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[jedimike]

No idea why MS is doing this but...will happily take.

It's probably like when magazines sometimes give away free subscriptions when their readership gets low. In order to prove that Xbox music is viable for record labels, MS has to show usage. Certainly MS is picking up the bill for all the downloads.

IMHO, it is the best music service available and I've tried almost all of them from the internet radios (iHeart, Pandora, LastFM, Nokia MusicMix) to the ala cartes (Beats, iTunes) and I keep coming back to Xbox music. It isn't perfect (which is why I keep searching) but it offers the best radio experience with smartDJ; the best streaming experience with Xbox music subscription; and a lot of really great offers for buying DRM free music. It still suffers with selection though. It has about 80% of the music I want to listen to.

 

[sixteen-bit]

What's with Microsoft and Macklemore?

 

[steveovig]

I literally just bought Kanye's College Dropout last night on Amazon, and now it's free here. My luck.

 

[Syriel]

Music Deals app says the Beastie Boys Anthology is free, Xbox Music telling me it's not available

Yep. All the stuff I wanted was gone.

No James Taylor for me.

I got CHVRCHES tho.

I just downloaded both of those ~15 minutes ago.

Try clicking through again (and make sure Xbox Music app is updated).

It's possible server is getting slammed (unless they're pulling albums already).

New offer just went live today.

 

[SirKhalid]

Woah, nice new free albums. It's a good thing that I click on the thread again.

 

[n64coder]

I got about 7 more albums but now I'm getting errors. "Try your purchase again. Something went wrong while completing your purchase". Haven't seen that error before.

 

[DarkFlow]

If anyone likes Paramore, Pick up the ZEDD album. Has a good single with Hayley Williams called "Stay the Night".

 

[Zvonimir Boban]

I just downloaded both of those ~15 minutes ago.

Try clicking through again (and make sure Xbox Music app is updated).

It's possible server is getting slammed (unless they're pulling albums already).

New offer just went live today.

Yep, Beastie Boys showing up as downloadable for me now \o/

 

[gaiadyne]

New Songs! So glad I subscribed to this thread with the first free songs!

 

[davepoobond]

the count came to something like 45 actually new albums. there were some duplicates from the previous lists


the app also will not download unless it is the active window.

 

[gaiadyne]

the count came to something like 45 actually new albums. there were some duplicates from the previous lists


the app also will not download unless it is the active window.

I noticed that too. I had the window split with Xbox Music on one side and my desktop up on the other and that worked pretty well.

 

[juliushandle]

bought a $39 lumia 635 and couldn't be happier. makes a great mp3 player now.

 

[DarthWoo]

So I finally got to the end of the downloading process, or at least what the app is willing to download. Probably 20-30% of the songs are listed as having had download errors though, and I have no idea how to get it to try again on those songs. Has anyone else had this issue?

 

[Syriel]

So I finally got to the end of the downloading process, or at least what the app is willing to download. Probably 20-30% of the songs are listed as having had download errors though, and I have no idea how to get it to try again on those songs. Has anyone else had this issue?

Right click on album.
Clear error.
Download.

Enjoy.

 

[Pathos]

What's with Microsoft and Macklemore?

they both have something to say

Spoiler

both from washington

 

[Chris R]

So I finally got to the end of the downloading process, or at least what the app is willing to download. Probably 20-30% of the songs are listed as having had download errors though, and I have no idea how to get it to try again on those songs. Has anyone else had this issue?

Yup, same here. Music app is a buggy pos, just glad I can never open it again after downloading the albums I grab.

 

[DarthWoo]

Right click on album.
Clear error.
Download.

Enjoy.

Thanks. Seems to be working.

 

[DarkCloud]

Yup, same here. Music app is a buggy pos, just glad I can never open it again after downloading the albums I grab.

As someone who has used this app well before this promotion started I can say this is not how it normally functions. I have to imagine there is a very high amount of traffic hitting their servers atm from this.

 

[Nabs]

I just noticed the new batch (12/2) of albums. I'll gladly take all this stuff.

 

[gaiadyne]

I just noticed the new batch (12/2) of albums. I'll gladly take all this stuff.

enjoy I know I am

 

[Bulbo Urethral Baggins]

Beastie Boys Anthology for free is worth the price alone.

 

[Zaraki_Kenpachi]

Is there another way to get this besides windows 8? Didn't work the other week when I tried and seems they removed a lot of music.

 

[mechashiva]

Glad I saw the bump. ITunes Store basically forgot my Tron Legacy purchase and I haven't gotten that fixed. Got it and some other great stuff free.

 

[Syriel]

Is there another way to get this besides windows 8? Didn't work the other week when I tried and seems they removed a lot of music.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=140552410&postcount=102

 

[vwnut13]

It's Tuesday! Are you ready for some more free albums?


Looks like there are about 10 new albums hidden throughout the "100 Free Albums" this week. Hey, if you missed out on some free albums the first two weeks, they might be free yet again!

 

[Hatchtag]

It's Tuesday! Are you ready for some more free albums?


100 Free, but it looks like there are quite a few that are duplicates from the first two weeks.

oh goody i was hoping this would happen! which ones this time?
also, how do you view all 100? I could only see the first page of 50 the last time they had 100, and i couldn't figure out how the hell to see the other 50.

 

[vwnut13]

oh goody i was hoping this would happen! which ones this time?
also, how do you view all 100? I could only see the first page of 50 the last time they had 100, and i couldn't figure out how the hell to see the other 50.

They all show up for me... (Windows 8.1 PC)


Here are the new albums (I think this is a complete list)


JAY Z & Kanye West - Watch The Throne (Deluxe)
Rihanna - Unapologetic (Deluxe)
Busta Rhymes - The Big Bang
The Decemberists - The King Is Dead
Colbie Caillat - Breakthrough (Deluxe)
Madonna - MDNA
Amos Lee - Mission Bell
Bad Meets Evil - Hell: The Sequel (Deluxe)
Scotty McCreery - Clear As Day
Keith Urban - Defying Gravity
Chrisette Michele - Epiphany

 

[vwnut13]

Afternoon bump in case anyone missed it.

 

[Hatchtag]

Got most my albums. Worth noting there's also a pretty decent $2 album sale for some 2014 albums like St. Vincent and Ultraviolence.

 

[uncledonnie]

Just figured I'd bump this since I've been downloading all day. Such a ridiculous giveaway, 5 days left.

 

[Yuuichi]

Anyone mind checking the bitrate for me? Not gonna go to all the hassle if it's not well encoded music.

 

[ctfg23]

Anyone mind checking the bitrate for me? Not gonna go to all the hassle if it's not well encoded music.

320 kbps

 

[Anustart]

Tried this yesterday, but the app was trying to charge me so I gave up.

 

[GutsOfThor]

Bleh. Nothing but shit....