What was the first CD you ever bought?

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Legitimate_Teacher20@reddit

Columbia House...ruined my credit, but taught me how to effectively dodge bill collection...total life hack! TLC- Crazy, Sexy, Cool was the absolute first cd

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Gloomy-Dish-1860@reddit

Belinda Carlisle Runaway Horses, Paul Abdul Spellbound, and the phantom of the Opera soundtrack, all bought at Price Club

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wurkhoarse@reddit

Jane's Addiction - Been Caught Stealing

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MyriVerse2@reddit

Tears for Fears - Songs from the Big Chair

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ThisIsAllSoTiring@reddit

Same! My sister gave it to me for my 11th birthday!

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Kane76@reddit

Neil Young -- This Note's For You. The CD costs twice as much as the LP.

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hvacfreak588@reddit

Yngwie Malmsteen Rising Force ( self titled 1984 ).

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ThuggeeTennessee@reddit

Who’s Better, Who’s Best….. no prizes for guessing

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LengthinessPure2745@reddit

Dire Straits, “Brothers in Arms,” first digitally mastered album.

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Key-Cattle-2866@reddit

I think it “Ragged Glory”-Neil Young & Crazy Horse.

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Secret_Computer4891@reddit

LOL.. I was initially going to say US Bank paying around 4%.

I want to say it was Ozzy Osborne - some greatest hits collection. Either that or Monsters of Rock.

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LafawnduhDy-no-mite@reddit

Ok so my dad bought a cd player on a whim one day. “Ooh, what cd did you get?” Blank look. He forgot to think about that. So I went out and bought iTracey Chapman

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LafawnduhDy-no-mite@reddit

Saw her live once at the Guinness Fleadh. Great set.

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Temporary_Abroad_211@reddit

The best of The Doors. It was a birthday present so I had to go and buy my first CD player. So technically I didn't buy my first CD but I think this counts.

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Efficient-Badger1871@reddit

I think my first CD was Steve Perry's solo album, which was odd because I wasn't even a huge Journey fan or anything. (It also became my ONLY Steve Perry/Journey CD...)

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Loud_Banana_59@reddit

it was so long ago. maybe jagged little pill

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PaddyMacAodh@reddit

Wish You Were Here from Pink Floyd. I was working at Crazy Eddie’s in 1984 and bought a CD player and that disc as a Christmas present for myself

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DiscountAcrobatic356@reddit

Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division $30!

Worth every penny

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sharoncherylike@reddit

Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms, along with many many other people of the era.

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Intelligent-Shop6482@reddit

I lived in a remote town in the Northern Territory so not much choice, i bought a cd player and the album was the compilation album Pretty Women.

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KiwiAlexP@reddit

I don’t remember the first CD but definitely remember the first cassette - John Farnham’s “Whispering Jack”

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zsreport@reddit

I bought Disintegration and Violator at the same time as I bought a discman knockoff

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fry-something@reddit

“Disintegration is the best album ever!!!”

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SpacePirate-04@reddit

“Thank you Robert Smith of The Cure!”

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New_Flow_5941@reddit

I want your sex, George Micheal. I used my tax refund from 1985 to buy a top end Teac CD player and that was my first disc.

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larrybobsf@reddit

Minor Threat - Complete Discography (red, $9 from Dischord but I paid $9.39.)

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Thyme2paint@reddit

Vanilla Ice - To the Extreme

Followed by Big Audio Dynamite- the Globe.

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ForgottenGenX47@reddit

For high school graduation I asked my folks for a nice little shelf-unit stereo, which was my first CD player.

First CD I bought waa REM's Out of Time ... i had the cassette version and managed to convince my local Shopko to exchange it for the CD. I think they finally said yes just to make me go away.

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Bought two CDs with my Discman - Metallica Black Album and Slayer Reign in Blood. It was the day the black album came out. Bought Reign in Blood because someone borrowed my tape and never returned it.

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Innocent_Standbyer@reddit

Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms

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pymreader@reddit

Laughing in genx you mean the first record right

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Black_Death_12@reddit

Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A.
Been Around records. Little Rock, Ar.

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terita-reddits@reddit

De La Soul is Dead

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sarah-vdb@reddit

I got two: Powerslave and ... And Justice for All. I had both on cassette already but they were my favorites.

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classicsat@reddit

I have Powerslave on LP, someplace..

Sadly, no Maiden. Closest thing to metal I have is a Kiss greatest Hits (one of the many CDs I bought second hand)

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heffel77@reddit

My mom bought me the Fresh Prince and Jazzy Jeff for my birthday and my stepsister sent me the Beastie Boys License to Ill. Guess which one I played my mom so she could determine if rap was suitable for a 11yr old?

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MissBoofsAlot@reddit

I still have Powerslave on vinyl.

My first CD was Faith no more - the real thing. I wore the tape out and used my birthday money to buy a CD player, rode my bike to the music store and bought FNM - TRT.

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moopet@reddit

I had those on tape and also liked them enough to upgrade to CD in time.

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bibfortuna1970@reddit

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sarah-vdb@reddit

I see them in just over a month and am still really into them. I don't have a crush on Dave anymore, though :(

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classicsat@reddit

I am going to say Republica-Republica.Around 1996 when it came out.

Yes, I was late. I by chance got a cheap CD player then, I never gave it a thought before.

After high school, my lifestyle wasn't conducive to affordable CD players and care of CD media (cassettes were more robust, and I was living close to a zero bank balance. I knew then, it was stupid to go buy new equipment I could not immediately afford.

It also happened to be the time PC CD burners and media started getting cheap, so I got one 1998ish.

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Marvzuno@reddit

Dookie - Green Day

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SpeedBright3671@reddit

Bi brother and the holding company- cheap thrills.

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amyteresad@reddit

Pretty Hate Machine- Nine Inch Nails

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ElectricalCheetah625@reddit

Dead Milkmen Big Lizard in my Backyard. My first tape was Beastie Boys

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dwightnight@reddit

Kick-INXS

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IcyPuffin@reddit

I bought about 5 cds as my first purchase of them when I got my first hi fi with a cd player in it.

Can't recall all of them, but I know the Simply Red album Stars was in there.

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ManicOppressyv@reddit

Either Temple of the Dog or Achtung Baby. I think I got them at the same time.

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Passenger_08@reddit

Forget the CDs - let’s talk about how I spent $150 on a SONY discman in 1989.

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M8NSMAN@reddit

Did you have the cassette adapter so you could use it in your car

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Passenger_08@reddit

Of course! But it would still skip if i hit the smallest bump in the road. Lol.

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BackgroundLetter7285@reddit

I bought a VCR player for about $600 in about 1978.

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Grafakos@reddit

That's around $3000 in today's money.

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b_o_m@reddit

How about the $600 I spent for an in-dash CD player in 1990!?! Remember the type that you pulled the entire deck out and carried it with you so as to not get it stolen? But since everyone else was still playing cassettes in their cars, it seemed worth it to me at the time...

To put it in perspective - the entire car, brand new, but with no stereo - was $10k.

I drove that car for 16 years, but went through 4 stereos in that time! But we had countless roadtrips with EPIC soundtracks for all of them.

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FatGuyOnAMoped@reddit

Damn, that's CHEAP! I got one for my birthday in 1985 and it was around $300

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0hheyitsme@reddit

Hysteria - Def Leppard

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Office_Zombie@reddit

$32.99 in 1983 is $106.48 in 2025 money.

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HuckleCatt1@reddit (OP)

Wow. It really was a lot of money back then.

I felt stupid for spending that much without owning a CD player, but at least getting a pristine tape out of the deal that day made me feel better.

Looking back over a lifetime of listening to that CD, it was a pretty good value.

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Dangerboy73@reddit

I wish my brother George was here - del the funkee homosapien

Body count - Body Count

Both the same day I got my first cd player.

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ctbadger92@reddit

1987 - Hold Your Fire and 2112 by Rush

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Fistofpaper@reddit

Full length: Pearl Jam - Ten EP: Erasure - ABBAesque Single: Orbital - Halcyon

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Scouter197@reddit

Bryan Adams - So Far So Good

Got it for Christmas one year from my mom (who knew I didn't have a CD player).

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Fettnaepfchen@reddit

MC, Roxette. CD… Alladdin OST.

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Delicious_Plantain60@reddit

Purple Rain

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roman41@reddit

Post - Bjork

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HeatMiser2568@reddit

Dark Side of the Moon. Still one of my top 5 faves.

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adenovir@reddit

The Rich Man's Eight Track Tape by Big Black

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Reachforthesky777@reddit

I didnt get my first CD until the early 90s. I think they were around in my area, we didn't have the biggest selection of stores back then, but nobody really had them. Our parents were all records and 8 tracks, we mostly had cassettes. I have no idea which was my first CD.

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Diela1968@reddit

I don’t remember my first CD for sure (possibly “Working Class Dog”) but I DO know my first cassette tape was Bryan Adams’ “Cuts Like A Knife”

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jennn027@reddit

I have the same problem. No idea first cd. First cassette, my uncle gave me Bruce Springsteen Born in the USA

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Mantlers@reddit

Lagwagon: Duh

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sheppma71@reddit

Don Henley-Building The Perfect Beast

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Universally-Tired@reddit

I bought 3 when I got my player. The Cure: Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me, Bad Company: 10 from 6, and something else that probably had a title, but the 80s were a long time ago.

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ConsciousSteak2242@reddit

Depeche Mode’s Violator.

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SteevoHatezGoogle@reddit

I don't remember my first CD. But my last vinyl was the Rolling Stones' Steel Wheels.

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Punkreations@reddit

New Jack City soundtrack. Mom had a fit the the first time I listened to it. Love that movie.

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nickturn20@reddit

Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morrisette

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Illustrious_Win_5896@reddit

Boston…”More than a Feeling”

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number231@reddit

You’re gonna laugh. Yanni’s first album. My freshman drawing professor played it in class. I was amazed and had to get it. I’d never heard music like that before. I don’t listen anymore but I still respect the dude.

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CynfullyDelicious@reddit

My first time purchasing CDs, I got two - Upstairs at Eric’s (Yazoo), and Down to the Moon by Andreas Vollenweider.

And Yanni had some great stuff back then - at least it wasn’t Kenny G….

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piranhamode@reddit

Primus Sailing the Seas of Cheese

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JoeFromStPaul@reddit

My 1st CDs were the first 4 Primus albums, up to Pork Soda

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ronnie-james-dior@reddit

Obligatory: Primus sucks

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CheetahNo9349@reddit

I didn't get a CD player until I got one as a graduation present(95.)

I got Jimi Hendrix The Ultimate Experience and Misfits Collection 2 first.

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JoeFromStPaul@reddit

Those albums scream 1995

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JoeFromStPaul@reddit

I bought my 1st cd player at Montgomery Wards. My first albums were the four Primus albums out at the time.

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rottenbox@reddit

AC DC back in black.

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eatencrow@reddit

Spike - Elvis Costello

Not a dud track in the bunch. I bought it on Vinyl and CD. I still have both!

