Kanye West for £3 and Lily Allen for less than a Fiver - read on for the hottest MP3 download offers around. Also get essential albums by Brian Eno, U2 and the Pet Shop Boys for only £3!
Among the download offers are the latest U2 hit singles compilation and a rare, early album by Coldplay and U2 producer Brian Eno. Check out the list below. All downloads supplied by Amazon UK.
Please note that offers are subject to availabilty and prices may change after this article was posted. Amazon UK only supplies MP3 downloads to UK residents at present.
Brand New Albums At Super Discount Prices
Kanye West ‘808s And Heartbreaks’
It might be marred by Kanye’s effect laden vocals, but the beats are solid and the lyrics are actually quite soulful, if you can make them out through all those AutoTune gimmicks. At that price it’s worth a shot!
Lily Allen ‘It’s Not Me It’s You’
Explain that to me: You get the ‘explicit version’ of Lily’s new album for half the price of the ‘clean version’? Sure, the whole point of a Lily Allen album is that it’s bloody well explicit, or not? Do I smell cynical kiddie marketing here? Sounds like a ploy: ‘Parents pay extra to protect your kids from nasty swearwords’.
Bon Iver ‘Blood Bank’
It’s only £1.95 for four tracks of Bon Iver’s latest material. Chilled out alternative folk from the American West with a few surprising touches.
In The News And Cheap As Chips
U2
While the media circus has come to town to praise U2’s latest album, why don’t you sneak out and get U2’s classic singles on a compilation at a serious knockdown price?
Brian Eno
Eno’s produced the new U2 album and Coldplay’s best-selling ‘Viva La Vida’. Before he helped other artists to get their sound right, Eno had a successful solo career of his own. A founder member of Roxy Music he invented ambient music in the mid-to-late 1970s with a series of minimal albums that were well ahead of their time. Here’s your chance to get acquainted with the daddy of them all: ‘Ambient Music 1: Music For Airports’.
Pet Shop Boys
The boys just collected a Brit Award for their contribution to the UK music scene. Here’s your chance to hear why. A compilation of virtually all essential Pet Shop Boys singles for the price of a pint!
Still Fresh And Cheaper Than Ever
Glasvegas
They wear black biker leathers and look like proper greasers. Yet Glasgow’s latest rock outlaws sound softer than they look and play a cool new take on Sixties girl groups like the Shangri Las, Crystals and Ronettes.
Vampire Weekend
If you do not have Vampire Weekend’s debut album, buy it now for buttons. Quirky, intellectual pop music with a touch of Afro Beat.
Portishead
If you were not sure whether you’ll grow to like it, give it a try now. For this price you can afford to experiment a bit.
Burial
A timeless classic at bargain basement price. Call it Dubstep, call it Urban or call it Street Soul - Burial’s ‘Untrue’ should not be missing from any iPod playlist.
The Clash
Every halfway cool artist today is bound to quote The Clash sometime, somehow. Hear the originals to find out what all the fuss is about.
Siouxsie And The Banshees
The band is often described as pioneers of the Goth style, but was actually much sharper and more versatile than that. Check out the dancefloor friendly ‘Cities In Dust’.
Blondie
Franz Ferdinand have at this stage practically turned into Blondie Mk2, so why not listen to the originals instead? If you’re an old Blondie fan you might like to know that these MP3s are the remastered versions, sounding better than ever.
Joni Mitchell
And finally, one for all the fans of soft, folky stuff by the likes of Jenny Lewis, Bon Iver, Fleet Foxes, Death Vessel and all. Joni Mitchell is the First Lady of Canyon Rock, the ultra relaxed Westcoast school of songwriting. Her classic album is ‘Ladies Of The Canyon’. The obvious hit is ‘Big Yellow Taxi’, give it a listen and I’m sure you’ll recognise it.
