Here are my long list of favorites from among the 100 $5 albums at Amazon. So many this month. Enjoy!
*10/1/2010 ONLY - Arcade Fire: Funeral for $3.99, Neon Bible is $5.99
*The Social Network soundtrack is $5, don't know for how long - really good
- Arcade Fire: The Suburbs - One of the best 2010 albums
- Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeroes (self titled) - So fun and alive
- Sufjan Stevens: The Avalanche - Extras from Illinois album, awesome
- Jose Gonzalez: Veneer - gentle, beautiful
- Destroyer: Thief - Dan Bejar of New Pornographers
- Mark Ronson: Version - really have fun with this one
- Spoon: Transference - hey, it's Spoon!
- Justin Townes Earle: The Good Life - bad life, in rehab. great music
- Caribou: Swim - Metacritic 83/100, fun
- Fever Ray (self-titled) - wonderfully creepy
- Antony & The Johnsons: I Am A Bird Now - my #18 of 2009, stunning
- Jenny Lewis: Acid Tongue - Under the Radar 90/100
- Alejandro Escovedo: Street Songs of Love - saw great concert in 2010
- Conor Oberst (self-titled) - Pitchfork 7.3/10, great songwriter
- The Beach Boys: Pet Sounds - classic, must own
- Teenage Fanclub: Shadows - Metacritic 81/100
- Green Day: Dookie - you know
- She & Him: Volume 2 - Zooey Deschanel & that other guy
- Alexi Murdoch: Time Without Consequences - mellow acoustic fellow
- The Books: The Way Out - most interesting album on the list, check it
- John Denver: Rocky Mountain High - everyone should own this
- Gayngs: Relayted - Justin Vernon of Bon Iver & others
- Blitzen Trapper: Destroyer of the Void - Pitchfork 7.5/10
- Moby: Wait for Me - Paste 90/100, trippy cool
- Josh Ritter (self titled) - love this singer/songwriter
- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Dig, Lazarus, Dig! - Metacritic 87/100
- Guided By Voices: Isolation Drills - Metacritic 83/100
- The Best of Poison - nuthin' but a good time
- The 99 Most Essential Tchaikovsky Masterpieces