Albums you have and think "why did I buy it"

Everyone looks back through their collection and wonders what was I thinking at the time.

Was going through CDs recently and found my wife's Hard-Fi, Razorlight and Franz Ferdinand CDs from her mid 00s "awful music" era.

Got to thinking about my own, pretty sure Texas "Southside" is lying around somewhere. And a couple of Cure efforts. If I wasn't a hoarder I'd bin them.

You have any that you'd rather hide in case someone calls round and looks through them?

Kintarō Hattori

Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill. It's a terrible album that was so of its time that it hasn't aged well. I think it's the only real album in my collection that I'm embarrassed about.

Kintarō Hattori

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill. It's a terrible album that was so of its time that it hasn't aged well. I think it's the only real album in my collection that I'm embarrassed about.

On the other hand, it is an iconic album...if not one I like either. It's very...raw. Think she had come out of a break up and a few songs were pretty pointed, like "You Oughta Know" which afair featured Dave Navarro and Flea...which were 2 heavyweights for a relatively unknown singer who had just moved from pop.

edbrez

Words in music CD by Irish singer Liam Merriman. Think it's his only album in a 40-year career and easy to hear why.

Thought of another, the Blue Nile "Walk Across the Rooftops". We'll I know why I bought it, cos critics loved it and everyone said it was just amazing. One listen, well mostly fast forwarded to get to any catchy bits, and it was consigned to the dust gathering section.

HensVassal

Couple of duds during my metal years

Nothingface by Voivod -crap
7th son of a 7th son by Iron Maiden -crap
Save Your Prayers by Waysted -more crap

razorblunt

As a teenager I went through a phase of buying an album based on liking one song by an artist.
OMC, they of "How Bizarre" being one.

kfallon

Travis - The Man Who
And that one from The Strokes that everyone bought round the start of the Millenium

Lyaiera

kfallon wrote: »

Travis - The Man Who

For people who find Coldplay too exciting.

chopperbyrne

Guns N' Roses - Lies

Really is a terrible album.

Birneybau

Elegant Slumming by M People. Beat that!

Yamanoto

I bought this on CD for comedic purposes.

'Castleblaney to Skibbereen, hamburgers, chips & beans,
I feel like I'm about to explode, my body's at home but my heart's on the road.'

One eyed Jack

"Falling into you" - Celine Dion


No, I have no idea what I was thinking either at the time

madalig12

Guns an Roses that f ing chinese thing. God it was so awful. Im gonna burn it shortly.

kfallon

chopperbyrne wrote: »

Guns N' Roses - Lies

Really is a terrible album.

Worth it for Patience alone!

Anesthetize

Stereophonics - J.E.E.P.

I loved Performance and Cocktails at the time (although I also think that one is fairly boring in retrospect) but J.E.E.P. was just awful. There was a lot of boring post-Britpop dross floating about in the late-90s/early-00s and I was naive enough to fall for some of it. Thankfully, in my later years, I discovered that there was much more interesting music being made during that period.

Rothko

Get Rich Or Die Trying - 50 Cent

Nothing wrong with The Cure btw.

Lyaiera

Lyaiera wrote: »

For people who find Coldplay too exciting.

Imagine a collection with Coldplay, Travis AND Keane? You'd just feel...pity.

Vojera

[Deleted User] wrote: »

You have any that you'd rather hide in case someone calls round and looks through them?

Honestly not embarrassed by anything in my music collection - I obviously liked it once upon a time and that's reason enough to have it, but plenty I can't listen to anymore. Marilyn Manson is a good example. I'm a completely different person than I was back then and I can't relate to those angry feelings anymore.

To be honest I'm more annoyed at the likes of albums I would have bought back when Virgin were doing 5 albums for €30 and I'd end up with filler albums that I never really listened to just to get the deal.

Squeeonline

Imagine a collection with Coldplay, Travis AND Keane? You'd just feel...pity.

And Snowpatrol.

foxy farmer

Europe -- The Final Countdown.
Ah the innocence and stupidity of youth.

OldMrBrennan83

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Everyone looks back through their collection and wonders what was I thinking at the time.

Was going through CDs recently and found my wife's Hard-Fi, Razorlight and Franz Ferdinand CDs from her mid 00s "awful music" era.

