My First Album

My First Album

7:20AM April 18, 2009 | 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.


My First Album

1:40AM April 18, 2009 | 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.

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My First Album

10:00PM April 17, 2009 | 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.

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My First Album

9:00AM April 17, 2009 | 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.

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My First Album

6:20AM April 17, 2009 | 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.

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My First Album

5:20AM April 17, 2009 | 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.

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My First Album

3:20AM April 17, 2009 | Adam Frucci

The first CDs I got for my first CD player? Why, Blind Melon and the Jurassic Park soundtrack, of course.

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My First Album

11:30PM April 16, 2009 | John Herrman

I got off to a rough start.

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3:30PM April 16, 2009 | 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

12:30PM April 16, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

I bought my first two albums, Beck’s Odelay and The Mighty Mighty Bosstones’ Let’s Face It, both on CD, when I was about 11 or 12. Yeah, I’m younger than Jason and Mark.

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