 | Remain in Light by Talking Heads
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $3.77 Eno and Byrne at the height of their creativity. All the tracks are fantastic. Adrian Belew has some great guitar solos.
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 | Tango: Zero Hour by Astor Piazzolla & New Tango Quintet
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $10.13 Piazzolla's definitive album. One of the top composers of the 20th century.
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 | Violent Femmes by Violent Femmes
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $4.67 Anyone that was coherent during the 80's can sing along to "Blister in the Sun". This album is an inspiration to those of us who believe that great music can be whatever the hell you want it to be.
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 | London Calling by The Clash
Buy new: $8.97 / Used from: $4.20 What kind of dumbass would I be to create a best albums of all time list and not put London Calling on it? As you can see, I am not a dumbass.
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 | The Conversation by Cabaret Voltaire
Buy used from: $4.11 This album has legs a mile long. Some call it ambient, but a lot of it is quite danceable. The Martin Sheen sample is great. This was made in '94?
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 | Led Zeppelin IV (aka ZOSO) by Led Zeppelin
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $2.53 I don't think this album needs to be commented on. If you have doubts, go take a bong hit and listen to it again. Loud.
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 | Emerson, Lake & Palmer by Emerson Lake & Palmer
Buy used from: $2.55 This gets on the list just because of Keith Emerson's moog solo in "Lucky Man". I come in my pants when I hear it- and I am sober. I have yet to hear it on good drugs ;-)
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 | The Carl Stalling Project: Music From Warner Bros. Cartoons, 1936-1958
Buy new: $18.98 / Used from: $2.99 When you think about it, the level of musicianship found in this album is unparalleled. Stalling was a genius.
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 | Amarcord
Buy used from: $20.00 Best film score ever. Most of the tracks were actually written by Nino Rota, not Ernesto Leucona.
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 | Ima by BT
Buy new: $19.98 / Used from: $3.00 The "feel good" electronica album of the 90's.
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 | Off the Wall by Michael Jackson
Buy new: $8.97 / Used from: $1.96 All else aside, this album deserves to be on this list. MJs tour de force. Forget "Thriller". Its all about "Off the Wall"
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 | The Lexicon of Love by ABC
Buy new: $8.97 / Used from: $3.37 The combination of clever brooding lyrics, disco beats, and a lot of bass slapping make this creme de la creme of 80's britpop
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 | Fabriclive.08 by Plump DJ's
Buy new: $17.98 / Used from: $13.24 The Plump DJs spin some tunes. What kind of tunes? I'd tell ya, but I need to clean my underwear now.
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