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Allofmp3.com Now Selling The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time

music.allofmp3.com — Allofmp3.com has just put together the most significant albums recorded over the previous millenium. Now you can download the 500 greatest albums of all time at a fraction of the cost!

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  • aussieaubs, on 10/12/2007, -83/+5with RIAA hot on your heels too :)
    comes with free lawsuit from RIAA =)
    • OldNews, on 10/12/2007, -10/+12Your comment sir, is old news.
    • rm999, on 10/12/2007, -1/+32"Your comment sir, is old news."

      I don't think the RIAA has ever sued anyone for using allofmp3.com. Correct me if I am wrong, but how would they even know you are using it? AllOfMp3.com is a secure site.
    • babbling, on 10/12/2007, -1/+30At least it doesn't come with DRM. :)
    • millixaw, on 10/12/2007, -36/+7"Now you can download the 500 greatest albums of all time at a fraction of the cost!"

      And a fraction of the legality!

      (Sorry, but it's true)
    • Sukino, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10@millixaw
      It may be shocking for you, but different states have different laws. Maybe those laws are "immoral", but they exist and apply.
  • Zinite, on 10/12/2007, -2/+16Pretty good list too. Not surprising that Bob Dylan has 5 albums on the top 100.
    • Skunkhair, on 10/12/2007, -1/+29Good list indeed... Not surprising The Beatles have 5 albums in the top 20.
    • mastercheif, on 10/12/2007, -8/+12WTF! Dark Side of the Moon at #43!!! That wasn't even their best album!!!
    • ddales, on 10/12/2007, -14/+3I can pretty much agree to the list as well. What's funny is out of the top 50, I already own about 20.
    • pion, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15This list wasn't actually put together by allofmp3.com...It's the infamous Rolling Stone Top 500 ( http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5938174/the_rs_500_greatest_albums_of_all_time/ ), which was published a few years ago.

      @matercheif: You have to look at the list as significance rather than best. What Dark Side did to rock&roll was tremendous, even if The Wall is a way better album
    • mrASSMAN, on 10/12/2007, -4/+4no it's not .. this list differs greatly from rolling stone's list.
    • bobothn, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6dark side of the moon was the best album ever. even the members of the band said so. the wall is awsome to but dark side of the moon has been on the bilboard top 200 chart for 1502 weeks now that is about 30 years. othere then i think darkside should have been higher i agree with the list
    • Yogurth, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Hmmm, List isn't very good actually, not because of lack of great albums but cause of inclusion of so many compilations.
      Many of compilations are not influnced by Artists but by Record Companies, and should not be in here. You can't tell me that 1995 compilation of Let's say Al Green or Led Zepellin has anything to do with the mark that original albums made in era they were released in.
    • 12Volts, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4I prefer the NME list that came out the other day - and I'm not even a fan of Oasis. I've got every Beatles album but I wouldn't put three in the top twenty, and three in the top five is ridiculous.
    • David1, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Not many albums from the last fifteen years in the top 50...why do these list always favor 1950-1985.

      Did CDs kill the album?
    • MrUnderbridge, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3"Not many albums from the last fifteen years in the top 50...why do these list always favor 1950-1985.

      Did CDs kill the album?"

      3 answers: 1) Yes. 2) It's difficult to rank new music as great relative to "all time" because of a lack of historical perspective. 3) Most popular music made outside 1955-1975, with the exception of 87-92, completely sucks. In my opinion naturally, but I believe a lot of critics would agree.
    • David1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2"3) Most popular music made outside 1955-1975, with the exception of 87-92, completely sucks. In my opinion naturally, but I believe a lot of critics would agree."

      Not very punk-rock are you MrUnderbridge.
    • XSforMe, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Nirvana's Nevermind at 17?

