This is most definitely one of my favorite albums of all time, and it has to be shared because from start to finish, it is probably one of the best albums to listen to while driving down the road with the windows down, music blaring. Every single track on this album is more fire that the BTS song “Fire”, and I just absolutely love it. Big Bang has a habit of making serious bangers, but MADE truly takes the cake. This is the special edition version that has different versions for each member. I linked to the correct version above, as there is also a not as cool version you can buy, and I want to make sure you are looking at the right ones. I only have the GD version, and the reason I didn’t buy anymore is that trying to find T.O.P. would drive me nuts, so I decided I am fine with having GD.
I do a lot of my album shopping on Music Plaza LA. Additionally, if you have never used Music Plaza before, this link will get you an extra 5% off of your first purchase!
You can also order a copy of the album from an eBay, as they typically have good prices. Plus, with eBay, you can save a little bit of money by using the E-Bates extension on your browser, as it will save you 2% on all album purchases, which definitely adds up.
What is E-Bates?
E-Bates is a cashback site that gives you money for purchases you may have already made. They even have an extension for multiple browsers so when you go to a website that uses Ebates, it will automatically pop up the cashback button to make sure you are saving money. I use this all the time, and I got over 80$ back from them for purchases I was going to make anyway. That’s about 3 more albums I can buy!
If you’ve never used EBates before, you can use this link to get $10 when making a qualified purchase of $25 when using EBates. You will also get whatever percent cashback is being offered from the site you are purchasing from. Sephora, typically has 4% cashback, through here. Sokoglam typically has 3%. These percentages Many other major retailers are on there as well.
Things to Know About this Album:
- There are 6 versions of this album:
- Group Version
- G-Dragon (Shown)
- T.O.P
- Seungri
- Daesung
- Taeyang
- Things that come with the album:
- CD
- Photobook (about 100 pages)
- Canvas
- Puzzle ticket
- Mini-poster
- Photocard for the member version you have
- Getting the version you want, unless you get one that has previously been opened is a total crap shoot. Big Bang is one of those artists though where I do not care who I get because I like them all.
- All versions come with a canvas, and all of the canvases are different.
- So, this puzzle ticket says if you get all of them, there is some sort of prize. No idea what the prize is, I can’t find anything on it, but the contest was from 2015, so it is probably over now, and I still have no idea what you get if you win.
K-Points: 892/5
Not only is the music on this album top-notch, but the packaging is too. This is 100% an album that I want to have out on display for the world to see. It is sleek, but it stands out at the exact same time. On top of all of that, the photo book is really cool. It isn’t like 200 pages or anything, but it gives you enough of a taste that you want more.
Do you need to buy this album? Yes. I think it is the album that all K-Pop lovers need in their collections. Also, since like all of Big Bang is going to be enlisting in the military, this will be exactly what you need to give you your Big Bang fix while we wait for all of them to finish. Should you stream this album? Yes, but I still think it is spend money on physical copy worthy. It is just that good, as it is one of the only albums to “All Kill”, or hit #1, on every single chart in Korea that the exact same time. That is how good this album is, people.
Go buy it, K-Nuggets!
사랑합니다!
–Rachel
