Cheap Albums 12.5.14

In the new batch of $5 albums at Amazon I found some gems. 

• Sharon Van Etten: Are We There 
• Four Tet: There Is Love In You | Album of the Year for me in 2010
• The Rolling Stones: Exile On Main Street
• Hiss Golden Messenger: Lateness of Dancers
• Angel Olsen: Burn Your Fire For No Witness
• Andrew Bird: Music of Hair
• Field Report: Marigolden
• Flogging Molly: Drunken Lullabies
• Bill Evans Trio: Sunday at the Village Vanguard
• John Coltrane: Blue Train
• MIles Davis: Steamin'
• Brandi Carlile: Bear Creek
• Ryan Adams: Gold
• Chevelle: This Type of Thinking
• Animal Collective: Centipede Hz
• Dirty Projectors: Bitte Orca
• Elliott Smith: XO & Figure 8

$5 Albums for May

• Vampire Weekend: Modern Vampires of the City
• Brandi Carlile: Bear Creek
• Elbow: The Seldom Seen Kid
• Phantogram: Eyelid Movies
• Fiona Apple: The Idler Wheel...
• The Horrors: Skying
• David Crowder Band: Illuminate
• Band Of Horses: Mirage Rock

$5 April Albums Part 2

Nice list of cheap albums on sale for a short time...

• Wilco: Being There (a double album!)
• Arcade Fire: The Suburbs
• Bob Dylan: The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
• Jack White: Blunderbuss
• Nickel Creek: Why Should The Fire Die?
• LCD Soundsystem:  & This Is Happening
• Wye Oak: Civilian
• Built to Spill: Perfect From Now On
• The Raconteurs: Broken Boy Soldiers
• The Avett Brothers: I and Love and You ($3.99)
• Chevelle: Wonder What's Next
• Hidden Orchestra: Archipelago
• Dawes: Nothing Is Wrong
• The Dead Weather: Sea Of Cowards
• Simon & Garfunkel: Sounds of Silence
• Johnny Cash: The Number Ones & The Legend of Johnny Cash

$5 Albums for April 2014

ere are my recommendations out of the April 2014 bin of $5 albums at Amazon. 

• Damien Jurado: Brothers & Sisters of the Eternal Son
• Mikal Cronin: MCII
• Angel Olsen: Burn Your Fire For No Witness
• Drive-By Truckers: Alabama A$$ Whuppin' (I cleaned that up for you)
• Sigur Ros: Taak
• Cloud Nothings: Attack On Nothing
• Lambchop: Nixon | Pitchfork says Best New Reissue
• Nickel Creek: Nickel Creek & This Side
• Justice: Audio, Video, Disco 
• Waxahatchee: Cerulean Salt
• Old Crow Medicine Show: Carry Me Back
• Dave Brubeck: Time Out
• Bill Frisell: Beautiful Dreamer

Classical...

• Berg & Beethoven: Violin Concertos
• Pergolesi: Septem verba a Christo
• J.S. Bach: Jesu, deine Passion
• Pergolesi: Stabat Mater
• Johann Ludwig Bach: Trauermusik
• Vivaldi: Stabat Mater

Music Monday 1.6.14

It's -40F wind chill here, which means you light up the fireplace and listen to Bon Iver. One of my favorite EVER albums, For Emma Forever Ago, is $5.

If you haven't checked it out yet, my Best Albums of 2013 list is up. Would love your thoughts. What music from last year did you enjoy?

Damien Jurado: Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son - My love for this dude's music has grown the last few years. Excited for this one. I'm only five songs in and I'm very, very happy so far.

Cheap Albums from my 2013 list ($5 unless noted otherwise)...

• Chvrches: The Bones of What You Believe
• Jason Isbell: Southeastern
• Arcade Fire: Reflektor ($3.99)
• Phosphorescent: Muchacho
• Buke & Gase: General Dome
• The Lone Bellow: The Lone Bellow
• The Knife: Shaking the Habitual
• Foxygen: We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic
• Mikal Cronin: MCII
• Junip: Junip 

Other cheap albums worth checking out...

• The Avett Brothers: Emotionalism | Mignonette | Four Thieves Gone
• Cults: Static
• Bruce Springsteen: Nebraska 
• Sigur Ros: (Untitled)

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Cheap Kindle Books 12.2.13

All in the $3-$4 range...