      WTF?
    • GeneHACKman, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Bleach was better
    • jeffreym, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Any supposed top 500 list with no "YES" on it is bogus.
  • headzoo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16Great idea. Now I can grab all 500 of the greatest albums before the site gets shut down.
    • Nocturnal, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5The site has been up for quite some time now. However, it's lately come under pressure from the RIAA and what not. So, who knows how long more it'll last. Time will tell.
    • jinexile, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4The site won't go down, however, come september the prices are going up once it compiles to new laws coming into effect.
    • jinexile, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4s/compiles/complies

      Too much programming this weekend, not enough caffine this morning.
  • c-nug, on 10/12/2007, -15/+20Why would you pay for something illegal when you could get it for free?
    • Omega697, on 10/12/2007, -8/+34a) Not illegal

      b) No hassle, bitrate you want, format you want
    • gringomasta, on 10/12/2007, -4/+7Where am I going to get them for free??

      I refuse to spend hours searching for torrents.
    • Wickerman392, on 10/12/2007, -9/+3Lol since when did it take hours to find a good torrent? Maybe if you try going to mininova or other newb torrent sites you could waste a good 5-10 minutes(not hours) browsing thru various releases and maybe find some decent mp3s. However there are torrent sites with quite extensive collections of lossless music and good mp3s, where uploaders know not to use the FHG mp3 codec or whatever godawful thing ppl are using nowadays. I'm not saying I do that, but most of the time it is easier and faster to download a lossless release than order it on a website or drive somewhere. I think allofmp3 is great and I would use it, but my guess(IANAL) is that its just about as legal as grabbing a torrent. But I dont do torrents, unless they are Linux ISOs...
    • millixaw, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14When it comes to purchasing electronic music, pick two:

      DRM-free
      Big Label (RIAA-represented) Music
      Legal
    • felyduw, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@Gringomasta

      It's not a matter of time. I (and I'm sure you as well) can find any given album/song in less than 5 minutes and have it in my computer in less than half an hour. AllOfMp3 gives you two things 1) security and 2) peace of mind. It's far slower to buy from AllOfMp3 than it is to download from somewhere else...
    • UnknownCzar, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Another way you can look at it is through simple logic (and by simple I mean the amount I could come up with in a few minutes):

      lets say a person gets $6 an hour.

      now on his free time he decides to get music.

      is it better to a: spend 10 minutes on allofmp3.com buying 10 songs for $1 total or b: spend anywhere between 10-60 minutes looking for the 10 song and then spending 10-60 minutes more downloading.

      what this would show is with allofmp3 you spend 1/6 of an hour and $1 (by comparing your work that 1/6 of an hour is $1) that's $2 there.

      with searching for the song you could essentially "spend" $6 of your time, not counting the time it takes to download.

      I don't know about you, but I enjoy spending my time doing things that I want, not searching for songs.
  • anonymousguy, on 10/12/2007, -13/+33I don't mean to add fuel to the fire, but if you live in the U.S., wouldn't purchasing mp3's from Allofmp3.com be the same as pirating? Sure, you are paying for it, but is it theirs to sell in the first place? My main concern is that the artists aren't getting *any* money from sales off that site. Can someone shed light on that? Thanks!
    • dustyshadow, on 10/12/2007, -8/+11Not sure why people are modding you down but I agree. Why pay someone who has no relation to the artist when you can download it for free and not benefit someone who really is pirating the music? I'd much rather just get something for free than pay for someone who doesn't deserve my money in the least bit.
    • XStatic, on 10/12/2007, -3/+21Baically AllofMP3.com pays broadcast rights and in Russia broadcast covers Internet Radio and there is no restriction like we have in the US that says you can't request a specific song or save it for later playback.

      Personally I think this is the way it should be and the artists get what they deserve from this transaction.

      The real shame is that this kind of service isn't allowed in the US.

      If the artists want more money they need to push their label to sell CDs with Music Video DVDs included and music pre encoded for my portable player on the disk as well.

      Unil then, I am not buying any more CDs...
    • Rickler, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I too would like some more light shed on this..

