I am trying to translate this statement and understand the use of いくら:

> いくら俺でも鬼じゃあるまいしアルバムまで捨てたりは...

I think it means something like:

> I'm not an ogre so throwing away even an album...

if someone could correct my translation and explain the grammar behind the
いくら俺でも part, I would appreciate it.
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いくら＋pronoun＋でも usage/meaning
"いくら俺でも" implicates "みんな良く知っているように、俺は善人ではない。多少は酷いことをした奴（人間）だ。しかし、さすがにそんな俺でも"

"いくら俺でも、鬼じゃあるまいし" => I admit that I'm not a good person. If I were a devil, I
thrown away the album (that is something very special for you,) but I'm not as
bad as devil. So I never do it.
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> 「いくら + (Person) + でも + Negative expression」

is a common and important sentence pattern. It being Japanese, however, **_the
negative expression is often left unsaid_**. The non-sentence in question is a
stereotypical example of this phenomenon.

> 「いくら俺{おれ}でも鬼{おに}じゃあるまいしアルバムまで捨{す}てたりは・・・」

What is left unsaid here (and instead "expressed" with 「・・・」) would surely be
a negative phrase like 「しない」、「しないよ」、「しないさ」, etc.

> "However (adjective that fits the context) (the person) may be, he would not
> do ~~~."

is the meaning of this sentence pattern. To apply this to your "non-sentence",
one would come up with a translation like:

> "However **_evil_** I may be, I am no ogre and I **_would not go so far as
> to_** throw out an album."

I just selected the adjective " ** _evil_** " and the phrase " ** _would
not_** " for the sake of translation. Clearly, those are not found in the
original.

The key is to know what is left unsaid; otherwise, you will not be able to
translate something like this into English or other languages.
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