 | Spiritual Machines by Our Lady Peace
Buy used from: $0.50 A concept album based on Ray Kurzweil's Are We Spiritual Machines?
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 | The Bends by Radiohead
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $3.62 I acknowledge that OK Computer is technically a better album but my favorite is still The Bends. Compared to Pablo Honey, it sounds like Radiohead sold their soul to the devil to make this type of music.
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 | For Emma, Forever Ago by Bon Iver
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $11.77 A year in the woods made this album.
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 | Wah Wah by James
Buy used from: $2.99 James is probably the most unrecognized UK band. This art album was made with Brian Eno.
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 | Trouble by Ray LaMontagne
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $7.49 Solid folk.
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 | Illinois by Sufjan Stevens
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $8.50 Stevens set out to make an album for every US state. So far, Illinoise is the best.
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 | Grace by Jeff Buckley
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $1.45 Best male vocalist of the last 20 years. No question.
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 | O by Damien Rice
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $3.99 Second best male vocalist is Damien Rice.
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 | Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia by The Dandy Warhols
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $1.12 Great concept album.
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 | Alligator by The National
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $5.99 Best unrecognized US band.
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 | In Our Gun by Gomez
Buy new: $17.98 / Used from: $0.32 Unrecognized UK band. American sound but solid lyrics and musicality.
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 | Feel Good Ghosts (Tea-Partying Through Tornadoes) by Cloud Cult
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $6.97 This album has been in my CD player for months without rotation.
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 | All This Time by Heartless Bastards
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $8.40 Think Led Zeppelin with a female vocalist.
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 | In Field & Town by Hayden
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $2.70 Quirky Canadian with great lyrics.
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 | Musicforthemorningafter by Pete Yorn
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.95 Pete Yorn is the musical wunderkind, playing all the instruments. The first of 3 concept albums (morning, day, and night).
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 | Sway by Phaser
Buy used from: $0.01 Great UK album.
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 | You Forgot It in People by Broken Social Scene
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $4.47 Great art album.
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 | Doolittle by Pixies
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $8.36 Inspiration for Kurt Cobain. Started the indie movement in 1989.
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 | Veneer by José González
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $7.00 Sweden's best folk.
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 | The Flower Book by Émilie Simon
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $3.30 Think of Kate Bush with French sensibility.
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