 | Blonde on Blonde by Bob Dylan
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $7.24 The Mercury sound. Masterpiece. One of my absolute favorites. Visions of Johanna is the quintessential ballad.
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 | Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust by Sigur Ros
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $5.00 Sigur Ros as of 2008. Folky, fun, and amazing as always.
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 | August and Everything After by Counting Crows
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $0.23 Their most simplistic yet raw work. Burnett's production. Duritz' tortured lyrics. Perfect.
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 | Michael Nyman: The Piano Sings
Buy new: $11.97 / Used from: $7.99 Simple. Powerful. Touching. Nyman.
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 | Closing Time by Tom Waits
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $3.25 Still my favorite Waits album. Raw and soaked in whiskey.
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 | Loveless by My Bloody Valentine
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $3.23 The perfect shoegaze experience. It has grown on me since I first heard it many years ago.
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 | Another Green World by Eno
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $5.95 This must have been a movie. And it is. ;)
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 | 25 Baroque Favorites
Buy new: $4.98 / Used from: $0.63 I would buy this for Pachelbel's Canon in D only. Probably my favorite classical piece ever.
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 | The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers (The Complete Recordings) by Howard Shore and The London Philharmonic Orchestra
Buy new: $68.49 / Used from: $70.99 I'm a huge fan of this music. I have passed the exams at the University only due to constant listening to this.
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 | Sea Change by Beck
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $2.98 What a record! Ambient folk. A set of 12 very personal songs from Beck.
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 | X&Y by Coldplay
Buy new: $11.94 / Used from: $2.18 At first I hated it. Then I hated myself for starting to like it. Now...I just love it.
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 | The Definitive Collection by Louis Armstrong
Buy new: $10.97 / Used from: $7.99 Louis. Period. A voice like no other.
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 | Copia by Eluvium
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $8.49 Glass meets Eno. Both drunk.
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 | The Times They Are A-Changin' by Bob Dylan
Buy new: $7.98 / Used from: $4.24 I would've populated this list with Dylan's albums only. So hard to pick the favorite ones. This one belongs here for sure.
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 | After the Rain...The Soft Sounds of Erik Satie
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $6.50 Soft moody piano pieces from the godfather of all things ambient.
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 | Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid by Stars of the Lid
Buy new: $18.98 / Used from: $22.05 A warm escapist experience. Perfect for thinking and sleeping. Tired...
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 | Kid A by Radiohead
Buy new: $11.94 / Used from: $2.39 Dazzling. Grows with every time. Their second best.
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 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles
Buy new: $16.99 / Used from: $3.00 The first British band to rule the world. You just can't hate them.
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 | Solaris (Score) by Cliff Martinez
Buy used from: $29.98 Pulsating ambience. The perfect cosmic experience. Loved it while reading A.C.Clarke.
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 | In a Safe Place by The Album Leaf
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $5.00 Their finest record. Soft and subtle. Beautiful.
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 | Play by Moby
Buy used from: $0.76 Yes, he's everywhere. But he deserves it. Love the gospel/electronica mixture.
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 | Bringing It All Back Home by Bob Dylan
Buy new: $7.98 / Used from: $4.25 Love Minus Zero / No Limit is probably the greatest love song I've ever heard in my life.
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 | A Day Without Rain by Enya
Buy new: $12.49 / Used from: $1.17 The essential Enya record. Probably the only one you should own, but it has it all.
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 | Plutonium Cathedral by Vacuum
Buy used from: $40.00 An incredible debut from the Swedish sympho-pop band. A favorite of mine since I was a kid.
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 | The Wall (Deluxe Packaging Digitally Remastered) by Pink Floyd
Buy new: $22.99 / Used from: $11.98 Isolationist's epiphany. I can relate. A must-have.
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 | Reich: Different Trains, Electric Counterpoint / Kronos Quartet, Pat Metheny
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $7.87 Hypnotic minimalist masterpiece. This and Music for 18 Musicians are worth having.
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 | The Bends by Radiohead
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $3.00 The perfect brit-pop record. Fake Plastic Trees is one of the most painful yet moving songs.
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 | The Pearl
Buy used from: $9.99 The amazing second collaboration of Eno and Budd. You can almost feel the rain and the humid air. Perfect for long autumn afternoons.
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 | For the Beauty of Wynona by Daniel Lanois
Buy new: $13.96 / Used from: $0.82 All of Lanois' albums are solid. I like this one for its cover artwork. And The Unbreakable Chain.
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 | Another Side of Bob Dylan by Bob Dylan
Buy new: $7.98 / Used from: $4.07 Dylan's last "folk" record. Contains what I consider to be his folksong masterpiece - My Back Pages.
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 | Plans by Death Cab for Cutie
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $3.96 Indie rock's finest. Also love Transatlantisism.
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 | MCMXC A.D. by Enigma
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $2.00 Enigma's breakthrough album. I don't like the direction they're going now, but this record is the true gem of New Age.
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 | The Truth And The Light: Music From The X-Files (Television Series)
Buy new: $13.96 / Used from: $0.01 Spooky. Weird. Scary. Great abduction-like music for rainy days.
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 | Made in England by Elton John
Buy used from: $0.01 Elton's AAA record from the mid-90s. Strong. Melodic. And superb as usual.
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 | Byrd: Consort and Keyboard Music; Songs and Anthems
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $4.67 William Byrd's collection. Peaceful yet amazingly enlightening.
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 | Might and Magic 6: Mandate of Heaven
Buy new: $83.93 / Used from: $19.43 I simply love the music from this game. It's so unspeakably visual and melodic. Always listen to it while reading, studying or just relaxing. Brings the world of Enroth to you.
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 | Wonderland 1999 Film Score
Buy used from: $5.03 Nyman's most accessible and subtle score. Contains both If and Why.
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 | Hopes and Fears by Keane
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $2.68 Another gem from the britpop scene. Somewhere Only We Know breaks my heart. Every time.
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 | Another Day on Earth by Brian Eno
Buy new: $17.98 / Used from: $3.90 Eno's latest vocal record. A very mature blend of ambient and pop-rock. "This" is gorgeous.
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 | Grace by Jeff Buckley
Buy new: $7.98 / Used from: $2.00 The best and the only record by Jeff Buckley. Touching and painfully sublime.
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