8-18
The albums that made me who I am as a music fan. |
| 1 |  | The Beatles
1962 - 1966
My first brush with 'grown-up music', and my first favourite band. |
| 2 |  | The Beatles
Abbey Road
The first non-kiddy vinyl in our household that was 'actually mine'. |
| 3 |  | The Beatles
Anthology 1
Still one of the best Christmas presents I ever received. I later got the other two, and loved them just as much, so really this entry encompasses all three. |
| 4 |  | Nirvana
Nevermind
The album that got me into rock. Thanks, Mum! |
| 5 |  | AC/DC
'74 Jailbreak
The album that started a 25-year-strong fandom. Thanks, Mum – part 2. |
| 6 |  | Inner Circle
Reggae Dancer
It wasn't all rock in my early years.
NANANA NANANA NANA
NANANA NANANA NANA
TALK ABOUT YOU AND A-ME, YEAH
AND THE GAMES PEOPLE PLAY! |
| 7 |  | Wire
Manscape
Mum's first attempt at getting me into weird indie music at around age 10. Not very successful. |
| 8 |  | Van Halen
Balance
This one, however, WAS successful, mainly because of one song.
BIG!
FAT!
MONEEEEEHHH! |
| 9 |  | Bon Jovi
Crossroad
Had this on cassette tape, 'cause I'm old.
YOUR LOOOOOVE
IS LIKE BAAAAAD
MEDICIIIINE! |
| 10 |  | Firehouse
Firehouse
Recommended to an old aunt of mine by a sales assistant as something a mid-90s preteen boy might like. The sales assistant was right. |
| 11 |  | Hanson
Middle of Nowhere
I was actually stoked to get this as a present on my 12th birthday - for one very obvious reason.
MMMBOP
BAP BA DOO BOP
DOO EE AP BAPBA DOO BOP
BAP BA DOO! |
| 12 | | Prodigy
The Fat of the Land
Once again, I have my Mum to thank for putting this in my hand when I was hesitating between buying the Spice Girls or Backstreet Boys. |
| 13 |  | Everclear
So Much For The Afterglow
I quite liked this for a time when I was about 12-13. |
| 14 |  | AC/DC
Highway To Hell
My favourite of the three-album selection for AC/DC at the language school library. |
| 15 |  | AC/DC
Back In Black
Though I loaned this one out fairly often too. |
| 16 |  | Iron Maiden
Piece of Mind
My favourite of the three-album selection for Iron Maiden at the language school library. |
| 17 |  | Iron Maiden
The Number of the Beast
Though I loaned this one out fairly often too. |
| 18 |  | Black Sabbath
Master of Reality
My favourite of the available album selection for Black Sabbath at the language school library. |
| 19 |  | The Clash
London Calling
My favourite of the available album selection for The Clash at the language school library, and still one of the most consensual albums in our household. |
| 20 |  | Nirvana
Bleach
One of the few albums that were still audible over the noise of the engine on our old Army-style 4X4. The soundtrack to many a car trip, as one side of a cassette tape with the previous entry on the other side. |
| 21 |  | The Offspring
Americana
'Album you had to have to even start a conversation about music with another kid when I was in 8th grade' – Part 1. |
| 22 |  | Green Day
Dookie
'Album you had to have to even start a conversation about music with another kid when I was in 8th grade' – Part 2. |
| 23 |  | Limp Bizkit
Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water
This album was EVERYTHING in 9th grade. |
| 24 |  | Eminem
The Marshall Mathers LP
So was this one. |
| 25 |  | Slipknot
Slipknot
Mum comes home from work one evening, puts this in my hand and says 'I listened to the first song and it sounds like your kind of thing.' It was more than 'my kind of thing' – it blew my mind in a way no album since 'Nevermind' had managed to, and introduced me to a new favourite band. |
| 26 |  | Metallica
Metallica
I liked this so much, I kept my friend's CD-R. |
| 27 |  | Methods of Mayhem
Methods of Mayhem
I unironically liked this album when I was 15. Yes, I know. |
| 28 |  | Papa Roach
Infest
See above. I had lousy taste in music in my mid-teens. |
| 29 |  | Helloween
Keeper of the Seven Keys Part II
I tried to get a girl into metal by showing her this album. She claimed to have loved it, but never asked for another album. Then a couple of years later, she turned into a fake goth >_ |
| 30 |  | Linkin Park
Hybrid Theory
Album of the Year according to myself at age 16. |
| 31 |  | Linkin Park
Meteora
A girl made me a CD-R copy of this because she knew I would want it. Unprompted. She even made me a nice cover with the tracklist and a little 'hope you like it' blurb. I still kept her in the friend zone, because I was a blinkered idiot when I was in my teens. |
| 32 |  | Ramones
Brain Drain
My entry point into another of my favourite bands. Also one of the first albums I ever reviewed on MXTabs, and the only one that survived the cross over to Sputnikmusic. |
| 33 |  | Roxette
Don't Bore Us, Get To The Chorus!
Another early entry into my review list here on Sputnik - and one of my favourite albums at around age 11.
NANANANA
SHE'S GOT THE LOOK! |
| 34 |  | Anthrax
Spreading the Disease
Still my favourite Anthrax album. |
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