r/Millennials • u/BirdCultureDickMove • 3h ago
Nostalgia First CD you ever bought?
I played Green Day’s Dookie endlessly as a kid. Still holds up to this day in my humble opinion.
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u/rockstoned4 3h ago
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u/JparkPHX 1h ago
What a throwback. I haven’t thought about this in years. My grandma bought me this cd lol.
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u/SumthinCleva 3h ago
Saved up my allowance for this masterpiece
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u/ElderberryGuy Millennial 1h ago
I had the single of Peaches on cassette, the actual cassette was translucent orange. Man the world was so cool then.
Pic I found on eBay: https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/1q8AAeSwpfRqVwhY/s-l1600.jpg
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u/Rare-Barnacle-763 3h ago
With my own monies, Hybrid Theory.
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u/what_the_purple_fuck 2h ago
does 'spending' my own penny on a Columbia House order and basically forcing my parents to follow through with buying another dozen (or so?) CDs at full price count as using my own money?
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u/Skelligean 1h ago
I tried so hard buying another CD after Hybrid Theory, and got so far, but in the end it doesn't even matter.
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u/dextro584 3h ago
311 - 311 and No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom
Bought both at the same time along with a huge boom box
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u/TheSpicyTomato22 2h ago
No doubt - Tragic Kingdom and the presidents of the United States of America
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u/DoggieDMB 2h ago
Yes it 10,000% holds up. Still in my top 5 easily.
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u/Abundanceofyolk 11m ago
I bought this at blockbuster for like $18 in 1997 money. All their CDs and movies were overpriced. 2-3 years later I remember buying the MM LP on the day it came out for $11 at Best Buy. Fuck blockbuster. They got what was coming to them.
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u/Due-Sheepherder-218 3h ago
I had this on cassette!
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u/blahblahshowmeurcat 3h ago
Same! Was my first thought when I saw this. Didnt have CDs yet! Green Day and Shania Twain on cassette were my first
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u/SterlingMae303 3h ago
Dookie was mine, too!!!!
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u/Antique_Soil9507 7m ago
Out of all the great albums that came out of the 90s, this one may stand out on top of them all.
Absolute classic.
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u/KeepingItCoolish Millennial 3h ago
Aquarium by Aqua. I was in fact a Barbie Girl in a Barbie world.
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u/nothanksimleaving 2h ago
I love this one still. My older cousin had it and we would listen to it on repeat (and I still do today)
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u/CorruptDictator Older Millennial 3h ago
No Doubt Tragic Kingdom.
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u/quirkquote 2h ago
Just re-listened to this album. I think it might be a “perfect album” where every song is an absolute banger.
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u/throw42069away420 3h ago
Dookie was my first! Such a good album + the secret song!
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u/wesbug 1h ago
FUCK. Any time anyone mentions secret song it's stuck in my head for like a week.
Dookie was also my first. Think I had the cd and then got the cassette. Second was tragic kingdom.
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u/throw42069away420 1h ago
Dammit. Now it’s in my head! 🤣
Melancholy & The Infinite Sadness was another one I had on repeat. Saved up and bought a 5 disc CD changer around that time so I could keep them all going in my room.
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u/sufferin_sassafras 3h ago
Lion King soundtrack
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u/sweet_pickles12 2h ago
Omg.
The first cassette (first music at all) I purchased was the Jurassic Park soundtrack, because o was a super cool kid:
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u/_AskMyMom_ I was there when SpongeBob blew his first bubble. 3h ago
Haha this was mine too!
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u/gunnargoose87 2h ago
This album with Offspring - Smash, and Aerosmith Get a Grip were my three bc Alicia Silverstone and Liv Tyler made me Crazy boy
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u/Careful-Wash 2h ago
Haha I just commented I couldn’t remember if Smash was my first. Went to the 20th anniversary tour. Pennywise, Bad Religion and The Offspring was one hell of a show.
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u/i_am_here_again 1h ago
Smash is still so good. I’ve been going on a throwback rampage lately and most 90’s albums hold up really well.
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u/Zestyclose_Sector702 2h ago
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u/scgt86 2h ago
I was 12 and Matt Freeman inspired me to save up money and buy a bass.
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u/Zestyclose_Sector702 1h ago
Same, as soon as Maxwell Murder came on, I knew I was going to play bass
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u/Pale-Weather640 3h ago
Bush 16 stone
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u/InterestingDamage621 2h ago
Nice, 7th grade got a stereo with a CD player and Razorblade Suitcase as my first!
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u/Funks_McGee 3h ago
Oasis - (Whats the Story) Morning Glory?
Hearing Wonderwall at a middle school dance influenced my choice.
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u/jabbathepunk 2h ago
Ironically this same exact CD!
Back in 2024 I saw Green Day in Atlanta and they played all of Dookie from start to finish - including the hidden track 🙃
Best concert of my life. Sang every single song!
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u/Ok_Pool_9767 2h ago
With my own money? Incubus-Make Yourself
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u/_PercCobain_ 3h ago
Country Grammar by Nelly
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u/EL_WET_BANDlTO 1h ago
Same. Except I had to steal mine, as Target wouldn't sell it to an 11 year old.
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u/xPadawanRyan Mid-Range Millennial | Historian, Social Worker | Emo MF'er 3h ago
First CD I ever bought on my own with my own money was Best of Bowie. I think the first CD I ever asked my parents to buy me, though, was Aqua's Aquarius.
