I have a strict $100 budget which I would like to use to buy a small cd collection, hopefully 15-20 cds. I already spent about $7 (my first cd purchase ever) on radiohead's "OK Computer", which I found in a clearance bin at bestbuy, so I'm down to $93.
The other reason I want to stay under $100 is because I'm planning to bring a small cd collection with me back to china when I visit family, if I take too many cds it won't really be practical. Most of my relatives have lived in rural china for their entire lives, so I figure a laptop with a bunch of external HDs probably won't appeal to them as much as a small stack of physical CDs, which are much easier to use (most of them have never used a computer) and are compatible with the ancient cd player that they are already familiar with.
I want to give them a good impression of american music (they're open minded and not religious so don't worry about "offensive" tracks), so I want the genres to be as varied as possible, but since my budget is really limited, I'd prefer to only buy definitive album in their genres.
i.e., I basically never listen to jazz, but I plan to pick up a copy of "kind of blue" because I've heard from friends that it's a milestone jazz album.
anyway, the albums that I'm planning to buy so far are...
radiohead - ok computer ($7)
miles davis - kind of blue (???)
notorious BIG - ready to die (???)
red hot chili peppers - blood sugar sex magik (???)
...and beyond that I'm a bit unsure, especially for genres like classical and country. Do you guys have any recommendations?
The other reason I want to stay under $100 is because I'm planning to bring a small cd collection with me back to china when I visit family, if I take too many cds it won't really be practical. Most of my relatives have lived in rural china for their entire lives, so I figure a laptop with a bunch of external HDs probably won't appeal to them as much as a small stack of physical CDs, which are much easier to use (most of them have never used a computer) and are compatible with the ancient cd player that they are already familiar with.
I want to give them a good impression of american music (they're open minded and not religious so don't worry about "offensive" tracks), so I want the genres to be as varied as possible, but since my budget is really limited, I'd prefer to only buy definitive album in their genres.
i.e., I basically never listen to jazz, but I plan to pick up a copy of "kind of blue" because I've heard from friends that it's a milestone jazz album.
anyway, the albums that I'm planning to buy so far are...
radiohead - ok computer ($7)
miles davis - kind of blue (???)
notorious BIG - ready to die (???)
red hot chili peppers - blood sugar sex magik (???)
...and beyond that I'm a bit unsure, especially for genres like classical and country. Do you guys have any recommendations?