      As far as I know this is how it goes down.
      The artists getting money depends if their publisher (who owns their music) licenses it in Russia. If it is licensed in Russia then the money AllofMP3.com pays to ROMS will go to the publisher which will trinkle it down to the artists.
    • brydude, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6It's not illegal, though. I'll look up the law and post it in a few minutes, but the law says that you can import pirated copyright material. As long as it's only one copy and for personal use it is allowed. Downloading from foreign server = importing. Sorry to not back up my statements, go ahead and mod down, just wanted to put it out there. Repost in a few minutes, when not busy.
    • peteremcc, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8Here is the deal...

      There are TWO loopholes in the russian law.

      The first allows the downloading of music to be considered 'transmission' over cable.
      This means that allofmp3.com pays in a way similiar to radio stations. It's like you are 'recording' the music off the allofmp3.com server.

      The second loophole regards the rights to the music.
      allofmp3.com DO pay ROMS who pass music on to artists, just like other organisations all over the world.
      The difference in russia is that ROMS is not required to get the artist (or rightholder)'s permission beforehand. AFAIK, this applies to all sorts of IP in russia and was meant to help russia develop.
      The companies must still pay to use the IP but do not have to have the permission of the owner.

      Therefore, allofmp3.com is completely legal in russia, just as they claim.

      Then one must determine whether it is legal to import (download) into your own country.
      That is left up to the individual to investigate.

      Pressure on russia from the RIAA and the IFPI etc etc is directed at the Russian Government to remove the loopholes from the law, they are not directly attacking allofmp3.com it is just that allofmp3.com is the largest example of the loophole.

      While the loophole exists, it is perfectly legal. Once the loophole closes, then ROMS will have to negotiate deals with IP owners.

      Peter
    • deut, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6check out wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allofmp3 for more legal info.
    • millixaw, on 10/12/2007, -5/+3^^ You forget one thing: American music artists are represented by American music labels, which fall under their rules, not Russia's. Basically, it's legal for AllOfMP3 to sell Russian music, but not from other countries, especially the USA.
    • Sukino, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Good comment, but there is no point in calling it 'loophole' just because the law is different from the law in the USA (or the EU).
    • jinexile, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1millixaw actually you're wrong, if you had been following this then you'd know that Russian law allows companies like ROMS to represent artists even without authorization. AoM pays ROMS to license music, it is not doing anything illegal, nor immoral, what ROMS is doing is not illegal but probably is immoral.
  • kromeassassin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Bah money shmoney...gimme more GB's!
  • Qorzm, on 10/12/2007, -5/+7Someone please torrent this.
  • Funman1, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12I just wish there was a button to purchase all..
    It will take me forever ordering them one at a time!!!

    I love that place.. I buy nothing but 320K pure MP3's
    • HaroldHupmobile, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5My thoughts exactly.
    • Rickler, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I second that. But it would be somewhere in the price range of $500~1000.

      Imagine what the price would be for retail music...
    • kromeassassin, on 10/12/2007, -5/+1Buy?!?!?!? What's that!
  • RHEEK, on 10/12/2007, -14/+4Not really my kind of music. *shrug*
  • Tony2Nice, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5Pretty good list. Nothing surprising, but good none the less.

    In regards to allofmp3.com: Maybe I've missed the point, but if it's illegal where you live, why would you pay when you could just torrent these albums for free?
    • mrASSMAN, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6convenience.
    • jonnyeh, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I agree, but to their credit, it's the only place where you can choose file formats in whatever codec you want, even OGG! Downloading a free mp3 from a torrent, and then transcoding it to your preferred torrent is not optimal.
  • nethenm, on 04/01/2008, -6/+2Man their website has some issues when you try and resize your browser in IE. You would think people would have their website together.
  • Jakelshark, on 10/12/2007, -10/+2Its missing Boston....Ill just have to report this as lame!

    Five words: Its More Than a Feeling
    • brydude, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11Few more words: More than a sucky band sucking. Boston sucks. All bands with locations as names SUCK (Boston, Kansas, America). It's the truth.
    • degree, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1kansas actually wasn't too bad, some of their stuff was fairly progressive.
    • bubba9999, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0I refuse to take musical advice from someone with the word "dude" in his name. Especially when he's completely wrong.