Got to thinking about my own, pretty sure Texas "Southside" is lying around somewhere. And a couple of Cure efforts. If I wasn't a hoarder I'd bin them.

You have any that you'd rather hide in case someone calls round and looks through them?

What on earth is wrong with The Cure? Nothing at all embarrassing about having them in your collection!
And I wouldn't say Franz Ferdinand are that bad either, a whole album is a bit much but "Take Me Out" will always be a bit of a choon.

I must admit I did have that Hard-Fi album, and can't say I've listened it to much since. It came out when I was in my teenage, NME-reading years and looking back it was very much of its time, I think. I still have a fondness for "Hard To Beat", but "Cash Machine" is a little bit cringe. Musically they were fine imo, it was just the lyrics that made them a bit.....naff.
I also have a couple of albums by CSS; fun band but again very much of their time.
I have an album by the Noisettes that I've never actually listened to; I bought it for the one song I liked ("Don't Stop The Rhythm"). Could be a great album, for all I know, but I've never been pushed enough to investigate. :P

When I was a kid I had loads of shíte in my collection; S Club 7, Aqua, B*Witched and Vengaboys all made appearances. I was a child though, and this was back in the days of cassette tapes, so I have that excuse. (In fairness, Aqua had a few credible tunes; "Turn Back Time" is quite a good song by any standard.)

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill. It's a terrible album that was so of its time that it hasn't aged well. I think it's the only real album in my collection that I'm embarrassed about.

In my late-teenage years (which was about ten years after the album first came out) this was one of my favourite albums of all time. It's very much a "young person" album, I think. Doesn't do much for me any more, even though the singles from that album were still very very good. (Excluding "Ironic", obviously! )

kfallon wrote: »

Travis - The Man Who
And that one from The Strokes that everyone bought round the start of the Millenium

I liked "Turn" but that was about as far as I ever got with Travis.
"Is This It" is still generally regarded as a "classic" noughties album, I thought? They're a very inconsistent band The Strokes, but I certainly wouldn't be embarrassed having anything by them on my shelf.

EDIT: Oh, I had a Jennifer Lopez album when I was about 11 or 12, and probably should have been old enough to know better.

Suas11

Suas11 wrote: »

Get Rich Or Die Trying - 50 Cent

Nothing wrong with The Cure btw.

I'm on Siouxsie Sioux's side when it comes to Robert Smith. Even if she was a bit cruel.

brevity

The Thrills...

"Just don't go back to big Sur..."

Boom_Bap

foxy farmer wrote: »

Europe -- The Final Countdown.
Ah the innocence and stupidity of youth.

I f*cking love Europe, anthem after anthem.

Yes. I am being serious.

wexfordman2

I dinto have it anymore, but if I did, I'd be wondering ;-)

First ever bit of music I bought, a single, went halves with my sister we paid 75pence each for a single that was in top of pops.....in 1978.....


Father Abraham and the smurfs...keep on smurfin. :-)

enzo roco

brevity wrote: »

The Thrills...

"Just don't go back to big Sur..."

They were great at the time, dont deny it.
Im going straight onto youtube now to see the lads!!!

Vojera

Vojera wrote: »

Honestly not embarrassed by anything in my music collection - I obviously liked it once upon a time and that's reason enough to have it, but plenty I can't listen to anymore. Marilyn Manson is a good example. I'm a completely different person than I was back then and I can't relate to those angry feelings anymore.

I was the same with Korn. Had all their albums when I was 12. By the time I hit 14, I'd lost all interest. Still listen to them every so often, out of nostalgia mainly. "Here To Stay" still resonates me as it was the song that got me into them.

Funnily enough I had the opposite trajectory with Manson; I only really started listening to him properly within the past few years and I'm 26. :P Then again, I'm still full of post-teenage angst that's never properly gone away! His latest isn't a bad record, certainly worth a listen.

PowerToWait

Suas11 wrote: »

Nothing wrong with The Cure btw.

Everything right in fact. Some of the best arrangements from the time.

Cienciano

chopperbyrne wrote: »

Guns N' Roses - Lies

Really is a terrible album.

kfallon wrote: »

Worth it for Patience alone!

And One in a Million

jackofalltrades

One eyed Jack wrote: »

"Falling into you" - Celine Dion


No, I have no idea what I was thinking either at the time

Glad I'm not the only one.