• Susan Cain: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
• Malcolm Gladwell: The Tipping Point | Blink | What the Dog Saw | Outliers | David & Goliath
• David Allen: Getting Things Done
• Charles Duhigg: The Power of Habit
• Cormac McCarthy: The Road
• Veronica Roth: Divergent | Allegiant
• Kevin Deyoung: Crazy Busy ($1.99)
• Michael Reeves: Delighting in the Trinity
• Andy Crouch: Culture Making
• Gloria Furman: Glimpses of Grace
• Rodney Stark: The Triumph of Christianity
• Timmis & Chester: Everyday Church ($1.99)

Cheap Kindle Books 10.29.13

A nice long list of books that are cheap on Kindle right now. I read and/or reference Kindle books on my Kindle, on my computer app, iPad app, and phone. No reason not to have some of your library through such good ebook deals!

• A God-Sized Vision by Collin Hansen & John Woodbridge ($3.99)
• A Place for Weakness by Michael Horton ($2.99)
• A Better Way by Michael Horton ($3.99)
• Christless Christianity by Michael Horton ($3.99)
• Preaching & Preachers by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones ($3.99)
• Culture Making by Andy Crouch ($4.99)
• Gospel Coach by Scott Thomas ($2.99)
• Telling The Truth by D.A. Carson & others ($5.98)
• Christian Beliefs by Wayne Grudem ($5.99)
• Historical Theology by Gregg Allison ($5.99)
• Worship By The Book by D.A. Carson & others ($2.99)
• Worship Matters by Bob Kauflin ($3.99)
• The Hardest Sermon You'll Ever Have To Preach by Bryan Chappell & others ($5.98)
• Everyday Churches by Tim Chester ($2.99)
• Proverbs by Ray Ortlund Jr ($3.99 - Preaching the Word series)
• Song of Solomon by ($3.99 - Preaching the Word series)
• Deuteronomy by Ajith Fernando ($3.99 - Preaching the Word series)
• For the City by Darrin Patrick & Matt Carter ($2.99)
• The Enemy Within by Kris Lundgaard ($2.99)
• Glorious Ruin by Tullian Tchividjian ($3.03)
• How Long, O Lord? by D.A. Carson ($4.99)
• The Man of Sin by Kim Riddlebarger ($3.99)

Arcade Fire: Reflektor

Arcade Fire's much anticipated fourth album, Relflektor, is out today. Pitchfork says 9.2/10 (very high marks for Pitchfork). Also, their previous three albums are all $4.99. I think all three are excellent albums and I highly recommend you pick all of them up -- Funeral | Neon Bible | The Suburbs.

Cheap Kindle Books 10.23.13

Several cheap Kindle books you might want to grab...

• Magnifying God In Christ by Tom Schreiner - $4.99
• Putting Amazing Back Into Grace by Michael Horton - $3.99
• Rhythms of Grace by Mike Cosper - $3.99
• A Little Book for New Theologians by Kelly Kapic - $0.99
• The Justification of God by John Piper - $3.03
• The Gospel in a Pluralist Society by Lesslie Newbigin - $3.99
• Worship Matters by Bob Kauflin - $3.99
• Simply Christian by NT Wright - $2.99
• Deep & Wide by Andy Stanley - $2.99
• Sticky Church & Sticky Teams by Larry Osbourne - $2.99 each
• Slave by John MacArthur - $2.99

Amazon MP3 Birthday Sale: $6 Albums

It's good when Amazon celebrates something, because they give us something to celebrate too. A BUNCH of great albums are just $6. Grab a couple...

• Vampire Weekend: Contra | Vampire Weekend | Modern Vampires of the City | Modern is a frontrunner for album of the year for 2013 
• The Antlers: Hospice | My #1 album of 2009
• Bon Iver: Bon Iver
• The Avett Brothers: The Second Gleam | Emotionalism | I and Love and You ($5)
• Beirut: Gulag Orkestar ($5.49) & The Rip Tide
• The National: Boxer | Alligator | High Violet | Trouble Will Find Me ($5) | Trouble will be on my best of the year list
• Frank Turner: England Keep My Bones
• alt-J: An Awesome Wave
• Alcest: Les Voyages de L'Âme
• Caribou: Swim
• Sharon Van Etten: Epic
• Mumford & Sons: Babel | Sigh No More ($5.99)
• Explosions In The Sky: How Strange, Innocence | The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place
• Arcade Fire: Neon Bible | The Suburbs ($5.99) | Funeral ($5)
• Sufjan Stevens: Seven Swans
• Gregory Alan Isakov: That Sea, The Gambler | This Empty Northern Hemisphere
• Band of Horses: Everything All The Time | Cease To Begin
• Fleet Foxes: Fleet Foxes | Helplessness Blues
• Wilco: Wilco | A Ghost Is Born | Ghost is my favorite Wilco album
• Washed Out: Paracosm | Within And Without
• The Pains of Being Pure At Heart: Belong
• Phantogram: Eyelid Movies
• Mono: Hymn to the Immortal Wind
• Silversun Pickups: Pikul
• Jesssica Lea Mayfield: With Blasphemy So Heartfelt
• Wye Oak: If Children
• Good Old War: Come Back As Rain
• Elliott Smith: Either/Or
• Volcano Choir: Unmap
• Neko Case: Middle Cyclone
• Iron & Wine: Our Endless Numbered Days | The Shepherd's Dog
• Broken Social Scene: Forgiveness Rock Record
• Fort Atlantic: Fort Atlantic
• Grimes: Visions
• The Gaslight Anthem: The '59 Sound
• Nickel Creek: Nickel Creek
• Four Tet: Pink
• U2: The Joshua Tree