      Of course, you should heed the same advice for anyone named "bubba".

  • gtriamy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+16its not actually illegal. its the same as flying to russia buying the albums and bringing them back here. the russian form of the "RIAA" is actually getting money for this, so legally, its legal in russia, and its legal to import music recording from another country in the US.
    • brydude, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7Amen to that, brother. The man speaks the truth
    • jonnyeh, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2It's definitely legal in Canada since there was a court ruling that downloading, but not uploading, is legal here.

      In that case, buying from allofmp3.com is legal in Canada, but torrents are not.
  • nymphetamine, on 10/12/2007, -9/+12It's shameful to have Eminem on a list with The Beatles, Bob Marley, and Black Sabbath.
  • rYno, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1boy that aughta piss off the RIAA a little more.. hehe
  • FlaG8r, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4This is just an advertisement, isn't it?
  • pointaken, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2If only mp3search.ru would follow suite...
  • AhmedB, on 10/12/2007, -5/+4So AllOfmp3.com is pretty much giving the finger and not listening LOL
  • Nerys, on 10/12/2007, -19/+8allofmp3 is technically legal. your buying from a company with the legal right in russia to sell this music broadcast. then you are importing this from russia to the US which is also currently legal. so it was legally purchased and legally imported. this really rubs the riaa's ass raw :-)

    the labels are not in touch with the artists either except the rape them maliciously. you do not EVER hurt the artists by not buying a CD. they get next to nothing if anything at all anyway.

    you want to help your artists ? go to a show buy shirts and posters etc.. THIS is how they make there money.

    SO is there a way to buy and download the whole shebang and how much would that cost ? (at the standard 192kbit)

    Chris Taylor
    http://www.nerys.com/
    • brydude, on 10/12/2007, -5/+9About to digg your comment, then your ugly ass spam link popped up. Thanks alot for ruining it.
    • flashboca, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9Amazing that people keep repeating this *****.

      Artists don't get anything from CD sales? WEll, new artists tend to get about $1 per CD sold, whereas veterans get about $1.50. Not a huge amount, but sure as hell not "next to nothing, or nothing." like the usual ***** that is spread here. Not to mention...when htey sell more, they end up getting BETTER deals for their next contract.

      So, go ahead and download if you want. Just don't think that the artists aren't getting hurt. In fact, you are hurting everybody BUT the RIAA. They still have plenty of money. Those that are getting hurt are the small time bands who don't make a lot, and the low level employees of the RIAA making $30,000 a year hoping for a nice raise.
    • Nerys, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1If you don't lik the fact that I attach my website to my signature in every post I make on the entirety of the internet then tough go get a life.

      Note I make not a penny from my website so go screw off. its a hobby for me not a living. My website "IS" me so when I put down my name I put down my URL.

      Grow up man !
      Chris Taylor
      http://www.nerys.com/
  • JeremyWearn, on 10/12/2007, -4/+8This IS illegal in the United States ( http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5051826.stm ), so if you're going to pirate it, you might as well get it for free from torrents.
    • gringomasta, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7That article discusses the UK. And why should I waste my time finding torrents?
    • brydude, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6It's not illegal, though. According to:
      Title 17 Chapter 6 Sec. 602 of the U.S. Code, which covers “Infringing importation of copies or phonorecords”.
      Subsection (a) says: “Importation into the United States, without the authority of the owner of copyright under this title, of copies or phonorecords of a work that have been acquired outside the United States is an infringement of the exclusive right to distribute copies or phonorecords under section 106, actionable under section 501.”
      but then modifies this with Subsection (a)(2): “This subsection does not apply to importation, for the private use of the importer and not for distribution, by any person with respect to no more than one copy or phonorecord of any one work at any one time, or by any person arriving from outside the United States with respect to copies or phonorecords forming part of such person's personal baggage;”.

