# When it comes to record albums, was your first your favorite?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** music\
**Created:** [January 28, 2023, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-it-comes-to-record-albums-was-your-first-your-favorite/978975 "2023-01-28T23:46:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2023, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-it-comes-to-record-albums-was-your-first-your-favorite/978975/41 "2023-02-02T19:40:01Z")

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I have many cases of artists whose favorites came for deeper in their catalog as I explored after the initial buy…some examples (First bought —\> Favorite)

Pink Floyd Momentary Lapse —\> Wish You Were Here  
David Bowie Diamond Dogs —\> Ziggy Stardust  
Sonic Youth Dirty —\> Daydream Nation  
Van Halen 1984 —\> Fair Warning  
Throwing Muses Hunkpapa —\> Real Ramona  
Camper Van Beethoven Key Lime Pie —\> Our Beloved Revolutionary  
Jethro Tull Crest of a Knave —\> Thick as a Brick

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**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2023, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-it-comes-to-record-albums-was-your-first-your-favorite/978975/42 "2023-02-03T23:41:34Z")

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Pink Floyd - The Wall

Got it (and a record player) for 25 cents at a garage sale when I was in middle school… I then saved up for DSOTM

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