Ally Dick

Robert Plant "Shaken 'N' Stirred". Riiiiiiiggggghhtttttt

satguy

Van Halen 1984 ,,, God it was awful ,,, pure rubbish...

I was 21 at the time ,,, it was an album aimed a 14year olds ,,, God knows how it sold 20 million copies...

Ally Dick

I bought The New Radicals album "Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too" based on the outstanding song "You Get What You Give". My god it was APPALLING. He isn't singing for a lot of it. Mostly moaning. And then he writes a number of songs for Ronan Keating....one of which was very good "Life Is A Rollercoaster". He seems to have forgotten how to write decent songs for himself though

Olishi4

I bought a Spice Girls album when I was about 12.

When I was about 16, the thought of having that in my collection filled me with shame. I asked my younger neighbour who I used to babysit if they wanted it and they were delighted.

It was a big mistake because they basically played it on full blast which I could hear through the walls non stop for about 2 weeks!

Ally Dick

Ally Dick wrote: »

I bought The New Radicals album "Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too" based on the outstanding song "You Get What You Give". My god it was APPALLING.

That was a great single alright, they were a bit cocky though, afair they went drinking and failed to turn up for Top of the Pops and shrugged their shoulders as they thought they had a lifetime of hits ahead!

Have a good few trance and electro house compilations from the early 00s that have been untouched in years. I love electronic music, just not that Ministry or Ibiza stuff any more. A lot of it seems to have morphed into the vileness that is EDM.

Cathy.C

Boom_Bap wrote: »

I f*cking love Europe, anthem after anthem.

Yes. I am being serious.

Seen them in Olympia last year and they didn't play Carrie. Was devastated.

Growing up I always heard Joey singing Caaaaaaathy instead of Caaaaaaaarrie :P

Arghus

I've loads of dodgy nu-metal albums from back in the day.

The answer to the question, why? I was young and stupid.

OldMrBrennan83

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The_Valeyard

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill. It's a terrible album that was so of its time that it hasn't aged well. I think it's the only real album in my collection that I'm embarrassed about.

That b*tch blew up my CD drive. My gf of the time wanted to transfer the CD to MP3. Disc shattered in the drive. Had to get replacement. Never forgive her.

The_Valeyard

The_Valeyard wrote: »

That b*tch blew up my CD drive. My gf of the time wanted to transfer the CD to MP3. Disc shattered in the drive. Had to get replacement. Never forgive her.

It's a bit much telling us how we should treat her!

Ronald Wilson Reagan

Nu-metal seems to get a bad rep, but I must ask what other genre has songs that features 47 ****s?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJeiBwTzTrM

Ruu

Natalia Imbruglia-Left of the Middle.

Fairly sure I bought a Scooter cassette from a friend for 2 pounds as well, had a payment plan of 50p a week.

machiavellianme

Cienciano wrote: »

And One in a Million

And the opening line from Mama Kin

recylingbin

Boom_Bap wrote: »

I f*cking love Europe, anthem after anthem.

Yes. I am being serious.

I will put good money on you owning a pair of wrangler jeans :pac:

Ronald Wilson Reagan

Ronald Wilson Reagan wrote: »

Nu-metal seems to get a bad rep, but I must ask what other genre has songs that features 47 ****s?

The video for Windowlicker has 44 f***s and 127 profanities in the first few minutes of dialogue.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MBaEEODzU0

But obviously the Aphex Twin albums belong in the opposite thread, the "albums you bought and are still amazed by years later"...

sydthebeat

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Thought of another, the Blue Nile "Walk Across the Rooftops". We'll I know why I bought it, cos critics loved it and everyone said it was just amazing. One listen, well mostly fast forwarded to get to any catchy bits, and it was consigned to the dust gathering section.

I love that album

Mine is Mike oldfields 'islands'...No amount of coke can be excused for that drivel !!

boobar

Many years ago....I bought a SpinDoctors album, crusty bullsh1t.

Ruu

sydthebeat wrote: »

I love that album

Mine is Mike oldfields 'islands'...No amount of coke can be excused for that drivel !!

:eek::eek::eek::eek: One of Oldfield's best in my opinion!

Ursus Horribilis

• Mansun - Attack of the Grey Lantern.
• Nirvana - Bleach
• Hard-Fi - Stars of CCTV
• A couple of Eminem albums