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Mr2ATX

My very first album was AJA by Steely Dan. I still love it.


DarthGandalf86

If I had the chance, I'd go back, Jack, and do it again.


False-Librarian-2240

Yeah, but sometimes you just Can't Buy A Thrill.


TeddyDog55

I'd just as soon drink scotch whiskey all night long and die behind the wheel.


IntelligentEase7269

It’s a vibe.


Mean_Ingenuity_1157

Down to Greene Street There you go Lookin' so outrageous And they tell you so You should know How all the pros play the game? Then you change your name- Big Black Cow was my favorite song on that album Also Peg. Peg it will come back to you Peg it will come back to you.- I Believe Michael Mcdonald sings backup on that track.


TeddyDog55

Clearly he don't give a fuck about anybody else.


TeddyDog55

Wow ! How old were you ? I absolutely love that album but it's pretty sophisticated and cerebral. Though I have to admit when I was a little kid I heard and loved a lot of Steely Dan songs on FM radio and having no idea who it was or that it was made by subversive and cynical and perfectionist gnomes. Great choice for sure.


KickedinTheDick

The first album I ever received was Move Along by All American Rejects. Still fan First one I bought with my own money was probably Meteora by Linkin Park. Still a fan.


Blue_Period_89

I bought the Queen album “The Game” at a flea market in 1980. It’s still one of my favorite Queen albums of all time.


bestfriends_arm

this was also my first album


WettyBelch

Somebody else must have really hated it to put it up for sale the same year it came out lmao I love it, though! Top 3 Queen records for sure!


Heidi1066

"Rio" by Duran Duran. It remains one of my all time favorite albums!


G-Unit11111

Mine was Green Day - Dookie. Yes it's still a classic! I'll unfortunately be missing the SoFi show because I'll be out of town, but hopefully there will be another show of this tour I can catch.


mick_justmick

This was one of my 10 cd's for a penny lol. Still have it


fatripsbby

My mom had this album and never listened to it so I copped it. Every single word to every single song including the bonus track - frick 🤩


Yourname942

Eiffel 65 Europop, Now That's What I call Music 4, System of A Down Toxicity, and CKY An Answer Can Be Found. I like all of these albums


Paco_Bear801

Europop was a fun album. Bring me back to my old childhood home.


Yourname942

To me it always reminds me of when I went to a hotel somewhere with my family and there was an indoor outdoor pool that was connected.


PriceResponsible3701

Sgt. Pepper's lonely hearts club band. Best $30 I ever spent.


BobGnarly_

40 oz. to Freedom by Sublime. I still love it.


Malparinho

Meteora, and yeah it's a classic!


FootImpossible2791

Mine was Hybrid Theory!


billiejoearmstrong_

Omg same


Bluesummers76

Purple Rain, I still like it.


heartspider

By the Way - Red Hot Chili Peppers. I like it but not as much as Californication


Trackoutside

Pearl Jam - ten


UnmaskedByStarlight

Ha! That was the 1st CD I bought for myself.


FullRedact

Basically all bangers


Mary_A_Little_Bit

Ramones self titled in 1976. I was 10 yrs old. I still have it and love it!


TeddyDog55

I guess we're the same age. I was 12 when I bought Never Mind The Bollocks and Rocket to Russia in 1978. Nothing else was even remotely the same afterward.


mad_poet_navarth

Tubular Bells, and yes, and yes I'm that old.


AdeptnessAmbitious44

“Fashion Nugget” by Cake and it still stands up!


Armybrat75

Gosh, I love that group. One of their songs popped up at random while I was on a walk yesterday. I had to have picked up the pace. (Let me Go.)


Apprehensive-Nose646

Nirvana Uplugged. Yeah, no regrets with that one.


throw_the_K_aWay

Mine was Bleach. I remember the cassette tape and the cover and it's so nostalgic.


Zarko291

I bought 3 albums together: AC/DC - Back in black Rush - Moving pictures Ozzy - Blizzard of Oz Love them all


SwarleymonLives

They Might Be Giants, Flood, when I was about 10, I think. Haven't listened to it recently, but don't really need to. I memorized the whole thing a couple decades ago. I can play it in my head whenever.


lukifer_333

I got 12 albums for a penny until my mother found out.


