 | Violator by Depeche Mode
Buy new: $8.97 / Used from: $0.40 this band was cool because the 'rock' peeps dug them and so did the new wave peeps. this is NOT the pinnacle record, but it is a good place to start if you don't have any full albums from them.
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 | Reading, Writing and Arithmetic by The Sundays
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $1.69 this album was a closet favorite of mine. I thought my guy friends would make fun of me if they caught me listening to a fluffy chic fronted band. But the songs are so well crafted and really beautiful.
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 | Goo by Sonic Youth
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $4.90 I remember the first time I was exposed to Sonic Youth. I was not sure if I liked it or not. They had a video out and it was like a trainwreck, I couldn't stop watching it.
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 | Bloodletting by Concrete Blonde
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $1.99 this IS one of my top picks. the WHOLE cd is amazing, so dark, if you know someone who likes Twilight, tell them they are not a vampire until they rock this album start to finish.
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 | Achtung Baby by U2
Buy new: $10.97 / Used from: $0.44 I loved U2, I saw Rattle & Hum in the theater when it dropped. But the album was so hard to listen too. What an amazing redemption record from the band. I knew so many people who loved this album, its a true classic.
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 | Mixed Up by The Cure
Buy new: $13.96 / Used from: $0.95 I think you can every album on this list for like under 2 bucks. This one is a interesting 'remix' cd, this is before remix meant a 128bpm kickdrum and gay trance under just the vocal.
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 | All Shook Down by The Replacements
Buy new: $16.99 / Used from: $27.47 Another selection that is not the 'best' out of the whole catalog. But I have to admit was the first one I heard and got me turned onto the band.
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 | Ritual de lo Habitual by Jane's Addiction
Buy new: $6.97 / Used from: $0.60 Album number 2. I actually got Nothings Shocking first and like it a little more. But the videos, and singles from this record changed the landscape of alternative. I remember seeing the video for STOP and thinking how amazing it was.
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 | Social Distortion by Social Distortion
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $3.30 This is the first punk record I got when it came out and was really excited about it.
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 | Standards by The Alarm
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.24 this is a band that has seen some up's and down's. There is a live EP that came out right before this that is really magical. But its really rough, I think was supposed to be the commercial record that took them to the next level.
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 | Biscuits by Living Colour
Buy used from: $0.59 the first record was a little pop, but still rocked. This is an interesting thing they did that I got because it was so cheap when it dropped.
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 | Surfer Rosa by Pixies
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $6.14 the first selection that is close to halfprice of a new cd. Why? listen you will see.
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 | It's a Shame About Ray by The Lemonheads
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 just posting about this cd makes me want to go listen to it!
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 | Check Your Head by Beastie Boys
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.10 this is in my top 5. They just remastered it as well, and the remaster has bonus tracks!
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 | Ferment by Catherine Wheel
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $3.49 Another one I wish I would of rocked when it dropped, but I 're'discovered it years later. Such amazing sounds they get from the guitars on this record!!!
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 | Grave Dancer's Union by Soul Asylum
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $1.96 Another selection from my top 5. These guys were so rad! I met and hung out w/ Carl in '96 in Minneapolis, he was a killer dude. r.i.p. my friend and thank you for being so incredible!!
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 | Bona Drag by Morrissey
Buy new: $13.96 / Used from: $2.44 I resisted as long as I could on liking this guy, lol. But another example of good songwriting is gonna stand up against the test of time.
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 | Lovegod by The Soup Dragons
Buy used from: $2.49 Another record that really defined 'alternative' when it came out.
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 | Blood Sugar Sex Magik by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $1.31 I hesitated putting this album on the list. 'Under the Bridge' is ans WAS so over played but the album has some killer tracks on it.
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 | Tom's Album by Various Artists
Buy used from: $1.98 Another lost gem. Everyone's heard the famous remix but don't know where it came from!
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