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What would the coffeehouse be without great music?

Well it wouldn’t be Starbucks, for one thing. We’re just as passionate about music as we are about coffee. That’s why we handpick all the tunes you hear in our stores. Helping people discover their next favourite artist or recording is one of our favourite things to do.

Now you can help yourself to a free download on iTunes every Monday.

Brighten your day and discover your next favourite artist or author with a free weekly download on iTunes. This could be anything from a new track by a popular rock band, a great release from an up and coming folk artist or even an e-book by a bestselling author.

Drop by your local Starbucks for the new Pick of the Week card, you’ll find them at the end of the bar where the drinks are served. Simply follow the instructions on the back of the card to get your free download.

You can check back at starbucks.co.uk each week to discover what the latest Pick of the Week download is. 

 

Available to download on iTunes

  1. Momentum: Jamie Cullum
    Momentum: Jamie Cullum
  2. Table Top Racing: App
    Table Top Racing: App
  3. Mini Ninjas: App
    Mini Ninjas: App
  4. High Hopes: Kodaline
    High Hopes: Kodaline
  5. Brahms Lullaby: Hayley Westenra
    Brahms Lullaby: Hayley Westenra
  6. Sneak: App
    Sneak: App
  7. Imagine Dragons: Radioactive
    Imagine Dragons: Radioactive
  8. Vampire State of Mind: Jane Lovering
    Vampire State of Mind: Jane Lovering
  9. Da Vinci's Demons: Series 1, Episode 1
    Da Vinci's Demons: Series 1, Episode 1
  10. Split Decisions: App
    Split Decisions: App
  11. Holst: 'Jupiter' from 'The Planets': Sir Simon Rattle
    Holst: 'Jupiter' from 'The Planets': Sir Simon Rattle
  12. The Man Who Turned Into Himself: David Ambrose
    The Man Who Turned Into Himself: David Ambrose
  13. Merlin: Series 5, Arthurs Bane
    Merlin: Series 5, Arthurs Bane
  14. Luciano Pavarotti: From La Boheme
    Luciano Pavarotti: From La Boheme
  15. New Girl: Fox
    New Girl: Fox
  16. Puzzler Crosswords App
    Puzzler Crosswords App
  17. You’re A Bad Man, Mr Gum: Andy Stanton
    You’re A Bad Man, Mr Gum: Andy Stanton
  18. No to Love: Jessie Ware
    No to Love: Jessie Ware
  19. Les Misérables: One Day More
  20. America’s Family Recipes App
  21. Peppa Pig: Goldie the Bear / Funfair
  22. I Am Not A Loser: Barry Loser
  23. Broken Sword App
  24. All The Single Ladies: Jane Costello
  25. Life of Pi
    Life of Pi: The Movie Companion
  26. Fool to Cry
    Fool to Cry: The Rolling Stones
  27. Ben & Hollys Little Kingdom
    Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom
  28. Miracle on Regent Street
    Miracle on Regents Street: Ali Harris
  29. NHM Evolution App
    NHM Evolution App
  30. All That Mullarkey
    All that Mullarkey: Sue Moorcroft
  31. Ode to Joy - Daniel Barembolm
    Ode to Joy: Daniel Barembolm
  32. Made in Chelsea - Channel 4
    Made in Chelsea: Channel 4
  33. Great British Chefs App
    Great British Chefs App
  34. Wildlife - Richard Ford
    Wildlife: Richard Ford
  35. Bridge Constructor App
    Bridge Constructor App
  36. Immortal - Dean Crawford
    Immortal: Dean Crawford
  37. Dr Who
    Doctor Who: The Wedding of River Song
  38. Joss Stone
    While You're Out Looking for Sugar: Joss Stone
  39. Koozac
    Koozac App
  40. Ellie Goulding
    Explosions: Ellie Goulding
  41. Facetrainer
    Facetrainer App
  42. Wombles
    The Wombles: Elizabeth Beresford
  43. Amazing London: Reader's Digest
  44. Lemanja: Melody Gardot
  45. SONIC THE HEDGEHOG™ 4 App
  46. Creature Comforts: Ardman
  47. Drowning: Conor Maynard
  48. Insects Natural History: DK
  49. Good Food App
  50. The Man Who Never Lied: Maroon 5
  51. Do You Think You're Clever: John Farndon
  52. Home Thoughts From Abroad: Rumer
  53. Eleven: Mark Watson
  54. Garmin Fit App
  55. LostWinds App
  56. Why Do You Let Me Stay Here: She & Him
  57. Outnumbered Series 2: Episode 2
  58. Vaccine: LadyHawke
  59. Lonely Planet: Guide to Stratford and East London
  60. Runtastic PRO GPS Fitness App
  61. Asphalt 6: Gameloft
  62. Beauty and the Beast: Disney
  63. Blue Planet: BBC
  64. Home Again: Michael Kiwanuka
  65. Lucy in the Sky: Paige Toon
  66. Sometimes you Need: Rufus Wainwright
  67. Ben Howard
    Old Pine: Ben Howard
  68. Tetris
    Tetris
  69. The Cranberries
    Perfect World: The Cranberries
  70. How to Cook Everything
    How to Cook Everything: Culinate
  71. Professor Green
    Read All About It: Professor Green
  72. The Eye of the Tiger
    The Eye of the Tiger: Wilbur Smith
  73. Snowflake: Kate Bush
  74. American Assassin: By Vince Flynn
  75. Under Fishbone Clouds: By Sam Meekings
  76. Hidden Depths: By Ann Cleeves
  77. The Muppet Theme: The Muppets
  78. Daddy: Emile Sandé
  79. Daffodils: Charlene Soraia
  80. The Glass Painter's Daughter: By Rachel Hore
  81. Massachusetts: The Bee Gees
  82. The Observations: By Jane Harris
  83. Cold December Night: Michael Bublé
  84. Invisible Riverside: Ryan Adams
  85. In My Dreams: James Morrison
  86. Limitless: By Alan Glynn
  87. Hurts Like Heaven: Coldplay
  88. Speak Low: Tony Bennett & Norah Jones
  89. The Damned United: By David Peace
  90. How'd You Like That: The Kooks