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$5 Albums 9.16.13

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$5 Albums 9.16.13

Some really nice music in this batch of $5 albums. It's not been this good in a while.

• Arcade Fire: Funeral | Genius
• The National: Trouble Will Find Me | One of the best albums of this year. Rare to get something this good and this cheap in the year it's released, so don't miss it.
• The Avett Brothers: I and Love and You | Why say no when it feels so good to say yes?
• The Dodos: Carrier | Brand spanking new. Metacritic 79/100 is solid.
• Nirvana: Nevermind | If you don't know why you should own this, well I don't have enough space to list the reasons why. So nevermind.
• The Black Crowes: Shake Your Money Maker | If you don't know why you should own this, well I don't know if I want to even try to explain how good it is. It's hard to handle. 
• The Head and the Heart: The Head and the Heart
• Smashing Pumpkins: Siamese Dream 
• Atoms for Peace: Amok
• The Mountain Goats: All Hail West Texas
• The Deep Dark Woods: The Place I Left Behind
• Dr. Dog: Shame Shame

$5 Albums | June 2013

Another month of good, cheap music. Here are the albums I recommend from Amazon's $5 albums for June.

• Kurt Vile: Wakin On A Pretty Daze
• Broken Bells: Broken Bells
• Mikal Cronin: MCII
• Frank Turner: Tape Deck Heart
• Waxahatchee: Cerulean Salt
• Eluvium: Copia
• Camera Obscura: My Maudlin Career
• The Beach Boys: Pet Sounds
• The Avett Brothers: The Second Gleam

$5 Albums | May 2013

Here are the $5 albums I recommend for May. 

• PJ Harvey: Let England Shake | Amazing. My #2 album of 2011.
• Low: The Invisible Way | One of my favorite albums of 2013 so far
• Autre Ne Veut: Anxiety | One of my favorite albums of 2013 so far
• Purity Ring: Shrines | One of my fave albums of 2012
• Radiohead: OK Computer
• Best Coast: The Only Place
• Trampled By Turtles: Stars and Satellites
• Phoenix: United
• Bruce Springsteen: Born In The U.S.A.

$5 Albums | April 2013

If you haven't seen them yet, here are some albums you need to check out that are only $5 right now!

• Foxygen: We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic | I have been listening to this one a lot lately.
• The Avett Brothers: The Carpenter
• The XX: Coexist
• Phosphorescent: Muchacho
• Tegan & Sara: The Con
• The White Stripes: Icky Thump 
• Dan Deacon: America
• The Black Keys: Magic Potion
• Metric: Synthetica
• Animal Collective: Centipede Hz
• Pearl Jam: Vs

Creature of the Word | The Mission Chasm

If the church leaders say to people, "Living on mission in our city is vital," yet they rarely if ever offer opportunities for people to serve the city, then a chasm exists between how the leaders see the church and how others see her.

Creature of the Word (Kindle, WTS Bookstore), by Chandler, Patterson, & Geiger, pg 97.

Today Only: $1.99 Album Sale

• The Lone Bellow: The Lone Bellow | At the least, GET THIS ONE!
• Passion Pit: Gossamer
• Tegan & Sara: Heartthrob
• Fiona Apple: The Idler Wheel
• Led Zeppelin: Celebration Day
• Band Of Horses: Mirage Rock | Don't own, but like earlier stuff.
• Aerosmith: Greatest Hits
• Frank Sinatra: Sinatra At The Sands

Music Monday 1.28.13

A bunch of good stuff to check out this Music Monday...

