8 Albums That Shaped You

[Silent Alarm]

Guilty Pleasure Album: Eh, I dunno, part of me feels that if you like something aesthetic, you shouldn't feel bad about liking it, yknow? That being said, I hang a bunch of s**t on Lana Del Rey, and still listen to some songs off Born To Die every now and then. Mickey Avalon is probably up there too, I'm really not sure if I like his music or put it on for the novelty - it's a grey area, really.[/QUOTE]
Exactly, who are you trying to please? There's nothing shameful about enjoying something. It's the same reason people say pop is s**t when only, really, the consumerism and culture behind pop is the only s**t thing. There's nothing bad about fluidic song writing, hooks, synthesisers, and choruses. They're like, some of the best things you'll experience.

And I find it usually runs like: "guilty pleasure: Miley. Proud pleasure: Alt J"

Guilty Pleasure Album: Right now its Best Coast Crazy for You. Is this bad enough to be guilty? Maybe not. But I don't go out of my way to advertise that I'm a fan (especially after their shocking second album)

Second album was a total Barry Crocker, but how can an album with a song like this be a guilty pleasure?!



Seriously, probably the nicest guitar sound in years. That intro... The whole song, especially the words, sums up that album too. Always thought it was an underrated gem

 

[d33my]

Great call. I pretty much bought a reverb pedal for my guitar so I could replicate that sound. Can't get it exactly, of course, but still pretty fun.

 

[WALDENPOND]

Guilty Pleasure Album: Eh, I dunno, part of me feels that if you like something aesthetic, you shouldn't feel bad about liking it, yknow? That being said, I hang a bunch of s**t on Lana Del Rey, and still listen to some songs off Born To Die every now and then. Mickey Avalon is probably up there too, I'm really not sure if I like his music or put it on for the novelty - it's a grey area, really.

I agree with this. But the guilty pleasure album is redundant now though because before it meant going out of your way and paying good money for a psychical album that you feel is guilty for you, which you would hide from your collection and friends. But now with modern technology it means nothing.

 

[Demonalke]

First Album You Bought: Ride The Lightning - Metallica
First Album Handed Down To You: Dice - Andrew Dice Clay
First Breakup Album: Toxicity - System Of A Down
Guilty Pleasure Album: Fashion Nugget - Cake
Favourite Australian Album: Odyssey Number 5 - Powderfinger
Album You Once Loved: The Presidents of the United States of America - The Presidents of the United States of America
Last Album You Bought: Mandatory Fun - Weird Al Yankovic
The Album You Wish You'd Made: The Wall - Pink Floyd

 

[Illinois Nazi]

First Album You Bought: Not 100% sure, but the first one I remember buying was Midnight Oil - Diesel and Dust. Though I also remember getting Pink Floyd - A Momentary Lapse of Reason, not sure which came first. And in fact I would definitely have bought some other Floyd albums well before either of these, but they're the first I remember buying when they were released.
First Album Handed Down To You: U2 Live Under A Blood Red Sky and Midnight Oil Red Sails In The Sunset - the two albums that began my musical journey as a 13 year old
First Breakup Album: N/A
Guilty Pleasure Album: Julian Lennon - Help Yourself / The Offspring - Smash
Favourite Australian Album: Many to choose from, but I'll go with Warumpi Band - Too Much Humbug
Album You Once Loved: Most U2. A bit over them now, and the last one was awful, though I'm still happy to listen to the older stuff
Last Album You Bought: Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers - The Independent
The Album You Wish You'd Made: Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

 

[Twoslabs]

First Album You Bought: Devo - New Traditionalists
First Album Handed Down To You: The Sunnyboys (WIN)
First Breakup Song: Dont want to know if you are lonely - Husker Du
Guilty Pleasure Album: ABBA - Gold
Favourite Australian Album: 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1, - Midnight Oil
Album You Once Loved: The Unforgettable Fire - U2 (can't stand Bono these days)
Last Album You Bought: No going back - Stiff Little Fingers
The Album You Wish You'd Made: London Calling - The Clash

 

[PTizzle]

First Album You Bought: Busta Rhymes - Genesis
First Album Handed Down To You: Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle
First Breakup Album: Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans
Guilty Pleasure Album: Lily Allen - Alright, Still
Favourite Australian Album: Hermitude - Tales of the Drift
Album You Once Loved: Eminem - The Eminem Show
Last Album You Bought: I'm actually not sure. Maybe Horrorshow - King Amongst Many
The Album You Wish You'd Made: Too many to name, so I'll be boring and go with Nas - Illmatic

 

[Nostradumbass]

