# What was the last album that you bought? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 11, 2002, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-album-that-you-bought/103025 "2002-04-11T13:23:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2002, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-album-that-you-bought/103025/41 "2002-04-11T23:45:27Z")
I’ve never bought an album myself, but the last one purchased for me was Tiffany… I can’t quite remember which CD I bought last, since I got them around the same time: Jimmy Eat World “Bleed American”; Hoobastank “Hoobastank”; Nickleback “Silver side up”; and Jeremiah Freed "Jeremiah Freed ". However, I don’t have the same version of the Freed cd that’s on cdnow, I bought the indie version locally. I hope they make it big, because they’re fantastic. ---
**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-album-that-you-bought/103025/42 "2002-04-12T00:04:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by elfkin477 \* > \*\*I’ve never bought an album myself, but the last one purchased for me was Tiffany… > > I can’t quite remember which CD I bought last… \*\* I’ll have to hijack here…a friend of mine also makes this distinction. He insists that “album” means a vinyl disc. To me, that’s a “record”, and “album” means any collection of music, regardless of the medium. So you can have an album on CD, tape, of record (or 8-track, if you’re really old;) ) Maybe I should start a poll… ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-album-that-you-bought/103025/43 "2002-04-12T00:07:24Z")
Off to IMHO, our forum for polling. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-album-that-you-bought/103025/44 "2002-04-12T00:09:59Z")
Last album I purchased: Music from the Ether: Original Works for Theremin / Lydia Kavina playing the theremin. ---
**Author:** ![Jello](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@Jello](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jello)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-album-that-you-bought/103025/45 "2002-04-12T00:17:46Z")
_Sheik Yerbouti_ by **Frank Zappa** and _Live at the Fillmore East_ by **Jimi Hendrix** ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-album-that-you-bought/103025/46 "2002-04-12T01:17:50Z")
Jesus. No _wonder_ our Cafe Society jazz threads get hardly any views. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-album-that-you-bought/103025/47 "2002-04-12T01:28:20Z")
The last CD I bought was Alan Jackson’s _Drive_. ---
**Author:** ![Junior\_Spaceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Junior\_Spaceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Junior_Spaceman)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-album-that-you-bought/103025/48 "2002-04-12T02:04:21Z")
The last three CDs I purchased were: - **Sepultura** - _Schizophrenia_, which is not at all what I was expecting (I thought it was eighties death metal, it’s more like cleaned up 80’s German thrash to these ears); - the 3CD **Velvet Underground** - _Bootleg Series Volume 1_, which is essential for serious fans but nobody else really; and - the CD with both **Tom Lehrer** live albums on it, which is terrific (especially the introduction to the ‘folk song’). ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-album-that-you-bought/103025/49 "2002-04-12T02:14:06Z")
Yeesh… _bought_? Not _downloaded from audiogalaxy_? Bought a cd of classical guitar music yesterday. Excellent stuff. Before that, my fiance bought me the LOTR soundtrack. Yes, I have heard of Blind Guardian. Before that, Hildegarde of Bingen, _Vision_ Um, I have a lot of VNV Nation, Covenant, and And One. Heavy goth and classical. I’m 23. Hey! I just gave away **Guinastasia’s** age! ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-album-that-you-bought/103025/50 "2002-04-12T03:45:40Z")
Ben Folds’ _Rockin’ The Suburbs_. Sometimes I feel guilty for going to the mall on Sept. 11 to buy it. But it’s a very good CD. ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-album-that-you-bought/103025/51 "2002-04-12T04:10:39Z")
42 years old. Most recent CD purchase was probably Odd Times by Rabih Abou Khalil. Oud with harmonica, tuba, frame drums, bass guitar, etc. I’m also in the process of ripping my vinyl onto the iMac. The Griffin iMic rules! Favorite vinyl rips: Fear No Evil by Bill Laswell Horses and Trees by Ginger Baker. Both albums feature most of the same personnel: Nicky Skopelitis, Bernie Worrell, Shankar, Aib Dyieng… Plus they both fit onto one CD in standard audio format. Bill Laswell was the producer/chief instigator of the Ginger Baker album and I believe plays bass guitar on it as well. Bill Laswell is the evil monster god of strange twisted music. I recommend his stuff highly: Material, Praxis, his solo stuff… he has more incarnations than Shirley MacLaine. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-album-that-you-bought/103025/52 "2002-04-12T04:20:33Z")
