Customer Reviews

Digital Bang: The 2010 Sub Pop Sampler For Amazon

5 star:		(5)
4 star:		(0)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

I have downloaded a few of the freebies on Amazon...I like to listen to new music and see if I can find something fun. I have to tell you...this album really surprised me. There are quite a few great songs that I wasn't expecting. I haven't kept many other free albums I've downloaded but I will definitely keep this one! A few songs I really enjoy are: What's in it for?, Closet Astrologer, Heaven and Earth & Hide it away...and I haven't even listened to the whole thing! Let me know what you think. Thank you Amazon!

I really enjoyed last year's Sub Pop sampler record* and was introduced to great bands. So when I saw this I knew it'd be good music. "Subliminal Message," "Closet Astrologer" and "What's it in for?" are all really catchy songs well worth a listen.

David Cross was a great actor in Arrested Development, and I'm sure his other stand-up routines are hilarious, but I'm not digging his Coors Light routine on this, probably because I don't drink Coors Light, and tend to ignore commercials. Also, I don't like downloading stand-up routines on my computer as they tend to get less funny with multiple listens, so its the only track I've deleted. Sorry, David Cross.

"Lemonade" is poetic, as I expected from Cocorosie, though I'm not loving it as much as I like their more popular "Werewolf."

Everything else is really good. Even "Musow (For Our Women)" is really interesting, though I don't quite understand the lyrics.

*Still available from their website. Google "Sub pop 2009 sampler" then hit the "I'm feeling lucky" button.

Samplers are notoriously hit and miss, but every time I hear a cut from this one, I get a smile on my face.

I downloaded it without knowing any of the artists or cuts, and I let cuts come up at random in my shuffle mix. I know most of the tunes in my mix (they're there on purpose), but I keep some new stuff in there too, stuff I don't know, from samplers like this. A lot will come up that I'll listen to patiently, or listen for a while and then skip.

I check free samplers before I download 'em, making sure they're something that might be worth the time to hear. There's a lot out there.

I've learned over the past few months that nine times out of ten when a track comes up that I don't recognize, and I like it and check to see who's playing, it's a cut from this sampler.

I got this sampler because it was free, and it has some really great music on it! I'm glad it's in my collection now!

The price is right. None of the tracks have wowed me so much that I want to look up the individual artists and buy more, which really is the point of such a sampler. But I certainly keep it in the playlist. The beer comedy track is pretty funny. I wouldn't mind hearing more from that guy and was a nice addition to the sampler.

I got this when it was a free download, and it is a great compilation. If it's $5 or under, you win. Great stuff.

This is a free download album containing a variety of music by different artists, as can be viewed the in album sample index. I have to say this is a pretty good album, Heaven and Earth being my favourite song on the album. It features the band Wolf Parade, which has been making a pretty big splash recently, rising in success. Give this album a shot, it's free so all you have to lose is time. Just make sure to preview the music, first, so you don't waste time on something you won't even like.