my first album
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My First Album
7:20AM Matt Buchanan | I stared at the cover a lot. And I gawked at the inside album art even longer, wondering what the hell they were all wearing, vaguely aware that they were badass and I was not.
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My First Album
1:40AM Brian Lam | At first I thought my first was a cassette single of Bel Biv Devoe’s Poison I bought from the Bergen Mall, but then I realised I had a record of Michael Jackson’s Thriller at 5. More »
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My First Album
10:00PM Jack Loftus | The first album I owned was Still Cruisin’ by the Beach Boys. It was 1989. Shoulder pads were big. Hair was bigger. The Beach Boys were on Full House the previous year. I was eight. More »
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My First Album
9:00AM Andi Wang | Who the hell is Richard Marx? Being another baby of Gizmodo, I’m sure I’ve still got a lot to learn about music, especially since I’m one of those kids who’s completely brainwashed by The Mouse. More »
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My First Album
6:20AM Jesus Diaz | Besides some Spanish groups most of you won’t know—Radio Futura—David Bowie’s Hunky Dory was the first album I ever remember getting. I’ve been listening to music through my telescopic nipple antennas since then. More »
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My First Album
5:20AM Sean Fallon | Unlike Jason, I have a reason to be proud of my first album purchase. It was Nine Inch Nails’ Pretty Hate Machine on cassette. More »
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My First Album
3:20AM Adam Frucci | The first CDs I got for my first CD player? Why, Blind Melon and the Jurassic Park soundtrack, of course. More »
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3:30PM Nick Broughall | As a gift for my fifth birthday, my cousin Kylie dubbed five cassettes which would influence my taste in music forever: Bon Jovi’s Slippery When Wet, Van Halen’s 5150, Dire Straits’ Brothers In Arms, Icehouse’s Man of Colours and John Farnham’s Whispering Jack. But the first album I ever purchased with my own money is so embarrassing I actually contemplated lying to you all just to avoid admitting it – even to myself. That album was “In God We Trust” by Christian rock band Stryper. What’s worse is that I still have it. More »
My First Album
3:30PM Nick Broughall | As a gift for my fifth birthday, my cousin Kylie dubbed five cassettes which would influence my taste in music forever: Bon Jovi’s Slippery When Wet, Van Halen’s 5150, Dire Straits’ Brothers In Arms, Icehouse’s Man of Colours and John Farnham’s Whispering Jack. But the first album I ever purchased with my own money is so embarrassing I actually contemplated lying to you all just to avoid admitting it – even to myself. That album was “In God We Trust” by Christian rock band Stryper. What’s worse is that I still have it. More »
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