_Live Phish 7-12_. Seventeen CDs, for the true geek only. 7-9 are OK; 10-12 are transcendent. Sidebar: I pre-ordered these CDs in February, and my card was charged at that time. After I got them on Friday, I got an e-mail from Phish Dry Goods telling me that they had decided to reduce the price on all the Live Phish bundles by $10, and since they didn’t want to punish their loyal pre-ordering customers, I would have $10 refunded to my Visa. Best customer service ever! I also got _Stankonia_, by Outkast. It didn’t live up to its hype, but I’ve only listened to it twice. I usually require more listens than that for a full opinion. Dr. J ---
**Author:** ![syncrolecyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f08c70/32.png) [@syncrolecyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/syncrolecyne)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-album-that-you-bought/103025/53 "2002-04-12T06:32:20Z")
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**Author:** ![RocknRoll\_Killing\_Machine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5daacb/32.png) [@RocknRoll\_Killing\_Machine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RocknRoll_Killing_Machine)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-album-that-you-bought/103025/54 "2002-04-12T07:57:45Z")
I last bought: Drowningman - Busy Signal at the Suicide Hotline Slint - Tweez Pixies - Surfer Rosa Death Cab For Cutie - We Have The Facts and We’re Voting Yes ---
**Author:** ![Fugazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-album-that-you-bought/103025/55 "2002-04-12T09:42:11Z")
It’s been awhile because I don’t buy CD’s often, but my last was Tool - Lateralus ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-album-that-you-bought/103025/56 "2002-04-12T10:18:40Z")
“Handcream for a Generation” by Cornershop. Top album for the summer. ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-album-that-you-bought/103025/57 "2002-04-12T11:52:16Z")
CDs, all bought at the same time: _Prime Prine_ - John Prine. Replacing a lost favorite. _Songs From The Rain_ - Hothouse Flowers. Ugh, a big disappointment. _Tremolo_ - Blue Rodeo. Pleasant, but nothing special. _Transit_ - A.J. Croce. I liked it at first, but I’m beginning to hate it. I hope his other albums are better. _The Koln Concert_ - Keith Jarrett. I will be buying lots more of his stuff if it’s all this good. The last vinyl album I bought, last year, was a used copy of _Preservation Act 1_ by the Kinks. Three bucks at a local junk store. ---
**Author:** ![white-tigeress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f475e1/32.png) [@white-tigeress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/white-tigeress)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-album-that-you-bought/103025/58 "2002-04-12T12:56:43Z")
I never actually buy then now I download from MP3 pay sites much quicker 2. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-album-that-you-bought/103025/59 "2002-04-12T13:05:07Z")
I’m 32. I believe the last album I bought was **Queen - A Night at the Opera**. The last _new_ album I bought was probably **a-ha - Minor Earth Major Sky**. But then, with a two-year-old, I don’t get to listen to the radio or get to the music store all that often :eek: ---
**Author:** ![rackensack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@rackensack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rackensack)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-album-that-you-bought/103025/60 "2002-04-12T13:40:30Z")
I’ve gone from being a twenty-five year old with literally thousands of LPs on vinyl to a thirty-eight year old with maybe 60 or 70 CDs (the vinyl was all pretty much wiped out in the aftermath of a fire in my apartment building in 1994). I’ve purchased plenty of CDs for the kids recently – the Wiggles, Raffi, Tom Chapin, _et al._, but I’m pretty sure the last things I bought for myself were: [ul] [li] **Kirsty MacColl** , _The One and Only_ (a compilation of B-sides, alternate versions, and various other obscurities)[/li][li] **Neko Case and Her Boyfriends** , _Furnace Room Lullabye_[/li][/ul] I bought both the same day – 9/13/01 – to have something to listen to while I was stuck in Chicago during the grounding of all domestic flights after 9/11. Actually, I bought one other item a couple of days later – I was driving to Kansas City from Chicago in a rental car that had a CD player, and when I stopped to eat in Des Moines I went into a mall music store and picked up the two-disc set _The Story of the Clash_, mainly to have something besides those other two CDs to listen to on the drive. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-album-that-you-bought/103025.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-album-that-you-bought/103025.md?page=4)