First Album

[runnersdialzero]

I feel the same about Nevermind. When the rough mixes came out last year, a number of folks were freaking out. "It's Nevermind as it's meant to be heard!" "This is what Kurt wanted!" when I was thinking, "Not really, they're roughs, and they're far more gimmicky than the final." I really thought all but "Stay Away" sounded like total ass, with "Territorial Pissings" being interesting but maybe not on the level of the final. I haven't listened since then, maybe I'd feel differently now.

I feel like some folks are critical of Nevermind's production because Kurt criticized it mid-daily identity crisis (the guy was seemingly always contradicting and conflicting with himself in extremes - that's probably part of what made him a good songwriter) a couple times. Half of him indeed probably thought it was too over the top, but the other half? I have to imagine that half fucking loved it and realized it was ultimately the right move, at least for those songs.

[I. Spaceman]

Very well stated.

[pixletwin]

If the tempo had just been picked up a bit on a few songs I would like it better (which I still like it quite a bit). 

[Ron]

Oh I love the album.  Always have always will, I'm not saying anything's wrong with it, i'm just saying I have a lot of memories wrapped up in it so I probably appreciate it more than it deserves. 

Ain't it funny how a melody can bring back a memory?

[JK]

Birthday present, age 12:



First LP bought with own money ('65?):

[MBE]

I just knew my mom had to buy me it, I guess it was fate that I would become the First Edition biographer. I was five.

[Jay]

The first batch of cd's I ever got was(were?) the John Lennon Live In New York City sound track cd, the Imagine Soundtrack cd, and an Elvis greatest hits cd. I think that was the same Christmas I got my first cd player. I was about nine or ten. That was an AWESOME Christmas, and I haven't been the same since.  I think the first cd I bought myself was Who's Missing by The Who. Or possibly A Quick One While He's Away by the same group.

[Orange Crate Art]

Beach Boys Endless Summer was my first album. My second one was Kiss Rock & Roll Over. My third was either Beach Boys Surfer Girl (the Pickwick version) or Alice Cooper Killer. All great albums!

[Vegetable Man]

The first vinyl album I ever owned was a horribly scratched (but still playable) second-or-third hand copy of The Beatles' "Revolver", which I got about four years ago at the start of Jr. High School.

The first CD I ever bought was "The White Album". If you wanted to go REALLY far back the first songs I remember hearing was "Loves Me Like a Rock" by Paul Simon and "Good News" by The Gaithers.

[Alex]

First CD:


First CD bought with my own money...My defense is that I was 15 at the time. I disowned these guys by the time I was 18...


Second CD I bought with my own money and still one of my favorite albums to this day:


Probably the 50th CD I'd ever bought, but quite an important one:

[Gabo]

The Eminem Show.

My taste has changed a lot.

[bluesno1fann]

First Vinyl with my own money:


First CD with my own money:


First MP3 I paid for:


First Box Set:

[Freddie French-Pounce]

1st CD I bought with my own money [I can't remember the 2nd half!]:


1st LP bought [2nd hand]:

[Ron]

I feel the same about Nevermind. When the rough mixes came out last year, a number of folks were freaking out. "It's Nevermind as it's meant to be heard!" "This is what Kurt wanted!" when I was thinking, "Not really, they're roughs, and they're far more gimmicky than the final." I really thought all but "Stay Away" sounded like total ass, with "Territorial Pissings" being interesting but maybe not on the level of the final. I haven't listened since then, maybe I'd feel differently now.

I feel like some folks are critical of Nevermind's production because Kurt criticized it mid-daily identity crisis (the guy was seemingly always contradicting and conflicting with himself in extremes - that's probably part of what made him a good songwriter) a couple times. Half of him indeed probably thought it was too over the top, but the other half? I have to imagine that half fucking loved it and realized it was ultimately the right move, at least for those songs.

This is all just a gimmick to make more money.  The way Kurt wanted Nevermind to sound was how it was released.  He may have said things sometimes that contradicted that, but he also blew his brains out with a shotgun.   Not exactly the most level headed guy in the room.  I'm sure there's a joke there somewhere.

It's interesting to hear alternate takes and things, but just removing instruments and mixing sh*t differently is nothing more than a gimmick to make more money off the fans, because the record company is literally just fabricating new Nirvana sh*t!  At least if it's alternate takes, it might be something you never heard, and it's another chance to hear your favorite music being recorded. 

