Free Streaming Music Album Sites
Last Updated: June 11, 2008
- IHeartMusic -
[Added on June 11, 2008]
Full albums and singles can be streamed here, and they sometimes have videos as well.
I took notice of them because Coldplay's Viva La Vida album was
featured here.
- Last.fm -
[Added February 6, 2008]
I have been using this one for a couple of weeks now. Once you download their player, you
can play full albums or songs and even create your own playlist. The playlist feature
doesn't work well, however, as it is always in shuffle mode so you can't add albums to it and
listen to them in the order that the songs should be. The shuffle mode also tended to
skip entire parts of my playlist and play the same parts much more frequently. If you
choose just to listen to an entire album, the downfall is that you have to hit the play
button in order to start each new song.
- MP3.com -
This one seems to have the biggest selection of the bunch. They have a huge alphabetized list and
we're not just talking indie stuff here but some well-known artists as well. If they just had a
way of searching rather than clicking through pages of albums, it would be killer.
- MSN Listening Booth -
They seem to have a frequent rotation of music, but their scrollable interface is the
worst of the bunch. You might find singles here in lieu of albums.
- MTV's The Leak -
This one is a bit sparse but they seem to get albums before they hit store shelves.
- Spinner -
This AOL-based site offers up current CDs for a few weeks at a time. I can't seem to
get it to work outside of the IE browser but I like the fact that they keep it fresh.
If you know of any other sites like this that legally stream free music, PLEASE
let us know!
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