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    kityglitr: Well, there's the first albums I listened to as a child vs. the first album that really and truly made me obsessive about music. The childhood favorit... more »
    Red-headed bookworm: Hmm, I'm going say The Beatles "Abbey Road". My dad copied his album onto tape so I could play it when I wanted to. I loved Maxwell's Silver Hammer. Y... more »
    la.donna.pietra: Sinead O'Connor, I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got. And Concrete Blonde's Bloodletting. They both stand up, despite Sinead taking a trip to Crazytown. more »
    Cerridwen: Pearl Jam's "Ten." It was the first cassette I ever owned and I can still hum along to all the guitar solos. A very, very close second would be the C... more »
    TurtleSpeak: When I was a kid I LOVED Queen, used to make my parents play their Queen CDs all the time. And Inner Circle. When I was discovering my own music it wa... more »
    Cam/ron: Damnit, I missed out on this awesome thread. A few albums that addicted me to music: DJ Shadow's "Endtroducing," Can's "Cannibalism 1," the Beastie Bo... more »
    Ascendo_tuum: Graceland by Paul Simon (also one of my daddy's favorites)..and American Beauty by the Grateful Dead. Also 'Reign in Blood'. :D more »
    allycat: How has nobody named The Wall?! I can't be the only one with a Pink Floyd junkie for a father. He also turned me on to Clapton, Neil Young and Van M... more »
    SharonTaint: Cyndi Lauper's "She's So Unusual" I was 12, and she's still an inspiration. more »
    ObtuseIntolerant: Quite honestly, mine was Guns N Roses, "Use Your Illusion II". Blew me away at the age of 11!! Just re-listened recently and I surprisingly agree wi... more »
    girlscantell: Hands down Jeff Buckley's "Grace" will always and forever mean the most to me. Buckley is #1 After that throw in some radiohead, sam cooke, john zorn,... more »
    JinxyMcDeath: Pearl Jam's "Ten" was the first album that I connected to on a mature level...I was about around 11 or 12. Then I started listening to my mom's old B... more »
    arodriguez.romero: jeebus jezebel the music threads overflow with comments - I want to read them all but I can't - can we have a few more music threads? I am guessing no... more »
    jrhys: Family stuff; First: Beatles, St. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Second; Kinks, double album, live then on my own: Third: Vs.Mission of Burma Fourth : L... more »
    thesciencegirl wields the truth like a mighty axe.: My dad also used to play Oldies constantly, and I really loved 60s music as a kid. But the first album I bought for myself as a teenager and played t... more »
  • #godonlyknows

    What Was The Album That Made You Love Music?

    As soon as I was old enough to speak, my father began quizzing me in the car. "Who sings this," he'd ask as we drove along, listening to the oldies station. "You have two seconds!" More »