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[Brinbe]

Hmm, I'm pretty sure it was

and

shortly there after.

Those came out in 97, so I should have been about 10 at the time? Damn, both still hold up to this day!

 

[speedpop]

Radiohead - The Bends

Will never forget putting it on for the first time.

 

[orion434]

Milli Vanilli - Girl you know it's true... vinyl. It was the first and only record I bought before getting a CD player.

 

[speedline]

Still one of my favorite albums ever

 

[Houston3000]

It was probably a Beach Boy's Cassette Tape back around 1993 or 1994.

I was also a used, up until I was 11 or so all my albums were cheap cassette tapes bought at this kickass bookstore near my house.

 

[Freedom = $1.05]

Dookie on tape, Nevermind on compact disc. When I finally got a cd copy of dookie it kinda felt wrong, hah.

 

[JJDinomite]

Not a bad place to start.

 

[speedline]

I'm 21 so in theory I should have bought an album when I was younger but I missed the whole "paying for music bandwagon". Spotify is making me rethink that though.

Having a physical copy, reading the booklet, enjoying the artwork-- It was actually much better than downloading an mp3. Personally I've always had much greater satisfaction purchasing music in a music store than downloading anything from the net.

 

[a176]

 

[Typographenia]

Got it back when I was... 12?
Heard Albuquerque at a friend's house, and I decided I needed to get it.

I never got into music proper until my parents bought me the best of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
My first real music purchase after that was-

Probably informed my tastes more than anything else I've ever purchased.

 

[tapedeck]

.

 

[sonicfan]

 

[SystemShock2]

Oh god, the dreck I used to listen to. My first CD was bought in 4th grade which was when Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 came out. I bought a Sony Walkman for 50 bucks at a Walmart and then bought Millencollin's Pennybridge Pioneers because they were on the soundtrack of the game. I thought they were punk at the time...Absolute shit album. I think I'd cry if I had to listen to it now.

 

[Diprosalic]

Big Willie Style. probably also the last one. i'm not big into music. i just listened to the ones my dad had/bought (old school rock) or radio. nowadays i stream stuff from the internet (grooveshark etc...) but that's rare.

 

[PokéKong]

Wow I suddenly feel extremely young and nerdy.

First album bought with kid birthday money, the day it came out:

First bought with real hard earned cash from my first ever paycheck:

 

[besada]

This is embarrassing, especially after that Cash album, but keep in mind it was 1977.

I ordered it off TV and waited a painful 6-8 weeks for its delivery.
Track listing, since no one has probably ever even heard of this:


Sugar, Sugar - The Archies
Jam Up and Jelly Tight - Tommy Roe
Chewy Chewy - Ohio Express
Julie, Do Ya Love Me - Bobby Sherman
Hitchin' a Ride - Vanity Fare
Yummy, Yummy, Yummy - Ohio Express
Tracy - The Cuff Links
Indian Giver - 1910 Fruitgum Company
Daydream Believer - The Monkees
The Letter - The Boxtops

I Think We're Alone Now - Tommy James and the Shondells
Gimme Gimme Good Lovin' - Crazy Elephant
This Diamond Ring - Gary Lewis and the Playboys
Smile a Little Smile for Me - Flying Machine
Baby Now That I've Found You - The Foundations
Windy - The Association
Candida - Dawn
Brandy - Looking Glass
Me and You and a Dog Named Boo - Lobo
Happy Together - The Turtles

Simon Says - 1910 Fruitgum Company
I'm A Believer - The Monkees
Knock Three Times - Dawn
Dizzy - Tommy Roe
Green Tamborine - Lemon Pipers
Lightnin' Strikes - Lou Christie
My Baby Loves Lovin' - White Plains
Little Woman - Bobby Sherman
Beautiful Sunday - Daniel Boone
Little Willie - The Sweet Anonymous

Man, I loved "Me and You and a Dog Named Boo." The seventies have a lot to answer for. This purchase was followed by an album of trucking songs, and an album containing such greats as "Billy Don't be a Hero," "Kung-Fu Fighting," and "The Night Chicago Died."

