Brian Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets (1974)

There's a lot of people who'll be put off by the whole "Professor Of Pop" image which Eno has. Don't be - his first four albums are brilliant, wonky pop albums which predict or predate tonnes of stuff which has since followed.

This is lo-fi epicness, with a weirdly anthemic feel, and a seriously mental guitar sound (which James Murphy from LCD Soundsystem obviously loves). Clever? Yes. But ace, ace, ace.