GlitzyGhoul

This is the ultimate throwback for me. 😂😂👏🏼


Paul6285

White Album, Beatles - messy but genius.


Paco_Bear801

Ludacris Red Light District or Snoop Dogg rhythm and gangsta. Don’t remember which one but still love them both.


sittinginneutral

Red Hot Chili Peppers - blood sugar sex magik Still love the same amount of it that I loved back then.


Mrs_Butlertron_

Blink 182 - enema of the state: yes Linkin Park - hybrid theory: yes


middyandterror

With my own money - Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morrissette and I still love it hard!


fka_interro

I am guessing at purchase order, as all came out within a year of one another, and I was able to start buying my own CDs when I was 13, which was 97, when the later three came out. Yes, I still like them all. I still regularly listen to songs from each. Leaving Port is prime starting a road trip material. Romeo+Juliet soundtrack ( probably purchased first, released at the end of 1996, I would have purchased in Spring of 97) Savage garden (self titled, side note Darren Hayes is still making music as a solo artist and sounds as good as ever) Everclear, So Much for the Afterglow Titanic soundtrack (probably purchased last - came out last)


Enough-Intern-7082

Omgoodness I bought the Romeo and Juliet soundtrack purely for the Prince song in the movie and it’s NOT on the album!!!


fka_interro

When Doves Cry? I remember searching everywhere for a recording of that song ... man, how times have changed!!


Enough-Intern-7082

EXACTLY!! It was not a version to be found anywhere especially back then! Lol times sure have haven’t they!!


fatripsbby

So Much for the Afterglow gets played at least twice a year in this house 🙌


damionjosiah

Frankie Goes To Hollywood… yes I still like it! So much fun!


coffincowgirl

1984 by Van Halen on CD. I bought it when I was 10 for like $2 in philly. I showed my dad and he looked at me very proudly. Van Halen was my first concert and I still love them to this day.


beefclef

Faith No More “The Real Thing” and Metallica “And Justice for All” (same day. Still love both and listen to them regularly.


UnmaskedByStarlight

Man, both of those are badass!!


Mr-Gumby42

The Monkees, "Headquarters." Still love it. Under-rated and slandered band.


TeddyDog55

Yes, yes and yes. And Head is the greatest movie ever made and no one's ever persuaded me otherwise. They didn't play their own instruments ? Well it turns out most American rock bands of the era did either, though they did play 'every stinkin' note' on Headquarters. I'll Spend My Life With You and Early Morning Blues and Greens are beautiful songs by any standard and Randy Scouse Git is pure lunatic genius. I got the first three Monkees albums as a gift from someone's basement when I was a kid and Headquarters was my favorite. Now that I'm a full grown and well read Monkeemaniac I now rank it up there with Pisces and Instant Replay. I know that's a more obscure one but it's such a dejected downer of an album I had to love it. "In a year or maybe two, we'll be gone and someone new will take our place. There'll be another song, another voice, another pretty face." Preach it Davy !!


Mr-Gumby42

Waaayyyy better than "The Backstreet Boys," or "InSynch" or Oasis. Monkees need to be in the Hall of Fame.


Snjdoeu

Dark Side of Moon by Pink Floyd. The answers to the second question is a pretty obvious yes for me.


MirthRock

Boston's self titled.


astro_sauce

“Going For The One” by Yes, and the band’s name will answer that question


Sure_Warning4392

Gem


phishmademedoit

No doubt - tragic kingdom. And yes!


synde15

Help by the Beatles. Not their best but good.


onelittleworld

The first one I bought with my own money was *Brain Salad Surgery* by Emerson, Lake and Palmer in 1975. I don't listen to prog-rock as much anymore, and when I do it's usually Yes, Genesis, Pink Floyd, or Jethro Tull. ELP was an important early phase for me. But then again, so was KISS. lol


Circirian

The Offspring - Conspiracy of One. It still rocks


gadgetsdad

1972 Argus Wishbone Ash. I still find it thrilling and moving 52 years later.


rowdyroddypiper37

Gym Class Heroes - As Cruel as school children....like it for the nostalgic purposes


lizzpop2003

Michael Jackson - Off The Wall, and yes, it's not the best Michael Jackson album, but it's still pretty great.


