 | Bavarian Fruit Bread by Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions
Buy used from: $16.29 Unimaginably chill. This woman's voice can't be human. It can't.
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 | Befriended by The Innocence Mission
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $5.69 Karen Peris at her peak, which is saying something.
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 | Felt Mountain by Goldfrapp
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $4.59 God...What happened? Despite her subsequent missteps -- I just pretend Supernature was made by a robot lookalike -- Felt Mountain stands as the strongest testament to Goldfrapp's genius.
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 | Kid A by Radiohead
Buy new: $10.97 / Used from: $4.35 I know there's no point in listing them here, but I can't emphasize how good this record is. If by some fluke you haven't heard it, get it however you can.
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 | Trans Canada Highway by Boards of Canada
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $5.25 Just shut up and listen.
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 | Splinter by Sneaker Pimps
Buy new: $26.99 / Used from: $16.25 Most groups would have disintegrated after firing their wildly popular lead singer. Them, they went and made a masterpiece. -Hurry- and find.
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 | M83 by M83
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $5.99 You could argue the other two albums are better, and on most days I'd agree, but this is still the one I'd take to a desert island. Buy it for "I'm Happy, She Said" alone.
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 | L'echappee Belle
Possibly the most beautiful noise on this list when all's said and done.
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 | Soviet Kitsch by Regina Spektor
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $6.74 I hate to ride the "they-were-so-much-better-before-they-sold-out" wagon, but the predecessor to her big label release is many miles ahead of it. Lyrical genius coupled with avant-garde sensibility. Get it.
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 | XO by Elliott Smith
Buy new: $9.97 / Used from: $4.00 My favorite, his melancholic best. A must, whoever you are.
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 | They Died for Beauty by Ilya
Buy used from: $7.54 Lounge perfected. Should be on every seduction checklist.
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 | Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $5.99 I dare you to listen to this record and not smile. If you can, shoot yourself.
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 | Up the Bracket by The Libertines
Buy used from: $7.48 F*&%ing excellent. Heroin -does- make music better. Everyone, apologize to Sid Vicious.
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 | A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular by Hooverphonic
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $3.97 Another group who peaked with their first record. Get it.
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 | La Maison de Mon Rêve by CocoRosie
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $9.38 Hip, experimental, and very, very original.
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 | Lost Souls by Doves
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $4.99 Brit-pop with a soul. Better than Muse. Better than Oasis. No, not better than Radiohead.
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 | Maxinquaye by Tricky
Buy new: $9.97 / Used from: $2.15 His first and best. A trip hop classic.
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 | Les Sac des Filles by Camille
Buy new: $15.98 / Used from: $6.17 Playful and buoyant, she toys with sound the way Basquiat toyed with form. Her disdain for convention is bridled only by the size of her talent; no matter what she does, it comes out perfect.
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 | Dead Ringer by Rjd2
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $6.49 Soundtrack for the city. Find "Gettin' Jukie Wid It Vol. 1 & 2" while you're at it.
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