 | CéU by CéU
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $2.93 Marvelous,savory Brazilian music. A phenomenal debut album!
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 | Tanto Tempo by Bebel Gilberto
Buy used from: $2.99 This isn't boring latte music.Bebel Gilberto breathes new life into bossa nova.
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 | Djin Djin by Angelique Kidjo
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $4.96 The West African diva sings more hits. She sings electrifying duets with Joss Stone,Peter Gabriel,and the Malian duo Amadou and Mariam. It's her dream album-and it's perfect.
Kidjo rightly won 2008's Best Contemporary World Music Album Grammy for this.
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 | Zucchero & Co. by Zucchero
Buy new: $15.99 / Used from: $1.98 Italian pseudo-blues singer collaborates with artists more talented than him:Sting,Sheryl Crow,Cheb Mami.It's like an overly sugary chocolate double mocha.
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 | Timeless by Sergio Mendes
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $2.17 The ubiquitous Black Eyed Peas turn the Brazilian genius of Sergio Mendes into coffee shop-friendly hip-hop.VERY mainstream introduction to Brazilian music.
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 | These Streets by Paolo Nutini
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $7.00 He's Scottish,with an Italian name.As sappy as a cookie with a Nutella center.(Nutella is a popular chocolate/hazelnut spread)
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 | Corinne Bailey Rae by Corinne Bailey Rae
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $3.33 The soulful British soul singer.Occasionally,Starbucks finds true hits.
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 | Undiscovered by James Morrison
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $4.95 Another sappy British singer,James Blunt's cousin.
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 | Alright, Still by Lily Allen
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $3.29 The MySpace diva who numbers Orlando Bloom among her celebrity fans.
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 | 9 by Damien Rice
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $5.99 Another Starbucks album with a parental advisory sticker.
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 | Love, Pain & the whole crazy thing by Keith Urban
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $0.75 The Aussie country singer,Mr.Nicole Kidman,adds a country sound to Starbucks' quasi-urban sophistication.
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 | Half the Perfect World by Madeleine Peyroux
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $4.25 Sappy nouvelle chanson like sugar with coffee.
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 | Careless Love by Madeleine Peyroux
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $4.98 More sappy nouvelle chanson to go with a double mocha latte with whipped cream.
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 | U218 Singles by U2
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $6.90 U2 cashes in again,along with their coffee table book&promotion of the iPod.No longer alternative rock if you can find it at Starbucks.
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 | Love by The Beatles
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $6.50 The Beatles:remixed.Creative idea.
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 | The Reminder by Feist
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $4.95 Not very fringe when you can get this with your mocha&scone.
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 | The Crane Wife by The Decemberists
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $6.97 Another alternative rock group that can be found by expensive espresso machines.
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 | Wincing the Night Away by The Shins
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $6.69 They were once on the indie "Garden State" soundtrack.Now you can find them with the help of a barista.
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 | Low Stars by Low Stars
Buy new: $19.99 / Used from: $0.01 They do the theme for ABC's dramedy "What About Brian." Starbucks claims them as a "discovery."
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 | Introducing Joss Stone by Joss Stone
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $4.18 Starbucks is setting her apart as a very special artist,that she "collaborates with R&B greats." Joss has gone from being an alternative rock/R&B diva to very mainstream.Then there was that cameo as the herbalist Angela in "Eragon."
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 | Genius Loves Company by Ray Charles
Buy new: $10.97 / Used from: $0.24 Starbucks' biggest hit.NPR praised it.Thanks to caffeinated consumers,this album hit the charts.
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 | Duets: An American Classic by Tony Bennett
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.67 Sappy jazz duets with k.d.lang,George Michael,Elton John,even the Dixie Chicks&Sir Paul McCartney singing the American songbook.The best song is apparently Bennett's solo "I left my heart in San Francisco."
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 | Call Me Irresponsible by Michael Bublé
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $7.20 Chunky Canadian divo Buble croons "I'm irrethponthible!" in Target ads.Sappy crooner collaborates with Boyz II Men,attempts to be sultry.
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 | From the Ground Up by Antigone Rising
Buy new: $13.96 / Used from: $0.60 The infamous debut album of the all-girl country rock group.What happened? They made a comeback of sorts at the Gay&Lesbian Pride festival in Atlanta,Georgia.
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 | Not Too Late by Norah Jones
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $3.65 The easy listening of Norah Jones is a mainstay at Starbucks.
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 | Taking the Long Way by Dixie Chicks
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $2.99 If they were so controversial,why was their music sold alongside expensive espressos and lattes?
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 | It Won't Be Soon Before Long by Maroon 5
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $3.49 Falsetto-voiced Adam "I'm so sexy" Levine earns his place among the lattes.
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 | Sky Blue Sky by Wilco
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $5.80 Perhaps Wilco will no longer be getting the rap as an "obscure band."
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 | Memory Almost Full by Paul McCartney
Buy new: $10.97 / Used from: $0.01 On June 5,Starbucks all over the world (or the US at least) played this album ALL DAY in an ENDLESS LOOP.
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 | The Information by Beck
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $2.28 Everybody's favorite part-time Scientologist has an album too.
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 | Live at Massey Hall 1971 by Neil Young
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $5.99 Neil Young's live concert in 1971. '70s folk rock!
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 | I Trust You To Kill Me by Rocco Deluca & the Burden
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $0.01 Not to be confused with Dean&Deluca,the gourmet food purveyors. They're on Kiefer "24" Sutherland's label. The title sounds like a line from "24."
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 | Into White by Carly Simon
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.79 More adult easy listening...from Carly "You're so vain" Simon. She sings cover songs here,instead of her own songs.
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 | Blue by Joni Mitchell
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $5.01 Before Alanis Morrissette,before Avril Lavigne,before Shania Twain,there was the great Canadian diva Joni Mitchell.
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 | Continuum by John Mayer
Buy used from: $4.10 Once praised as an indie rocker,John Mayer now dates Jessica Simpson (or did) and gives John Edwards campaign advice. John Mayer needs the $400 haircut.
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 | We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions by Bruce Springsteen
Buy new: $13.97 / Used from: $5.00 Once seen as revolutionary-and potentially Communist/socialist-protest songs,you can now get them at the mega-coffee chain Starbucks.
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 | Icky Thump by The White Stripes
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $7.00 This sounds like a euphemism for something. Won't elaborate.
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 | Monterey International Pop Festival by Various Artists
Buy new: $18.99 / Used from: $12.99 Starbucks helps you relive the Summer of Love---and you'll be high on caffeine and sugar. It has the greats: Ravi Shankar,Janis Joplin,Simon&Garfunkel,the Mamas&the Papas.
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 | Hits for Square by Sonic Youth
Buy used from: $22.21 The infamous Starbucks/Sonic Youth compilation,with celebrity commentary from Diablo Cody,Michelle Williams,Chloe Sevigny,and Dave Eggers.
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