• On An On: Give In | This is the one you haven't heard of and need to check out
• Jim James: Regions of Light & Sound of God
• Frightened Rabbit: Pedestrian Verse
• Frontier Ruckus: Eternity of Dimming
• Buke & Gase: General Dome
• Tegan & Sara: Heartthrob
• Blaudzun: Heavy Flowers

• The Lone Bellow: The Lone Bellow ($5.99)
• Les Miserables Soundtrack ($13.99) | I don't think I could pay Molly to stop listening to this
• Ra Ra Riot: Beta Love ($5)
• Yo La Tengo: Fade ($5)
• Burial: Truant/Rough Sleeper ($2.99)

• Mumford & Sons: Babel ($3.99)
• The Lumineers: The Lumineers ($3.99)
• Brandi Carlile: The Story ($2.99)
• Ray LaMontagne: Trouble ($2.99)
• The Black Keys: El Camino ($3.99)
• Miles Davis: Kind of Blue ($2.99)
• Once Movie Soundtrack ($2.99)
• Garden State Soundtrack ($2.99)
• Pearl Jam: Ten ($2.99)
• Mat Kearney: Nothing Left To Lose & City Of Black & White ($2.99)
• Bruce Springsteen: Born To Run & Born in the U.S.A. ($2.99) & The Rising ($5)

Some of the Best Albums of 2012 | CHEAP!

From last week's Best Albums of 2012 post, here's the same list of albums only listing the ones currently on sale. All are $5 unless I say otherwise. It was a couple days ago I worked on this so I'd appreciate it if you would let me know if any prices have changed.

APOLOGIES: Hot Chip | Cat Power | Crystal Castles | Frank Ocean ($3.99) | Bill Fay | Titus Andronicus

HONORABLE MENTIONS: Fiona Apple: The Idler Wheel... | Shearwater: Animal Joy | Father John Misty: Fear Fun | Todd Snider: Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables | The Avett Brothers: The Carpenter ($3.99) | Dan Deacon: America | Beach House: Bloom | Spiritualized: Sweet Heart, Sweet Light | Passion Pit: Gossamer | Lower Dens: Nootropics ($5.99) | Jon Talabot: Fin ($6.49) | Shovels & Rope: O Be Joyful | Grimes: Visions | Hospitality: Hospitality

35. Dirty Projectors: Swing Lo Magellan
32. Daphni: Jiaolong 
29. Purity Ring: Shrines 
28. Fort Atlantic: Fort Atlantic ($5.99)
26. Tame Impala: Lonerism 
25. Aaron Embry: Tiny Prayers ($6.99)
23. Sera Cahoone: Deer Creek Canyon
22. The XX: Coexist 
21. Now, Now: Threads 
20. Polica: Give You The Ghost 
19. Brandi Carlile: Bear Creek 
18. Bhi Bhiman: Bhiman ($6.99)
15. Damien Jurado: Maraqopa 
14. Propaganda: Excellent (free)
10. Andy Stott: Luxury Problems ($6.99)
8. Swans: The Seer 
7. The Lumineers: The Lumineers ($3.99)
6. Richard Hawley: Standing at the Sky's Edge 
5. Lost in the Trees: A Church That Fits Our Needs ($5.99)
3. Anais Mitchell: Young Man In America 
2. Alt-J: An Awesome Wave ($5.99)
1. Sharon Van Etten: Tramp

Cheap Albums 12.3.12

Apart from the list of $5 albums for December, there are a few cheap albums out there right now. 

These will all likely end up on my best albums of the year list...

• alt-J: An Awesome Wave ($5.99)
• Shearwater: Animal Joy ($4.99)
• Godspeed You! Black Emperor: Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! ($3.99)
• My previous list of $3.99-$5.99 albums still looks to be on sale. Check it out. Several on this list will be on my Best Albums of 2012 list.

$5 Albums | December 2012

Another month, another list of $5 albums from Amazon. Some really good ones. Here are my recommendations as well as a link to the rest.

• Sera Cahoone: Deer Creek Canyon
• Now, Now: Threads
• Grimes: Visions
• Broken Bells: Broken Bells
• Miles Davis: Kind of Blue
• Civil Twilight: Holy Weather
• Regina Spektor: Begin To Hope | A truly great album
• Bruce Springsteen: The Rising
• Mark Eitzel: Don't Be A Stranger
• M. Ward: A Wasteland Companion
• AC Newman: Shut Down The Streets
• The Pogues: If I Should Fall From Grace With God
• Linkin Park: Hybrid Theory
• The Strokes: Is This It
• Menomena: Moms
• Bob Dylan: Blood On The Tracks
• See all 100 $5 albums for December