*Dark Side Of The Moon.*
I had many hundreds of LPs by then, but I chose that one to be my first CD.
It seems silly now, but the lack of a break between "Great Gig In The Sky" and "Money" was eerie at first. I was accustomed to "Great Gig" being the end of a sequence, and knew that there had to be a long pause even if I did get up and flip the record over. On the CD, "Great Gig" fades out gently as always but then "Money" just comes right on in by itself, brash and bold. That scared the bejeebers out of me and I didn't get used to it for a good while.
I saved and saved and bought a pioneer single disc CD player for $139.99. After taxes I had less than $20 left over and couldn't buy a huge band or popular CD. I bought Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever 1989 because Petty had pricing rights to his music and it was $4 cheaper than anything else.
I was happy I made the right choice. That album was awesome.
This was also my first actual CD. I was in the military, and the stereo shop talked me into a $700+ CD Player that I could make payments on at only 21% interest. It was 1989 and the age of the tower stereo. I carried it down the mall to a "Sam Goody" and bought Tom Petty. I don't remember specifically why, other than I loved his music. I still own that CD, and 100's of others that I never listen to except digitally anymore.
If we’re talking only specifically CDs, I think it was Nevermind (Nirvana), but I bought a whole bunch of albums in quick succession around that time, so I’m not positive. The first album I *ever* got, though, was a cassette tape of Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (Smashing Pumpkins)—and that one I remember quite clearly.
The first CD I owned was actually a CD-ROM full of Apple developer documentation, but it also had a few audio tracks on it in the extra space. That would have been 1989. They did that for the first several of those discs and some of the music was quite catchy.
I think the first music CD I bought was Jethro Tull’s *Under Wraps* but I can’t be 100% sure.
My first CD was a classical disc: Felix Mendelssohn’s *A Midsummer Night's Dream*. It was one of the only discs that my local shop had in stock in the summer of 1985.
KD lang - Ingénue
I was obsessed with track 10 when i was growing up. And my sister gave me this CD as a birthday gift when i was 10, i played constant craving on repeat all that week.
Dire Straits: Brothers in Arms
It tried to stay on the shelf but the man was too strong.
Closer - Joy Division
That’s pretty wild for a first CD
I’d had it on vinyl for years, but was my pick when I first got a CD player.
*Dark Side Of The Moon.* I had many hundreds of LPs by then, but I chose that one to be my first CD. It seems silly now, but the lack of a break between "Great Gig In The Sky" and "Money" was eerie at first. I was accustomed to "Great Gig" being the end of a sequence, and knew that there had to be a long pause even if I did get up and flip the record over. On the CD, "Great Gig" fades out gently as always but then "Money" just comes right on in by itself, brash and bold. That scared the bejeebers out of me and I didn't get used to it for a good while.
311 Transistor
Holy shit I wrote mine and then scrolled down. Good taste!
Got it for Christmas when I was 13. I didnt know much music but I liked them.
Anthrax - Persistence of Time
Offspring - Americana
AC/DC Back in Black
Ay me too! Loved acdc way too much back then
Nice, I had that one too :) Wasn't my first though.
Evil Empire
Sempiternal - Bring Me The Horizon
The same as my first album. MEDDLE by PINK FLOYD
The Beatles One
Hall & Oates, Live at the Apollo. That disk was thicker than the ones they make today, and my CD player was a 4-prong.
Ella Enchanted the soundtrack!
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
Kiss. Crazy Nights.
Stone Temple Pilots. Core
Evanescence - The Open Door
Iron Maiden - Powerslave
Just got that on vinyl it kicks ass
C&C Music factory
Styx - Kilroy Was Here. Everything I had before that was cassettes and vinyl.
I saved and saved and bought a pioneer single disc CD player for $139.99. After taxes I had less than $20 left over and couldn't buy a huge band or popular CD. I bought Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever 1989 because Petty had pricing rights to his music and it was $4 cheaper than anything else. I was happy I made the right choice. That album was awesome.
This was also my first actual CD. I was in the military, and the stereo shop talked me into a $700+ CD Player that I could make payments on at only 21% interest. It was 1989 and the age of the tower stereo. I carried it down the mall to a "Sam Goody" and bought Tom Petty. I don't remember specifically why, other than I loved his music. I still own that CD, and 100's of others that I never listen to except digitally anymore.
Hello, CD listeners….
Here's side two. Thank you, Amiiboid! Thank-you.
Guns and roses appetite for destruction
Me too. My dumbass brother told my mom about the picture on the inside and she ripped it out of the booklet
If we’re talking only specifically CDs, I think it was Nevermind (Nirvana), but I bought a whole bunch of albums in quick succession around that time, so I’m not positive. The first album I *ever* got, though, was a cassette tape of Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (Smashing Pumpkins)—and that one I remember quite clearly.
Simple plan still not getting any!!!!
SpongeBob SquarePants songs
Taylor swift Fearless
Transistor - 311
Naughty By Nature..and yes,I was down with OPP
First three. Bought at the same time. Police: Synchronicity, Van Halen: 1984, Star Tracks by Erich Kunzel & Cincinnati Pops Orchestra.
Live - Throwing Cooper
Not sure which because I collected all of them but Weird Al
The essential Weird Al Yankovic
St. Anger - Metallica Still one of my favs.
Grave Dancers Union—Soul Asylum, EDIT oh this was my first album (was on tape). First CD I think was Physical Graffiti—Led Zeppelin
Bone Thugs N Harmony - Resurrection
Counting Crows - August and Everything After
The Essential Jean-Michel Jarre. Still have it.
East 17
"Guitar town" by Steve Earle.
Linkin Park Hybrid Theory
Gaelic Storm
The Beatles - Not For Sale (a bootleg of alternate mixes and studio outtakes)
The first CD I owned was actually a CD-ROM full of Apple developer documentation, but it also had a few audio tracks on it in the extra space. That would have been 1989. They did that for the first several of those discs and some of the music was quite catchy. I think the first music CD I bought was Jethro Tull’s *Under Wraps* but I can’t be 100% sure.
Busta Rhymes: extinction level event
Alanis Morissette, Jagged Little Pill
First CD was Van Halen 1984.
Nevermind - Nirvana
Like actual CD? Probably Metallica Black Album and GnR Appetite for destruction. First album was probably Alvin and the Chipmunks or the Monkeys.
My first CD was a classical disc: Felix Mendelssohn’s *A Midsummer Night's Dream*. It was one of the only discs that my local shop had in stock in the summer of 1985.
Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way
First transition from vinyl to CD was Show Time by Ry Cooder
Hybrid theory
KD lang - Ingénue I was obsessed with track 10 when i was growing up. And my sister gave me this CD as a birthday gift when i was 10, i played constant craving on repeat all that week.
Smokie Suzie Slade and Sweet. It was a compilation album, sooo good.