Court Yard Hounds and Flying Nun

26 January 2011

Posted by David L., editorial manager

One of my favorite things is a well-placed song within a film soundtrack. It’s always nice to discover a new track like the David Karsten Daniels cut, “That Knot Unties?”, used brilliantly at the end of the first season of The United States of Tara.

A great pairing can illuminate a song or elevate a film even further. Take for instance the amusing and carefully choreographed use of Hall & Oates’ “You Make My Dreams” in the film, 500 Days of Summer.

But one of my all-time favorite song cameos comes courtesy of A Silver Mt. Zion and their song, “13 Angels Standing Guard ’Round the Side of Your Bed.” When I first heard this incredibly moving piece, it sounded singularly cinematic. It finally surfaced, some odd eight years later. Leave it to director Harmony Korine to vibe on its magnificence and find the perfect placement for it within a film: naturally as the background to nuns skydiving while doing BMX bike tricks in the air. I know, I know. But trust me. It’s a beautiful image set to a beautiful song.

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Twilight Saga: Eclipse – The Vampires Are Alright

26 January 2011

Posted by David L., editorial manager

So, when it comes to discussing the Twilight Saga’s supernatural denizens, it often breaks into different camps. Edward or Jacob? I’m an Edward Cullen man myself. I mean, it’s great to be voted “Wolfboy with Best Biceps” in your high school yearbook and all, but can you sparkle like a diamond in the sunlight? Didn’t think so. I realize Twilight’s author Stephenie Meyer has created her own newfangled vampire lore, but frankly when it comes to vampires versus werewolves, it’s no contest.

One thing about this modern generation of cinematic undead, or lycanthropes for that matter, they love them some indie rock. Organ music just doesn’t cut it any more. That was Grandpa Nosferatu’s silent-era music. And the Count Dracula of the 1931 film, Dracula, may have been state of the art with the Western Electric Sound System, but it was still in mono, despite the valiant effort of uncredited composer Heinz Roemheld.

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Sunrise and the Living Is Eas

29 December 2010

Posted by Steven S., editorial manager

We produce a variety of compilations around here.


There are, of course, the Opus Collections, which focus on artists who’ve created momentous bodies of work. Your Peggy Lee. Your John Coltrane. Your John Lennon.

Then there are packages built around genres or a particular label or a musical hotspot, such as past packages devoted to salsa, or Motown, or Nashville in the 1950s.


Finally, there are compilations created to complement a mood or moment in time – perhaps a 4th of July patio party or, in the case of our new collection, Sunrise, mornings when there’s time to settle in with a cup of coffee and the morning paper.

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