First Album You Bought: Alive!: Kiss
First Album Handed Down To You: Jimi Hendrix: Band of Gypsys
First Breakup Album: Can't think of one...
Guilty Pleasure Album: Def Leppard: Hysteria (High School memories)
Favourite Australian Album: AC/DC: Highway to Hell
Album You Once Loved: Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Last Album You Bought: The new Led Zeppelin Remasters
The Album You Wish You'd Made: Jimi Hendrix Experience: Electric Ladyland

 

[xamol]

First Album You Bought: Kiss - Dressed to kill
First Album Handed Down To You: Eagles - Hotel California
First Breakup Album: Van Halen - 5150
Guilty Pleasure Album: Spandau Ballet - True
Favourite Australian Album: Flowers - Icehouse
Album You Once Loved: Kiss - Dynasty
Last Album You Bought: U2 - No Line on the Horizon
The Album You Wish You'd Made: Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA

 

[Tigger Please!]

The Album You Wish You'd Made: hmmm, maybe The Moon & Antarctica - Modest Mouse

my face when I saw this. Exactly the album I was gonna put; it is such an interesting and unique gem. kudos roobs.

First Album You Bought:
the lion king soundtrack

First Album Handed Down To You:
rage against the machine - s/t (from a school mate)
First Breakup Album:
Interpol - out love to admire

Guilty Pleasure Album:
I don't feel guilty about any of the music I listen to, but if I had to choose one I'd say:
blink 182 - s/t (I remember it getting a lot of hate at the time of its release, I still love it now)

Favourite Australian Album:
Eddie current suppression ring - primary colours

Album You Once Loved:
bush - 16teen stone

Last Album You Bought:
lorde's album

The Album You Wish You'd Made:
modest mouse - the moon and Antarctica

 

[Mojohand]

First Album You Bought: Split Enz - True Colours
First Album Handed Down To You: Don't remember albums being handed down to me but my older brother used to play Led Zeppelin, ZZ Top, Johnny Winter, That bluesy rock vibe definitely rubbed off on me.
First Breakup Album: Cant think of an album but Bob Dylan - Forever Young is a track I remember playing when I was feeling sorry for myself after a breakup.
Guilty Pleasure Album: N/A
Favourite Australian Album: Beasts of Bourbon - The Low Road
Album You Once Loved: Pink Floyd - The Wall
Last Album You Bought: Lonesome Shack - More Primitive
The Album You Wish You'd Made: The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street

 

[Dory_77]

First Album You Bought: The Offspring - Greatest Hits or A Perfect Circle - Emotive
First Album Handed Down To You: Led Zepplin IV.
First Breakup Album: Need to get into a relationship to have a breakup.
Guilty Pleasure Album: Limp Bizkit - Chocolate Starfish and the Hotdog Flavoured Water
Favourite Australian Album: Cog - The New Normal
Album You Once Loved: Tool - Lateralus
Last Album You Bought: Oathbreaker - Eros/Anteros
The Album You Wish You'd Made: Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I am That's What I'm Not

 

[kid_a]

First Album You Bought: Moon Safari (AIR)
First Album Handed Down To You: Whats's the Story: Morning Glory (Oasis)
First Breakup Album: Turn off the Bright Lights (Interpol)
Guilty Pleasure Album: Anything by Spice Girls and Vengaboys
Favourite Australian Album: Innerspeaker (Tame Impala)
Album You Once Loved: Consiracy of One (The Offspring)
Last Album You Bought: Luminous (The Horrors)
The Album You Wish You'd Made: Kid A (Radiohead)

 

[nobbyiscool]

I've enjoyed this thread!

First Album You Bought: Green Day - Dookie
First Album Handed Down To You: David Bowie - Hunky Dory
First Breakup Album: The Smiths - Meat is Murder
Guilty Pleasure Album: Lorde - Pure Heroine (as a 30yo male, I reckon this is appropriate)
Favourite Australian Album: The Drones - Wait Long by the River...
Album You Once Loved: You Am I - Hi-fi Way (I saw Rogers a drunken w***er one too many times)
Last Album You Bought: Does pre-order count? I pre-ordered Alt-J's new album earlier tonight...
The Album You Wish You'd Made: The Avalanches - Since I Left You (wow...)

