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| Artist: Original Video Game Soundtrack
Label: Interscope Records
Category: Music
List Price: $13.98
Buy New: $1.92
You Save: $12.06 (86%)
New (56) Used (36) Collectible (1) from $1.48
Avg. Customer Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 7082
Format: Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 001013102
UPC: 602517487659
EAN: 0602517487659
ASIN: B000W7Y1VK
Release Date: October 23, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Only worth it for the extra playable songs. November 23, 2007
The CD is not bad, but it's a lot of music that you probably have on other albums and only 2 real new songs (both of which are covers/remixes). This is worth it however for the exclusive downloadable songs for the Xbox 360 game.
 garbage. web site doesn't work. November 8, 2007
7 out of 14 found this review helpful
the point of this product is you get a code inside the CD. you plug that code into a web site. that site generates another code for use on XBOXLive for GH3 DLC.
the first web site (owned by interscope) is junk. at the time of this review, it doesn't work. refuses to register me. This item will be returned.
who cares that you don't even get many tracks to download when the site doesn't work to begin with.
Garbage.
An Unworthy Companion November 6, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
You know, part of me wants to recommend this CD as others have done before me, but I really just can't bring myself to do it. My issue isn't with the quality of the disc or the music therein, but honestly - how many people are REALLY going to buy this for the music that's on the CD? For that $13, you can download a lot of these tracks from iTunes or eMusic or even right here at Amazon. No - the real draw for this item is the three song download that comes with it. I must say, you've got to jump through a few hoops to get your songs (put your code in at the website then register then check email then get that then go put in your code and get your code that you then put into your Live account), and while they're not terrible, it's hard to say they're worth the price tag of this entire record. Unfortunately, as I write this review, it's the only way to get those songs in the game at all.
This leaves me sort of at loggerheads with myself. I can't really fault a Guitar Hero completist for buying this CD just for the song pack, but I can't say that it's any kind of a good value with a straight face. I mean, the Guitar Hero 2 song packs were ridiculous, and they cost half this much. If you're just a casual fan, I wouldn't worry much about having this. If you're a dedicated collector and you want all the tracks, I have to say that I don't see you listening to the CD itself a lot, but you'll get what you came for. What this feels like more than anything is an attempt to repurpose a number of the licensed tracks that Activision got their hands on in the production of the game and an experiment in marketing. While I'm curious to see how it works, I have to say that I'm not really rooting for it.
 Could use more songs, but a good buy for Xbox 360 Guitar Hero 3 owners November 2, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I wish this album had more songs. The tracks included are mostly great, but there's so much more they could have done with the album. Steve Ouimette's metal version of The Devil Went Down to Georgia is pretty good - the guitar is excellent even if the singer sounds like a nobody. It's a little too long, though.
It does come with a coupon for 3 free downloadable songs for Xbox 360 Guitar Hero 3 though. You have to visit a website, register, follow a confirmation email, then enter the code that comes with the album. Then the site will provide a code to enter in the Xbox 360 dashboard. of the 3 DLC songs, the AFI song Carcinogen Crush is terrible. I normally like them, but this is their most feminine, weak song yet. The Marilyn Manson remix sounds great but opinions are mixed about how it plays. Too fast but still fun, in my opinion. Flyleaf's song is good too.
If you're jonesing for more Guitar Hero 3 songs and want to listen to some of them outside of the game, this is a good purchase overall.
Obviously meant for 360 owners November 1, 2007
17 out of 19 found this review helpful
It seems to me that the previous posters are quite obviously not 360 owners, or just don't know about the reason why it's a companion CD and not a compilation CD.
In addition to the songs included with the CD, one also get's three additional songs to be downloaded via Xbox Live. For $10 you get what amounts to a song pack that usually runs 500 Xbox Live Points (value $6.25), with a copy of the songs from the game that you can listen to when you don't have your console readily available to you to play them.
Yes a lot of people will have these songs already in their music collections. So what it really boils down to for these people is, do you want to pay for a song pack and a couple of songs that you could otherwise download from iTunes (Curses be to Apple), or do the "illegal" route (down with the DMCA & RIAA) and BT them?
Either the way the value is not meant for Wii and PS3 owners to determine, but for 360 owners!
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