Vinyl Everyone Should Own (In My Opinion) is a curated list of essential vinyl records and classic albums that belong in every serious record collection. Whether you’re starting your first vinyl library or expanding an established collection, these r...
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The Lexicon of Love is the critically acclaimed debut studio album by the English pop band ABC, released on 21 June 1982.
The Lexicon of Love (Half Speed Master) ABC (Vinyl Record)
AM is the stunning fifth album from Sheffield's finest. This time round, Arctic Monkeys progress from the traditional rock'n'roll of 2011's Suck It And See to capture a sound that warrants stadium attention yet remains resplendent in its British intr...
Arctic Monkeys - Am - Vinyl
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Parklife is the third studio album by the English rock band Blur, released on 25 April 1994, by Food Records. The 2xLP vinyl edition of Blur's album Parklife features 16 tracks spread across four sides
Blur - Parklife [VINYL LP]
Widely regarded as the best of Bowie's work
David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars - Music & Performance - Vinyl
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Depeche Mode's finest work, an album that doesn't age
Depeche Mode - Violator - Music & Performance - Vinyl
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Limited vinyl LP pressing of this 2008 release, their fourth album, includes one bonus track, 'We're Away'.
Elbow - Seldom Seen Kid - Music & Performance - Vinyl
Vinyl LP pressing. 2024 debut album by Leeds frontrunners. Lead singer Lily Fontaine explains, "I want this album to feel like you've gone to space, and it turns out it's almost identical to Doncaster. It's about in-betweens, it's about home, and it'...
English Teacher - This Could Be Texas - Black Vinyl - Music & Performance
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The undisputed crown-jewel of the Fleetwood Mac catalog, Rumours has been certified an incredible nineteen times platinum and is one of the best-selling albums in music history.
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (Walmart Exclusive) - Music & Performance - Vinyl [Exclusive]
Released in 1967, "I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You" was Aretha Franklin's breakthrough studio album.
Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You - Music & Performance - Vinyl
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Soul music’s first concept album, and one of the most important and influential LPs ever made.
Marvin Gaye - What's Going on - Music & Performance - Vinyl
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The only number 1 album from the legend Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland - Music & Performance - Vinyl
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill is the debut solo album by Lauryn Hill, released on August 25, 1998.
Lauryn Hill - Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - Music & Performance - Vinyl
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Michael Jackson's sixth solo studio album, Thriller, released on November 30, 1982
Michael Jackson - Thriller - Music & Performance - Vinyl
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Over the course of her lush, expansive, defiantly sprawling album, Sometimes I Might Be Introvert, the Ivor Novello-Award-winning, Mercury nominated Little Simz delivers an undeniable modern classic, effortlessly condensing any number of disparate st...
Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert - Music & Performance - Vinyl
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There are few musicians whose music has indisputably advanced humanity. Reggae figurehead Bob Marley--a songwriter, poet, activist, and visionary--is one of them
Bob Marley - Legend [Reissue] - Music & Performance - Vinyl
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Celebrates the 30th anniversary of Nirvana's iconic album, Nevermind
Nirvana - Nevermind (30th Anniversary) - Music & Performance - Vinyl
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This iconic album was released in the brit-pop era of the 90's by Manchester's finest
Oasis - (Whats the Story) Morning Glory - Music & Performance - Vinyl
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This vinyl record features Pink Floyd's eighth studio album, "The Dark Side Of The Moon," a legendary release by the English progressive rock band.
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon - Vinyl
Purple Rain is Prince's sixth studio album and the soundtrack to the 1984 film of the same name.
Prince - Purple Rain (Picture Disc) - Music & Performance - Vinyl
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Many Radiohead fans will tell you 'In Rainbows' is their favourite album, I have to say I agree
Radiohead - In Rainbows - Music & Performance - Vinyl
The Ramones ignited the punk-rock movement with their eponymous 1976 debut album, revitalizing rock and roll at one of it's lowest ebbs with attitude, energy and a loud, fast new sound.
The Ramones - Ramones - Music & Performance - Vinyl
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From its first defiant line, “Jesus died for somebody’s sins, but not mine,” the opening shot in a bold reinvention of Van Morrison’s garage-rock classic “Gloria,” Patti Smith’s debut album was a declaration of mutiny, a statement of faith in the tra...
Patti Smith - Horses (50th Anniversary) - Music & Performance - Vinyl
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David Byrne said Remain in Light “was done in bits and pieces, one instrument at a time.” The result was a New Wave masterpiece powered by Byrne’s revelation, as he put it on “The Great Curve,” that “the world moves on a woman’s hips.”
Talking Heads - Remain in Light - Music & Performance - Vinyl
Peaked at #10 on the Billboard 200 in the US and #2 on the UK Top 40 Albums Chart.
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds [Stereo] - Music & Performance - Vinyl
For 50 years, The White Album has invited it's listeners to venture forth and explore the breadth and ambition of it's music, delighting and inspiring each new generation in turn. This is the first time The Beatles (White Album) has been remixed and ...
The Beatles - The Beatles (The White Album) - Music & Performance - Vinyl
London Calling is considered one of the greatest Rock 'n' Roll albums ever released.
The Clash - London Calling - Music & Performance - Vinyl
Songs of a Lost World is The Cure's 14th studio album, released in 2024, marking their first in 16 years.
The Cure - Songs Of A Lost World - Music & Performance - Vinyl
“We were trying to do a Phil Spector thing with as few instruments as possible,” John Cale, the classically trained pianist and viola player of the Velvet Underground, once said of this record
The Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground And Nico - Music & Performance - Vinyl
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Black is one of the most influential and successful albums of this era and went on to win 5 Grammy awards, including Best Pop Vocal Album, Record Of The Year and Song Of The Year for the hit single ‘Rehab’.
Amy Winehouse - Back To Black (Walmart Exclusive) - Vinyl