Minecraft - Volume Alpha

First off, just one negative: it doesn’t have all the tracks. Going off of memory it doesn’t have the first two tracks - Key and Door - from the full digital album.Now the positives: As a teenager who played Minecraft on the Xbox 360 this is a dream come true. I don’t play the game a lot anymore but this is a nostalgic overload. I have the digital album but having it on vinyl is a lovely physical treat to have. That warm vinyl tint to the sound adds to the warm memories of playing this as a teenager. It helps it sounds so lovely on vinyl so the mastering and cutting was done right.The translucent green is beautiful and looks great on my turntable. It’s not too see-through so the green still pops out.Overall, if you were, are, or have someone who is a big Minecraft fan then this is a great thing to give. Whether it’s a treat, a present, or an impulse buy it’s great. 10/10 would HIGHLY recommend.

It looks and sounds great! My son really liked it!

It’s my childhood, what’s not to love about this vinyl!

I intend to listen to this record every night to go to bed. I already listened to it all the way through both sides a few times and the music choices couldn't have been better. I think the green translucent color is a nice touch too. I also like that side A and side B have different pictures to differentiate which side it is easier.

This has all of my favorite Minecraft songs on it. This has quickly become the background music to my life. It is relaxing and calming and beautiful in a way that doesn’t make sense considering it’s the music to a block game. Even if you don’t play Minecraft this music with no vocals is great to have on in the background. I recommend this to everyone who enjoys calm beautiful music and or Minecraft. easter egg for Minecraft players the cd looks like the ones from the game.

No skips, bangers only

Excellent

This review has a few parts, but be sure to read it all before purchasing.I've been waiting for this album to come out on vinyl, and when I saw that it was, I immediately pre-ordered it. However, I'm assuming many, many other did the same thing, because my order was delayed three times. Despite this, I finally have it and I'm so glad. C418 is a great composer, and his Minecraft albums, both Alpha and Beta, are by far my favorites.I only have a few quarrels with this LP. My biggest issue is that it isn't the best pressing, with a lot of noise. I've heard some other people had this issue, and well, what can you do. It's sort of the luck of the draw. But it's what makes an LP unique. My second dislike is that this is NOT the full track list of Volume Alpha. They've picked the 10 best tracks, and granted, they did get those. But the entirety of Volume Alpha is what makes it so great. So perhaps they'll do a double LP release in the future? Or maybe they'll do that for Volume Beta (which you should get if you haven't already).The biggest reason I wanted this album is simple; it's a physical form of one of my favorite albums of all time. Yes, the track list is on the skimpy side, and, yes, the pressing isn't great. But the real reason I buy vinyl, when it's been called an out-dated medium, isn't to be a hipster or to be quirky. The reason is because I want to own something physical from the artist. Media intake today is so digitalized, that we buy files and not the real thing. Do you see how odd that is, that we don't even have something physical after our purchase? That's the reason I wanted this album.