      In other words, ALLOFMP3 is not illegal! Same rules apply with any downloading from foreign servers where the material is allowed (i.e. China). Hope I've helped in some way.
    • AhmedB, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Again I do not want to buy from an illegal site (even if it's a gray area) but at least I want to find a site that gives me the flexibility of allofmp3.com with a big collection and not having to go and buy a CD and so far I'm not finding any site but allofmp3.com that provides all that. Any ideas?
    • flashboca, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3Brydude...except you canNOT get something that is illegal in the US and import it into the country, even if you get it in a country where it IS legal.

      For example..try going to Canada and buying some Cuban cigars. Then declare them when you try to cross the border back into the US. See how far you get with them.

      Same thing.
    • deut, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5@JeremyWearn - you noob. For a start that BBC article discusses the UK legal situation and mentions nothing about the situation in the USA. You do realise that countrys have different laws don't you?

      Secondly, the BBC withdrew that article from the headlines after readers phoned in and complained that it was inaccurate. Poor old BBC should really do some proper research before agreeing to post the BPI's propaganda. You see the UK law is quite specific....

      According to the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48) - section 22:

      "The copyright in a work is infringed by a person who, without the license of the copyright owner, imports into the United Kingdom, otherwise than for his private and domestic use, an article which is, and which he knows or has reason to believe is, an infringing copy of the work."

      The use of the phrase "otherwise than for his private and domestic use" absolves consumers from copyright infringement if they are buying from allofmp3.com for their own use as opposed to reselling copies.

      Even Roz Groome, General Counsel for the BPI, has stated so himself.
    • ditoa, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2Exactly. In Russia it is legal, thats fine however in the US and the UK and probably most, if not all, of Europe it is illegal. Buying some AllOfMP3 is pretty idiotic because all you are doing is giving your money to criminals. Why waste money on buying something illegal when you could get it for free?

      I might as well post a car analogy as it just popped into my head (please don't jump on the "an MP3 is not a physical product blah blah blah").

      Think of Usenet, BitTorrent and other P2P systems as just going and stealing a car. Now think of AllOfMP3 as paying someone so that you can steal the same car. You are not getting a better car, it is the exact same car, you just paid some Russian bloke so you can do it.

    • deut, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1No. You see ditoa, that's the problem with making comparisons like that. Following on from your car analogy...

      1) If I were to knowingly purchase a "stolen" car. I.E. say, yours! - I'm in trouble.
      2) If purchase a "exact copy" of your car from some car manufacturer - yours is still safely in your garage. He is in trouble for copyright infringement.

      See the difference? - No actual theft has taken place. You see acording to UK law...

      The Theft Act 1968 Section1 (1) states that a person is guilty of theft if: he dishonestly appropriates property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it.

      ....and since I have not deprived you of the use of your car, I have NOT stolen it.

      Property theft and Copyright infringement are two entirely different things. The RIAA & BPI would like you to believe otherwise, but I have the opinion of the House of Lords back me up.

      That is why the BPI arn't and can't go after the users of the allofmp3 service. They can go after them for sure, but not after the actual consumers of the service.
    • Sukino, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Could you be any more gullible?
      Since when can a private organizationa declare something illegal? Last time I checked only courts could do that. Until then it's just their opinion (altho it could be true).
    • Nerys, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Warning !! Digg.com is ILLEGAL !!! using this site could result in criminal chargers !

      There I stated therfore it is fact hehe
      Just like your supposed quote

      "Record industry trade association the BPI said consumers were breaking UK copyright law because allofmp3.com was not licensed to sell recordings."

      In russia it is compulsory IE they do not have to ASK PERMISSION of the licensee.

      which BTW is as it should be for something like a low quality MP3 it should be analogous to RADIO where again they do not have to ask permission. a Radio station can play anything it wants and it only has to pay the ascap bmi and what not.

      And even if its illegal in the UK (its not) its not illegal here in the USA. the purchase was legal and the importation is legal. End of Discussion.

      as for theft. as the other replier mentioned though both are wrong theft of property and infringement of copyright are NOT THE SAME THING !!!

