LegalSounds Review

LegalSounds has been in existence since 2005, and they are the cheapest legal music download site I have found, offering incredibly inexpensive mp3s! Of course, you can also buy a massive selection of full albums. The music on the site is updated regularly and I have always been pleased with the huge range they offer.

You bet! LegalSounds songs are 9 cents each, though you can of course buy full albums if you wish. These are usually around the dollar to 2 dollar mark, which means your first account credit of $25 goes quite a long way! You can also get free bonus tracks when you top up your account!

If you've been searching online for cheap legal music downloads and found my LegalSounds review, you may well be wondering whether it's really legal and if you can trust them. I must confess that this was how I felt too. However what I found is that YES, according to what they state on their legal information page this website is indeed LEGAL!

Specifically, there is a clear statement on the legal information section of the site that all the material they offer is available for internet distribution courtesy of a particular license in the Russian Multimedia and Internet Society. They also state that they pay the appropriate license fees under local copyright laws for the material they provide.

Be aware though, any mp3s you download from LegalSounds are legal only for personal use. Therefore you are not allowed to broadcast, distribute or resell the music you download.

Signing up for LegalSounds is a simple and secure process. They ask you to provide a question and answer for security purposes, in case you forget your login details. You reveive a free track once you've signed up, and you can also download one free track every day afterwards. You also get the full US Top 40 singles free after joining.

LegalSounds boasts a massive selection of cheap legal music downloads. I've been pleasantly surprised at the variety on offer! Whether I've been looking for some Roots Reggae, vintage Pink Floyd or latest Eminem, I can almost always find what I want. At the time of writing LegalSounds offers:

232,972 artists

319,711 albums

3,038,981 songs

In the unlikely event they don't have the track(s) you want, there's a neat feature called music request. Click this, log in and you can fill out a form to contact LegalSounds support and request the music you'd like to download.

Another nifty feature is that you can listen to a preview of each track before you decide to buy - I particularly like this as I love to sample new music. With the preview you can usually get a pretty good idea of whether you're going to like your selection.

LegalSounds will securely process Mastercard, Visa, Paysafe and uKash payments for your mp3 downloads. The minimum you can add to your account is $25, and this applies each time you add credit to your account. What you pay into your account does not expire, so you can use it as and when you need. They also offer some great incentives for topping up:

Add $39.00 to your account, get 50 free songs

Add $50.00, get 80 free songs,

Add $100.00, get 200 free songs or

Add $200.00, get 2000 free songs!

With the LegalSounds Music Downloader - I really like this bit of software and think it helps to put LegalSounds a cut above its competitors. You simply download it (bug and virus free) from the site. Once installed, the music downloader enables you to queue music for download, and pause and resume downloads at will. You can also keep an eye on your account balance, and which of your purchases you've downloaded so far.

An important point is that if you need to download a track or album more than once, you can, as LegalSounds remembers what you've purchased.

LegalSounds exclusively offer mp3 tracks, which can be played on any mp3 compatible device. The sound quality of the mp3s varies between 192 and 320kbps - I have always found my downloads to be crystal clear.

Yes.The music you purchase can be downloaded to your computer and then transferred to, and played on any mp3 compatible device (Including iPods, iPhones, your laptop, mobile phone etc.). It's also compatible with iTunes, Winamp and Windows Media Player, and can be burned to Cd.

I hope you've found my LegalSounds review helpful and informative - you can sign up for Legal Sounds by clicking this link - and start filling up your mp3 player with all those tunes you've been meaning to get!