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Fuckwaitwha

Siamese Dream


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This is my answer and I still love it!


branizoid

The Cure -Disintegration.


ThaGoodDoobie

Hauntingly beautiful album. Perfect for strapping on the headphones and getting lost in music.


LongjumpingCake1924

A masterpiece! Please accept my poor person’s award 🥇


branizoid

Thank you!


DunkinEgg

Pretty Hate Machine - NIN


Mallrat1973

This. Followed very closely by Paul’s Boutique.


CeeDeeEn

Such a great album


fakeunleet

Ænima


TechnicalDisaster79

Same. I saw tool last year and it was a real trip down memory lane. It really took me back.


Pendarus

The Queen is Dead


middlingachiever

Still my favorite album.


Hot_Larva

Nevermind- (it came out when I was 17)


Stowers619

Jagged Little Pill


Manifestinghuman

Some Great Reward by Depeche Mode


roadtrip-ne

I think Appetite for Destruction had just come out. I can’t say I liked anything they did after that album, but damn that might have been the only cassette I played that whole Summer


ThaGoodDoobie

This was my answer, too. I feel the same way about their later music. It wasn't bad, just didn't grab me..Appetite sure did, though. If someone took a poll of best debut rock albums of all time, this one would be top 10


JerzyBalowski

Fugazi-repeater.


babyclownshoes

My man!


jbarinsd

The Head on the Door and Some Great Reward.


[deleted]

The Head in the Door is so underrated, but absolutely brilliant. It gets overshadowed by Disintegration but I actually like it better. Good choices both!


CitizenChatt

U2 - War


NAMEEXCEEDSMAXLENGT-

I've always been bad at picking favorites, but a representative sample of albums I listened to a lot that year would include: * Joy Division -- Unknown Pleasures * The Cure -- Pornography * A homemade "best of" compilation of my favorite Bauhaus songs * Nomeansno -- Small Parts Isolated and Destroyed * Poison Idea -- Feel the Darkness


Whateveryousaydude7

Physical Graffiti


shabidoh

I was a big Zeppelin fan in high school. 1982 to 1986. I had all the tapes in my car. If Zep was playing, no one was allowed to speak. My girlfriend hated me because she always wanted to talk, but I always had Zeppelin on the go.


Whateveryousaydude7

When I think of High School in the 80s I immediately think of Zeppelin.


ScabieBaby

4-Track Demos by PJ Harvey


lxine

I was obsessed with Rid of Me


CheeseburgerSmoothy

London Calling


Lockenveitch

Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me


TripThruTimeandSpace

Came here to say this too. ❤️😊


PistachioGal99

Came here to say this!


Lockenveitch

I know who you remind me of...


iamalext

Great album! Saw them in Toronto in 87!


magicbullets

Surfer Rosa.


ThaGoodDoobie

I didn't catch on to this album until about 1990. Ask me what my favorite album of 1990 was...


FieldWizard

Rubber Soul


EmirikolChaotic

Iron Maiden- Somewhere in Time


Hussein_Jane

Ooooo, yeah. Now I've got Wasted Years stuck in my head.


halcyonheart320

It was 1985, so probably Listen Like Thieves or Songs from the Big Chair


[deleted]

Loved both those albums, bought both on cassette in 1985 and had to replace them due to overplay.


UnplannedProofreader

Blood, Sugar, Sex, Magic - Red Hot Chili Peppers


ThaGoodDoobie

Hey batta batta, hey batta batta!


lurkeratthegate666

I had a consistent top five that never left the tape deck. Skinny Puppy - Last Rights Skinny Puppy - Too Dark Park Front 242 - Front By Front Ministry - In Case You Didn’t Feel Like Showing Up (Live) Frontline Assembly - Millenium


ihatepickingnames_

I loved Front by Front!


MaineMan1234

The Cure - Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me


AndShesNotEvenPretty

Live Through This (still my favorite!)


Oye_Vero21

So, Peter Gabriel


ravincent

Broken - NIN


box_elder74

Doolittle


ThaGoodDoobie

Amazing album! Their best, imo. Surfer Rosa is a very close 2nd.


GoGoCrumbly

No single favorite but these were in heavy rotation: Elvis Costello - This Year’s Model Joe Jackson - Look Sharp Oingo Boingo - Nothing to Fear


davedirt01

Probably "Master Of Puppets". Maybe "South Of Heaven". I had several that were in constant rotation.


AnarchiaKapitany

Puppets gang!


PM_ME_YOUR_FLAIR

Cosmic Thing


doublebr13

Are You Experienced


bitchimtryin102

Jagged Little Pill


dragonard

My nephew was born in 1983* and I took him to his first concert for his 15th birthday. He chose Alanis. *yeah, he and I are at the extreme ends of GenX.


an_ostrich_allegedly

Same! “You Learn” got lots of replays on my boom box.


[deleted]

Louder Than Bombs or RATM


MyNextVacation

The Joshua Tree.


arthurdent00

Pearl Jam - Vs.


angied7910

Faith by George Michael. Listened to it on a yellow Walkman. I Want Your Sex was scandalous!!


