# First album you bought for yourself? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 9, 2007, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-album-you-bought-for-yourself/403342 "2007-05-09T02:06:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2007, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-album-you-bought-for-yourself/403342/141 "2007-05-13T01:49:43Z")
[QUOTE=Frylock] I believe that might have been the album “Our Finest Flowers” by the Residents. I was sixteen, had just got my first paycheck, was just starting to understand there was music in the world that I could enjoy, and so decided to go find something at the music store that I liked that I had never heard of. (“Never heard of” was of course a very broad category.) Shuffling through the "R"s (a randomly chosen letter) I came across an album whose cover art I liked or something. (I don’t really know why I picked it. To be honest, it just seemed to “call to me.” I know that’s silly.) This was back when a lot of music stores would let you listen to their CDs at little kiosks (do any still do this?) so I took it over, thought the music odd but potentially intriguing. So I bought the CD. And it has been one of my absolute favorite CDs, by one of my absolute favorite groups, during the entire thirteen years\* ever since. \*yeesh [/QUOTE] I love this because it echoes my way above post; just a kid, lookin’ around, coming upon a fantastically great artist, by serindipity, and it just changes your direction in life; did at least for me. Zappa, and The Residents, too, just blew the shutters right wide open. ---
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2007, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-album-you-bought-for-yourself/403342/142 "2007-05-13T14:49:37Z")
It was either \*\*The Monkees \*\* _Headquarters_ or _The Dark Shadows Soundtrack_ ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2007, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-album-you-bought-for-yourself/403342/143 "2007-05-13T16:23:45Z")
[QUOTE=Kalhoun] I did that with “I Got You Babe”. Played it until my parents wanted to wing it out a window. [/QUOTE] My mother claimed that “Another One Bites The Dust” by Queen was killing her plants. I think she just wanted me to never. play. it. again. EVER. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2007, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-album-you-bought-for-yourself/403342/144 "2007-05-13T17:36:28Z")
[QUOTE=Zambini57] I love that song. Blibby bloop blooby, nibby nabba nooby la la la lo lo sabba sooby sabba dooby abba dabba hey hey lo lo Chabba woobie dabba doobie abba dabba early mornin’ singin’ song. [/QUOTE] Death to **Zambini57** 😉 . This is gonna leave an indelible mark in my brain. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2007, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-album-you-bought-for-yourself/403342/145 "2007-05-13T18:43:02Z")
First? _Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player_. I still love that album. By far, I have bought more Beatles than anything else, whether the medium was vinyl, 8-track, CD, cassette, or whatever comes next. (Kay: This is gonna replace the CD soon, so I’ll have to buy the White Album again… Ah…) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-album-you-bought-for-yourself/403342.md?page=7)