      There can be no theft in copyright. its a physical impossibility you can NOT STEAL A COPYRIGHT. its not a material object and therfore not pavailable for theft. Period.

      Chris Taylor
      http://www.nerys.com/
  • Factionrider, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2I'm supprised the sex pistols made the top 200, much less the top 50
  • bamassippi, on 10/12/2007, -7/+1Most of us are members of the World's greatest most wealthy nation at the apex of human existence.

    Seriously... why steal?
    • threepio, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7It's been pointed out, but I'll reiterate it for you. The customers of allofmp3.com do not believe they are stealing. As a license has been paid for, they believe it to be legal and that they are simply sourcing their product at the most convenient and best priced source.

      And by they, I mean I. I'm an allofmp3 customer. I enjoy the digital music I get there and feel justified in my purchase. When I have a desire to support the artist I buy a ticket to their show. In a great many cases the artists that I enjoy are no longer creating new music or touring because they're a) no longer a group, b) really god damn old or c) dead.

      Hell, I'm 25 and I think the music industry peaked between five and ten years before I was born. Maybe even 15. I wouldn't give you tuppence for most of the ***** I hear on the radio nowadays.

      And now I'm ranting. Needless to say, I feel good about my allofmp3's and ***** you very much for inflicting your baseless moral accusations on me.
    • millixaw, on 10/12/2007, -7/+2^^ It's the equivalent for buying a stolen car radio. You paid for it, so you feel justified in taking it. Even if it is stolen merchandise. One less sin to confess in church, eh?

      But in actuality, all you're doing is encouraging the theif to continue stealing, since he knows he's got a sucker to sell it to.
    • TomRitchford, on 10/12/2007, -5/+0[deleted comment]
  • kartack, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Unfortunately it looks like classical/modern music is horribly under-represented (nonexistent?) in the list. Well either that or I am blind, I didn't really do an exhaustive check. Either that or their criteria for evaluating music eliminates classical/modern music (though they said greatest not most popular, those are not the same). I am glad that they seem to have considered Jazz albums to be worthy. If they added this type of music I think this could become a really cool "check-off" list for the most important albums to own. I'd like the kind of music collection which contains basically all of the most influential music ever. I would expect lists like this would be where to start.
  • Jakelshark, on 10/12/2007, -4/+0I was only talking about the one album self-titled Boston because their other CD's arent as good, and Ill agree that America and Chicago suck...but Kansas...you go to hell, you go to hell and you burn!
  • dbt777, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3I thought Radiohead's OK Computer defiantly would've got top 50... this is an outrage!
  • weiran, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Hmm... I'm getting a Server is busy message. Has AllOfMp3 been digged?!
  • GeneHACKman, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Meanwhile, Allofmp3.com will continue their lame marketing ploy of hiding ads behind fake mp3 downloads on Limewire.

    Seriously, if people are downloading songs on Limewire, why would they go to you and pay money for the exact same song?
    • ericnmu, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2please... who here uses that trash
    • LilGator, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Why don't you people understand ?

      It's for the CONVENIENCE and QUALiTY.

      You're going to search for a file on Limeware, hope it's not a fake and it's actually what you're looking for, wait to connect to peers, and end up with a tagless, in most cases, 128kbit/sec mp3. If you're lucky, maybe 192kbps.

      Here (allofmp3) you browse to what you're looking for, pick whatever format you want (mp3, OGG, WMA, MP4, etc...), at whatever bitrate and encoding method you prefer (I usually go for ~220Kbit Insane) and get perfectly, uniformly tagged file. If you use the client they advertise on their site, it's as simple as Limewire to use, and downloads immediately after buying and selecting encoding (point and click). It even sets up a Artist/Album directory structure and file naming convention, fully customizable to whatever you prefer.

      All for pennies per song ... little over a dollar for a complete album.

      When's the last time you could do that on Limewire ?
    • GeneHACKman, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Perhaps you need to work on your searching skills, because I've never had any problems finding anything on Limewire. You sound like an advertisement.
    • LilGator, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Don't worry, it's just your subconscious - I mentioned the word 'advertise' in my post, relax, you'll be ok...deep breath.