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PopeCerebus@reddit

Peter Gabriel - So

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jwoo3x@reddit

August and Everything After - The Counting Crows

^I think... full album anyway ...bought some cd singles andor eps I think prior to that album.

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Small_Tiger_1539@reddit

Don't remember the first one. Mostly cause I got 13 for a penny with Columbia House. 😉

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jashf8694@reddit

Then promptly broke your part of the contract, got your credit ruined and changed your name so they couldn’t find you. Or was that just me?

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Funny_Leg8273@reddit

Me too!

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MoRiSALA@reddit

Purchased by my mom when she bought me my first CD player: En Vogue

First one I used my money to buy: Arrested Development

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PghBlackCat22@reddit

I bought en vogue soon after my first purchase. Nack in 1991...I still listen to it lol

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theantnest@reddit

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PghBlackCat22@reddit

Ahhhh love them! Saw them in concert in Pgh 😍 1988

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MoreWhiskey4Me@reddit

I had worn out my Epic cassette single, shelled out for the album when I got my first Discman. Good life decision.

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PghBlackCat22@reddit

Omg I love this band! 😍

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MissBoofsAlot@reddit

This was mine too. I wore out the tape I stole from my sister. Bought myself a CD player for my 13th birthday and this CD.

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The26thtime@reddit

Great life decision. Then angel dust blew everything out of the water.

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StreetCarp665@reddit

The swings on the playground don't even fit me anymore!

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IndianRiverMystic@reddit

Great Album!

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spinmykeystone@reddit

Listened to this tape and CD sooo many times

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PghBlackCat22@reddit

In 1991, i bought a boom box and 3 cd's on my lunch break at the local mall. I worked at Jcpenney portrait studio and i walked down to Sears..🤩... I bought CeCe Pennistan, Cover Girls, and Seduction. Feels like yesterday 😪 I literally still listen to them! 😄

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Dependent_Pipe3268@reddit

Kriss Kross

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BuffySlayer06@reddit

Wham! The Final and Eurythmics Revenge

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JeanClaudeHellNo@reddit

Songs from the Big Chair and Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark

I spilt a tiny bit of Obsession on them and they made my room smell wonderful 😊

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Quakingaspenhiker@reddit

Abbey Road.

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Voka2023@reddit

REM, automatic for the people

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Quakingaspenhiker@reddit

This is a top 10 all time favorite album for me, so good.

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NHBikerHiker@reddit

My 2nd or 3rd!!

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fenwic@reddit

Same! And since it was my only CD for a while, it was on repeat all the time 😆😬

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Humble-Membership-28@reddit

My bestie had that one on CD. Can still remember singing along with it.

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dmevela@reddit

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Historical_Method_41@reddit

Robert Plant “Pink and Black”

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ImAlsoNotOlivia@reddit

NKOTB! And got my first “real” stereo, even though it was all one unit! Upgraded to a multi disc player and ginormous speakers (one at a time!) in 1989. Years and years later, still worked, but relegated to the garage!

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Odd-Pop-7737@reddit

My first CDs were from one of the music clubs where you got several upfront and then they mailed them to you monthly. I ordered NIN, REM, and 10,000 Maniacs for my first delivery.

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NickPRivers@reddit

Rush, Moving Pictures and U2, War. Christmas 1985.

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urbanaut@reddit

Queensryche: Empire

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After_Simple_8661@reddit

Mortal Kombat OST. Everything had been cassette or record before that.

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ChickPeaClwn@reddit

Pump by Aerosmith. Bought it at my local K-Mart. Believe it or not, I was torn between that and Forever your Girl by Paula Abdul. I think my life turned out better this way.

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ButterflyOld8220@reddit

I didn't buy it but it was a Christmas present. The Phantom of the Opera Soundtrack. And I got a stereo/boombox CD player. (Birthday is 3 days before Xmas.) 1992.

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ObviousIndependent76@reddit

Use Your Illusion II

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frescounico@reddit

This was my first cd . Just a friend was catchy.

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JJQuantum@reddit

Can’t remember exactly but it would have been one of these:

The Who - Who’s Next

Elvis Costello - Spike

Dire Straits - Money for Nothing

Pink Floyd - The Wall

Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever

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BadgerFluid5918@reddit

Bob mould.. Sugar. It was the first cd I ever physically saw. It was $18 in 1987

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DamarsLastKanar@reddit

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billy310@reddit

I’m going to see him in Vegas this weekend. First time

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DamarsLastKanar@reddit

I saw him once a few years ago. Totally worth it

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Worldly-Advisor7201@reddit

Same!!!

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_ism_@reddit

this was my second CD!

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DamarsLastKanar@reddit

It's a quality album, start to finish.

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ARiley22@reddit

I'm the guy the little Ahm-lets wanna be like!!

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LA0811@reddit

August and Everything After, Counting Crows and Exile in Guyville, Liz Phair

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heffel77@reddit

The Doors, LA Woman for 15.99 at Target. It’s embarrassing now considering how much I’ve grown to hate the Dorks but there it is.

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Ok_Responsibility419@reddit

Jane’s Addiction Nothing Shocking 1989

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Unhappy-Response-742@reddit

Avalon sunset, van Morrison. Still a great test for an audio system

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sex@reddit

DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince >.>

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OGINTJ@reddit

I bought 3. Bob Dylan Greatest Hits 1 and 2. And Frank Zappa’s Hot Rats

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snebmiester@reddit

In 1991 I bought Ride the Lightning, I didn't get a CD Player till 1992. Most Portable Disc players skipped with every other step. So I continued to stick to my Walkman, until the mid 90s.

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mday03@reddit

U2 Joshua Tree. Got it the same time I got the cd player.

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teanders999@reddit

Suzanne Vega, Solitude Standing. I thought Tom's Diner would sound cool on CD, which it did. Kids today can't understand how wild it was to hear silence in music, as opposed to that cassette hiss.

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oneders63@reddit

The Beatles "Abbey Road" (Toshiba EMI) -- 1984 Japanese release -- purchased at Music Machine in Pikesville, Maryland -- about 3 years before it was "officially" released in 1987 in the USA and Europe. It still sounds exceptionally good.

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AdWestern994@reddit

Whitesnake - 1987

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foetusized@reddit

Fine Young Cannibals, self-titled, 1986. I was going to get the LP, but I was lured in by CD bonus tracks (remixes).

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StreetCarp665@reddit

hoo, hoo

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Spirited-Resident889@reddit

This was my first cassette!

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StreetCarp665@reddit

CD = the TMNT movie soundtrack.

Cassette, with my own money i.e. not gifted to me = Crowded House's self-titled debut

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TheL95@reddit

Temple of the Dog

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Michellingham@reddit

The Pixies - Surfer Rosa

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Adorableviolet@reddit

I did the Columbia Records penny thing and got like 6. I remember de la soul and neil young and am blanking on the rest.

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yoursweetbaboo@reddit

Depeche Mode / Enjoy the Silence maxi single That was a major moment in my young life

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Lazy_days23@reddit

First one I bought I don’t remember. But the first CD I ever had was a gift from my folks. Kix - Blow My Fuse

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Visible_Noise1850@reddit

Nirvana - Nevermind

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The26thtime@reddit

Hidden track? I bought my copy at radio shack

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Visible_Noise1850@reddit

That song has some interesting history. A lot of it is Kurt throwing an actual fit of rage that was recorded. lol

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rrmf@reddit

Same. Had to wait a few months until we could afford a CD player.

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Visible_Noise1850@reddit

I bought mine at a yard sale before I had a CD player as well. 😝

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Waste-Account7048@reddit

Steve Winwood-Back in the High Life. I bought that particular CD mainly to demonstrate the dynamics of CD sound. That would've been around 1987. I still have the CD and the player.

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Fun_Trifle_2330@reddit

Bought four at once:

Prince '1999'.

Prince 'Purple Rain'.

U2 'War'.

U2 'The Unforgettable Fire'.

In 1984. They were expensive.

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skybob74@reddit

Jar of Flies - Alice In Chains

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Mama_Lee@reddit

Senior year of HS

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DevilsAdvoCaticorn@reddit

I bought that CD three times! It was so good, it kept getting stolen.

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raf_boy@reddit

Depeche Mode - Black Celebration

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IndianRiverMystic@reddit

Love it ❤️

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DevilsAdvoCaticorn@reddit

Nirvana Nevermind

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IndianRiverMystic@reddit

Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin in 1994

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zed2point0@reddit

Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

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killgrinch@reddit

Anthrax, "I'm the Man"

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Some-Collection320@reddit

INXS Kick

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Carnivorous_Mower@reddit

...And Justice For All - Metallica. Still one of my all time favourite albums.

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MLArtist71@reddit

Trisha Yearwood’s debut.

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CokBlockinWinger@reddit

Porno for Pyros Porno for Pyros. Don’t have a CD player yet, but would take it over to my older brother’s house and blast it with him. I wouldn’t have a CD player until my Sega CD I worked all summer at a McD’s to buy.

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The26thtime@reddit

Angel dust faith no more!!

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DFD1976@reddit

ZZ Top — Sixpack

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PieTighter@reddit

I think it was the Until the End of the World soundtrack.

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Cmorethecat@reddit

Dark Side of the Moon

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Rabbitscooter@reddit

I was a little late to the party. Pixies' Doolittle and XTC's Oranges and Lemons in 1989. I bought a Discman at the same time, which came with a pretty cool Sony compilation CD.

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creepyoldlurker@reddit

My first CD was Oranges and Lemons, too, but it was a birthday gift. I couldn’t afford CDs so I was also a late adapter.

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AmbergrisTeaspoon@reddit

Turbo Lover - Judas Priest

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Stephvick1@reddit

Mother love bone, Apple

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mem0679@reddit

I heard Bone China today! That was the first time I've heard anything by MLB in years!

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Stephvick1@reddit

That’s a great song, I think I will have to break out the cd’s

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mem0679@reddit

Sounds like a great idea!

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six7five@reddit

Angel Dust, by Faith No More. I tore into it while walking in the mall, going over the booklet that came with it. Kids these days will never know the feeling of going to the mall to get that new CD.

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discontent_creator@reddit

Roy Orbison greatest hits at my neighbor's garage sale. Late 90s/early 00s and elementary school me was so proud to have a CD that my parents thought was cool.

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BlackEagle0013@reddit

Pink Floyd, "Momentary Lapse of Reason", and Deep Purple, "Slaves and Masters". Got both the same day.

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lexiezo@reddit

Ice Cube. Can not remember which album. Early 90’s though.

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joe127001@reddit

Pearl jam ten and U2 achtung baby Also bought a Sony Diskman with a cassette adapter for my car,cigarette lighter DC power adapter, 24 pack batteries and some velcro to put on my car dash. Young sailor with a $450 paycheck. Think I had $6 left for the next two weeks.

Money well spent.

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Melodic_Scallion_578@reddit

Phantom of the opera box set. Huge fan of the Broadway production. Still own the cd's

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theDagman@reddit

The first CD I ever bought was Back In Black by AC/DC. But, the first CD I ever owned was The Soul Cages by Sting. I won that in a radio station call in contest in 1991. After I won the CD, I figured I had to finally break down and buy a CD player. And a few CDs.