Same thing with "let it Be Naked".  Complete joke, designed to stroke Paul's ego and to make Michael Jackson's kids more money.

[Ron]

1st CD I bought with my own money [I can't remember the 2nd half!]:


1st LP bought [2nd hand]:

I like the Red album better than the Blue album, I'm not sure though if that's just to be contrarian.  Gotta wonder.  The red album has "In My Life" on it though, that's the first place I ever heard it.  Really quite a collection of really nice pop songs.

[Ron]

The Eminem Show.

My taste has changed a lot.

Nothing wrong with that, or your taste changing, but make sure your taste didn't change because of the embarassment.  Lots of closet Eminem fans out there.  He was very talented for a while there...

[LetHimRun]

My first CD was Ocean Avenue by Yellowcard. My first LP was Pet Sounds.

[JohnMill]

I still listen to it. Not in an ironic "LOL SOOO RETRO" way, either.

That's a great album, I don't know why time has forgotten them.  It's very moody to me, though, it reminds me of bad times for some reason.  Something about her voice is just so nice though, she's not even trying and it sounds fantastic.  All the keyboards and sh*t in the backround help too. 

They were their generation's answer to Abba.  Sad about what happened to Lynne though.  I've read that she's happy she walked away from it all though.

Although it wasn't my first album, I'll always claim the first album I ever bought was Counting Crows: "August & Everything After".  The record really meant a lot to me at the time and still does

[Moon Dawg]

 Aside from kiddie albums like SESAME STREET, the first "real" LP I ever owned was Elvis' ALOHA FROM HAWAII.   

[Seaside Woman]

The Beatles: Let It Be. It cost me almost half a weeks wages back in the day.

[sparkydog1725]

These two, bought at Arlan's Department Store for $2.49 each: 
 

[RangeRoverA1]

I still listen to it. Not in an ironic "LOL SOOO RETRO" way, either.

Before that, it was just listening to my parents' Van Halen albums (albums I also still listen to) and the radio. My second album, bought a few months after The Sign, was The Offspring's Smash album (yes, that too).

Oh, I know this band, heard them a lot on a local radio staish. "The Sign" (the song) is good. But I always enjoyed "Hallo, Hallo" from "Singles of the 90s" (which oddly was released in 2000). Positively cool song, or cooly positive. Some wouldn't like her accent, but it's not bad, actually. Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Fw-uo36QAQ

[Summer_Days]

I grew up listening to Bob Seger, Dire Straits and Rod Stewart, thanks to my mom. But those were her tapes.

Back in 1990, the first album I bought (on cassette) was:


The first CD I bought with my own money, and one of the first CDs we had for our brand-new CD player, 1993:

[joshferrell]

Elvis Gold Records and Moody Blue (on the same day)

[MugginsXO]

The first album I bought for myself that was not really at the request or suggestion of my brother was this probably:



Michael Jackson was the first original musical love and I think has informed almost everything I love in music. The open-hearted nature of his performance, of his singing style really affected me in a positive way, particularly because I was so introverted and full of anxieties. It pleased me greatly that he was a person uncomfortable in conversation but when tasked with performance he became a different caliber of human being. I grew up hearing Off the Wall, Thriller, Bad and Dangerous and this was the first time I was the one buying the new album. That made me happy.

I still think that this is a highly underrated album and with a little re-sequencing and editing becomes one of his strongest works. For my personal taste I cut a couple songs and include Blood on the Dance Floor (excellent album!). I recommend it to all who have a taste for later MJ:

Scream
They Don't Care About Us
Stranger In Moscow - I think in the top 5 songs of his career.
Morphine - intensely personal and I think a hell of an influence on The Weeknd and recent dark R&B.
2 Bad - sounds so much better up front and alongside songs with a connected mood.
Superfly Sista
This Time Around
Tabloid Junkie
Money
Earth Song - I think undoubtedly his best cause song and production partially because of the sinister tone.
Blood on the Dance Floor
Come Together
D.S.
Ghost - Of all the great stuff they did together, this is probably my favourite Teddy Riley collaboration.
Is It Scary
You Are Not Alone - after getting away from the time when this was everywhere at all times, it is possible to appreciate how ridiculously smooth and accomplished a track it is.
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