Free Streaming Music Album Sites
Last Updated: March 12, 2008
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- SpiralFrog -
[Update on February 7, 2008]
Okay, while it was cool that I could download songs and albums, I went to play them on
another computer and found that the license needed to play them didn't carry with the
music. My whole goal was to put the files on a flash drive that I could take to work
so that I would have new music to listen to. If all you are going to do is listen to
the music on your computer, then this might be an okay service, otherwise, it's a dud.
- 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.
If you know of any other sites like this that legally stream free music, PLEASE
let us know!
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