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redfyv@reddit

Bon Jovi - Bon Jovi

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1DietCokedUpChick@reddit

A-ha “Hunting High and Low”

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OscarTravolta@reddit

5150 by Van Halen.

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PuzzleheadedOwl1191@reddit

Durutti Column “Domo Arigato” (live in Japan)

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DrunkRaccoon88@reddit

Sepultura - Chaos A.D.

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NHBikerHiker@reddit

Harvest Moon by Neil Young

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yobar@reddit

Frank Zappa's Apostrophe.

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Emergency-Ear-4959@reddit

It was the soundtrack to Last of the Mohicans. Also purchased at a mall music store.

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CitizenChatt@reddit

Pink Floyd - A Momentary Lapse in Reason

and

Def Leppard - Hysteria

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CarrieCaretaker@reddit

Ten - Pearl Jam. Second was Janet - Janet Jackson. That was a sexy AF album to my innocent teen ears.

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North_Artichoke_6721@reddit

The soundtrack to Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves.

😂

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englishpatrick2642@reddit

I would fight for you. I would lie for you. Cross the world for you. I'd die for you.

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Accomplished_Box5193@reddit

Make it stop!!!! 🤣

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englishpatrick2642@reddit

You know it's true

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Accomplished_Box5193@reddit

Okay okay. I’ll admit. I made out with a lot of girls to this song…. Thanks Bryan Adams. Haha

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englishpatrick2642@reddit

Everything I do

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gatadeplaya@reddit

At least you own it :)

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stargazercmc@reddit

Hey, Michael Kamen was a genius. That was a fantastic score.

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Careful-Use-4913@reddit

I love that soundtrack!

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AHollyS@reddit

Me too!

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suziesophia@reddit

Love and Rockets, 1989.

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billy310@reddit

Siouxsie and the Banshees- Through the Looking Glass

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ViciousPariah@reddit

First CD?! Oh boy, I believe it was Aerosmith: Permanent Vacation. I wanted ZZ Top: Eliminator, but I could never find a copy. So Aerosmith it was!

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out_idiotequed@reddit

The Cult. Fire woman

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PDub466@reddit

Guns n Roses Appetite for Destruction and Pearl Jam Ten. They were part of the “8 for a penny” order from Columbia House.

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Accomplished_Box5193@reddit

Bon Jovi. Slippery when Wet

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kevbayer@reddit

Queen's Innuendo the day it came out, along with a cassette copy because I didn't have a CD player yet.

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Glyptostroboides41@reddit

REO Speedwagon - Life As We Know It

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TheNeonCrow@reddit

Garbage (self titled)

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Grafakos@reddit

The Cars' Greatest Hits, the same day in Summer 1986 that I bought my first CD player.

Not the most impressive possible choice, but I reasoned that the bang for the (rather expensive) buck ratio was good. Also, it was some long-extinct consumer electronics shop whose name I don't even remember anymore, and they had maybe 100 titles in stock, so there wasn't a whole lot to choose from.

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Couldbeaccurate@reddit

The first one I ever played was The Who. First I ever bought was Guns and Roses, Appetite for Destruction.

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WagonHitchiker@reddit

A friend gave me a Jethro Tull greatest hits collection as my first CD, and I bought Rick Wakeman Journey to the Center of the Earth soon after that. I think i next got Blow by Blow by Jeff Beck.

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NateNMaxsRobot@reddit

Madonna’s True Blue

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Jwheat71@reddit

I don't recall the first CD I bought, but it likely came from Columbia House. The first CD that I owned was given to me as a gift and it was Depeche Mode - Violator..

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throwawayhxysklxy@reddit

depeche mode. black celebration.

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ABn0rmal1@reddit

Citibank savy saver CD

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Thayes1413@reddit

Radio Head - Pablo Honey

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dgpiii@reddit

In the summer of 1986 I got my first CD player and bought my first 7 CDs. Peter Gabriel’s “So”, Pink Floyd’s “The Wall”, David Bowie‘s “Changes”, U2’s “Under A Blood Red Sky”, And the “Amadeus” movie score.

I’m blanking on the others but it was 39 years ago.

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imadork1970@reddit

Queen, Red album
SRV, In Step
Hounds of Love

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No-Brick6817@reddit

George Michael - listen without prejudice, volume one

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bigSTUdazz@reddit

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RadiantCarpenter1498@reddit

Pearl Jam’s Ten

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dragon925@reddit

The Mortal Kombat soundtrack and White Zombie Astrocreep 2000 along with my first CD player

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theresacalderone@reddit

Pixies- Bossanova

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vonpickles@reddit

Pat Benatar - Live From Earth

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Alternative-Letter36@reddit

Bobby Brown. I didn’t even really like his music but my uncle said he’d buy me a CD. I picked it because it was on sale. I felt bad picking something that cost full price so I just settled for that.

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iusedtobe13@reddit

I don't remember my first cd, but my first 45's were Johnny Cash "A Boy Named Sue" and Paul McCartney "Live and Let Die". 😁

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succored_word@reddit

Slayer - Reign in Blood. Couldn’t wait to hear it on CD.

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SGalbincea@reddit

I bought three when I got my first player:

Warrant - Cherry Pie MC Hammer - You Can’t Touch This Faith No More - The Real Thing

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Electrical_Feature12@reddit

The cure wish

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_Sw33t33pi@reddit

Oh man memories of Tower records.

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thehoagieboy@reddit

All the same day:

Van Halen - 1984
The Hooters - Nervous Night
Genesis - Genesis

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SleepySleestak@reddit

New Order “Substance” 2x CD, 1987. It sounded amazing on the big Kenwood system I had in my barracks room, Ft Drum NY, 1987!

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DifficultSympathy314@reddit

I just listened to this album on a road trip. Ah, the memories.

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LeMonza_@reddit

If you still have it, put on "Everything's Gone Green" for me.

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Calgaryrox75@reddit

Black celebration by depeche mode. Still holds today.

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shvitz@reddit

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mhc2001@reddit

U2 Joshua Tree.

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Yasashii_Akuma156@reddit

The Smiths "Louder Than Bombs" for my 15th birthday ('87), along with a Sony CFD-60 boombox to play it on.

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bendecco08@reddit

Public Enemy - Fear of A Black Planet

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notthe1Uknow@reddit

Face Value by Phil Collins. The opening sounds on In the Air Tonight are so clean on it opposed to any other format. I have the vinyl, but the CD does sound so much better.

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Thick-Air8969@reddit

Dire Straits...Brothers on Arms

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d_rob_70@reddit

Bon Jovi - 7800° Fahrenheit

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Dog_Callis_MNshiba@reddit

Color me Badd - I know, I know, I get how embarrassing that is

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FinanceOutrageous146@reddit

“Don’t Be Cruel” by Bobby Brown

I believe this was around 1989 or 1990?? I still have it. I had wanted a CD player for many years before that but my parents said they were “too expensive” lol

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No-Praline-9388@reddit

1st o/s holiday. In Hong Kong from Australia. The Stone Roses. Bought my 1st ever CD player too (way cheaper than in Australia at the time)

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moeshiboe@reddit

Siamese Dream

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CockroachNo2540@reddit

That was my last cassette. It was a gift from a friend (I was three years into CDs, but still appreciated the cassettes for car play).

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fake-august@reddit

I’m too old to remember - but probably INXS or U2.

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RVAgirl_1974@reddit

REM Green!!!!

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CockroachNo2540@reddit

That was my fourth or fifth CD.

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Feminist_Hugh_Hefner@reddit

me too!

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gentlyepigrams@reddit

Talking Heads, Speaking in Tongues. Still have it, still love it.

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CockroachNo2540@reddit

I have a twofer since I bought them at the same time: The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me Sisters of Mercy - Floodland

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skeletonclaw@reddit

Dead Milkmen- Soul Rotation.

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SBYamato2199@reddit

Used to play this on loop for hours while playing Ultima VII Part 2, Serpent Isle on my 486 PC.

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TheEvilOfTwoLessers@reddit

The Best of Blondie, which I already owned on tape, a few weeks before I owned an actual CD player.

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AtomicHurricaneBob@reddit

U2 Joshua Tree

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WatermelonMachete43@reddit

Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition". My high school band had played it for competition (years before) but I still loved it. My second purchase was the Rush greatest hits boxed set

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nopressureoof@reddit

Bikini Kill 🖤🖤🖤

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Mysterious_Sky_85@reddit

Ooh, on the TLC tip by TLC

I accept no responsibility for my 14 year old self

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TravellinJ@reddit

The first album I bought was The Wall.

But before that I also had 8 Tracks (Sean Cassidy was one) and cassettes. By the time CDs came out, my first one wasn’t memorable as I’d been buying music for a while already.

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aftcg@reddit

Born in the USA and Dare to be Stupid

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thatgenxguy78666@reddit

Something resale..

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str8outtaconklin@reddit

A Sony Discman

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Budget-Elk229@reddit

Sgt peppers lonely hearts club band.

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Expat111@reddit

U2 Joshua Tree

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kaarenn78@reddit

I don’t remember exactly which ones, but all my first CDs can from the Columbia House offer!

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Cannonskull0519@reddit

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Detroitdays@reddit

Music for the Masses. Xmas 1987. Present from my brother.

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Affectionate-Desk699@reddit

And Justice for All

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SultansOfVinyl@reddit

Beatles - Abbey Road

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Background_Title_922@reddit

Automatic for the People - REM

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phironuthi@reddit

Went specifically looking for Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon, sold out. Ended up with The Final Cut 😕 (But ended up finding an appreciation for it though. So happy accident)

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bgier@reddit

The Final Cut is still one of my favorite PF albums.

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Fishboney@reddit

Pink Floyd's The Wall. I was blown away. I heard things that I never heard on the vinyl version.

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bgier@reddit

This album launched my love for Pink Floyd and progressive rock.

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HoyasRangers@reddit

This was mine as well. It sounded absolutely incredible.

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Strange-Act7264@reddit

Phil Collins- No Jacket Required

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ImaginaryRaccoon2087@reddit

Think it was Black Sabbath Paranoid album bought in late 90s

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MrPBoy@reddit

I think I bought my first vinyl before my first cd. It was the primitives. If a cd was first I don’t remember.

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sweetpotatowedges21@reddit

Best of Pablo Cruise 🎶

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bgier@reddit

New Order “Substance 1987” was the first and Metallica “Ride the Lightning” was the second.

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cldoyle94@reddit

U2, Under a Blood Red Sky.

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eris_kali@reddit

I bought 3 CDs as there was a sale at Tower records at the time. Joy Division's Closer, Bauhaus Sky's Gone Out, & Dead Milkmen Beelzebubba

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mommaTmetal@reddit

Aldo Nova

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TomcatYYZ@reddit

90125 by Yes and Little Creatures by the Talking Heads were my firsts. It was a magical day for my earses...

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Wactout@reddit

Primus. Seas of cheese.

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Neauxone@reddit

REM Green

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StraightChemGuy1@reddit

Pearl Jam Ten

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lovelybunchococonutz@reddit

My first was Blood Sugar Sex Magic, bought behind my mom's back at the mall. I was just a tween, and worked hard to strategically place my thumb on the content warning in case she wanted a look. I was also worried about the person at the register ratting me out, but I had it "covered" I guess. They probably just didn't care. It was my first time trying to be a badass, like "Take that Tipper Gore - you will not get me grounded today! "

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anchises868@reddit

The first CD I ever bought was actually several from BMG or Columbia House, all for a penny! I couldn’t tell you what they were though.

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Fuzzy-Visit-7453@reddit

ELO - Discovery. My older brother had this when I was 4-5 and it’s the first record I had memory of. Loved it like little else.

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Particular_Eye_1643@reddit

Peter Gabriel "So"

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ARiley22@reddit

Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral (also my first Parental Advisory record)

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merovech-bond@reddit

I bought my first discman in 1987 while in the Navy. First cd purchase was for these three: Aretha Franklin-Aretha Sings the Blues Grateful Dead-Bear’s Choice Pink Floyd-Dark Side of the Moon

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EastHuckleberry5191@reddit

The Wall.

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CapeManiak@reddit

INXS - kick

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smittykins66@reddit

Chicago IX—Greatest Hits

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Ksan_of_Tongass@reddit

* Mixed Up. I didn't really know what a remix was at the time. It's still one of my favorite albums and my favorite versions of some of The Cure's songs.

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Groovy_Chainsaw@reddit

The Clash - London Calling

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mikejnsx@reddit

moody blues days of future past, i forget what i paid for it

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Aspect58@reddit

Heartbeat City by the Cars.

We’d just gotten a new stereo system with those speakers you could fit a pre-teen child inside. When the title track of the album came on…

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Real_Iggy@reddit

Traveling Wiburys' first.

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sparkleberry75@reddit

Dr. Dre The Chronic

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Icanandiwill55@reddit

I’m pretty sure my first CD was the black album by Metallica.

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GullibleAd6311@reddit

Dark Side of the Moon-Floyd. Followed by Zep4 and Zep2

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ZebraBorgata@reddit

Let me check my heavily detailed diary entry…..no just kidding, how would I know. It’s not like I kept track from 35 years ago.

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ubermartimus@reddit

Pretty sure it was this one, an I haven’t listened to it since then, and that was 1989.

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FoppyDidNothingWrong@reddit

For some reason buying CDs and tapes were mutual decisions because we shared them and everyone had to listen to them.

So while "we" agreed upon countless classic alternative albums, the first CD I bought on my own was Queensryche's Empire.

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SpecificJunket8083@reddit

Guns n Roses. Use your illusion I and II.

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OriginOfSpecious@reddit

Use Your Illusion II was my first CD, as well.

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CriscoWithLime@reddit

You should post your story in the Dull Mans Club on Facebook. They have a thing for Toto

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sc4wheels@reddit

When I got my first CD player I got Eric B & Rakim Paid In Full and Metallica And Justice For All. This was probably 1989.

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positivepinetree@reddit

New Order - Technique

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carrieslivon@reddit

Aerosmith Get a Grip my dad bought it for me. Prob 1994 I think or 93.

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prebisch78@reddit

C+C Music Factory

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Chris_Robbin@reddit

Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd

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bmiller218@reddit

I bought the Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs gold CD version

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MornduNH@reddit

Wish you were here

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MAY_BE_APOCRYPHAL@reddit

First LP I ever bought

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fruvey@reddit

Mine was The Wall, Live in Berlin.

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VA1255BB@reddit

A lot of us bought that for sound of the coins on Money, so clear on CD.

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javabean808@reddit

For 29.99

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MountainAlive@reddit

Omg I remember when CDs were outrageously priced like that. What a world we live in now where it’s basically like “Siri, play welcome to the machine by Pink Floyd”.

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Peloton72@reddit

Same….couldn’t find The Wall that day. Not disappointed.

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HuckleCatt1@reddit (OP)

Great choice. That was one of my early purchases too.

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Ear_Enthusiast@reddit

Bought three with Christmas money because my parents refused to buy me rap music. Arrested Development 3 Years..., Das EFX Sewaside, De La Soul 3 Feet. I was 13 years old.

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bmiller218@reddit

Rykodisk put out a CD only Jimi Hendrix album of BBC Radio performances. This was 1989 I bought a Cd player about 9 months later.

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New_Things73@reddit

Metallica Ride the Lightning

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Giddyboy1972@reddit

Peter Gabriel-“So”

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Redwood317@reddit

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KintsugiExp@reddit

Beach Boys Greatest Hits

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jfbowski@reddit

KISS - Revenge and Beatles - Revolver

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fisherman_23@reddit

ac/dc - back in black

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ekimdad@reddit

Van Halen - For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge

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objective71@reddit

Midnight oil

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drumbo10@reddit

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Moving_Pictures.jpg

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VariegatedThumb@reddit

Cosmic Thing. The B-52’s. Still love it!

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skratchkat@reddit

Madonna True Blue!

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FriendlyAstronomer91@reddit

Sgt. Pepper

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No-Extension-101@reddit

Michael Hedges Aerial Boundaries 1986. Played on my Sony CDP-xxx.

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actual-trevor@reddit

Screaming Trees' "Sweet Oblivion"

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thumpingcoffee@reddit

Somewhere In Time - Iron Maiden. 1987 before I even owned a player. Bought at Don Tuckwell Audio in Wagga Wagga

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Disposable_Skin@reddit

I'm not sure about the first I bought but for my birthday in 1988 I got Huey Lewis & the News "Fore" and Rick Astley "Whenever You Need Somebody"

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lazygerm@reddit

Flowers in the Dirt by Paul McCartney when it came out on 6/6/89.

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jarfin542@reddit

Shut up and Die Like an Aviator by Steve Earle and the Dukes. (I didn't get my first CD player until I was 21)

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defStef@reddit

Dr Feelgood - Motley Crue

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Handsome_Chewbacca@reddit

Pink Floyd The Wall.

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Disastrous-Ad-7231@reddit

Live - Throwing Copper

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Tammy993@reddit

Bringing it all back home by Dylan. It was $24 in 1994, which was expensive

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Ok_Passion_5170@reddit

Paula Abdul: Forever Your Girl

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empericisttilldeath@reddit

I don't remember the first CD I ever bought, but the first record I ever bought was Toto, Africa.

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Impressive-Shame-525@reddit

Right, this is nerdy but just bear with me.

I have a reel to reel and I have six albums for it. The Wall and Dark Side of the Moon are two of the six.

I also have them on 8 track.

I have the cassettes as well.

When I bought a CD player, I bought those CD's also.

At the same time I also bought Yes's Big Generator.

So, there you go. I hope that answers your question.

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Gullible-Incident613@reddit

Pink Floyd- Dark side of the moon

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b_o_m@reddit

The Babys Anthology was the first I bought. Though I was (am) a fan of the Babys, I probably wouldn't have picked this as my first CD had there been more to choose from! Our Tower Records was the only store in town carrying CDs at the time, and they only had a rack about 4 feet wide - maybe 200 CDs total from about 50 artists. It was slim pickings back in those days!

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RobF15@reddit

Depeche Mode Music for the Masses. It came in the long box. Remember those?

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Maleficent-Bonus8200@reddit

Brothers in Arms

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RutRohNotAgain@reddit

Not about me buying, but a friend

This guy was a bass player in a band. He had quite the assortment of cassette tapes. I introduced him to Johnny Lang and told him to buy the cd. But he was a staunch cassette player person. So i lent him my CD and cd player. The next day, he came back blown away by the sound quality and went out and bought a cd player. Converted!

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Griffon2112@reddit

About 4 years before I actually owned a cd player I bought the 6 cd set of all 12 episode of the BBC radio production of The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy.

I still have that and the later 26 episode boxing of the same.

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Blue22Studio@reddit

New Order - Substance

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NivekTheGreat1@reddit

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LittleMoonBoot@reddit

Tom Petty, Full Moon Frver

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Baggismeg@reddit

No CD player until a present for my GCSE results, 1994. Went out next day and bought only cd I could afford. The Violent Femmes, Why Do Birds Sing. 50p in Woolworths bargain bucket. I’d never heard of them. Brilliant album and band and I love them so much still

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Primary_Aardvark_507@reddit

What’s the 411 by Mary J Blige

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nothathappened@reddit

Excellent choice

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Longracks@reddit

Rush Power Windows

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Beachbum74@reddit

Rebel Yell- Billy Idol

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1BiG_KbW@reddit

Jellyhead. Was supposed to be new, but had a scratch on it for the one song I wanted it for. Exchanged it, and it was the exact same CD with the scratch. Never giving big music money ever again.

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nothathappened@reddit

Both of my first CDs were gifts-Boyz ii Men Cooley High, and then Jewel’s first one. Years apart…I loved my tapes and tape singles though.

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Unhappy-Jaguar-9362@reddit

Maria Callas, Verdi Arias.

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The_Real_Mr_Boring@reddit

Full Moon Fever by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Stream it now, but still in regular rotation.

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ForeverFlannel@reddit

Collective Soul: Hints, Allegations & Things Left Unsaid

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Bear_Salary6976@reddit

Anthrax - Fistful of Metal

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jd732@reddit

George Michael - Faith

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Reign_n_blud@reddit

Def Leppard-Hysteria

Got a new stereo that had CD player along with tape deck for Christmas and got to pick out a CD. Figured I’d grab it because I didn’t have it (weren’t my favorites) and had most everything I wanted on tape. Figured this was the one to get as it had the most hits

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Criticallyoptimistic@reddit

I saw them in 1988 and I swear the ticket was $12.50.

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gener4@reddit

Concrete Blonde - Bloodletting

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overmonk@reddit

Kiss me kiss me kiss me

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dl9500@reddit

U2 Achtung Baby

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SnooEpiphanies157@reddit

Last time they were relevant

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73DodgeDart@reddit

Fun Fact - The song Beautiful Day was a bigger commercial hit than any song off of Achtung Baby.

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Superbro_uk@reddit

Absolutely, it’s a shame they keep plodding on as a shadow of what they were back in the day.

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UnlikelyAssociation@reddit

Seeing them perform this at the Sphere was incredible!

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keeksmann@reddit

I wholeheartedly, agree! My husband surprised me with a ticket when I was taking a solo trip to Vegas in 2023. I was fourth row from the floor area, and the combination of one of my most favorite bands on earth, playing in that incredible venue, I can honestly say the whole night was a religious experience for me.

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HuckleCatt1@reddit (OP)

Time flies for sure.

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gdubh@reddit

Sting - 10 Summoner’s Tails and R.E.M. - Out of Time bought at the same time.

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Criticallyoptimistic@reddit

Dead Milkmen- Big Lizzard in My Backyard

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amatchmadeinregex@reddit

Jethro Tull's "Aqualung". My parents laughed at me for making my first CD an album my dad listened to on vinyl years before. 😛

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Jsmith2127@reddit

Weird AL "another one rides the bus"

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marvinTX@reddit

Pearl Jam - Ten

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WarmSausageTea@reddit

UB40 - CCCP Live in Moscow was first.

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Bratbabylestrange@reddit

Ozzy and Randy Rhoads, Tribute.

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FullWoodpecker1646@reddit

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hu_gnew@reddit

No idea about the 1st CD. I do know the first vinyl I bought was Quadrophenia by the Who.

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crunkychop@reddit

Pretty sure it was a best of CCR. But man... You forget how expensive they were!

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Content_Talk_6581@reddit

I bought three the same day I bought a CD player component for the Sony stereo we already had. Pink Floyd’s The Wall (double album), Ozzy’s Diary of a Madman, and Dio’s Holy Diver. I figured if I was going to have to “replace” my album collection, I’d start with my favorites.

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Minimum_E@reddit

Dio’s lock up the wolves was my first CD! Holy Diver is better but I was like 15 and didn’t know about the earlier stuff at the time

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trashpanda_fan@reddit

4 for a penny from BMG: Use your Illusion I and II, Bat Outta Hell, and Green Jelly's first album.

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Squifford@reddit

Tori Amos—Little Earthquakes

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surrealpolitik@reddit

NIN - Broken

First of many haloes

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Counter-Fleche@reddit

Van Halen - For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge

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JuanGuillermo@reddit

Brothers in Arms, Dire Straits

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flyfishingguy@reddit

Peter Gabriel "So". That Red Rain to start is freaking magical. I still get chills when I hear it.

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pplatt69@reddit

Dark Side of The Moon and Born In The USA were my first two CDs. I bought them at the same time.

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WorldlinessStrong504@reddit

Aerosmith - Pump

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Status_Jump_2496@reddit

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sstokes2746@reddit

I'm pretty sure it was Ministry Psalm 69

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pidgeon92@reddit

Def Leppard - Hysteria.

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Ruteger34@reddit

In Step- SRV

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Mtothethree@reddit

Dire Straits Brothers in Arms

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MrsDottieParker@reddit

I was a very late adopter. I bought NIN’s Pretty Hate Machine in 1994 after my cassette wore out and got eaten.

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Icy-Potato-8898@reddit

Diva - Annie Lennox

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StriperHerring@reddit

The Cure - Staring at the Sea. Was blown away when I listened to A Forest for the first time on CD…..

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HumanMycologist5795@reddit

Unsure. Perhaps Crazy Sexy Cool or the Score.

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dexbasedpaladin@reddit

Bought the SiN single CD at a small swap meet in 94.

Bought Enter the 36 Chambers after I got a CD player for Christmas 95.

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Skottyj1649@reddit

I was very slow to adopt CD's. I was convinced they were a transitionary technology like 8 tracks and as soon as I invested in a system and replaced my extensive collection of tapes there'd be something new on the market to replace them. So I kept with tapes until the mid 90's or so. Rewinding and fast forwarding to my favorite songs, making mixed tapes to suit moods and occasions, etc. I think I finally got my first CD player in 1995 or 96, and spent the next decade replacing all my favorite albums on tapes, combing music stores for rare releases and the the like until I had curated what I thought was a magnificent collection. Problem was I mostly listened to music in my car and I doin't want to invest in one of those ten or twenty CD changer things that took up half your trunk, so I put all my favorite CDs in a big flip book and carried it around. Of course my car was broken into and all my best CDs were stolen. By that point digital music was beginning to be a thing so I started all over. Still miss some of those rarities. I know this didn't answer the question exactly but I think it is a quintessential Gen X experience.

To answer the question my first CD was The Cure's Disintegration because it was and continues to be the greatest album ever.

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No_Significance_1814@reddit

The Who, Quadrophenia.

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TotteryAss@reddit

Concrete Blonde - Bloodletting.

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Level-Coast8642@reddit

Black Sabbath self titled.

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Asspiring_Dunkoff528@reddit

Van Halen 1984

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leebeemi@reddit

I THINK it was Sting Nothing Like the Sun. I bought a Sony Discman with birthday money. Many years later, my husband was building his dream stereo & we used it to play CDs through it. It was amazing, the sound was so good. A couple of years later, after a tornado ripped thru, a power surge killed it (and our garage door opener). Insurance company gave us $15 for it.

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tekfunkdub@reddit

Huh, while I remember buying my 1st album (Stevie Wonder’s Talking Book) I don’t remember the 1st CD. Probably some goth classic, that is what I was listening to at the time.

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Safe_Mousse7438@reddit

GNR - appetite for destruction

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FeralBanshee@reddit

Mine was actually a guns n’ roses bootleg. Otherwise it was L7 Smell the Magic, and Bleach by Nirvana

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The_Ninja_Manatee@reddit

I know that Bon Jovi’s Slippery When Wet was the first cassette I bought. But, I didn’t get a CD player until 1991, so I honestly don’t remember what my first CD was.

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chek-yo-cookies@reddit

Same here, Slippery When Wet was the first cassette I ever bought with my own money. Probably was 5th grade.

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NotoldyetMaggot@reddit

Bon Jovi and Thriller on tape. I was in third grade rocking my Sanyo knock off Walkman. My parents were the best!

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revchewie@reddit

Same. My first cassettes were the Who’s Who Are You, and the Stones’ Tattoo You. No clue what my first CD was.

Oh, I remember my first DVD though. Buckaroo Banzai.

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Careful-Use-4913@reddit

I honestly don’t remember either, nor my first vinyl. I always had music.

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Cheesefiend94@reddit

Green Day - American Idiot. 2004, my tenth birthday.

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GlassMotor7387@reddit

Stevie Ray's 'The Sky Is Crying.'

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kendiako@reddit

World Machine = Level 42. Still have it.

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Pleasant_Block5539@reddit

Peter Gabriel In Your Eyes

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Whovian73@reddit

In 1991 I bought 10 CDs for a penny!

Several best of CDs: Bangles, Boston, Chicago, Eagles, and Pet Shop Boys.

Enya - Shepherd Moons, Def Leppard - Hysteria, TMBG - Flood, and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera.

Diverse music interest at the time.

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typhoidmarry@reddit

Bon Jovi New Jersey.

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Kitchen-Subject2803@reddit

In the fall of 1988, I got my first credit card. So, of course I went on a CD shopping spree after buying my first CD-player.

Nothing Shocking - Janes Addiction (1988)

...And Justice For All - Metallica

Ultramega OK - Soundgarden

Operation: Mindcrime - Queensrÿche

Rattle and Hum - U2

Surfer Rosa - The Pixies

Green - R.E.M.

Straight Outta Compton - N.W.A.

It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back - Public Enemy

Now and Zen - Robert Plant

The Land of Rape and Honey - Ministry

Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth

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drhman1971@reddit

ZZ Top Eliminator.

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ronnie-james-dior@reddit

Rush “Signals”, 1982. My dad was an early adopter and had just gotten a CD player. He let me get one CD and that was the one!

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Maximum_Pound_5633@reddit

Nirvana Unplugged. I bought it the same day I bought my first Cd player

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Commisceo@reddit

Cloud Nine from George Harrison.

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Cthulwutang@reddit

loved it.

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No_Builder7010@reddit

Hall & Oates H2O was the first cassette I ever bought with my own money. Wore that sucker out!

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Never_Dave_1@reddit

Metallica - Metallica. Got it a couple months before I got a CD player

Had collected a bunch of free CDs for a few years, but that was the first one I bought.

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Junkman3@reddit

Faith by George Michael

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augustwest30@reddit

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1quirky1@reddit

Peter Gabriel - So

It was my only CD for a long time since I barely afforded the player.

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GoldenAgeGamer72@reddit

3rd Bass "The Cactus Album".

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PlasticWentech@reddit

Jethro Tull - Songs From the Wood

Bought it almost a year before I had a player, but I had a friend with a player.

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moopet@reddit

The Twin Peaks soundtrack. Also years before I got a CD player!

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athensslim@reddit

Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend.

I was a late convert and stayed on cassette for longer than I should have

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SlowPokeInTexas@reddit

Duotones by Kenny G. I fell into a glorious sleep every night listening to it on my multi-cd player (it was the first CD.)

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mikacello@reddit

Debbie Gibson “Out of the Blue”

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Infamous_Campaign687@reddit

Limahl. Never ending story. I wish my first album was cool. It is not.

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davesnotonreddit@reddit

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fatpat@reddit

R U S H - Exit Stage Left

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WasteGeologist-90210@reddit

Depeche Mode, Music for the Masses

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nounclejesse@reddit

Elton John Live in Australia

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fbombmom_@reddit

Vanilla Ice, To The Extreme

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Few-Might2630@reddit

Nothing's Shocking, Jane’s Addiction

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Chazzam23@reddit

Appetite for Destruction. GNR.

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GaplessCore@reddit

Queensrÿche - Empire, 1990

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CaptainDaveUSA@reddit

The Outfield - Play Deep

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fjvgamer@reddit

I dont think i ever bought a CD unless you count Columbia House which i never bought the required CDs after I got my 10 for a dollar.

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niwiad9000@reddit

Please Hammer Don't Hurt Em

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FatGuyOnAMoped@reddit

Roxy Music -- Avalon. I got it in 1985 after I got a Discman for my 16th birthday.

I still own it and listen to it regularly.

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Pupation@reddit

Bauhaus - The Sky’s Gone Out. I think I bought it before I had an actual CD player, because the import had bonus tracks I couldn’t find elsewhere.

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megamanx4321@reddit

I think the first one I bought myself was Metallica's Black Album.

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AUCE05@reddit

Prolly Pearl Jam Ten

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AnarchiaKapitany@reddit

Still one of my favourite albums to this day.

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Fast-Constant1491@reddit

Our town library had CDs you could borrow.

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Thepurklemoose@reddit

When in Rome’s The Promise.

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loztriforce@reddit

Metallica's black album

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brianwhite12@reddit

The Police - Ghost In The Machine and Pink Floyd - The Wall

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UnlikelyAssociation@reddit

Roxette - Joyride

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charcutero@reddit

Van Halen 1984

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ru_k1nd@reddit

Could have been The Velvet Underground 1969 Live. REM introduced me to VU on their Dead Letter Office album.

Oh, yeah - and CD Nutz!

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TameHorchata@reddit

Beck - Odelay

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Hotsaltynutz@reddit

I don't remember my very first because I got 12 for the price of 1 and all I had to do was pay for shipping and buy two more over the next 2 years at regular price. I never bought the two more and I still owe Columbia house money

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Rory-liz-bath@reddit

Like a prayer - Madonna

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Firm-Conference-3896@reddit

Whitesnake (1997.). I still have it.

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Pleasebleed@reddit

C+C Music Factory

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awmaleg@reddit

Best one in the list

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Pleasebleed@reddit

Obviously a human of distinguished taste — who has also apparently let the rhythm move them.

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Thisizamazing@reddit

lol

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rumbellina@reddit

I don’t remember but I DO remember it came from Columbia House!

