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That's the price of most of the newer "big" CDs where I work. I don't buy the crap that costs that much (that's usually the shitty stuff like a new Britney Spears or 50 Cent or Jessica Simpson or whatever...you know...teenie bopper bullshit). That's just an example. Even the "lower" priced stuff is usually $14.99 or so...maybe a buck or two one way or the other. Sorry...I work part time during school and don't have the money to pay that much for a CD and still pay for those unimportant things like rent and food. If I download an album and I can tell that a lot of thought and energy and effort went into it's production then I just delete the files and go buy it out of respect for that artist, but that's a rare occurance. Besides, my music tastes are all over the place so it would be ridiculously expensive for me to go out and buy every album that I just kinda liked. So f@ck the RIAA and anyone who thinks we're taking food out of anyone's mouths. I feel no guilt about screwing big record companies out of the money they've been swiping from my pocket for years with their price fixing bullshit.