Now that Tower Records stores around the world are closing their doors, we’ve dispatched some specially trained consumer-crazed hobgoblins to the discount bins, in search of a good deal. Alas, all we’ve found so far is a lot of so-so crap. But it’s cheap so-so crap! If you’ve found a great deal at Tower, send the sales info (see below) and an MP3 to tips@idolator.com.
Artist: The Outfield
Album: Play Deep
List Price: $9.99
Minus 40% discount: $5.99
Minus additional 20% Tuesday-night discount: $4.79
Deal or no deal?: Well, it’s not like Deep is out of print or anything. But we felt guilty about still listening to our seven-year-old Napster bootleg of “Your Love” at the gym, so we ponied up. And while these guys will never be accused of going too lo-fi production–lordy, turn those sing-along chourses down a few notches, woulda?–it’s well worth your five dollars. So yes, a mild deal.
The Outfield – Your Love [MP3, link expired]
The Outfield – Everytime I Cry [MP3, link expired]
Totally worth it. If only because it reminds me of the summer of 1986 when my brother played this CD and the Top Gun soundtrack incessantly.
Joining the ever growing ranks of American Idol has-beens, Bo Bice was going for $1.99 at Amoeba in LA. But even for $1.99, my brother wouldn’t shoulder the humiliation and buy it for me. Wuss.
It’s actually a really good record the whole way through, and definitely a score for under five bucks.
The tower’s here in Las Vegas still had good stuff at the 70% markdown price. They really did themselves a disservice by putting themselves right next to a best buy, where the equivalent CD is always several dollars cheaper.
Tower’s business model (lets charge more and hope they don’t notice) was a failure, good riddance.