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NewRecommendation287@reddit

Mtv Party to Go Vol. 3

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RunnySpoon@reddit

Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms

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Sufficient_Focus4174@reddit

Alice In Chains Dirt, and The Last Action Hero soundtrack.

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independently_poor@reddit

Led Zep 4 disc boxed set. I didn't even have a CD player yet.

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txfella69@reddit

My first CD was some trash Mariah Carey single bought with a $5 Tower Records gift card some cheap ass relative have me for a Xmas present. The first real album I bought was Digable Planets "Reachin'".

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rrdoinel@reddit

First was OMD best of CD, then immediately the next week New Order Substance.

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eulynn34@reddit

I bought 2 CDs that day:

Nirvana: Nevermind
Metallica: Metallica

1991 was a good year for music

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litterboxhero@reddit

No Fences by Garth Brooks

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tequilasundae@reddit

The Cult Sonic Temple. Electric was the first one I heard

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japhydean@reddit

The Cure “Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me”

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NoIamthatotherguy@reddit

Van Halen OU812

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starjammer69@reddit

Beastie Boys - Ill Communication and the Pink Floyd - Shine On (box set)

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Miami_Vice_75@reddit

I honestly can't remember. It was in the 90s and I was in college most likely but have no idea what my first CD was. :(

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ssquirt1@reddit

Nine Inch Nails “Pretty Hate Machine”

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hiccup_78@reddit

I was given my first CD player (and CD) for Christmas in 1997. I was 19 and the CD was Paula Cole- This Fire

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Hour_Recognition_923@reddit

Boogie Down Productions Criminal Minded.

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hindsight5050@reddit

Living Color - Vivid

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kalelopaka@reddit

Division Bell-Pink Floyd

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Rungi500@reddit

Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy

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Upstairs_Fudge_9982@reddit

Simpsons Sing The Blues.

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Sitcom_kid@reddit

They were bought for me because I didn't know CDs existed. My mom picked up a couple of them to give me on my birthday when she presented me with a CD player, and it's the first time I've ever heard of one. I honestly didn't know what it was until she explained it. She got Prince and Madonna. I listened to Prince.

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TheBuckinator@reddit

White Lion Pride and George Michael Faith. Bought together. So classic.

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0bfu5cator@reddit

Bought two the same day I got my CD player: Public Image Limited - Compact Disc, and The Cult - Electric

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briizilla@reddit

The Real Thing- Faith No More. I still have it.

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MoreWhiskey4Me@reddit

Me too!

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greenberg17493@reddit

in living color - cult of personality

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Grobbekee@reddit

Rhapsody in blue. Bernstein. Must've been in 1989.

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mmfn0403@reddit

My first CD was also classical - a double CD of Mozart symphonies.

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_Roxxs_@reddit

This would have been my 4th iteration so it had to be Led Zeppelin or Queen

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agletsmycat@reddit

REM Out of Time. It had Loosing my Religion, Shiny Happy People, and Radio Song on it. Total Banger. Now I listen to it on vinyl. 😎

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agletsmycat@reddit

REM’s Out of Time (with Loosing my Religion, Shiny Happy People on it).

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BaconToTheBaconPower@reddit

Pet Shop Boys- Please

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BackgroundLetter7285@reddit

1988 Indigo Girls-self titled

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IRingTwyce@reddit

I have Toto IV too. I love that album!

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AudsVi@reddit

It was 1994 and I bought the Pulp Fiction soundtrack. As was the style at the time.

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Reasonable_Reach_621@reddit

I don’t know exactly- and my parents bought it. But I’m pretty sure it was a Beatles cd. I just don’t remember which one because they naught like five or six of them. And I remember it was 24.99.

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djln491@reddit

Siamese Dream - Smashing Pumpkins

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shelllllo@reddit

1st: Dirty Dancing soundtrack

2nd: hardcore gangster rap

My parents asked me, are you going to be listening to that rap crap when you’re 40 years old and driving around with your kids in the car?!

Well, not with my kids in the car, but yes parents I do still listen to and enjoy my old school rap songs. And I’m not the only one!

I do listen to a variety of music, but I don’t think you can just “grow out of” music that was the theme song for your formative years… Maybe I’m wrong, I’m sure someone will tell me!!! :)

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Deepfire_DM@reddit

Frankie goes to Hollywood - Welcome to the Pleasure Dome. It's so old it had the running time in added time (like: Song 4 from 12:03 to 15:11), never seen something like this again thereafter.

It was also the first LP I bought years before this.

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Independent-Dark-955@reddit

I bought two compilation CDs (Squeeze and Elvis Costello) of songs that were already a few years old in 1986. Both of those were filled with excellent songs. Still have those CDs, still enjoy the heck out of them.

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Jmazoso@reddit

Either Tesla 5 man acoustical jam or Van Halen right here right now.

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stucking__foned@reddit

Dolly Partons Heartsongs and Mariah Carey Christmas album 😂

Then type o negative October rust

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bsunwelcome@reddit

I don't remember for sure, but I think it might have been 311

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Jellovator@reddit

Poison's second album. I was a teenager and was trying to buy it on cassette but the guy at the store talked me into getting the cd because they were the New Great Thing. So I got the cd and borrowed my cousin's cd player until I could save up for my own.

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lewisfairchild@reddit

The Unforgettable Fire

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justsaynognus@reddit

Asia - self-titled first album

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DJ40andOVER@reddit

Pretty sure it was Touch by the Eurythmics (mainly to listen to Here Comes the Tain Again) & 30 bucks sounds about right. This was late August or early September 1986. The player was the second Sony model.

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ggoptimus@reddit

I envy you guys for being able to remember that far back. I can’t remember what I had for dinner last night.

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Accurate-Bumblebee14@reddit

Tubular Bells, Mike Oldfield, 1983 edition. Didn't actually get a CD player until years later

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SillyPuttyGizmo@reddit

Bought in 86 still have it

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RaeAhNa@reddit

Weird Al - Off the Deep End

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Dirtnap76@reddit

Dirt, by Alice in Chains. Still their best album imho

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Error262_USRnotfound@reddit

Metallica garage days…I just spent all my money on a CD player all I could afford was the cheaper garage days.

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Iko87iko@reddit

Does stealing count?

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Weak_Radish966@reddit

Rappin 4 Tay - Don't Fight The Feelin'. Bought along with my first CD boombox, summer 95, with saved up tips from being a tour guide!

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PassiveAggressiveLib@reddit

It was a compilation disc from 1987 called Cutting Edge. REM, Replacements, Faith No More, 10,000 Maniacs, Erasure, The Jesus and Mary Chain, and a few others. I adored it. It really helped to shape my musical tastes. Sadly, some punk stole my 6 disc cd changer from my car when I was a Freshman in college and it was of course in it. Happily, my husband found it somewhere online and gave it to me for our anniversary a few years ago. And, I was able to recreate the Playlist in Spotify.

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iceyorangejuice@reddit

The Wayne's World soundtrack

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No_Variety9420@reddit

Bought 3 with my 1st CD player I think 1990

Best of the Eagles

Blood , Sugar , Sex Magik-RHCP

Fishbone - The Reality of My Surroundings

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bpnc33@reddit

Led Zeppelin box set. I was 11 and used the money Santa left in my Christmas stocking.

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coastroads101@reddit

Van Halen "1984" and Motley Crue "Shout at the Devil". I didn't have a CD player at the time, but knew I was getting a Sony D-50, the first portable, for Christmas.

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gmryan3010@reddit

Aerosmith "Pump" and The Black Crowes "Shake Your Moneymaker" from on of those BMG music deals. Whitesnake "Slip of the Tongue" Winger s/t came the next day.

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thenewjerk@reddit

Robert Palmer - Heavy Nova and Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - Up Your Alley

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amphibious_rodent13@reddit

Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine. And I still own it.

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severinusofnoricum@reddit

I bought 2 at the same time: Head in the Door by The Cure and Pink Floyd’s The Wall

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PissedOffChef@reddit

Pearl Jam-Ten

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illpoet@reddit

The misfits self titled album, which I think was maybe a greatest hits album or something

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Shieldor@reddit

Joshua Tree, U2

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OC-Aztec@reddit

REM - Eponymous

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RawAsparagus@reddit

Guns n Roses Use Your Illusion 2

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Wonderful_Pain1776@reddit

It was either Pearl Jam or AC/DC I don’t remember exactly, but I still have them both.

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AccountOfMyDarkside@reddit

I'm a young Gen X. When I finally got a CD player, I bought Nevermind, PJs Ten, and Metallica's Black at the same time.

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MariMargeretCharming@reddit

( Norway -77). Dont remember: But the first caset I actually bought for myself was Paula Abdul "Forever Your Girl". I was 12.

Bangers through and through. 🤩

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Anxious_Size_4775@reddit

Billy Joel, Storm Front and Rod Stewart, Vagabond Heart. I was a weird kid.

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WarpedCore@reddit

Van Halen's OU812 was my first CD.

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Trees_are_cool_@reddit

Why were you blown away?

And why didn't you just buy the cassette?

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Redkneck35@reddit

Kenny Rogers the gambler album

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ConsistentWeird2564@reddit

Slayer , South of Heaven

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ayejoe@reddit

Violent Femmes. I already had the tape (had traded an older neighborhood kid for it as my parents wouldn’t let me buy it). Then I bought the CD after I got my first discman at 10 or 12.

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GrumpyCatStevens@reddit

I was late to the CD party; got my first CD player in 1988. My first compact disc was Green by R.E.M.

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Feminist_Hugh_Hefner@reddit

that wasn't late, that is right on time. That was still when we were coloring the edges with markers to give it a warm vinyl sound or something... incantations and sage was probably just as effective.

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d_dave_c@reddit

Sames

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Trees_are_cool_@reddit

Why were you blown away?

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Dr_Overundereducated@reddit

Boing Alive 1988

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face_eater_5000@reddit

It was Dr. Feelgood by Motley Crue. I still remember a long cardboard box that came in. For some reason my family tended to buy stuff from Radio Shack so I had a Radio Shack CD player. I had it attached to a crappy receiver I had using the headphone output. It took six AA batteries if you didn't have the power outlet attached and if you even breathed on it, it would skip. And it was considered a portable CD player. It came with a shoulder strap.

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etjasinski@reddit

Skid row 18 and life

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theoceanisdeep@reddit

This or Rebel Yell by Billy Idol.

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tyrone_shoelaces@reddit

Kraftwerk. Well before I had a player.

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waynehastings@reddit

Ah, the nostalgia. When I bought my first CD player, I bought five CDs the same day.

Prince, Lovesexy

The Cure, Disintegration

And I can't remember the other three... LOL. That was back in something like 1990.

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spiritual1fpl@reddit

Dire Straits Brothers in Arms before I had a CD player. Was still saving up my babysitter money.

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Oldman_Dick@reddit

TEVIN by Tevin Campbell. Huge Prince fan, and he wrote several songs on it.

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platoniclesbiandate@reddit

Im old enough to have bought a first cassette tape - The Bangles’ Different Light. But my dad bought a stereo system with a CD player when I was about 12 and he also bought Bob Dylan’s CD box set. Lay lady lay….