First album I ever asked my parents to buy me, though, was Britney Spears' first album on cassette.
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u/FascinatingRaccoon 2h ago
Lord of the Rings-Fellowship of the Ring soundtrack. I was 12 and so excited to use my own money at HMV.
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u/Basic_Wrongdoer_7934 2h ago
Dr. Dre - 2001
Guy behind the counter "are you sure I'm not gonna get any angry calls from your parents"
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u/Derp_State_Agent Millennial 2h ago
Smashing Pumpkins Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness.
First album ever was a cassette tape though. Meatloaf Bat Outta Hell II
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u/reallyimspaghetti Millennial 3h ago
I think first CD(s) were Good Charlotte The Anthem and Eminem The Eminem Show at the same time. Im sure the cashier thought I was strange lol 😆
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u/Brilliant_Addendum56 2h ago
Get a Grip with my first CD player. Dookie and STP Core were bought shortly afterward.
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u/realhollywoodactor 2h ago
Foo Fighters “There is Nothing Left to Lose”. Still my all-time favorite record to this day.
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u/ceanahope Xennial 2h ago
Counting Crows August and Everything After was my first CD, won it at a science fair in 10th or 11th grade? I wanted the certificate for paintball, but my mother absolutely forbid it. First purchased? Probably from Columbia house because I lived about an hour from any music store in the middle of nowhere.
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u/Savingskitty 2h ago
The first CD I bought on my own in a store was Savage Garden’s first album. Fall of 1997 on a trip to the mall with the girls shortly after breaking up with my first boyfriend.
That whole CD is 90’s high school nostalgia. It was even a burnt orange color!
Baggy corduroys were popular along with brown lipstick, and lace up boots.
Also popular were layered rayon gauze skirts we called “hippie skirts.” I paired my olive green hippy skirt with velour sweaters and oversized fleece button downs.
God, I miss the cozy warmth of a fall spent with friends going to school and worrying over boys.
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u/GreedyRaisin3357 2h ago
Dookie was the first album I ever bought.. I got it on cassette though, didn't have a CD player quite yet!
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u/ballsackface_ 2h ago
Bought this from a street vendor in D.C during my 8th Grade trip. Highlight of the trip. Don’t ask me anything about the Smithsonian
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u/bluemoodfood 1h ago
This is the one, (Dookie) I begged my mom to take me to the record store the day it came out 😳
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u/ricochet48 1h ago
Dookie was my first CD (parents bought it for me though).
Honestly cannot remember the first I bought with my own money, may have been the Mortal Kombat album lel.
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u/blahblahshowmeurcat 3h ago
Dookie on cassette, then Hanson Middle of Nowhere ;) that was such a great album!!
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u/antiAntag0nist 3h ago
The Re-Up, from Eminem and various artists signed to the label at that time.
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u/Sado-Pacifist 2h ago
Funny, that was my second cassette (first cassette was REM Out of Time). First CD was Live Throwing Copper.
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u/anuncommontruth 2h ago
I think the first one I recieved as a gift was Unplugged in New York.
The first I ever bought with my own Money was either Pearl Jam Ten or Bush's 16th Stone.
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u/TheVaultHommie 2h ago
Limp Bizkit significant other, I was young naive and heavily influenced by MTV
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u/ImNotTheMD Xennial 2h ago
I went from tapes to Minidisc (had cable internet well before it was common).
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u/lizfromdarkplace 2h ago
Besides the Columbia House free cd’s I never paid for beyond 1 cent, the first cd I personally bought was Silverchair Frogstomp.
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u/Danpool13 Older Millennial 2h ago
Weird Al - Bad Hair Day, and then Korn's first two albums. Also the first CD I ever got was from my parents at Christmas with my new boom box... The best of the Village People. Lol.
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u/sanayu 2h ago
Erasure - I say I say I say. I used to love 'Always', and got a CD player and the CD on my birthday. Didn't speak a word English back then, but started to memorize the lyrics with the booklet (those good old booklets!). When we finally had English classes at school, my English was above anyone else's, and I am pretty sure it was thanks to me listening to English music and learning the lyrics by heart.
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u/MysticEnby420 Millennial 2h ago
I got Smash Mouth's Astro Lounge for Christmas I think in 2000 when I was 9. First CD I went to the store with the intention of getting was Gorillaz' self-titled album summer 2001 because I was obsessed with their music videos when I was 10 (and still love them!)
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u/quirkquote 2h ago
First CD I ever stole from my sister. Revolutionary. Blew my mind. Introduced me to punk rock. Changed my life.
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u/crimson-gh0st 2h ago
I don't remember if I bought Dookie by Green Day or Smash by The Offspring first.
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u/wellhellothere0504 2h ago
Bloodhound Gang - One Fierce Beer Coaster
I owned CDs but this was the first one I worked for, saved my money and bought the CD on my own
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u/mmmpppwww 2h ago
First I bought with my own money was Smash Mouth's Astrolounge. First I ever got was the Godzilla 1998 soundtrack (begged my mom for it at BlockBuster)
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u/badboybilly42582 Xennial 2h ago
Greenday Dookie was my first ever CD. I still have it. I think I bought it at Lechmere.
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u/Haunted_pencils 2h ago
Yes, it was Dookie. I had it on cassette and bought it again in cd. This was first, then offspring smash, then the Taco Bell Do Something charity collab.
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