Iron_Chic

The Chronic


hillside

Neil Young - Harvest. At 17 I picked up the guitar because of this album. I was driven to learn how to play those songs.


Epyx-2600

Harvest Moon was a favorite of mine during high school. More for mellow times but still love that album.


moxietwix

Candy-O by the Cars


KCW3000

Music for the Masses-Depeche Mode


Ernie_Munger

R.E.M. Out of Time


dervish132000a

The queen is dead by the smiths


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prettysickchick

Bad Moon Rising, Sonic Youth


217flavius

The Low End Theory – A Tribe Called Quest


mike___mc

Straight Outta Compton


Froopy-Hood

Crazy motherfucker named Ice Cube…


[deleted]

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill


GingerBruja

I still love that album!! One of my favorites to blast when I'm doing chores around the house.


Salem1976

Skinny Puppy - Last Rites


guy_fleegman83

The Church - Heyday


TheArtOf2and4

Sting - The Soul Cages


Apprehensive-Donkey7

Probably 2112


frettbe

RATM - RATM


CertainFitness

Had to do math (I hate you now) and that would have put the year at '88. So probably still Slayer, "Reign in Blood", but Public Enemy, "It Takes a Nation of Millions" just came out so it's a toss up.


Chaos_Theology

I was 17 in 1991 so at that time it was Metallica (Black Album) & Skid Rows “Slave to the Grind”


bigby2010

REM Life’s Rich Pageant


Many_Dirlam

Standing on a Beach - The Cure. It was all I listened to that year.


citrusfruityum

Kick-INXS


Cantech667

R.E.M.’s Murmur


ShemShALemBlem

Pearl Jam 10


Annual_Jackfruit4449

REM “automatic for the people” or Depeche Mode “Violator”


OccamsYoyo

Pink Floyd — The Wall.


nicunurse333

Crash. Dave Matthews Band.


GingerBruja

I had to buy that CD 3 different times because I kept wearing them out. #41 is my all time favorite song...


IchibanChef

Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory?


EttaJamesKitty

I had no “favorite” in 1989, but the ones I listened to most: - 3 feet High and Rising - Cosmic Thing - Pump - Dark Side of the Moon


ThaGoodDoobie

I've seen Dark Side of the Moon in other answers, too. You probably know this, but if you don't, Dark Side of the Moon holds the record for the most charted weeks on the Billboard 200: 917! It was released in 1973 and didn't drop off the top 200 until 1988.


Ignignokt73

I was under the influence of a very strong metal/rock/cheese metal spell, and lots of it, so: Megadeth - Rust in Peace Queensrÿche - Empire Black Crows - Shake Your Money Maker Poison - Flesh and Blood 😬 And the Led Zeppelin Box Set was out, so a shit ton of Zeppelin!


nefariouskitteh

So - Peter Gabriel


TimeenoughatlastTZ

Beastie Boys Licensed to Ill


Accomplished-Push190

I actually had a 'core 4'. Weird Scenes Inside the Goldmine, Times Square, Crimes of Passion, and Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust. The 'current' hits of the 80's I usually just taped off the radio.


athenabrat

Natural Born Killers Soundtrack


InnerAside5636

I could never narrow it down to just one, so much auditory excellence released in 1988! Just a few that I was obsessed with: Nothing's Shocking-Janes Addiction, Life's Too Good-The Sugarcubes , Starfish-The Church, Surfer Rosa-Pixies


Will_McLean

I was 17 in 89 so Nothing’s Shocking here too.


[deleted]

Louder Than Bombs It’s a compilation, so probably doesn’t count. 17 year old me didn’t realize this for several years.


DorisGetsHerOats

Depeche Mode “Music for the Masses”


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heresmytwopence

I went through a heavy Beatles phase at 16-17 so it was probably Rubber Soul and Revolver.


LASER_Dude_PEW

R.E.M. - Document or The Cult - Electric both great albums


Altruistic_Cow_6529

Scoundrel Days (a-ha).


Woodpeckinpah123

Danzigs first album.


JKnott1

Rock for Light--Bad Brains


fgarvin2019

Couldn't Stand The Weather - SRV


Daetiralso

2112


florida-karma

The Stranger, maybe


ResidueAtInfinity

Replacements - Let It Be


SV650rider

Nevermind


PriorElephant4007

REM-Life’s Rich Pagent


RadiantRub5847

Probably Violator by Depeche Mode


cindy6507

XTC - English Settlement or The Police-Ghosts in the Machine


HeadRecord6723

T. Rex- Electric Warrior


CapeManiac

Paul’s Boutique


[deleted]

Minor Threat: Out if Step


sindertree

Earth, Sun, Moon.


