the police - synchronicity

talking heads - stop making sense, true stories

r.e.m. - document

p.i.l. - happy?

timbuk 3 - greetings from...

the compact king crimson

new model army - thunder and consolation

beastie boys - license to ill

the cure - concert

grease - original soundtrack

My two big sisters had a lot of albums when I was a kid, circa 85-95, so I bought my first albums during the late-90s...

probably MJ (HIStory), Beatles , Rolling Stones (Babylon), Bowie (Earthling, Hours) Aerosmith (Big Ones, Nine Lives), Spice Girls (Spice, Spiceworld), Suede (Coming Up), TLC, Fugees & L.Hill, Moby (Play), stuff like that...

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01. Prince - 1999 (my first cassette ever, though I didn't get it until 1985!!)

02. Madonna - True Blue

03. Janet Jackson - Control

04. Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual

05. Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston

06. The Jets - The Jets

07. Prince & the Revolution - Purple Rain

08. Madonna - Like A Virgin

09. Wham! - Music from the Edge of Heaven

10. Salt N Pepa - Hot, Cool, & Vicious

Some good, some bad, some ugly.

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jillybean: No Thriller on your list with a name like that? sorry I had to ask

HIStory would have been in my top 10, but it was too expensive on CD, I didn't want it on cassette though it was cheaper. I ended up getting it close to mid 96' for my birthday and missed the top 10

Damn, a lot of y'all are young. I bet y'all never even had an 8 track tape.

A lot of these lists are suspiciously good. I have a feeling some of you are leaving off some of your more embarassing early purchases.

Automatic for the People - R.E.M

Dirt - Alice in Chains

Ten - Pearl Jam

Nevermind - Nirvana

Listen Without Prejudice - George Michael

Erotica - Madonna

Immaculate Collection - Madonna

- Prince

Dangerous - Michael Jackson

janet. - Janet jackson

MattyJam said:

A lot of these lists are suspiciously good. I have a feeling some of you are leaving off some of your more embarassing early purchases.

Not I. I had limited funds in high school so I had to be very picky.

MattyJam said:

A lot of these lists are suspiciously good. I have a feeling some of you are leaving off some of your more embarassing early purchases.

I only started with music. I left off the records I such as Wonder Woman and Superman that came with a picture book that you look at while the record tells a story. We didn't have VCRs back then (well they were around but they costed over a thousand dollars) so there were a lot more primitive but creative ways to entertain kids back then. I also didn't list the Easter album my grandmother bought me with Peter Cottontail and Easter Bonnet.

SUPRMAN said:

MattyJam said:

A lot of these lists are suspiciously good. I have a feeling some of you are leaving off some of your more embarassing early purchases.

Not I. I had limited funds in high school so I had to be very picky.

Same here. I saved up enough to buy albums by "collection" the pocket change my dad would put down on the counter every night when he got home from work.

I think these are the first ten albums I owned when I was 15:

1. Original motion picture soundtrack - Grease

2. The Jacksons - Destiny

3. Michael Jackson - Thriller

4. New Edition - Candy Girl

5. Shannon - Let The Music Play

6. Run-D.M.C. - Run-D.M.C.

7. Original motion picture soundtrack - Breakin'

8. Prince & The Revolution - Purple Rain

9. Original motion picture soundtrack - Beat Street

10. The Jacksons - Victory

I had a lot of "dubbed tapes" that my Dad used to make for me, but when I got a CD player for my 12th birthday I bought,

Kriss Kross - Totally Krossed Out

TLC - Oooooh on the TLC Tip

Arrested Development's First CD (can't remember the name)

Michael Jackson - Thriller

EnVogue - Funky Divas

Shai - Shai

Jodeci - Forever My Lady

In no certain order since I can't remember which ones I bought at a particular time:

Chic- C'est Chic (8-track and vinyl)

The Jacksons- Triumph (vinyl)

Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio- A Woman Needs Love (vinyl)

Chic- Risque (vinyl)

Diana Ross- Diana (vinyl)

Lipps Inc. - Mouth To Mouth (vinyl)

Slave- Just A Touch of Love (8-track)

Chic- Real People (vinyl)

Change- Miracles (cassette- I still have it)

Chic- Take It Off (vinyl)

Rufus & Chaka Khan Masterjam (vinyl)

Debbie Harry- Koo Koo (vinyl)

Earth, Wind & Fire- I Am (vinyl)

Change - Sharing Your Love (vinyl)

Brooklyn, Bronx & Queens Band- The Brooklyn Bronx & Queens Band (vinyl- I just bought it on cd recently)

Peaches & Herb- Worth The Wait (8-track)

Damn, a lot of y'all are young. I bet y'all never even had an 8 track tape.

