The Best Music and Books From a Trapped 33 Year Old

A Listmania! list by "marcusobrien"
 
Led Zeppelin II: Remastered
1.  Led Zeppelin II: Remastered by Led Zeppelin
The list author says:
  "Hear this as a teenager and be prepared to develop a thrist for led zeppelin. Put it on and Zep Out."
£5.57   Used & New from: £2.53
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (71 customer reviews) | 2 customer discussions

OK Computer
2.  OK Computer by Radiohead
The list author says:
  "I kid you not, I have listened to this album so many times its embarrasing. After being a Radiohead addict for 4/5 years, this is the only album that will last forever."
£4.99   Used & New from: £0.74
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (269 customer reviews) | 3 customer discussions

Bummed
3.  Bummed by Happy Mondays
The list author says:
  "Masterful, an album thats dirty, brilliant and pioneering. "I dont read I just guess", with lyrics like that you imagine what is best to smoke when listening to this."
Used & New from: £7.22
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

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The Stone Roses
4.  The Stone Roses by The Stone Roses
The list author says:
  "All that love and only 2 albums released, damn shame, this is the best, and I saw these at Spike Island !"
£11.72   Used & New from: £0.80
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (109 customer reviews)

Dark Side of the Moon
5.  Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd
The list author says:
  "Not a huge Floyd fan, but this is beautiful, sad, manic and the closest you can get to feeling insane, but in a calm way. Good for those moments of sadness."
Used & New from: £3.58
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (216 customer reviews) | 1 customer discussion

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Kasabian
6.  Kasabian by Kasabian
The list author says:
  "Music is not dead, at last a band out who want to make music. This will make you want to get up and shout K-I-L-L."
£3.49   Used & New from: £0.01
4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (100 customer reviews) | 1 customer discussion

Musique Automatique
7.  Musique Automatique by Stereo Total
The list author says:
  "Play this in your car, very loud and wind down the windows, see the reaction you get from the staring bass heads, they are mystified when they hear this. Innovative, charming and devisive. I love it."
£3.99   Used & New from: £1.98
5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

Different Class
8.  Different Class by Pulp
The list author says:
  "This was a perfectly timed album ,written by a genius, and able to tell you what it should have been like to be a teenager in love, mess, confusion, and naivety."
£4.62   Used & New from: £0.01
4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)

Rain Dogs
9.  Rain Dogs by Tom Waits
The list author says:
  "Pure insansity, and the ablum that gave me and my wife our wedding song, Blind Love. This is madness with beauty."
£5.77   Used & New from: £2.25
4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)

Urban Hymns
10.  Urban Hymns by Richard Ashcroft
The list author says:
  "You can sing to this, its lovely."
£5.27   Used & New from: £0.17
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (85 customer reviews)

Brazil (Kamen)
11.  Brazil (Kamen) by Michael Kamen
The list author says:
  "The ghost in the machine, turn your back on beurocracy, and the government spin, and become Sam Lowry for an hour."
Used & New from: £9.99

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Hopes and Fears
12.  Hopes and Fears by Keane
The list author says:
  "At last an album my wife doesn't complain about."
£7.51   Used & New from: £0.01
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (255 customer reviews)

Are You Experienced
13.  Are You Experienced by Jimi Hendrix
The list author says:
  "Listen to mitch mitchell and noel redding as well as Hendrix and get the point that they were a band and not an individual. Pure talent."
Used & New from: £3.40
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (43 customer reviews) | 1 customer discussion

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My Generation - The Very Best of The Who
14.  My Generation - The Very Best of The Who by The Who
The list author says:
  "Dream of being a rebel, this puts you back into a time when rebelling was fun and novel. Now everyones doing it."
£13.82   Used & New from: £1.24
5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)

Moon Safari
15.  Moon Safari by Air
The list author says:
  "Soft and delicate."
£3.97   Used & New from: £0.30
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (76 customer reviews)

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Harper Perennial Modern Classics
16.  Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Harper Perennial Modern Classics by Hunter S. Thompson
The list author says:
  "Not to be read by anyone impressionable."
£6.61   Used & New from: £0.60
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (94 customer reviews) | 2 customer discussions

Junky (Essential Penguin)
17.  Junky (Essential Penguin) by William S Burroughs
The list author says:
  "Life without meaning."
Used & New from: £0.01
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)

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On the Road (Penguin Classics)
18.  On the Road (Penguin Classics) by Kerouac
The list author says:
  "Fall in love with Paradise, and the open road in the 50s."
Used & New from: £3.47
4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)

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The Prodigy (Peter Owen Modern Classic)
19.  The Prodigy (Peter Owen Modern Classic) by Hermann Hesse
The list author says:
  "Utterly tragic."
£9.95   Used & New from: £4.25
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

The Master and Margarita (Vintage Classics)
20.  The Master and Margarita (Vintage Classics) by Mikhail Bulgakov
The list author says:
  "The best book ever published. Feel Pontius Pilates migraine the day he met Jesus."
Used & New from: £0.01
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (63 customer reviews) | 1 customer discussion

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Brave New World
21.  Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
The list author says:
  "This is the future."
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4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (141 customer reviews) | 1 customer discussion

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Sir Francis Drake
22.  Sir Francis Drake by John Sugden
The list author says:
  "Never celebrated, Drake was the 2nd circum-navigator of the globe. A great read."
Used & New from: £2.46
4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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Hunger
23.  Hunger by Hamsun Knut
The list author says:
  "The inner mind of a man constantly on the verge of starvation."
£8.99   Used & New from: £1.61
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)

Hamlet (The New Penguin Shakespeare)
24.  Hamlet (The New Penguin Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare
The list author says:
  "A fantastic play, well worth reading, you'll always re-visit it."
Used & New from: £0.01
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (45 customer reviews)

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Whose translation is this, please? 2 9 Oct 2011
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Copy protected? 0 26 Jun 2011
Why do people get so upset when they read a bad review?? 3 24 Mar 2011
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help,hope someone knows the title of a sci fi book i want to read again 1 23 Jul 2010
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are you mono experienced? 0 11 Aug 2009
inrainbows 6 20 Jul 2009
Another superb read 0 11 Jan 2009
Quantity 0 29 Jul 2008
 
   

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