DecayToDeath Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Album in general, cd/tape/vinyl/digital/8-track/etc. It's a bit tough for me because I grew up in the time of the internet and I could just look up anything I wanted to listen to. The only albums I 'had' were things I was forced to listen to in the car all the time. Most of my earliest memories are listening to The Colour and the Shape in my mom's car over and over and over. I'm embarrassed to say that I never really got into listening to music as an album until around the same time I got into records. Now, I'm a huge believer in the idea of albums as an art form. Just one song often doesn't give you the whole picture. If I had to go with the first album I ever bought, it's a little confusing. Due to reasons seen above, I don't think I bought an album for myself until I started collecting. There are three answers to this: 1. A Day to Remember - Homesick (when I got my first turntable, I looked this up on vinyl and ordered it from SRC...it didn't show up until six months later) 2. Nirvana - Bleach (went to the record store the next day and picked this up, but I returned it after because it skipped on my awful starter turntable) 3. Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters (I used my refund from Bleach to buy this. First record I bought and kept) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 I like how you just included 8-track to a 15yr like that is even a possibility. SHIT, DUDE, YOU FORGOT LASER DISC! Haha, hey, you never know. Maybe he has really cheap parents, and the first thing they gave him was their old 8-track player because they didn't want to buy anything. First album I was given, was the Beatles - Sgt Pepper. I got it for Christmas when I was 5 or 6. It was on cassette, and I also got a little cassette/clock/radio thing, which I still use for my alarm clock. The first album I bought was Offspring's Smash on cassette when I was 8. I'm pretty sure it was with yard work money as well. The next time I could afford something, I bought Weezer's Blue album. Who knows after that. I do know the first album I bought on vinyl was Desaparecidos' Read Music, Speak Spanish when it came out. It so happened to come out right when a record store opened down the street from me, which is still the same one I frequent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abovetheearth Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 This just brought up an interesting side note to this conversation. Can you remember the first album someone ever gave you, and the first album you ever purchased yourself? my parents never bought me music. but my first anything was in '88. my brother came home (he was in college and I in grade shool) and he tossed me a tape of Straight Outta Compton. i wore it out. still can remember each track. stole smokes from moms and drank mad dog under the porch. man, i smoked Merits. the first one i got on my own was 5 at once. jeff buckley AIC - Dirt Live - Mental Jewelry PJ - 10 and Pablo Honey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sad Heart Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 my parents never bought me music. but my first anything was in '88. my brother came home (he was in college and I in grade shool) and he tossed me a tape of Straight Outta Compton. i wore it out. still can remember each track. stole smokes from moms and drank mad dog under the porch. man, i smoked Merits. the one i got on my own was probably Jeff Buckley. That album is a staple in music, not just to the genre, but to music as a whole. I can't imagine a world without that album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DecayToDeath Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Haha, hey, you never know. Maybe he has really cheap parents, and the first thing they gave him was their old 8-track player because they didn't want to buy anything. First album I was given, was the Beatles - Sgt Pepper. I got it for Christmas when I was 5 or 6. It was on cassette, and I also got a little cassette/clock/radio thing, which I still use for my alarm clock. The first album I bought was Offspring's Smash on cassette when I was 8. I'm pretty sure it was with yard work money as well. The next time I could afford something, I bought Weezer's Blue album. Who knows after that. I do know the first album I bought on vinyl was Desaparecidos' Read Music, Speak Spanish when it came out. It so happened to come out right when a record store opened down the street from me, which is still the same one I frequent. Those are all great picks. As a parent, I would probably give my kid Sgt. Pepper too, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DecayToDeath Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 I like how you just included 8-track to a 15yr like that is even a possibility. SHIT, DUDE, YOU FORGOT LASER DISC! I thought Laser Disc was only a movie thing. Did it double as a music platform too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 That album is a staple in music, not just to the genre, but to music as a whole. I can't imagine a world without that album. It really is, and it seems the mainstream agrees, they did make a movie about it. my parents never bought me music. but my first anything was in '88. my brother came home (he was in college and I in grade shool) and he tossed me a tape of Straight Outta Compton. i wore it out. still can remember each track. stole smokes from moms and drank mad dog under the porch. man, i smoked Merits. the first one i got on my own was 5 at once. jeff buckley AIC - Dirt Live - Mental Jewelry PJ - 10 and Pablo Honey I can't imagine what would have happened if that was the first album I was given. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abovetheearth Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 That album is a staple in music, not just to the genre, but to music as a whole. I can't imagine a world without that album. imagine getting it in 5th grade. my school, i was the lightest kid, so......i hummed it. and a catholic school to boot singing: Shoot a motherfucker in a minute I find a good piece o' pussy, I go up in it So if you're at a show in the front row I'm a call you a bitch or dirty-ass ho on the way to class. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sad Heart Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 imagine getting it in 5th grade. my school, i was the lightest kid, so......i hummed it. and a catholic school to boot singing: Shoot a motherfucker in a minute I find a good piece o' pussy, I go up in it So if you're at a show in the front row I'm a call you a bitch or dirty-ass ho on the way to class. I think I was in about 7th or 8th grade when I discovered quintessential hop hop like that, only to not realize it's importance (or lyrics for that matter) until many years later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sad Heart Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 I'm surprising myself with things that are barely not making the cut... The White Stripes Motorhead Kyuss Melvins Minor Threat Son House Texas Is The Reason Pearl Jam Fuck, I only have myself to blame. Top 10 is really fucking hard when your life is music. Top 50 is to me what Top 10 is to an every day asshole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abovetheearth Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 cypress hill. temple of boom and black sunday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 imagine getting it in 5th grade. my school, i was the lightest kid, so......i hummed it. and a catholic school to boot singing: Shoot a motherfucker in a minute I find a good piece o' pussy, I go up in it So if you're at a show in the front row I'm a call you a bitch or dirty-ass ho on the way to class. I had to listen to that song, just because you mentioned it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abovetheearth Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 I'm surprising myself with things that are barely not making the cut... The White Stripes Motorhead Kyuss Melvins Minor Threat Son House Pearl Jam Fuck, I only have myself to blame. i havent see soundgarden yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abovetheearth Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 I had to listen to that song, just because you mentioned it. talk to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sad Heart Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 i havent see soundgarden yet. They are the first band I would vote to the Rock Hall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DecayToDeath Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 This discussion has been fun and I loved reading all of y'all's stories. Gotta go to sleep cuz it's almost 3 and I want to be awake tomorrow morning. Bye! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 i havent see soundgarden yet. I think Superunknown was one of the first tapes I owned as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sad Heart Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Mark Lanegan Public Enemy David Bowie Bad Brains The Beatles Soundgarden Hurting my heart to leave them off the 10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Yeah, knocking Bowie off was a really hard thing to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abovetheearth Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Black Sheep, Das FX, Too $hort, De la Soul and Tribe Called Quest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sad Heart Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Listening to Badmotorfinger right now... God dammit. It's on the list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGhostOfRandySavage Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Snoop Doogy Dog - Doggy Style was the album that got me into hip-hop. Iron Maiden - Powerslave was the first "real" metal album I was really into. Neko Case - Fox Confessor made my love of country bud. Even though my parents were super religious, my mom really loved Black Sabbath, specifically Paranoid, and AC/DC. Green Day - Dookie was my intro to punk/pop-punk. The Arcade Fire - Funeral, and Belle and Sebastian - Dear, Catastrophe Waitress introduced me to "indie." And...probably Rites of Spring was my intro to emo. Edit: Bowie and the beach boys made me start loving more classic stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sad Heart Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Ok, here is my top 10: Foo Fighters - The Colour And The ShapeNirvana - NevermindBlack Sabbath - Master of RealityBlack Flag - DamagedCaspian - TertiaBetween The Buried And Me - ColorsQueens Of The Stone Age - Songs For The DeafLed Zeppelin - Physical GraffitiGreen Day - DookieSoundgarden - Badmotorfinger It was so hard to not include Minor Threat and a multitude of other punk staples (Bad Brains, DRI, Buzzcocks), Texas Is The Reason, Muddy Waters, Pearl Jam, Melvins, Mos Def, Clutch, Sunny Day Real Estate, Beck, Neil Young, Bob Dylan... ugh. It took me three hours to decide Nevermind or Bleach. If I had repeat artists my top 10 would be half Foo, half Nirvana. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sad Heart Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Anyone remember this punk gem: http://www.hulu.com/watch/126479 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Ok, here is my top 10: Foo Fighters - The Colour And The Shape Nirvana - Nevermind Black Sabbath - Master of Reality Black Flag - Damaged Caspian - Tertia Between The Buried And Me - Colors Queens Of The Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti Green Day - Dookie Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger It was so hard to not include Minor Threat and a multitude of other punk staples (Bad Brains, DRI, Buzzcocks), Texas Is The Reason, Muddy Waters, Pearl Jam, Melvins, Mos Def, Clutch, Sunny Day Real Estate, Beck, Neil Young, Bob Dylan... ugh. It took me three hours to decide Nevermind or Bleach. If I had repeat artists my top 10 would be half Foo, half Nirvana. Really great list as well. Left off some great stuff too, but that's what made it interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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