 

[GuitarAtomik]

I got in to music a little late since I mostly listened to whatever my parents were in to (hip hop and RnB) or whatever was on Mtv. Pretty much everything I wanted either my parents already owned or I could flip on Mtv and it would be on within 20 minutes.

First thing I got my parents to buy for me:
Busta Rhymes - Fire it Up / Turn it Up (Single)

I was a pretty big fan of Busta Rhymes and I was obsessed with the Knight Rider remix on this cd.

First thing I bought with my own money:
Prodigy - Fat of the Land

This was my electronica awakening. I used to come home from school flip on Mtv and just wait for Breathe to come on. Still love this album

 

[sixteen-bit]

Will Smith - Big Willie Style

second was Blackwater Park by Opeth

 

[Ultima_5]

 

[Entropia]

 

[SiriusTexra]

I actually still like this album. The rest are shithouse though.

 

[Azuran]

 

[H3xum]

Soungarden- Superunkown
Jimi Hendrix- The Ulitmate Experience

Crazy, those were my first two albums as well, Jimi first, Superunknown a few days later

 

[bolbronx]

When I was around 14 I bought this gem:

Best album in the world

 

[Totalriot]

On cassette:

Must have been 12 or 13 back then...

 

[Cat Party]

This was my fourth, I think. Probably my most listened to album of all time.

My first was:

 

[DarkKyo]

Hmm, I'm pretty sure it was

Woah, Moe is black!

 

[Zeth]

Offspring - Smash

Honorable Mentions: Bush - Razorblade Suitcase, Ace of Base - The Sign

 

[f3niks]

This was the first one I remember buying with my money as a kid.

smh

 

[MikeOfTheLivingDead]

My first Album was Back In Black by ACDC.

First thing I paid my own money for was

Renegades of Funk

 

[Meier]

The first CD/album I can remember buying myself was the soundtrack to the first Mortal Kombat film.

As a bonus, the first tape I can remember buying was Billy Joel's River of Dreams single.

The first time I bought a CD single was for Mark Morrison's Return of the Mack.

 

[santi_yo]

 

[Dreams-Visions]

bought at the same time.

Spoiler

leave me the fuck alone. I thought Opposites Attract was awesome

 

[Fenderputty]

 

[Muffdraul]

On LP. It came out in 1978, but I bought it in early 1983. I was 13. I had just gotten their brand new album Oh No It's Devo for xmas and after seeing an interview with them on Night Flight, I decided that I was going to base my life on their teachings. From then on all of my allowance was spent on their records until I owned them all.

 

[Cheesemeister]

The first CD I bought with my own money, it's a gas:

Picked up through my parents' Columbia House subscription at my request:

 

[Zane]

Still the greatest record of all time imo.

 

[andymcc]

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. My dad had the LP that I used to listen to like crazy, but I finally got my first CD player when I was about 9 or so, and bought Sgt. Pepper w/ a gift certificate.

 

[nns3d]

Still one of my favorite albums ever

^One of my favorites too!

Anyway, this was the first album that I bought.

 

[ChoklitReign]

Dark Side of the Moon

Spoiler

in 2001

Spoiler

from Wal-Mart

 

[flyover]

I'd love to say it was something really cool, but it was this:

(Journey's "Escape")

Don't stop believin', GAF!

 

[ronito]

I regret nothing.

 

[Dalauz]

I was 11 or so and I was with my grandmother at the music store.

Yes, it was a casette.

 

[Trokil]

I was 9 when i bought this

I know, but I was 9 and Knight Rider was HUGHE here in europe.

 

[SpaceBridge]

First almbum I bought. Double cassette tapes to boot.

 

[Mascot]

 

[perfectnight]

The best

 

[Dimmuxx]

 

[Bel Marduk]

My first album was hot cool and vicious by salt n pepa, which was on a tape and I will never be ashamed!

 

[Deified Data]

I think it was:

Me too, oddly enough. Hated it even when I was 10.