As you can see vainandy, at least one of us here had an 8-track tape.

vainandy said:

Damn, a lot of y'all are young. I bet y'all never even had an 8 track tape.

I still have some, but don't have a player. I thought about buying one at a used stereo place where they restore them, but haven't got around to it. I threw a lot of the 8-tracks away, because the foam deteriorated, and so were unplayable. There's a record store nearby that sells used 8-track tapes for about a dollar.

vainandy said:

I left off the records I such as Wonder Woman and Superman that came with a picture book that you look at while the record tells a story.

Those were 45's though, not albums.

Janet Jackson- All For You

Michael Jackson- Invincible

Michael Jackson- Bad

Kelis- Milkshake

Monica- So Gone

To be honest, I really don't remember what my first 5 or 10 albums were. I remember having all of these early on.

Roger - The Many Facets of Roger

George Benson - Give Me The Night

Betty Wright - Live

Rick James - Street Songs

Johnnie Taylor - Eargasm

vainandy said:

Damn, a lot of y'all are young. I bet y'all never even had an 8 track tape.

Actually i did take my mom & aunt's cassettes.... and a few of my gmas 8 track's

BUT i never bought any

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MattyJam said:

A lot of these lists are suspiciously good. I have a feeling some of you are leaving off some of your more embarassing early purchases.

Hey~! i admited to buying Nelly... and that was not easy to do

Gunsnhalen said:

MattyJam said:

A lot of these lists are suspiciously good. I have a feeling some of you are leaving off some of your more embarassing early purchases.

Hey~! i admited to buying Nelly... and that was not easy to do

I have all of Nelly's albums except the last couple. I'm not embarrased about anything. It seems I'm the only one who had children's records. I had more than the ones I posted, but I picked those myself, most of the others were bought for me or were 45s. I had a Sesame Street Monsters album that I won at school in the 1st or 2nd grade.

If you're ashamed of stuff and call it "guilty pleasures" or "cheesy", why buy it in the first place?

MickyDolenz said:

Gunsnhalen said:

Hey~! i admited to buying Nelly... and that was not easy to do

I have all of Nelly's albums except the last couple. I'm not embarrased about anything. It seems I'm the only one who had children's records. I had more than the ones I posted, but I picked those myself, most of the others were bought for me or were 45s. I had a Sesame Street Monsters album that I won at school in the 1st or 2nd grade.

If you're ashamed of stuff and call it "guilty pleasures" or "cheesy", why buy it in the first place?

I'm not ashamed. I remember having this album also, but I was probably too old to be enjoying it.

MickyDolenz said:

Gunsnhalen said:

Hey~! i admited to buying Nelly... and that was not easy to do

I have all of Nelly's albums except the last couple. I'm not embarrased about anything. It seems I'm the only one who had children's records. I had more than the ones I posted, but I picked those myself, most of the others were bought for me or were 45s. I had a Sesame Street Monsters album that I won at school in the 1st or 2nd grade.

If you're ashamed of stuff and call it "guilty pleasures" or "cheesy", why buy it in the first place?

Cause i bought it when i was like 10 or 11?

I don't have it anymore & i really hate Nelly's music. But when i was a youth he seemed cool with that dumbass bandaid on his face & the videos. Now not so much

Gunsnhalen said:

MickyDolenz said:

I have all of Nelly's albums except the last couple. I'm not embarrased about anything. It seems I'm the only one who had children's records. I had more than the ones I posted, but I picked those myself, most of the others were bought for me or were 45s. I had a Sesame Street Monsters album that I won at school in the 1st or 2nd grade.

If you're ashamed of stuff and call it "guilty pleasures" or "cheesy", why buy it in the first place?

Cause i bought it when i was like 10 or 11?

I don't have it anymore & i really hate Nelly's music. But when i was a youth he seemed cool with that dumbass bandaid on his face & the videos. Now not so much

OMG, you're making me feel old if you were listening to Nelly when you were 10.

2 far back 2 remember.

Gunsnhalen said:

benjaminira said:

1. Rufus featuring Chaka Khan 2. Ask Rufus 3. Rick James "Fire It Up" 4.Donna Summer "Live and More" 5. Donna Summer "Bad Girls" 6. Rick James "Street Songs" 7. Teena Marie " It must Be Magic". 8.Prince "Dirty Mind"...I'm sure there were others in between, but those were the one that were life defining to me!

Sadly i don't have those rufus albums.

U are missing out my friend! They are classic!

daPrettyman said:

Gunsnhalen said:

Cause i bought it when i was like 10 or 11?

I don't have it anymore & i really hate Nelly's music. But when i was a youth he seemed cool with that dumbass bandaid on his face & the videos. Now not so much

OMG, you're making me feel old if you were listening to Nelly when you were 10.

Yeah, Nelly's stuff had stickers on them unless he had the Wal-Mart clean versions.

Captain Fantastic & The Brown Dirt Cowboy Elton John

That's the way of the world EW&F

Kiss Alive Kiss

Moving Violation The Jackson Five

A song for you The Temptations

Mothership Connection Parliments

Frampton Comes Alive Peter Frampton

Wings over America Wings

Brass Constrution Brass Constrution

Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan (The Album With Sweet Thing On It, Which Escape Me Right Now...Lol)

Prince-1999

I was a wee 8 year old...saved my allowance ($5) for two weeks to buy 1999. Got to the wrecka stow and instead of the usual $9.99 it was $13.99 IIRC (damned double album!). My father refused to pony up a penny let alone another $5 for Prince, so we left. I was DEVASTATED...in tears..and my dad didnt care. A few days later, my mom went back to the store and bought it for me.

My mom started building my collection after that. She bought me all of the Time, Sheila E, Vanity 6, etc. The next album I remember buying was...

The Bangles-A Different Light

Just for "Manic Monday", but I ended up becoming a fan. Susannah Hoffs

Prince-Sign O The Times

The first Prince album I ever had on casette (all I ever listened to was vinyl). I hate to admit it, but I actually stole it from Tower Records. I went to Sam Goody a week or two later and bought it on wax.

Run DMC-Raising Hell

The first concert I ever went to...June 1987, the day after the last day of 7th grade...Run DMC and the Beastie Boys at the San Diego Sports Arena. I actually went to see the Beastie Boys, but Run DMC tore the fucking house down! I walked across the street from the Sports Arena to Tower Records and bought "Raising Hell" right after the show.

Wendy and Lisa

I was so mad at Prince for dropping the girls...then I heard they were coming out with their own album. Once I got it, WOW. Sign O The Times and Wendy and Lisa were all I listened to for the entire summer of 1987.

NWA-Straight Outta Compton

Blew our fucking minds! Finally some niggas from the west coast were seriously doing something in hip hop (fuck the LA Dream Team and the Egyptian Lover!). To me, this (and Nirvana's Nevermind) is the most groundbreaking album ever. Not the best, but this shit changed the hip hop world FOREVER. Many will complain that it changed for the worst, but when Straight Outta Compton dropped, it was AWESOME.

Curtis Mayfield-Superfly

My dad had this album on wax, but he got pissed when he found out I was grooving to a lot of his old records (James Brown, Parliament, Bobby Womack) late at night without his permission and he banned me from his collection. This one I had to buy. I used to play it constantly and my friends wanted nothing to do with it. Years later, when hip hop folks sampled it to death, they all wanted to borrow it. SUCKAS!!!!!!!!!!!

Those are the ones I distinctly remember, but there were more. Now..my Prince CD collection began in 1990. I won a radio contest when "Graffiti Bridge" was coming out. I won tickets to the San Diego premiere, a 2hr VHS tape full of Prince videos (not all of them, but most), and EVERY Prince CD from For You to Graffiti Bridge. AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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MickyDolenz said:

Gunsnhalen said:

Hey~! i admited to buying Nelly... and that was not easy to do

I have all of Nelly's albums except the last couple. I'm not embarrased about anything. It seems I'm the only one who had children's records. I had more than the ones I posted, but I picked those myself, most of the others were bought for me or were 45s. I had a Sesame Street Monsters album that I won at school in the 1st or 2nd grade.

If you're ashamed of stuff and call it "guilty pleasures" or "cheesy", why buy it in the first place?

People's tastes change. I certainly don't like the same songs now that I did when I was in elementary school. I think that's what this thread is about--to see what you were into when you were younger and how different, if at all, it is to what you're into now.