What was the first album you bought?

Irish Guitarist · 28-08-2013 02:22PM

I think it may have been Kylie by Kylie Minogue on cassette in 1988 when I was twelve years old. I gave it away years ago (to either a charity shop or to my sister).

The first record I bought was Purple Rain by Prince about a year later. I had just gotten my first ever stereo with a turntable. I had no idea how to handle records so the first thing I did was drop the tonearm onto the record with the plastic protector thing still on the needle, sending the tonearm speeding along the length of the album.

I have Purple Rain on record but it's a different copy. I gave my first copy to my nephew years ago.

stefan idiot jones · 28-08-2013 02:53PM

Hoop66 wrote: »

Never Mind the Bollocks - Sex Pistols.

It's easy to look back on them as a bit of a joke now, especially compared their more long-lived contemporaries. But to an 11 year-old boy, it sounded like the end of the fucking world, and I loved it.

The first two lines of 'Bodies' are [EMAIL="fu@kin'"]fu@kin'[/EMAIL] tremendous. What kind of mind could conjour up those ? Superb.

Meatloaf's Dead Ringer For Love 7" picture disc 1981. It was about quarter of an inch thick. Axe Attack Volume II was the first 33 rpm that I got.

pundy · 28-08-2013 03:20PM

Rented Mule wrote: »

It was a fine album, but I could probably come up with a dozen or so that I thought were better in the 90s. It's cool that this one means that much to you.

oh it's just a class album, i know it's a bit brash to suggest it's the best album of the 90's, but personal preference etc...

but then i got into them hugely, (i wasnt allowed like Nirvana, as my brother had "claimed" them) and i ended up getting all these other albums from before that one - My body the Hand Grenade, Live through this...

what a horribly underestimated band.

demanufactured · 28-08-2013 03:22PM

Van halen 1984 out of my communion money.

padma · 28-08-2013 03:24PM

Rastaman vibration on cassette by Bob Marley

heretochat · 28-08-2013 03:25PM

Cringe when I think of it now - New Jersey by Bon Jovi...

danniemcq · 28-08-2013 03:31PM

Nevermind - Nirvana.

Probably the most important and worthwhile 20 pound I ever spent.

28-08-2013 03:33PM

Deleted User wrote: »

3 of them at once, arranged in order of, er, lack of shame:

100% Columbian, Fun Lovin' Criminals

Shaken and Stirred: The David Arnold James Bond Project

er, that AllyMcbealwanfrmVondaShepard *cough*

That little trio has '1997' written all over it. :pac:

Sugarlumps · 28-08-2013 03:51PM

The Cult - Electric
Still does the biz for me.

yerwanthere123 · 28-08-2013 04:18PM

B*witched's self titled debut.

I REGRET NOTHING.

Jimmy Two Times · 28-08-2013 04:26PM

yerwanthere123 wrote: »

I REGRET NOTHING.

You sure about that

?

Lenin Skynard · 28-08-2013 04:45PM

Mink wrote: »

Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream.

I remember playing it for my parents, trying to get them to understand how amazing it was

Same here, on cassette. Still one of my favorites 21 years later.

SuperGrover · 28-08-2013 04:47PM

Madness - Absolutely

SuperGrover · 28-08-2013 04:50PM

padma wrote: »

Rastaman vibration on cassette by Bob Marley

Great album. Listening to the track 'Want More' right now from it.

28-08-2013 04:55PM

padma wrote: »

Rastaman vibration on cassette by Bob Marley

great album ,
have everything he ever did.

Vito Corleone · 28-08-2013 04:56PM

"Ten" by Pearl Jam I think. May have been something by the Pixies or Sonic Youth, can't remember.

Rented Mule · 28-08-2013 04:59PM

pundy wrote: »

oh it's just a class album, i know it's a bit brash to suggest it's the best album of the 90's, but personal preference etc...

but then i got into them hugely, (i wasnt allowed like Nirvana, as my brother had "claimed" them) and i ended up getting all these other albums from before that one - My body the Hand Grenade, Live through this...

what a horribly underestimated band.

Personal preference should be the only thing that matters when purchasing music.

KyussBishop · 28-08-2013 05:08PM

Queens of the Stoneage - Songs for the Deaf.

Monkeybonkers · 28-08-2013 05:10PM

keano_afc wrote: »

Bad, Michael Jackson, for my 8th birthday, on cassette. Loved it. I dont still have it unfortunately.

Snap!! On cassette too. Still have it somewhere

blue note · 28-08-2013 05:15PM

2 for 15 pounds - Led Zepplin and Nirvana In Utero. It was them or Abba gold I was deciding between. My life could have turned out differently had I gone with Abba!

Collie D · 28-08-2013 05:16PM

Irish Guitarist wrote: »

I think it may have been Kylie by Kylie Minogue on cassette in 1988 when I was twelve years old. I gave it away years ago (to either a charity shop or to my sister).

The first record I bought was Purple Rain by Prince about a year later. I had just gotten my first ever stereo with a turntable. I had no idea how to handle records so the first thing I did was drop the tonearm onto the record with the plastic protector thing still on the needle, sending the tonearm speeding along the length of the album.

I have Purple Rain on record but it's a different copy. I gave my first copy to my nephew years ago.

I think you're the first person on thread to admit to buying something cheesy/poppy/crap. Kudos!

Waitsian · 28-08-2013 05:32PM

Infected by The The, album on cassette, in Woolworths in Newry, 1987.

I still have it. :cool:

Say Your Number · 28-08-2013 05:37PM

In Stereo by Bomfunk MC on cassette, I think I taped over it with something else after a while.

Monkeybonkers · 28-08-2013 05:42PM

Collie D wrote: »

I think you're the first person on thread to admit to buying something cheesy/poppy/crap. Kudos!

Is Bad by Micheal Jackson not poppy?

A few (including myself) had that as their first purchase

lost in cork · 28-08-2013 05:49PM

MonstaMash wrote: »

New Boots & Panties - Ian Dury & The Blockheads + Damned, Damned,Damned - The Damned (bit of a rarity, rear of the album cover had a picture of Slaughter & The Dogs & NOT The Damned on it...misprint)

Bought both LP's the same day in Woolworths, GPO arcade, Henry Street & yes I still have them

Just found the Damned album 2 days ago when i was in my shed ,strange thing is i dont remember buying it or listening to it

leahyl · 28-08-2013 05:50PM

Think it was Mariah Carey's Daydream album :-P

Los Lobos · 28-08-2013 06:35PM

First I remember were the italia 90 tapes, all the put em under pressure, give it a lash jack ones, i remember texaco had a cassette that was a full album of world cup songs, played the shoite out of them that summer.
first actual album, divine madness, again on tape

Obliq · 28-08-2013 06:44PM

Ghost in the machine - The Police
Madness - Madness

Both with my 20 quid from a kind aunt in 1983. Still great albums, unfortunately sold them for rent money 20 years ago.

TheBegotten · 28-08-2013 07:01PM

Ready for it?

Dark Horse by Nickelback

Looking back now I wonder what on earth I was thinking...

Queens of the Stoneage - Songs for the Deaf.

That set me on the straight and narrow though

Can't imagine what my music would be like if it weren't for QOTSA...

Clandestine · 28-08-2013 07:04PM

Keane - Hopes and Fears

What was the first album you bought?

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