      Besides, that wasn't my entire point ... maybe you DO find the song you want on Limewire ... then what ?

      You're not going to find properly tagged, hi-bitrate (your choice of format), full albums if needed, all with an instant connection to download at a much higher speed...

      For pocket change, it's well worth the convenience and quality.
    • GeneHACKman, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Only people that need to be told what to listen to would benefit from pay services like this. As I said, I've never had any problems finding anything on Limewire, INCLUDING high bitrate mp3's. You can do a search by bitrate, you know. And you may say "sure, but that makes your search even more difficult". Um, not really. I've yet to come across a song or album I wanted that didn't take me all of 10 minutes to get all tracks, and good quality at that. Granted, you have to know how to search 'smart', but it is quite easy. But I'm sure to the novice, Allofmp3.com would be more convenient. But, like I said, that's for the people who need to be TOLD what to listen to.
  • fredhag, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8You know something is wrong in a list if Queen doesn't make it above #230.
  • ender1984, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2What is everyone's obsession with Sgt. Peppers? Its number one on just about every list I've ever seen. Its a good album, but The Beatles have much better ones. I would have gone with Rubber Soul myself, but I guess thats just my opinion.
  • bede, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Previous millenium? Where's Mozart then?

    • Negyxo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I thought that too.. but Mozart didn't really get a record deal and record within his lifetime. I don't know if it appplies. Should be "Best Albums since the post-WWII International Cultural Revolution"

      Or is there something pre-wwII some sort of jazz artist perhaps ? I'm not sure.
  • TheSeeker11, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Although a good compilation of albums, I think most will agree that Led Zeppelin IV at #66 is just plain ridiculous!
  • DownIsTheNewUp, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Radiohead - OK Computer at #162? I call shenanigans.
    • Akira, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3I agree... and The Bends at 101. I would have thought Ok Computer would have been top100.
    • Niffer, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3I can't BELIEVE they put The Bends before OK Computer. WTF!@#
    • felyduw, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Radiohead's Ok Computer, considered by many as a music defining album in #162 is just... incredible. The same words apply to Kid A, so important that the expression "to do a Kid A" was coined. The Bends, also another excellent album, should never be the top album from Radiohead.
  • pomegranate, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0Sorry to go a bit off-topic, but I really need some feedback on my Allofmp3 related problem: I've not been able to top up my balance since about March, because (no longer having a credit card) I use the Xrost/CMPass credit system, which has not been functional for three months. Is anyone else in the same situation, and have you found a workaround or a way to top up your balance without using a credit card?
    • ericnmu, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Go buy a prepaid card with mastercard or visa backing.
    • pomegranate, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0Um, did you read all of my post? I don't have a credit card. Thanks for trying to help, though.
    • Nerys, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Did YOU NOT read HIS POSTING - GO BY A PREPAID ONE !!!

      Note the prepaid :-) hehe seriously all kidding asside many places you can buy a "gift card" and its actually a "credit card" at least usable as such with a visa or mc logo. so its a credit card without being a credit card and cost nothing.

      My local mall in PA here uses them as there gift card and you can use it anywhere that a visa/mc is accepted so you can go there get a $50 gift card and TOP UP using your new "credit card" at all of mp3.

      Chris Taylor
      http://www.nerys.com/
    • pomegranate, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1My apologies, I misunderstood, I thought he was talking about the same prepaid cards I was talking about in the first place, hence my response. I will definitely look into what you're both talking about. Are the something available worldwide, to your knowledge? I'm in the UK.
  • gaijintendo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1I am so utterly depressed at the best 50 of 2005 being worse than a random 50 from the top 500 all time. Music these days is getting suckier.... and nobody wants to pay for it either.