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mdwieland@reddit

Chronicles by Rush and Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd.

Still have them both.

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billbobb1@reddit

First cassette was Bon Jovi, Slippery When Wet. First CD was Winger, Winger.

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Opus-the-Penguin@reddit

Like OP, I didn't have a CD player yet. But I'd listened to a friend's and knew there was no going back. I'd scrape the money together somehow. A week later I got a CD player for Christmas.

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Haunting-Job3748@reddit

Faith - George Michael.

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vivacycling@reddit

The Smiths, Louder Than Bombs. Still have it. Can't remember the last time I listened to it.

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isuamadog@reddit

Back in Black and LA Woman

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eternallycynical@reddit

Elo secret messages or time, maybe together.

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Taz9093@reddit

I don’t remember mine, probably a KISS cd but my brother’s was MC Hammer in 1990.

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Rooster_Ties@reddit

Jimi Hendrix — Live at Winterland

2 years before I ever had a CD player too, and I had to listen to a cassette dub of it those 2 years.

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Aroundapole@reddit

The Sundays "Reading, Writing and Arithmetic", it was all tape or LP up until then.

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cowboygwe@reddit

Foreigner 4

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tube_pilots@reddit

Peepshow- Siouxie And The Banshees

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HisTreeNut@reddit

The Sweet...a greatest hits collection.

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9001@reddit

Psychotic Supper - Tesla

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cactusflinthead@reddit

I don't remember my first CD. I damn sure remember my first album.

Back in Black

I still have it.

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Humble-Membership-28@reddit

A Tribe Called Quest- The Low End Theory RHCP-Blood, Sugar, Sex, Magic

And there was one other one… can’t remember what. Might have been NIN Pretty Hate Machine. Got the CD player and 3 CDs for my 16th birthday.

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CarlsbadWhiskyShop@reddit

Doggystyle

Bought the tape that release day as well since I didn’t have a CD player yet.

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Striking-Ad-1573@reddit

Journey - Raised On Radio

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Old-Introduction-337@reddit

a decade of steely dan

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Gramoofabits2@reddit

Rush chronicles

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ChinaCat2023_reprise@reddit

Styx - the grand illusion. after wearing out my dad's vinyl version.

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flopshooter@reddit

Def Leppard Pyromania

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ScottishCrazyCatLady@reddit

Appetite for Destruction by GNR. Didn't actually buy it though, i "borrowed" it from my older brother and never gave it back.

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Rhalellan@reddit

Probably Journey. I really don’t remember, but they were my favorite band and I already had all their cassettes and 8tracks.

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profcate@reddit

Tunnel of Love. Bruce Springsteen

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Ok-Sport-2558@reddit

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philly_jeff215@reddit

Whatever I stole from Columbia house. 10 CDs for a penny

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evergreen628@reddit

Mc hammer. YOU CAN'T TOUCH THIS!

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WNJohnnyM@reddit

Genesis - Three Sides Live and Trespass

I bought them about 6 months before I bought a CD player.

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bishpa@reddit

The Swing - INXS

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Lost_Balloon_@reddit

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bendingoutward@reddit

The first I ever bought was MM's Antichrist Superstar.

The first I ever received was several years earlier from a giveaway both the local top 40 station set up outside the gas station nearest to the school. Shakespeare's Sister's Hormonally Yours was literally the only thing they had available that wasn't country, which seemed kinda odd for a top40 station.

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Expert-Hyena6226@reddit

Jaco Pastorius - Word of Mouth

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Superbro_uk@reddit

Throwing Copper - Live. One good track and a whole load of filler……..

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kmc1138@reddit

Oh man but that first Live album was soooooooo good.

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kmc1138@reddit

Luscious Jackson, Natural Ingredients.

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rev_rob_evil@reddit

1st CD I bought was Stupid People Shouldn't Breath by Skatenigs.

1st album I ever bought was Kiss Destroyer, on 8 track!

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The_Wild_Bunch@reddit

I bought Cyndi Lauper's She's so Unusual in 1983. Also before I owned a CD player. After that, I saved up my money from my job at the amusement park and bought a Technics CD player for $1500 6 months later. I accomplished that before I graduated high school.

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FarMagician8042@reddit

REM Lifes Rich Pageant

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Ruddy_Bottom@reddit

The Brown Bomber - Led Zeppelin II

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skeeterbmark@reddit

Van Halen 1984. Bought the same day as my 1st CD player that I had saved up for. I think this was either 1985 or 1986. I still have the CD.

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WeAreAllMycelium@reddit

The album wasn’t initially released on CD

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skeeterbmark@reddit

I know. So probably 1986.

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WeAreAllMycelium@reddit

The real Van Halen fans outing themselves lol

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Calaron85814@reddit

Sting’s Dream of the Blue Turtles.

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Agodunkmowm@reddit

Social Distortion self titled. Went home and blasted it on my brand new Sony stereo with speakers nearly as tall as me!

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ameliehelena@reddit

I think it was The Cures Pornography

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englishpatrick2642@reddit

The first one I ever bought? The soundtrack to the Tim Burton Michael Keaton Batman movie. The first CD I ever owned? New kids on the block hanging tough. It was given to me by my grandmother on my birthday in conjunction with my first CD player that my dad gave me. At least grandma tried.

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DCar060@reddit

Appetite for Destruction

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Anon_049152@reddit

Huey Lewis and The News - Sports

Second: Journey - Escape

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mmpjd@reddit

Is it bad that I don’t remember? Haha

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rogermcgruder@reddit

Breakfast in America… Supertramp

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DangerousDirk@reddit

I had just purchased my first CD Player which was a sony discman that I had aux'd into my receiver. first CD purchased was Fresh Kid Ice from 2 Live Crew. to be honest, it sucked.

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michaelthruman@reddit

Mine was Dokken “Under Lock And Key”. Still have it!

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AtlNik79@reddit

Dr. Feelgood

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Aggravating-Loss1805@reddit

Bell Biv Devoe

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brewcab@reddit

NIN

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LeGrandVincenzo@reddit

Garcia by Jerry Garcia. His first solo album from 1972.

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cheesusismygod@reddit

No More Tears-Ozzy Osborne

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cooleybird1975@reddit

Apollo 18- TMBG, and the London cast of Phantom of the Opera.

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Albus_Q@reddit

Eric Clapton Time Pieces. I got it in 1985 about 5 minutes after I bought my ADC CD-100X.

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Pumpnethyl@reddit

Wired - Jeff Beck

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Informal-Face-1922@reddit

U2: Rattle and Hum

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Ckn-bns-jns@reddit

Guns and Roses Use Your Illusion 1&2

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D3vilUkn0w@reddit

Pink Floyd Division Bell

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TwoforFlinching613@reddit

I bought two, with my own money.

Green Jelly and The Beavis and Butthead Experience

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Spazecowboy@reddit

Motley Crue Theatre of Pain. Came in a cardboard fold and the disk was in a silk like sleeve

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AllReflection@reddit

I bought Pink Floyd The Wall - the gold CD version since they were purported to be higher def 😅

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Dapper_Size_5921@reddit

Living Color's debut album Vivid.
Like you, I did not yet own a CD player, but I had just started college and was DJing at the student radio station. They had an extensive collection of many songs on carts (they looked like 8-track tapes) and CDs as well, but hardly comprehensive. If you wanted to play your favorite stuff, you had to bring your own.
Within a year I had a collection that filled a 30-disc portable Case Logic container and it got stolen.

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teachthisdognewtrick@reddit

Motley Crue’s Dr Feelgood. Bought it on the way in to work, since the band was coming to the radio station I was working at and had it autographed.

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stargazercmc@reddit

First one given to me that I owned was the soundtrack to Footloose. The first one I purchased was a CD single of “Just the Way You Are” by Billy Joel.

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fcewen00@reddit

Glass Tiger - Thin Red Line

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Maceugood@reddit

1984 Van Halen

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SpaldingPenrodthe3rd@reddit

The Exploited beat the bastards

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Ok-Yogurtcloset-9183@reddit

“Dirt” by Alice in Chains. Kept the long box it came in for years :)

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Acidcouch@reddit

Does ordering a bunch of CDs from a magazine and stiffing the bill since I was underage count?

Depeche Mode -Music for the Masses plus some others.

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emax4@reddit

Bon Jovi - "New Jersey" I think that was 1988.

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Lebojr@reddit

CD? You skipped records, 8 tracks and cassettes.

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HuckleCatt1@reddit (OP)

Hah. I know. But for me the coming of CD's was an amazing leap technology-wise.

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samebatchannel@reddit

AC/DC’s “who made who?”

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KISSALIVE1975@reddit

KISS Rock And Roll Over

Could Not Find Alive!

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Covid_45@reddit

Sausage- Riddles are abound tonight.

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CanadianExiled@reddit

Alanis Morissette Jagged Little Pill.

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htxatty@reddit

The Pretty in Pink Soundtrack

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According-Ad3963@reddit

Van Morrison greatest hits. It’s a smoker!

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leungadon@reddit

Weird, I have no recollection of my first cd, but my first record was the grease sound track and my first cassette was michael Jackson thriller.

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SharkCrenshaw@reddit

Rising Force - Yngwie Malmsteen along my first CD player from Crazy Eddies in Rockville MD

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MetalTrek1@reddit

I caught that tour with Talas opening in 1985. Great show. I used to get all kinds of stuff at Crazy Eddie here in NJ. The owners were crooks (literally), but the stores were great.

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Maleficent-Sport1970@reddit

Bought Jimmy Buffet Boats, Beaches, Bars and Ballads before I had a cd player.

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MistressPaine666@reddit

The Cure - Standing on a Beach. I still love it.

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markus_kt@reddit

The Crow soundtrack. I bought it a week or so before I bought my first CD player.

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Narrow_Market_7454@reddit

Appetite for Destruction and didn’t have a cd player for over a year later.

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StrictFinance2177@reddit

Buy a CD player, get a free CD. So I picked the most expensive CD in the store at the time that I didn't have already on another format.

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CapitalG888@reddit

Megadeth's Countdown to Extinction.

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doubtaboutit@reddit

Aerosmith Greatest Hits, quickly followed up by the Led Zeppelin 4 disc box set

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mikiemartinez@reddit

I do not recall the first CD, but I vividly remember sitting in the parking lot at Caldor's in Nanuet, New York, in the early 1980's, waiting to open the Michael Jackson cassette tape that my mother had just purchased for me. It was a cloudy day, and I was sitting on the bench seat of her blue Ford Maverick watching as she looked for it in her shopping bag. I couldn't wait for her to hand it to me so I could tear it open and press play! It was the new Thriller album.

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MetalTrek1@reddit

I worked at a Caldor in NJ in the early 90s. I made Employee of the Month twice. I don't know how, but I did.

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HuckleCatt1@reddit (OP)

I bought my First CD at Music Den at the Nanuet Mall!!!! (I am from the Northern part of Rockland)

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skeptic1970@reddit

NIN Pretty Hate Machine release day along with a CD player to listen to it on.

