered) by Pink Floyd
Buy new: $22.99 / Used from: $11.98 By best friend Jason turned me on to Floyd about 10th grade, and I've loved their work ever since. So much more than stoner rock...truly great musicians.
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 | The Presidents of the United States of America by Presidents of the United States of America
Buy used from: $0.01 I bought this album before they got sorta big...saw them on 120 Minutes and loved them. Their lyrics, though meaningless, are great absurdist poetry, and the tunes sticks with you for days.
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 | Billy Joel Greatest Hits: Vol. 1-2 (2CD) by Billy Joel
Buy new: $19.97 / Used from: $6.00 I had this cassette in elementary school...and I listened to it during every car trip, sometimes multiple times.
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 | Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell by Meat Loaf
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $0.01 Is it cheesy? Of course! But I loved and listened to this album constantly during junior high...maybe that was why I had girl trouble... ;)
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 | Queen - Greatest Hits, Vols. 1 &2 by Queen
Buy new: $16.99 / Used from: $12.01 A friend of my dad made a cassette copy of both these albums, and every time we'd go on a trip together, this and They Might Be Giants would get played on the tape deck.
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 | Flood by They Might Be Giants
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $1.69 I heard TMBG for the first time on Tiny Toons & thought they were fictional...& then found this tape @ Sam Goody and freaked out. This one made me a lifelong fan. Weird pop songs unlike anything else.
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 | Ben Folds Five by Ben Folds Five
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $3.20 I first saw BFF in their video for "Underground" on 120 Minutes...the last great video show. They were the first time I heard piano in modern (1990s) rock and thought it was awesome. Still stands up.
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 | Music for the Jilted Generation by The Prodigy
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $2.09 I don't know why I bought this instead of Fat of the Land, but I loved putting it on while I'd read or draw. Its a shame Prodigy kinda went south...great techno you can actually listen to at home.
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 | The Blues Brothers: Original Soundtrack Recording by The Blues Brothers
Buy new: $12.49 / Used from: $3.94 I loved the movie, so naturally I loved the soundtrack. Great takes on classic motown, blues, and more. Solid album, and fun to listen to.
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