What was the first album you bought?

[lechat]

mortal kombat soundtrack to the original movie.
don't think it stands up today but at the time it was a decent techno/trancie/rock mix

 

[The Rogue Wolf]

If we're talking tape cassette, then "Perverse" from Jesus Jones. CD, "Duke" from Genesis.

 

[MisterGobbles]

Do you remember the first album you bought? What special significance does it hold for you? What fond memories do you have of it?

For me it was Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge by My Chemical Romance. I was about ready to turn 13 when the album came out. I was in middle school at the time and I remember seeing the music video for I'm Not Okay on Fuse. I begged my mom to take me to the record store so I could buy it. I would always jam that album when playing Tony Hawk's Underground. I had other albums on my Xbox. But for some reason, I would just listen to that on repeat.

I can't remember my true earliest album; it was probably some greatest hits compilation. I know I owned (and continue to own) ones from Tom Petty, Steve Miller, and the Beach Boys, and that these were probably before my first album.

But the earliest album I actually remember going out and getting was The Black Parade (hence why I tagged Kenbo). I listened to it non-stop and memorized the whole thing. It was the clean version from Wal-Mart though, which definitely kinda sucked. But the bonus track had this hilarious "beep" censor noise in it that was arguably even funnier than the original version, so there's that. Some of my other earliest CDs were the rest of the MCR discography, Infinity on High from Fall Out Boy (but never any other albums by them curiously), Sum 41's Underclass Hero (and later more CDs by them), and ...And Justice For All and Death Magnetic from Metallica, which kicked off my whole lifelong love of metal.

Those were the days, when you only had a limited music selection to pick from and you just listened to one album over and over, memorizing everything about it. I still love most of those records to this day, although some of them purely nostalgically (ahem, Underclass Hero).

 

[rutger5000]

To my great shame it was an album of "Simple Plan" it was a bad start of a good tradition.

 

[Boris Goodenough]

Captain Jack - The mission
I think, not quite sure though...
Oh how much my taste in music has been widened...

 

[Rooster893]

My first album that I bought was Californication by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. I had seen the video for album's title track on VH1, and I thought it was the coolest thing ever, so I went out and bought the Cd the next day at a Wal-Mart. There are a couple of tracks I'm not overly fond of (This Velvet Glove and Porcelain to be exact), but it's still in my top ten favorite albums.

....and tidal waves couldn't save the world from Californication.

 

[bartholen_v1legacy]

I think it was Eminem's Encore. I really liked it back then, but haven't listened to it in ages. It's mostly mediocre, but does have really funny wordplay in spots.

 

[V4Viewtiful]

Nirvana, Nevermind. I was a Teen and I had gotten my sisters old CD player.

 

[GiantRaven]

The Fundamental Elements of Southtown by P.O.D.

I still think it's a pretty good album. There are a whole lot of disappointing filler tracks on there but when it's good, it's good.

 

[Artina89]

The first album I bought was A Night at the opera by Queen, but my dad lent me quite a few of his albums including Off the bone by the Cramps, Fresh fruit for rotting vegetables by Dead kennedy's among others.

 

[KoudelkaMorgan]

Mine was Ace of Base - The Sign


It's still pretty good, a few tracks anyway.

 

[Spade Lead]

I received, at my own request, many Weird Al CDs for my birthdays back in the mid 90s, but if memory serves correctly:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-V7xaq4YHCmo/TxspWVMf97I/AAAAAAAAC0I/jVKIJ0wegdo/s1600/SW1.jpg


I got my first CD player for the same Christmas I bought that CD with money my father sent me.