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"It's lust. It's smoke. It's black paint. It's the record I would make if I were making records. It's in MP3 format on my iPod. It's a cassette in my car. It goes with me wherever I go. It helps me wake up and helps me sleep. It's one of the best albums I've ever heard. It's a reason to make movies: so Gramophone can be the soundtrack."

Gramophone, the brooding trio from Birmingham comprising producer Jon Cotton, instrumentalist David Picking and New Zealander Penny McConnell released their eponymous debut in 2001. With nods to Talk Talk, Blue Nile, Tori Amos and PJ Harvey the album became a slow burning cult classic with tracks appearing in British movies Fast Food and Complicity. The album is sold out on CD, but is still available by digital download.

We'll leave it to some other reviewers from CDBaby to say the rest:

Astounding music!

"This is by far the BEST CD I've ever purchased! If I had to choose 3 CD's to listen to for the rest of my life...this would be one of them! I hope they come out with another release!"

One of the best sounding records on the market

"A simply amazing album. The orchestration is fantastic and really adds to the dark, mellow tone of the songs. It has a melancholic feel to it which gets me everytime I listen... Highly recommended."

Doesn't get any better

"This is a must for all CD collections. So smooth and yet so overwhelming. Some of the most beautiful and emotional vocals you will hear, with incredibly cool backing instrumentation."