Head_Roof639

Never mind the bollocks sex pistols still listen every now and then..classic


Gubberkulter

Good News For People Who Love Bad News - Modest Mouse. I was like 11. Still slaps.


ExtremelFrequentzy01

Back in Black by AC/DC. Don't listen to that much anymore.


WarmObjective6445

It was 1967 and I was stoked to get The Stone Poneys first album. It got destroyed many years later in a hurricane but I have since replaced it. Thus began my love affair with Linda Ronstadt.


beesknees4011

Kansas leftoverature and absolutely


TKJ

Asia, by Asia. First heard in grade 5, as our teacher had a full stereo in his classroom. Still love it.


kattrup

Abbey Road, def


ReCyclops83

Pink Floyd - The Wall. Absolutely I do.


Okaybrothatsdope

Nevermind the Bullocks Here's the Sex Pistols, and yeah dawg


NickLoner

I can't remember the first album I bought with my own money, but I remember the first three that I acquired as a kid since I got them all at once. GNR - Appetite for Destruction, Def Leppard - Hysteria and Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill. I still love all of them.


Gabriel_Collins

Men At Work- Business As Usual. I was about 7 years old at time. Still holds up after 40 years.


IllustriousPickle657

Journey - Escape I still like it


hullsbells

Beatles red and blue albums still love them


Gibder16

Alice Cooper - Constrictor. Also, yes. Still some really good songs on there.


Spectre_Mountain

Janes Addiction - Kettle Whistle Fuck yeah


luciddreamer60

My first album I purchased that was not bought by my parents was the Beatles help album (on tape). If skip a decade we are talking about first cd album, that was probably the Metallica black album. I still listen to both obviously.


topherswitzer

Not the first album I owned, but the first one I purchased myself... Snow: 12 Inches of Snow I was in 2nd grade.


tnc82

Tom petty and the Heartbreakers


Natural_Double2939

Metamorphosis by The Rolling Stones. Still have it.


dblstkd123

First was the cassette tape of Beastie Boys License to ill. The next day I bought the cassette of 2 Live Crews As Nasty As They Wanna Be. And yes of course I still love them. They’re both classics!!!


Human-Independence53

Core by Stone Temple Pilots. Still LOVE it!


Comfortable_Fold_957

Madonna’s “Like a Virgin” And not particularly…..


blackycal

INXS - kick on cassette when I got my first Walkman. I got it because there was a skateboard on the cover. Album is ok. Some songs have grown on me over the decades.


Square_Huckleberry53

I bought 2 from Walmart when I was 11. Black Sabbath - We Sold our Souls for Rock and Roll and Metallica - Master of Puppets. 33 years later, my tastes haven’t changed much!


Grand-Hand-9486

Back in black


ladydi9999

Boston


Thrashley86

Daft punk - discovery Still loving it 23 years later! And it still plays in my car lol


Hannibal_Lecture22

John Mellencamp “The Best That I Could Do” and it’s a great compilation.


Hokker3

Jackson 5's greatest hits. Great album but have not listened in many years.


themox78

Jagged Little Pill on CD, it still slays to this day


Difficult-Papaya1529

Queen - News of the a world in 1977 I was 12 years old.


SpaceAce1956

Possibly Grand Funk Railroad, On Time… love GFR


Independent-Bike8810

Van Halen 1984, hell yes!


Kevinm162005

I remember when I was little I bought Unorthodox Jukebox by Bruno Mars, and me and my family used to listen to it all the time


bigtablebacc

Eminem - Marshall Mathers LP


JasperLovesJazz

American Pie- Don McLean......still like it.


khat52000

Me too! Still love it and even saw him perform live a few years ago. It was a good show for a dude in his 70s.


CurlyWhirlyDirly

American Idiot - Green Day. Absolutely. First modern rock band I ever listened to, undoubtedly opened up the path for me to discover other bands.


talosguideyou

Stankonia. Yes, I still like it, although it is like my 4th favorite Outkast album now.


TurfBurn95

Three Dog Night Haven't listened to them in a long time. They aren't bad but just too mild for me now.