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quackman2025@reddit

First cd was Cinderella, Long Cold Winter.

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Any_Flamingo8978@reddit

Jane’s Addiction, Ritual.

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MetalTrek1@reddit

I got mine in 1989. The first two I bought were Fighting the World and Kings of Metal by Manowar (Metalhead then and now). I have a Spotify account and use YouTube, but when I BUY, it's on CD (still my preferred format). 🤘

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big-shirtless-ron@reddit

Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle

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Thisizamazing@reddit

Young MC, Bust a move. I think it was a Christmas present though. 1st CD

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GrandeT42@reddit

Robert Palmer, Riptide. Still have it.

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AskTheAdmin@reddit

Velvet underground

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StillC5sdad@reddit

Slippery When Wet.

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HoldMyDomeFoam@reddit

1984

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Dazzling-Tiger-396@reddit

Bought a CD player at A&B Sound's Boxing Day sale (iykyk) along with 2 CD's. Sgt. Pepper and Graceland.

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ZombiesCall@reddit

Cypress Hill - Black Sunday.

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FelixTheJeepJr@reddit

Get a Grip by Aerosmith. I remember thinking “do all cds have nipples on them?”

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djhankb@reddit

Nirvana Incesticide

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28smalls@reddit

I think it was Tool - Aenima. Mainly because my cassette was so warped it didn't play right anymore so I finally made the switch to CDs.

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KellyzKillaz@reddit

I was a little late to the CD game as I was initially really pushing back against buying my massive record and cassette collection all over again. So in 1990 I broke down, accepted my CD fate, lied to myself and said I wouldn't buy anything I already had on record or cassette, and told my wife, "I wouldn't mind a cd player for Christmas." She picked me up a Pioneer 6 disc magazine changer. I was floored, just wanted a single, but the step up was appreciated.

Now lying to myself yet again by thinking I was somehow skirting my own "don't buy anything you already own" policy, I picked up the Led Zeppelin 4 cd box set the next day. Sure, most all of those songs were already on all the LZ studio albums I already owned. "But this is the box set and it includes a couple tracks not on their original studio albums." Yeah, sure. Then proceeds to re-buy virtually every single record or cassette in CD format, except the duds obviously. I've since ripped all of those CDs in lossless formats and moved over to 100% lossless, owned not streamed, music files only in both CD and Hi-Res resolutions. This is my last format upgrade, don't care about anything that could be "better."

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kapshus@reddit

Eagles GH 1. Then I found BMI and all he'll broke loose.

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nashrome@reddit

It was graduation day for basic training and I was able to go to the PX (post exchange) to shop. I bought a CD player and Metallica's new Black album the had just come out. I bought a CD player and another copy for my brother back home. I listened to that album the whole way back to Texas from Missouri.

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Secret-Asian-Man-76@reddit

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Puzzleheaded_Bid1863@reddit

Dj quik. I was 15 and my dad played it in his car cd player. He was not a fan, took it out and said don’t let your mom hear it. I sure do miss him…

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elijuicyjones@reddit

Bowie, Hunky Dory IIRC.

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fnnkybutt@reddit

Beatles "White Album" and Inxs - Kick - bought them at the same time as my Walkman and the little cassette converter thing to play it in the car.

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Ok-Sale-8105@reddit

Triumph: Classics.

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DJThruxton@reddit

Squeeze - ArgyBargy

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DAGB_69@reddit

I didn't by buy it but received Pink Floyd's The Wall with a CD player xmas 85.

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madhatter-75@reddit

Jane's Addiction nothing shocking

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twick2010@reddit

Rush. Moving pictures. Still love cds.

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twick2010@reddit

Rush. Moving pictures. Still love cds.

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Flaky-Debate-833@reddit

David Lees Roth - Eat Em and Smile

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DrippyCheeseDog@reddit

Teenager of the Year - Frank Black

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PinkRhino@reddit

Pearl Jam - Ten Boys II Men - CooleyHighHarmony 🤷‍♂️

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DerDoobs@reddit

Queensryche - Empire 1990. Still have it. I bought before I even had a cd player. Ended up with a Philips discman or whatever it was called.

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iamthekiller4u@reddit

Metallica - And Justice for All.. brought it even before i had a cd player. Took it to the store and tested the stereos I was interested in.. Blasting the intro of Blackened failed to impress a lot of people.

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TheBatmanWhoPuffs@reddit

Ren & Stimpy soundtrack & REM monster

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captainbeautylover63@reddit

A used copy of Yes’s 90215 in 1989. I resisted the digital takeover as long as I could.

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smithe68@reddit

Beastie Boys License to ILL

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jameson5555@reddit

This was my first as well, bought at the same time as

Run DMC - Raising Hell Poison - Open up and Say Ahh

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infinitynull@reddit

I remember listening to that on the school bus by sharing the Discman earbuds with the girl I had a crush on in high school!

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Traditional-Win-5440@reddit

I had License to Ill on 8-track back in '86.

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SnooChocolates2923@reddit

Toto IV and Thriller. Two of Toto's best albums.

And Level 42.

They were the first CDs my brand new Toshiba player played.

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jrtski@reddit

Bachman Turner Overdrive - greatest hits... my college roommate had a CD player & I used his until I moved out after graduation, got my own place & got my own CD player.

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rangerm2@reddit

Van Halen 5150 and Tears for Fears Songs from the Big Chair

Bought at the same time.

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boognish1984@reddit

Ready to Die

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Pernicious_Possum@reddit

Soundgarden Louder Than Love

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segascream@reddit

'America's Least Wanted' by Ugly Kid Joe. The version with alternate "censored" cover art.

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warrior_poet95834@reddit

My first was the first CD pressed in the USA, Bruce Springsteen’s Born to Run.

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chrisnhpf@reddit

The FIXX - Phantoms

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Alh840001@reddit

Rush 2112. I bought it in Japan so the 'sleeve' is in Japanese, but the lyrics are still in Canadian.

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Major-Discount5011@reddit

Grace under pressure - Rush

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segascream@reddit

Not the first CD I ever bought, but it's the album I've bought the most times.

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ClutterKitty@reddit

I don’t remember the first I owned. They came as gifts when my parents bought the CD player, then came as birthday and Xmas gifts from family for a while. I vividly remember the first one I bought with my own money and my mom not around to decide if it was clean enough. Jagged Little Pill. Purchased at Sam Goody in the mall.

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geddylee1@reddit

GnR Lies

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perigee@reddit

Bought my first 3 cd's on the day I got my first cd player in Dec. '85. Parents bought the stereo as a Xmas gift, I bought the cd's:

Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd

Led Zeppelin - I

KISS - Creatures of the Night

Still have all 3 discs

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Firm-Camel-7987@reddit

Simple Minds - Once Upon a Time

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Flahdagal@reddit

Michael Franks, The Art of Tea Both the CD player and the CD were a gift.

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HuckleCatt1@reddit (OP)

Wow, that was a great day for you!

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DiogenesXenos@reddit

Grave-into the Grave. Early 90s death metal 🤘🤣

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MrPhxIt@reddit

The Dark Side of the Moon

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Coho444@reddit

Think it was “The Firm”

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EmirikolChaotic@reddit

I bought three at Kmart the day I bought my first CD player. Iron Maiden Seventh Son, Van Halen OU812 and Def Lepard Hysteria

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Sea-Membership-9643@reddit

I held off on CDs longer than I should have, but had 500+ albums on cassette, and at the time, wasn't positive CDs would take over the industry. That said, my first CD purchase was through Columbia House, so it was 10 + 1 for a penny. I can't remember all of them, but know Butthole Surfers - Hairway To Steven, Minutemen - Double Nickles on the Dime, Ministry - The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste, and XTC - Skylarking were included. I still have all of them in one of many binders I haven't touched in years.

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Coho444@reddit

Prob still owe money to Columbia 🤣

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Use_this_1@reddit

How do you all remember this stuff? That was 30 odd years ago. If I had to guess I would guess it was something Duran Duran.

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HuckleCatt1@reddit (OP)

I just remember how great the sound was.

But I also remember how bad I felt blowing $32.99 (which was a lot of money at the time).

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deathobsessed@reddit

Pantera - Cowboys from Hell

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Milo_Minderbinding@reddit

MC Hammer. Don't judge me. I was very young.

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broen13@reddit

Prince - Batman

Danny Elfman Batman

The Stand soundtrack

My first 3 :)

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RhoOfFeh@reddit

"Appetite for Destruction" by GnR

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infinitynull@reddit

Aerosmith - Permanent Vacation

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iill_communication@reddit

Pearl Jam “10” at Price Club while I bought my first CD player. They didn’t carry many CDs and was stoked they had the one I wanted to play first on my new stereo. I can still remember the long plastic handle things that CDs would be placed in. Good times

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midgetlotterywinner@reddit

Got my cd player for Xmas, so I also got the following CDs at the same time:

Rolling Stones "Steel Wheels"
Testament "Practice What You Preach"
Jeff Beck "Guitar Shop"
Dead Kennedys "Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death"

Kind of a weird mix, but things have only gotten weirder

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TheWarDoctor@reddit

Cd single of RHCP soul to squeeze.

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_ism_@reddit

Pretty Hate Machine

i know i was several years late, we were poor and didn't have a CD player till the 90s

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numsixof1@reddit

First 2 CDs I remember having were Still Cruisin' by the Beach Boys and UHF by Weird Al.

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SupaDave71@reddit

Queen’s A Night at the Opera.

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KarmaBike@reddit

Yes - Big Generator

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NJ2SD@reddit

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik

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txa1265@reddit

In 1986 going into junior year in college I bought my first CD player along with an amplifier and speakers (to replace my boom box!) and got Beethoven's 9th (the Leonard Bernstein version, this one Leonard Bernstein CBS Masterworks Records ... For Sale | Audiogon). The shop (Tweeter Etc., big in Boston area in the 80s) had the CD for really cheap with purchase - so I did. Currently resides in the CD player in my car!

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HintonBE@reddit

If I remember correctly, the first time I bought CDs, it was 8 of them for the price of one. Then I had to buy three more of them within the next year.

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sharkycharming@reddit

The Early Years, v.1, by Tom Waits. I was a pretty late adopter of CDs -- I think it was 1994.

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saytherosary@reddit

Pink Floyd The Wall. I was so excited to have a CD player.

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PM_ME_YOUR_FLAIR@reddit

I bought two: Sgt Pepper and Best of the Doors

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agirldonkey@reddit

Eurythmics, SAVAGE. Incredible album, no skips

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Redsmoker37@reddit

DM Black Celebration

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Chirpy72@reddit

Van Halen “Van Halen” & George Harrison “Cloud 9”

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WeAreAllMycelium@reddit

The best Van Halen album

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itwillmakesenselater@reddit

Either INXS KICK or R.E.M. Green. Can't remember which.

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pnfloyd1978@reddit

Alice In Chains-Facelift

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WeAreAllMycelium@reddit

I imported Queen’s Greatest Hits from London because it was the only was to get Bohemian Rhapsody which had to be my first song experience on the system I ordered for obvious reasons. Do not regret.

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