    I encourage you all to support your local musicians - and hope you find something you love. Live music, and new talent nearly never makes it big. Good luck hunting!
  • voraistos, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Yeah, if I sell my Pink Floyd collection (with rare and expensive 33T ones), i am sure i could BUY the MPAA and RIAA... Just by removing DRM, the music tastes better.
  • dandyhighwayman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Or, just go for the whole ball of wax:

    http://marilyncarolyn.blogspot.com/2006/06/download-all-of-allofmp3com-for-one.html
  • Llanowar, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Even though I like Eminem's music, no way 4 of his albums should be in the top 500 greatest album as opposed to just 1 album of Queen.
    This is not all that good of a list imho.

    Except for the prices of course. :P
  • MrViklund, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Soon this store will be closed.
  • theblooms, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Not a single Rush album! Total Bollocks. 2112 at a MINIMUM should be on that list. Geddy is the greatest Bass player on Earth, and inspired countless Bass players the world over such as Les Claypool, Cliff Burton and Flea.

    But Geddy, Alex and Neil get no love.

    Insanity.
    • FlaG8r, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1If they had Rush it would be 'Moving Pictures' or 'Permanent Waves'. I love '2112' as much as anyone, but the other two were bigger sellers and have more songs known to the casual fan.
  • flyingbuddha, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1How the hell did Zepplin not appear until #29 - behind Michael Jackson for Christ sakes?
    • dandyhighwayman, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2You are trusting a shady Russian MP3 site to rank the top 500 rock records?
  • desmoscolex, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Is anyone else having ordering problems? I keep getting the message that says:

    "Ordering is temporarily disabled
    We are sorry, but the ordering is currently disabled.
    The site is undergoing scheduled maintenance. Please check back later."

    Is this the beginning of the end? Am I going to have to revert to paying more for my music?
    • Batsquad, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I am having this exact problem at least since june 5. What's worse, I have 10 dollars in my balance. I sent them 3 messages asking for help, but until now they didn't answer me (btw, I live in Brazil).
  • geekee, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1So now digg is getting spammed by an operation that is illegal by most standards.
  • AirShark, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I posted this in another thread, but that topic seems to be dead. Maybe someone here can clear this up?

    "You know, maybe someone can explain to me how used record stores are allowed to operate under the current rules? Is there a piece of legality that I'm quite probably missing? I'm not allowed to copy my Cd's, it definitely currently not legal to buy RIAA backed digital music without DRM, I'm definitely not allowed to resell my MP3s, I would not be allowed to give a CD to a friend if it were up to them, and I shouldn't be allowed to make any money off of that CD after I decide I don't want it anymore.

    How does the industry legally make a distinction between used record stores that don't generate revenue for the labels from the sales of better-than-mp3 quality for about the same price as AllofMp3, and sites like AllofMP3.com that are selling digital copies arguably without actually getting any money back to the artists? The record stores are still making money off of their intellectual and physical product right?

    Is it a matter of dealing with a physical medium?

    Is there some copyright law that I'm not aware of?

    How is this different from AllofMP3 buying a CD legally, and then reselling copies?

    Can anyone explain the distinction to me?"
  • Remy_LeBeau, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Some good things about the list and some bad (in my opinion, of course)...

    GOOD
    -Sgt Pepper and Pet Sounds at the top. Hard to really argue about that.
    -The Zombies "Odessey and Oracle" makes the list at #80! For any of you who are not familiar with this album, you're really missing out!
    -Gram Parsons makes the list! Even if only at 429, it's great to see him on there.

    BAD
    -The Mamas and the Papas' "If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears"(#127), and Simon and Garfunkel's "Bookends"(#233) should have placed much higher.
    -Courtney Love stealing material from Kurt Cobain without giving him any credit, and still making the top 500. Shameful.
    -Compilations instead of the original albums.
  • solarpowered, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"at a fraction of the cost"?

    Guess so, none of it goes to the record companies or artists.

    Think of the savings!
  • sarahrose, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I'm kinda late on commenting the story, but that list of 500 albums wasn't made by allofmp3.. it was made by the rolling stones.
  • Hottdiggiddy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Regardless, it's a damn good list
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