 

[Uncle_Leo]

First Album You Bought: (What's the Story) Morning Glory? - Oasis
First Album Handed Down To You: Michael Jackson - Off The Wall
First Breakup Album: Master of Puppets - Metallica
Guilty Pleasure Album: Graduation - Kanye West
Favourite Australian Album: Internationalist - Powderfinger
Album You Once Loved: Yourself or Someone Like You - Matchbox 20
Last Album You Bought: Lightning Bolt - Pearl Jam
The Album You Wish You'd Made: Hot Fuss - The Killers

 

[JD11]

First Album You Bought: I reckon it was Kish Kash - Basement Jaxx. My mum and I used to pump that bad boy in the car to school.
First Album Handed Down To You: Fever - Kylie Minogue, man that girl can make a pop song.
First Breakup Album: In Rainbows - Radiohead, I must have listened to Reckoner 6 times a day for 2 weeks.
Guilty Pleasure Album: Anything by The Butthole Surfers. I feel weird for enjoying it, but they remind of some good times.
Favourite Australian Album: Innerspeaker - Tame Impala
Album You Once Loved: The Slim Shady LP - Eminem
Last Album You Bought: Rock Conducta (I & II) - Madlib
The Album You Wish You'd Made: LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem

 

[Silent Alarm]

The Album You Wish You'd Made: LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem

My favourite thing about this album is that you, always, still can – that's what LCD Soundsystem was always about for me

 

[La Dispute]

First Breakup Album: Turn off the Bright Lights (Interpol)

Did you get the name wrong or was that just a clever piece of wordplay?

 

[kid_a]

Did you get the name wrong or was that just a clever piece of wordplay?

I'll raise my hand and admit there is nothing clever going on here, was a wee tipsy when I typed the above, a somewhat drunken Freudian slip.

 

[dumb]

First Album You Bought: not completely sure. it may have been metallica - s/t
First Album Handed Down To You: again not sure, possibly talking heads - little creatures. still enjoy it.
First Breakup Album: pink floyd - dark side of the moon
Guilty Pleasure Album: any porngrind i might happen to listen to. it's not about the music - it's about not really being able to mention it in a conversation with most people.
Favourite Australian Album: disembowelment - transcendence into the peripheral. is aussie, but is one of my favorite albums per se.
Album You Once Loved: i have an off/on love for opeth - still life.
Last Album You Bought: chelsea wolfe - pain is beauty. has started to gain the attention she deserves after being in the GOT trailer
The Album You Wish You'd Made: 'merzcar'. the merzbow album 'noisembryo' packaged in a car. link link link

 

[Schnail73]

First Album You Bought: Metallica - Ride the Lightning (better than Puppets)
First Album Handed Down To You: Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
First Breakup Album: Puddle of Mudd - Come Clean
Guilty Pleasure Album: Motley Crue - Dr Feelgood
Favorite Australian Album: The Angels - Liveline
Album You Once Loved: Rose Tattoo - Rose Tattoo
Last Album You Bought: Black Stone Cherry - Between the Devil and Deep Blue Sea (made an Adele song cool)
The Album You Wish You'd Made: Guns 'n Roses - Appetite for Destruction (so simple, yet so cool)

 

[Beetlebum]

First Album You Bought: Best of George Harrison. Still have it too.
First Album Handed Down To You: The Wall - Pink Floyd. On cassette, when my brother bought the CD.
First Breakup Album: Black Sabbath.
Guilty Pleasure Album: Discovery - ELO
Favourite Australian Album: Man of Colours - Icehouse
Album You Once Loved: Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits (Still love it, but used to listen to it a lot, now not so often)
Last Album You Bought: 13 - Black Sabbath
The Album You Wish You'd Made: Procol Harum

 

[Prince St]

First Album You Bought:
Demon Days - Gorillaz

First Album Handed Down To You:
Elvis 100 Super Rocks box set

First Breakup Album:
thrashed a ton of metal ballads, no specific album

Guilty Pleasure Album:
again no album but a surprising number of Kylie tunes

Favourite Australian Album:
Frog Stomp - Silverchair

Album You Once Loved:
Beautiful Lie - 30 Seconds to Mars

Last Album You Bought:
Fuzz - Fuzz

The Album You Wish You'd Made:
In The Court Of The Crimson King - King Crimson

 

[Eddie Dingle]

Great thread Gibbsy

Have been some good reads and some interesting musical journeys.

Needs more responses!

 

[DrVanNostrand]

First Album You Bought: Anthology 1 - The Beatles
First Album Handed Down To You: Living in the 70s - Skyhooks
First Breakup Album: A Bigger Bang - The Rolling Stones
Guilty Pleasure Album: Freight Train Heart - Jimmy Barnes
Favourite Australian Album: Temple of Low Men - Crowded House
Album You Once Loved: Dream of the Blue Turtles - Sting
Last Album You Bought: Dizzy Heights - Neil Finn
The Album You Wish You'd Made: Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones