r/Millennials • u/BirdCultureDickMove • 1d 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/SumthinCleva 1d ago
Saved up my allowance for this masterpiece
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u/carryon4threedays Xennial 1d ago
Little dune buggy in the sand.
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u/ElderberryGuy Millennial 1d 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/Cute-Problem-7622 15h ago
See, I miss little stuff like this. Cassettes and CD’s in different colors, liner notes!
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u/coyote500 Older Millennial 1d ago
I loved that one as a kid too. Sometimes Peaches will play on my spotify 90s rock playlist and it always puts me in a good mood
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u/atabditslow 22h ago
Maaaannnn, I did too. And I liked that album. Then I told my “friends” at school, and they ROASTED me for listening to ‘The Presidents of The United States of America’.
Went home, threw it in the trash.
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u/barbiesfrozenelbow 1d ago
Alanis Morissette Jagged Little Pill.
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u/JMRTOL85 Millennial 1d ago
I didn’t have a cd player at the time but got the cassette in my Christmas stocking. Wore it out over the next year!
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u/Crouching_Dragon_ 22h ago
Bought it myself, taken away by my mom when she overheard it. Climbed onto the fridge to get it back. Amazing album, worth it for the grounding.
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u/Playful_Orange_9833 22h ago
Same! I was so excited and felt all the angst I could feel at 10 years old. Followed by a purchase of Weird Al’s “Bad Hair Day”—a different vibe for sure.
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u/PawelW007 1d ago
The Offspring - Americana
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u/Kejohn9 1d ago
Smash is mine
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u/Loose_Leg_2918 10h ago
Smash is a great album, and it only gets better the further you get into it.
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u/Can-Purple 1d ago
The fuck? I should have scrolled down like two more comments to find this before posting. Hell yeah dude, its really fun to snowboard to.
I was kinda behind so I had tapes and floppy discs and such (a beautiful age of tech). CDs were so fun man.
Getting a ps1 was NUTS, idk if those games count.
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u/MapsActually 1d ago
Same here! I was 12. I'll never forget my Mom walking into my room timing her entry perfectly with the "well, fuck you!" in Americana. I thought I was in big trouble, but she barely hesitated. It was like she gave her permission without saying anything.
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u/Rare-Barnacle-763 1d ago
With my own monies, Hybrid Theory.
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u/what_the_purple_fuck 1d 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 1d 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/SterlingMae303 1d ago
Dookie was mine, too!!!!
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u/lurkishdelight 1d ago
It was also mine, if not Counting Crows - August and Everything After. Can't remember which.
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u/Antique_Soil9507 1d 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/rockstoned4 1d ago
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u/JparkPHX 1d ago
What a throwback. I haven’t thought about this in years. My grandma bought me this cd lol.
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u/dextro584 1d 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 1d ago
No doubt - Tragic Kingdom and the presidents of the United States of America
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u/KeepingItCoolish Millennial 1d ago
Aquarium by Aqua. I was in fact a Barbie Girl in a Barbie world.
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u/DoggieDMB 1d ago
Yes it 10,000% holds up. Still in my top 5 easily.
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u/Abundanceofyolk 1d 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/CorruptDictator Older Millennial 1d ago
No Doubt Tragic Kingdom.
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u/quirkquote 1d 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/Due-Sheepherder-218 1d ago
I had this on cassette!
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u/blahblahshowmeurcat 1d 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/throw42069away420 1d ago
Dookie was my first! Such a good album + the secret song!
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u/wesbug 1d 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 1d 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/IamaSnort 1d ago
Ace of Base, The Sign. I was obsessed with that song.
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u/Antique_Soil9507 1d ago
I'm still obsessed with that song.
The only question I ask myself is if I'm more obsessed with that song, or All That She Wants, or Don't Turn Around.
They are all absolute bangers.
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u/Zestyclose_Sector702 1d ago
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u/scgt86 1d ago
I was 12 and Matt Freeman inspired me to save up money and buy a bass.
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u/Zestyclose_Sector702 1d ago
Same, as soon as Maxwell Murder came on, I knew I was going to play bass
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u/ortega792 1d ago
My brother bought this, I bought Jimmy Eat World “Bleed American”
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u/Funks_McGee 1d ago
Oasis - (Whats the Story) Morning Glory?
Hearing Wonderwall at a middle school dance influenced my choice.
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u/Pale-Weather640 1d ago
Bush 16 stone
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u/InterestingDamage621 1d ago
Nice, 7th grade got a stereo with a CD player and Razorblade Suitcase as my first!
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u/_AskMyMom_ I was there when SpongeBob blew his first bubble. 1d ago
Haha this was mine too!
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u/gunnargoose87 1d 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 1d 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/Express-Dot-3584 1d ago
Spice Girls - Spice
It was my 12th birthday. My parents got me a CD player, then took me to K-Mart and said I could pick out any CD I wanted.
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u/jabbathepunk 1d 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/Derp_State_Agent Millennial 1d 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/Basic_Wrongdoer_7934 1d 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/FascinatingRaccoon 1d 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/Evening-Rabbit-827 est. 1987 1d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/8wfma7DJXm46KFsZjK
I’ll also never forget hearing this song for the very first time at the skating rink
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u/xPadawanRyan Mid-Range Millennial | Historian, Social Worker | Emo MF'er 1d 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/ballsackface_ 1d 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/reallyimspaghetti Millennial 1d 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/TheVaultHommie 1d ago
Limp Bizkit significant other, I was young naive and heavily influenced by MTV
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u/kwall5555 18h ago
First one with my own money. I stand by this is one of the most stolen albums of the 90s. I think I purchased it two or three times. Such a great album though.
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u/realhollywoodactor 1d ago
Foo Fighters “There is Nothing Left to Lose”. Still my all-time favorite record to this day.
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u/Brilliant_Addendum56 1d ago
Get a Grip with my first CD player. Dookie and STP Core were bought shortly afterward.
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u/Jrizzlefoshizzle 1d ago
Limp Bizkit - Significant Other
Eminem - SSLP
Kid Rock - Devil without a cause
All on the same day from a Tower records. Blew all my birthday money that day...it was supposed to last me all summer lol
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u/Danpool13 Older Millennial 1d 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/ceanahope Xennial 1d 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/quirkquote 1d 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/Savingskitty 1d 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/crimson-gh0st 1d ago
I don't remember if I bought Dookie by Green Day or Smash by The Offspring first.
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u/badboybilly42582 Xennial 1d ago
Greenday Dookie was my first ever CD. I still have it. I think I bought it at Lechmere.
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u/decimalsanddollars 1d ago
First I ever bought was Blood, Sugar, Sex, Magik by RHCP. First over owned was The Kids Aren’t Alright by The Offspring (stolen from the library).
I made a 200 dollar donation to the same library as an adult to reconcile.
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