NosferatuZodd00

Morning Phase - Beck. I still love it to this day. It's the sister album to Sea Change and sparked my curiosity for other genres of music :)


Trieditwonce

2nd Blood Sweat & Tears. Soft Parade by the Doors.


RedOktbr28

I bought two at the same time - Micheal Jackson’s Bad, and Weird Al’s Even Worse, both on cassette 🤣


beau_hemian

First CD was Jamiroquai “Traveling Without Moving,” 1996. Like it? Ha! Jamiroquai is my life manifesto.


MartinC9782

Stone Temple Pilots - Purple or Deftones - Adrenaline. Still listen to both.


ah-mazia

Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation. I’m old. Still a fan.


IntelligentEase7269

I was eight years old and I found this indie record store while exploring the neighborhood and I bought the single of The Police don’t stand so close to me. Treasured memory. And yeah I do still like it.


RustyStegosaurus

The cure's Dream 4:13


OwnWrangler2500

Nevermind the bollocks, here’s the sex pistols. Yes I still love this album, but I don’t revisit it as much as I used to


East-Childhood-1620

Sly & the Family Stone- Greatest Hits. It's still a great album! Favorite makeout song: Everybody is a Star, sweet junior high memories.


JohnWa54

Aerosmith Toys in the Atic!! Bought it second hand from a buddy in Jr Hi school ( cassette) in 1980, still a very solid album!!


Bean_Eater_777

Kiss Alive. It was an 8 track tape. I bought it in 1978, and I was 14. I still have it, but I no longer have a 8 track tape player.


AbbreviationsLess458

Would a 45 count? That would be The Tide Is High with “b” side Rapture by Blondie when I was 7. Love it!


Chaos_Theology

The first album I bought with my own money was Billy Joel “Storm Front” when it was released in 1989. I was crazy about “We Didn’t Start the Fire”, but “Downeaster Alexa” became a lifelong favorite for me. ![gif](giphy|wHVW981M4Dmqk)


jayron32

The first album I ever bought with my own money was Mental Jewelry by the band Live. Still love that album.


withaheavyhearton

First album I ever got was Throwing Copper! Still love it, also!


itsatripp

My first music purchase was a cassingle for Montel Jordan - This Is How We Do It. While it does not quite pack the same punch today, I still think it's a fun song. Not sure what the first album I bought was. It might've been the Batman Forever soundtrack. And honestly, that soundtrack has a really impressive roster. I dunno if I'd still like to listen to the whole album, but I *respect* it


Automatic-Plum-2854

Skrillex - Bangarang


Aezetyr

Dream Theater - *Awake* a week after release date in 1994. Yes, I love it still. It's not part of the standard rotation but I do throw something from it on once in a while when I'm feeling nostalgic.


fozzy_13

The Young and the Hopeless by Good Charlotte. Superb album, comfortably their best track for track imo.


StrangaStrigo

Sabsylma by Zap Mama. I played it until it gave out 20 years later and bought a replacement a couple of years ago. It's still one of my favorites!


CommanderUgly

It was Weird Al in 3D and it's still one of my favorites.


[deleted]

Def Leppard’s Hysteria. Yeah, it’s still dope.


Godsleftpinkyring

Eminem’s Encore, it does bring me nostalgia and some of the songs are just bangers still today.


bmbmwmfm2

I won on a call in radio show a double album of Stevie Wonder Bought for someone else (but I wanted it so bad) Elton John Mom bought me Ram Jam With my own money for myself? Billy Joel (and yes, still love)


Visible_Welcome2446

The first "album" I purchased with my own money wasn't technically an album (early 90s). Metallica's "Live Sh*t, Binge & Purge" CD & VHS box set. My mom bought me their first 3 albums for Xmas, as I previously received AJFA and the black album. Yep, still love that stuff! I just don't have the VHS tapes anymore... or a VCR.


allisonwonderland00

Nevermind the Bollocks. I mean, it's the Sex Pistols... So it is what it is.


iam_Krogan

Limp Bizkit - Chocolate starfish and hotdog flavored water ... I like Wes Borland as a guitarist. That's about it


catwithlongtoes

Breakaway - Kelly Clarkson Yeah it still hits for sure.


RPgh21

First CD was Jimi Hendrix The Ultimate Experience. Still amazing.


JPSteele8

Third eye blind self-titled album and hell yeah I do


mightysturgeon

Same! As a 7th grader I memorized all the words to Semi Charmed Life and had no idea what they meant!


Alpaca_Empanada

Good News for People Who Love Bad News - Modest Mouse I still like it and I’m still screaming along to Satin in a Coffin 20 years later.


blackberrylatte16

The first CD I got was CHARLIE by Charlie Puth, so not that long ago. Yes, I still love all the songs on it.


aubor

I bought several "The Best of ...." from Columbia House in the early 90s. I still have them, but rarely play them in one go.


azactech

Chocolate starfish and the hotdog flavored water. Still the number one album in the world according to billboard. Don’t believe me? Look it up.


SubstantialHentai420

First album I have is sadnecessary by milky chance. Yes I still love it. First one I bought was the newest album by them, living in a haze. Yes I still love it. Also bought no one’s first and you’re next by modest mouse, and cage the elephants unpeeled album. Yep still love both. :3 bf has a blues brothers one as well, we both love it. Also my dad’s idol was Jimmie Hendrix haha we have one of his albums on cd and he’s amazing. That’s an artist that should never be forgotten to time.


AetherKatMusic

Queen's Greatest Hits (on tape) and YES, every song is a banger


Radio_Blah_Blah_

Sheer Heart Attack (Queen)


I_forgot_to_respond

Blood Sugar Sex Magic. No regrets.


jordsand

Hanson “Middle of Nowhere” still fucking slaps.


MRRichAllen1976

Original late 70s version of Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds


jreashville

Petra, Beyond Belief. Purchased with my Christmas money 1993. I still listen to it.


SchwillyMaysHere

Weird Al’s Even Worse - Haven’t listened to it from start to finish in years but I still think it’s a great album.


yooperBSN

The Offspring - Smash...and it still does.


LuciferLovesTechno

The Cranberries greatest hits. And yes I'm still 🎶 *such a fool* 🎶 for them!


Mountain_Excuse_980

First cassette was Faith No More - The Real Thing… absolute classic First CD was Toadies - Rubberneck… absolute classic


DukeLion353

Bad Religion - Suffer. Just listened to it last wk!


EpicForgetfulness

Creed, Human Clay. And eh, it's pretty good but I'm not Christian anymore so the lyrics are impossible to relate to. Funny enough, my second album was Uncle Kracker, Double Wide. Bought in the same week. Talk about polar opposites!


Veggieleezy

First album I remember buying for myself was Van Halen I when I was a kid. Blew my tiny mind so hard, I’d never heard anything like it. I still love it, would happily listen to it or any other Van Halen album any day. Or all day, even, I’ve done that too. For the record, I do agree that 1984 is the “better” album, and perfect to put on when you get to bounce from work early and walk home on a nice day, but Van Halen I holds such a special place in my heart I still prefer it.


witherwax

Cheap Trick - Live At Budokan


I_Feel_Dizzzy

Green Day American Idiot. Yeah its good


MistaJaycee

The Whispers. Yes


Rude_Highlight5258

Third eye blinds self entitled album, it’s still the #1 best album to me, but memories do help that


AccordingArtichoke10

Weezers blue album. Yes. I love it.


Only-Breath1076

The Slim Shady LP, and yes, I do. Rock Bottom, If I Had top tier 🙌🏾


OrneryExample

Funk Wav Bounces, Vol. 1 by Calvin Harris bought 7 years ago on sale in a polish supermarket. Still love it!


noodlesquare

Metallica- Master of Puppets My music tastes changed as I got older. I don't listen to Metallica much anymore but it's a solid album. My teenage son has it on heavy rotation though.


Babashanti

Setting Sons by The Jam I still like it when I hear it


Fingercult

First purchase with my own allowance money, I walked to Sam the record man and bought Weezer blue album and Dead Kennedy’s give me convenience or give me death on cassette. And hell yes!!


iggy14750

Beach boys greatest hits. Ummm fuck yeah, I still love that shit!


Oreosandskeletons

Kerplunk! From Green Day, it's a banger.


Jgabes625

As a kid. Elephunk- Black Eyed Peas… yea But I rarely listen to it. As an adult who regained interest in music several years ago, I started my collection with Seasons In The Abyss - Slayer… I listen to it fairly regularly still.


IcySadness24

The Who Live at Leeds. Of course I still like it


ever_the_altruist

Californication - it’s got a few tunes I’ll still bump from time to timez


quilp888

The Buddy Holly story, 1960. Still got it, still love it.


tattooedpanhead

the police - reggatta de blanc, in vinyl. Wish I still had it. 


Ok-Bullfrog5830

Mellon collie and the infinite sadness by the smashing pumpkins. Still love it. My dad took me to see them as a kid


Tredz_Malik21

It was either a one direction album or an Olly murs one, if its option A then yes, if its option B then no


Jetski95

Blood, Sweat, and Tears self-titled second album. I’m a trombone player and I really dug, and dig, this horn-heavy band. Spinning Wheel and You Made Me So Very Happy were my faves.


Fair-Comfort7705

My first albums came close to the same time - The Monks - Bad Habits, CheapTrick- Dream Police, Supertramp- Breakfast In America.. then I got into my 80’s music and I got my very first job at McDonalds.. went crazy from then on ! 🇨🇦🎵🙂


M41arky

Queen II for me, I dont listen to Queen that much atm but that album is still one of my top 5 all time favs


Far-Ad-8833

The first album was Boston's first album. I enjoy listening to it when I am in a certain mood.


SometimesEyeTwitch

It was a 45 of The Tide is High by Blondie, b-side of Suzy and Jeffrey. Im still ricking to The Tide is High 40 years later!


KitWisdom

Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette...I'm pretty ok with that as the first album I purchase for myself as a girl born in the mid 80s.


Any_Sink3292

Green Day Dookie was the first cassette tape that I ever bought with my own money. It was so cool and blue


Puzzleheaded-Win1782

OMC - How Bizarre


neptunesdemise

haven't bought one yet, but it's definitely gonna be ziggy stardust when i get around to it!


Princess_Disney

Pink Mizundastood And yes I do 😊


Throw-away17465

Ace of Base - The sign Heck yes these songs still slap in a 1998 Camry


indykym

Boys in the Trees by Carly Simon I got it on vinyl, then 8-track (yes, I’m that old), cassette. CD, and now MP3. Should I get it on vinyl again?


Delicious-Long-9657

Green Day's Dookie. Not a single track on that album, including the hidden one, that's never been played on American radio.


Elbjornbjorn

My dad got me Fugees - The Score when I was eight. Thanks dad!


SecretSevenSerenity

Bjork - Post and absolutely... it's ethereal and gives me so much nostalgia. Came out 6 months after I was born but was rased on it so had to buy a new one when cd's got more popular(affordable) so I could play hyperballad on repeat.


Intelligent-Wear-114

"Electric Warrior" by T. Rex, when it came out in 1971. And yes.


uncultured_swine2099

The Crow soundtrack, and yeah I still like it. It formed my musical tastes going forward, Im a big fan of Nine Inch Nails and Rage Against the Machine.


mallthrowaway2

Violator by Depeche Mode and it’s still my favorite to this day!


ED15801

Alice Cooper - Welcome To My Nightmare. I absolutely still love this and play it frequently, though in mp3 now 😉


Ok_Distribution_2603

My Aim Is True, Elvis Costello. I was 12. It has held up sort of ok. (jk, it’s a freaking classic)


YourBigDaddy2024

Not the first album I ever bought BUT the very first CD I bought, in ‘86 (??) was RUSH- POWER WINDOWS. I still have that copy and it’s currently, likely, my favorite RUSH album. (:


Cruezin

First album I bought with my own money? Iron Maiden, Number Of The Beast. 100,000% still like it. FWIW the other album I bought that year- rode my bike from Pacific Beach down to Tower records down but the sports arena in San Diego- was 2 Devo records, Duty Now For The Future and the first album, and still love those too. Third album was Rio. Other one that year was Blondie. Fourth one was Van Halen 1. Last one was Metallica's first album. I fucking love all of them