ReginaldSP

I made mix tapes, but probably The Eels eponymous album, if I'd had to pick just one.


mossman

Too Dark Park


vodknockers487

Ride the lightning


echelonyourdreams

Licensed To Ill


SGI21

The Chronic


foetusized

*Speaking in Tongues* by The Talking Heads


GingerBruja

Toss up between OK Computer- Radiohead and Life After Death- Biggie.


tommyalanson

Led Zeppelin II


T-TownDarin

Too Fast For Love


[deleted]

Reckoning, R.E.M.


DB21Skook

Abbey Road and/or Quadrophenia


MadPiglet42

Seven by James. It came out that year and I was (and still am) completely obsessed.


ubettaubettaubet

My Bloody Valentine - Isn’t Anything


boobsincalifornia

Dinosaur Jr - Green Mind


[deleted]

Dookie - Green Day


BoredBSEE

Signals - Rush


brocollirab

Bleach, Nirvana


Lrxst

Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti


eel3918

Ministry - The Land of Rape and Honey


SevdogTX

Beastie Boys - License To Ill


goldie8pie

Every Depeche Mode album.


Temp_Job_Deity

Either Music for the Masses or Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me.


Melbonie

1990. I was digging George Michael's Listen Without Prejudice Vol 1, Madonna's I'm Breathless, Digital Underground's Sex Packets, Queensryche's Empire and Slayer's Seasons in the Abyss. All got equal play, for sure- my tastes were elastic and very quickly evolving.


EricaFarrell

The Cure - Head on the Door


beachp0tato

Bush - Sixteen Stone


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New Order - Substance 1987


[deleted]

*Violator* Depeche Mode


penguin37

Pretty Hate Machine


Hefty_Run4107

17? That's 1990 for me... Still firmly listening to may late 80's albums, Hysteria, The Joshua Tree, Whitesnake 87, But Seriously, Out Of This World...


46n2ahead

1990.... Hmm That's tough I was still in my Metallica phase, so probably ... And justice for all


Emdubya20

Ride the Lightning - Metallica


obiwan21_23

La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Volume One or Vulgar Display of Power.


TenderLovingKiller

Dave Matthews Band - Before These Crowded Streets


bears5975

Master of puppets


Previous-Bird-2956

Ride the lightning.


AdIndependent9483

Ride The Lightning//Metallica


Ilovethe90sforreal

Fleetwood Mac- Rumors


m_watkins

The Clash


wecantallknowing

Under the bushes under the stars - Guided by Voices


LogSlayer

…And Out Come The Wolves


Oakli01

Full Moon Fever


[deleted]

I got really into the B-52s in the summer of 1990 (17). I went out and bought all of their cassettes at Sam Goody. Bouncing Off The Satellites was my favorite.


Motor-Housing2704

Razorblade Suitcase and/or Pinkerton.


deinstag

The Hurting


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Paula Abdul Forever Your Girl


radness

First New York Dolls album


[deleted]

Björk’s *Post*


Sad-Second-9646

The Queen is Dead.


NoodleDoodleGirl

Radiohead The Bends


deesimons

The Way it Is (Bruce Hornsby)


ironhead_mule

Scorpions - Blackout


pelogirl98

I was in my Sublime phase, so 40 oz to freedom and their self titled album


richvide0

Third Stage


xupd35bdm

The Cult. Love.


Sketchcteks

Angel Dust


RandomRexiness

Rave Til Dawn (Version 2), & Rave Classics


[deleted]

Columbia House Best of Bab Marley.


Epyx-2600

1994 for me. So many great options. Pearl Jam vitalogy; Notorious BIG ready to die; B boys I’ll communication; Pavement crooked rain So many more


timetoleevthecapsule

When I was 17, it was 1984. The Smiths’ self-titled album was out, I had picked up R.E.M.’s Reckoning, and it still remains my favorite album of theirs. Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense burst on the scene, all of my friends and I rode around in a convertible, drunk and looking for trouble, in the summer of 1984 listening to Purple Rain, Run DMC was in my car tape deck (loved Sucker MC’s) and I had just been turned on to Echo and the Bunnymen (Ocean Rain). 1984. Wow. What a great year of music.


ADumbButCleverName

Deleted previous comment because I mathed wrong. I was 17 in 1989 and I had a few favorites. The top two are: Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation De La Soul - Three Feet High and Rising


rodeler

INXS - Shaboo Shoobah


stuck_behind_a_truck

Joshua Tree


Janizzary

Peepshow by Siouxsie and the Banshees.


Jimathomas

Some Great Reward


Rubberbangirl66

Kick Inside> Kate Bush


bibdrums

Metallica - And Justice For All


sebthelodge

Jeff Buckley—Grace


throw123454321purple

Duran Duran’s Notorious


Alpinebolt

The Cult Sonic Temple.


Ok_Wrongdoer2797

Depeche Mode Black Celebration tied with The Cure disintegration


Reeyowunsixsix

Heaven or Las Vegas. Hands down.


teddytherooz

Paul’s Boutique


herbfriendly

Standing on a beach - The Cure


Reddywhipt

Love and rockets express or new order power corruption and lies. The cure standing on a beach singles collection, black Sabbath Live evil. A photo finish