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$5 MP3 Album Deal: Lou Reed ‘Transformer’
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Lou Reed

Transformer, one of the most popular and adventurous records by Lou Reed the oft-titled “Godfather of Punk,” is now available on MP3 format from Amazon this month for only $5. (The CD is currently $5.99 and is an AutoRip, which means with the CD purchase you’ll also get a FREE MP3 download of the entire album.)

Released in November 1972, Transformer surprised everyone by actually bringing Lou Reed into the mainstream of sorts. The album hit the Top 40 and almost made the sounds and styles on this record, homosexuality, androgyny, fucked up relationships, decadence and early gothy art, household words. Produced by David Bowie and the late, great Mick Ronson, who sizzles on guitar on Transformer, Reed takes his best playbook from his Velvet Underground days and spills a wild musical ride all over his canvas here. From the catty “Vicious” to the waxing about Andy Warhol on “Andy’s Chest,” the sneering and sarcastically droning yet dripped in a kind of Christopher Isherwood Berlin style “New York Telephone Conversation,” to the well known and powerful dare one say ballad “Satellite of Love” and of course, the top 20 hit road map for the aforementioned styles and lifestyles, “Walk on the Wild Side,” Transformer is a fun ride of many musical sounds and sonic metaphors for that early glam/punk/attitudinal styles that were such a part of living in a certain kind of Max’s Kansas City-esque New York City in the early 1970s.

Browse all 100 albums on sale this month for only $5 each.

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$5 MP3 Album Deal: Massive Attack ‘Blue Lines’
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Massive Attack "Blue Lines"

As part of Amazon’s monthly $5 MP3 Album Deals, Massive Attack‘s 1991 debut album Blue Lines is currently on sale for only $5. You can check out a track listing here below.

Blue Lines is widely considered to be the first trip-hop album. At the time of its release electronic music was associated with upbeat dance tracks, but Massive Attack sought to evolve their own sound by fusing down-tempo hip hop, soul, reggae, and other musical and lyrical influences important to the group’s history. What resulted from their painstaking efforts became a hallmark for British electronic music production and gave rise to “chill out” electronica.

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$5 MP3 Album Deal: Sly And The Family Stone ‘Anthology’
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Sly and the Family Stone

Anthology, an expansive collection of the best, most well-known work from Sly and the Family Stone, is now available in MP3 format from Amazon now for only $5.00 as part of their monthly $5 MP3 Album Deals.

Sly and The Family Stone remains an R&B ensemble who not only bridged together multi-racial unity within their lineup – being one of the first, if not the first, bands to sport black and white members (a practice that bands like War and Santana would also later utilize) – but also attempted to do that same bridging with their audience. The band acted as sort of the link between Motown, which brang classic R&B/pop to Caucasian audiences on an innocent assembly line and what was going on over at Stax Records, which was decidedly more African-American its approach and its output. Sly and the Family Stone changed their flavors and their styles often. They kept it light, they kept it heavy, they kept it relevant and irrelevant. They played it high, they played it low, they played it political, apolitical, and ultimately, they became a party band and a radical one as well.

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$5 MP3 Album Deal: The Cure ‘Greatest Hits’
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The Cure Greatest Hits

As part of Amazon’s monthly $5 MP3 album deal for February 2013, The Cure‘s Greatest Hits is on sale for only $5. To me, it’s a steal at this price but if you would like a physical copy of The Cure’s Greatest Hits, the CD is available for only $9.99.

Arguably one of the greatest prog-rock bands that exploded in popularity in the early 1980s, The Cure has been an alterna-pop juggernaut for decades. Greatest Hits, originally released in 2001, is a celebration of their first 25 years of music and features not only two formerly unreleased tracks, but also contains 16 tracks that Robert Smith (lead vocalist) hand picked himself.

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Music Deal: Early Yngwie Malmsteen Albums For Under $6 Each
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Yngwie Malmsteen Trilogy

Right now, the first three albums from Yngwie Malmsteen, the Swedish guitar virtuoso whose perfect blending of classical guitar and heavy metal made him a musical icon and guitar hero in the 1980s, are on sale for under $6 each (in CD and MP3 formats). All the listed CDs are “AutoRip,” which means if you purchase the CD, you’ll ALSO get the MP3 download for FREE. I’ve also included for each album the release date and some of its noteworthy tunes. If you want just a taste of what Malmsteen has to offer, just watch the video here below and be prepared to be blown away.

Rising Force (1984)
CD $3.99 | MP3 $5.00
Black Star, Icarus Dream Suite Opus 4, Now Your Ships Are Burned

Marching Out (1985)
CD $5.99 | MP3 $9.49*
I’ll See The Light Tonight, I Am A Viking, Don’t Let It End

Trilogy (1986)
CD $5.99 | MP3 $5.00
You Don’t Remember, I’ll Never Forget, Queen In Love, Fire

If you’re looking for more music deals, be sure to check out the 2,000 albums on sale right now for only $5 each in MP3 format.

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