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The Beatles
Without Rubber Soul, there would be no psychedelia. From the font to the bands' out-grown moptops, change was in the air and on this long player.
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Portishead
Dummy is the debut album of the Bristol-based group Portishead. Tthe album earned critical acclaim, winning the 1995 Mercury Music Prize. It is often credited with popularising the trip-hop genre…
David Bowie
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (often shortened to Ziggy Stardust) is the fifth studio album by English musician David Bowie. It is a…
Courtney Barnett
Following on from her three outstanding EPs, Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit was recorded in the autumn of 2014 in an intense 10 day session…
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Florence and the Machine
2009 debut album from UK outfit fronted by Florence Welch. Lungs is an intoxicating mix of delicate fragility, dark humor and twisted Tim Burton style fairy-tales.
Sufjan Stevens
Like the self-proclaimed Spiderman who climbed Chicago's sears tower with no harness, Sufjan Stevens scales dusty prairies, steel factories, and two hundred years of history in the second instalment of…
Aretha Franklin
Aretha's Franklin's position as soul music's premier female vocalist was consolidated by this album.
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Radiohead
OK Computer is the third studio album by English alternative rockers Radiohead, first released in 1997
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk was a little-known figure on the New York City bebop scene when Blue Note founder Alfred Lion discovered and fell in love with the pianist’s utterly unique music…
Amy Winehouse
Ivor Novello award winner, Mercury Music Prize and triple Brit nominee Amy Winehouse, returns with her hugely anticipated sophomore album Back To Black. This is the Platinum selling #1…
Massive Attack
Bristol's trip-hop pioneers crystallise their melancholic splendour on Protection. It's a simmering shadow of a soundtrack to urban life, where dub, hip-hop, electronica and soul mesh into something quite…
Bob Marley
As greatest hits packages go, this is an utter gem. Every song is inspired, in a class of its own
Vampire Weekend
With the Internet able to build up or tear down artists almost as soon as they start practicing, the advance word and intense scrutiny doesn't always do a band any…
Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley, is a cut-and-paste job consisting of seven RCA recordings and five older tracks licensed from Sun records, Presley's first label. Still, this is a monumental record in…
Alabama Shakes
Alabama Shakes’ internationally acclaimed debut album, Boys and Girls, 10th anniversary re-issue.
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Miles Davis
Long held as the jazz album that even non-jazz fans will own, Kind of Blue not only changed the way people regarded Miles, it changed the very face of music…
Paul Simon
Graceland is the seventh solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Paul Simon, released on August 25, 1986.
Garbage
Described by Time Magazine as “gloomy and sexual yet lively and introspective”, Garbage’s second studio album Version 2.0, released in 1998, was heralded as a bold progression from their…
Lana Del Rey
Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd is the ninth studio album from acclaimed singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey. It comprises 16 tracks and interludes and features guests…
Midnight Oil
Diesel and Dust is the sixth studio album by Australian rock band Midnight Oil
Thelma Plum
Thelma Plum’s debut album Better in Blak is a story about culture, heritage, love, and pain.
The Teskey Brothers
The Winding Way is the highly anticipated third studio album from celebrated Melbourne band, The Teskey Brothers.
The National
The National formed in 1999, when five friends from Cincinnati, Ohio met again after all of them had relocated to Brooklyn, NY. For years, the band had received critical praise…
Grimes
Spanning fourteen tracks, the new album Art Angels from Grimes features collaborations with Janelle Monáe and newcomer, Taiwanese rapper Aristophanes. It was recorded primarily in her home studio in Los…
Harry Styles
Harry’s House is the third solo studio album from Grammy award-winning global superstar Harry Styles
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
At the heart of Push the Sky Away is a naturalism and warmth that makes it the most subtly beautiful of all the Bad Seeds albums. The contemporary settings of…
Boygenius
Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus are three talented singer-songwriters who, after running in similar circles in the indie scene as they started out, formed supergroup Boygenius. The Record…
Metallica
Metallica (commonly known as The Black Album) is the fifth studio album by American heavy metal band Metallica, released on August 12, 1991.
The White Stripes
The fourth White Stripes album is dedicated to 'the death of the sweetheart'.
Dirty Three
Vinyl reissue of the most definitive Dirty Three album.
Tom Waits
Waits intersperses the tough and the tender, mixing exercises in creative noisemaking with tunes that fall on just the right side of maudlin.
Taylor Swift
Evermore is a breathtaking companion to summer's Folklore.
Beth Orton
1996 saw the release of Beth Orton's acclaimed debut album Trailer Park. With its fusion of folk, 60's girl group harmonies and electronica, it encompassed the sounds of the…
Bruce Springsteen
Few albums are as fuelled by hope, possibility, and the lure of the open road as Born to Run, a virtual concept album about small-town Jerseyites in search of…
Arctic Monkeys
Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not is the debut studio album by the English rock band Arctic Monkeys.
Nas
Landmark debut album from American rapper Nas released in 1994
Broadcast
Haha Sound is the band's second album from 2003 and it steadfastly continues their mission to walk the tightrope between wilfully obscure experimental sounds and melodious, accessible pop, fusing obscure…
Aldous Harding
Designer follows 4ad-debut Party, which was praised by The New York Times as “quiet, cryptic, utterly arresting…[and] riveting.” NPR said Harding is “haunting” while Rolling Stone likened her to…
Thom Yorke
Anima was written by Thom Yorke and produced by Nigel Godrich.
Lizzo
Cuz I Love You is the major label debut from megastar Lizzo
Cohen Leonard
Contemporary music's poet laureate, Leonard Cohen performs in a universe of pessimism, cynicism, spirituality and profound romance, all stirred with a dash of wit. On I'm Your Man, his…
Nirvana
Nirvana, the trio comprised of Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic, and Dave Grohl, hailed originally from a coastal fishing town in Washington and rose to become one of the most influential…
Patti Smith
‘Horses’ is the debut studio album by American musician Patti Smith, released in 1975. A fixture of the then-burgeoning New York punk rock music scene, Patti began recording ‘Horses’ with…
Marvin Gaye
What's Going On sounds as fresh today as it did the week that it came out and inspired Stevie Wonder, Curtis Mayfield, and just about every other black artist on…
Daft Punk
Random Access Memories is Daft Punk’s first studio album in 8 years. Daft Punk have redefined electronic music, pioneered the live dance concert experience and shaped pop culture.
Wilson Pickett
The Exciting Wilson Pickett is the third album by R&B and soul singer Wilson Pickett. The album includes some of his most recognizable hits, but the whole album is of…
Velvet Underground and Nico
Few records are as revered and influential as The Velvet Underground & Nico - though a commercial failure upon release, the record has since become one of the most influential…
RVG
Melbourne quartet RVG are incredibly excited to have recently announced their signing to Our Golden Friend and the re-release of their debut album A Quality of Mercy.
