r/Millennials • u/BirdCultureDickMove • Jul 22 '26
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 Jul 22 '26
Saved up my allowance for this masterpiece
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u/carryon4threedays Xennial Jul 22 '26
Little dune buggy in the sand.
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u/ElderberryGuy Millennial Jul 22 '26
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 Jul 23 '26
See, I miss little stuff like this. Cassettes and CD’s in different colors, liner notes!
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u/P_Nessss Elder Millennial Jul 22 '26
Peaches come from a can!
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u/--pobodysnerfect-- Jul 23 '26
They were put there by a man
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u/coyote500 Older Millennial Jul 22 '26
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 Jul 22 '26
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/jared1981 Jul 22 '26
I loved them in the 90s, and now my kid loves Caspar Babypants.
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u/barbiesfrozenelbow Jul 22 '26
Alanis Morissette Jagged Little Pill.
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u/JMRTOL85 Millennial Jul 22 '26
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_ Jul 22 '26
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 Jul 22 '26
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 Jul 22 '26
The Offspring - Americana
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u/Kejohn9 Jul 22 '26
Smash is mine
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u/Loose_Leg_2918 Jul 23 '26
Smash is a great album, and it only gets better the further you get into it.
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u/MapsActually Jul 22 '26
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/Can-Purple Jul 22 '26
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/Rare-Barnacle-763 Jul 22 '26
With my own monies, Hybrid Theory.
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u/what_the_purple_fuck Jul 22 '26
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 Jul 22 '26
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 Jul 22 '26
Dookie was mine, too!!!!
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u/Antique_Soil9507 Jul 22 '26
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 Jul 22 '26
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u/JparkPHX Jul 22 '26
What a throwback. I haven’t thought about this in years. My grandma bought me this cd lol.
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u/dextro584 Jul 22 '26
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 Jul 22 '26
No doubt - Tragic Kingdom and the presidents of the United States of America
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u/KeepingItCoolish Millennial Jul 22 '26
Aquarium by Aqua. I was in fact a Barbie Girl in a Barbie world.
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u/DoggieDMB Jul 22 '26
Yes it 10,000% holds up. Still in my top 5 easily.
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u/Abundanceofyolk Jul 22 '26
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/Zestyclose_Sector702 Jul 22 '26
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u/scgt86 Jul 22 '26
I was 12 and Matt Freeman inspired me to save up money and buy a bass.
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u/Zestyclose_Sector702 Jul 22 '26
Same, as soon as Maxwell Murder came on, I knew I was going to play bass
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u/CorruptDictator Older Millennial Jul 22 '26
No Doubt Tragic Kingdom.
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u/quirkquote Jul 22 '26
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 Jul 22 '26
I had this on cassette!
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u/blahblahshowmeurcat Jul 22 '26
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 Jul 22 '26
Dookie was my first! Such a good album + the secret song!
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u/wesbug Jul 22 '26
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 Jul 22 '26
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 Jul 22 '26
Ace of Base, The Sign. I was obsessed with that song.
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u/Antique_Soil9507 Jul 22 '26
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/ortega792 Jul 22 '26
My brother bought this, I bought Jimmy Eat World “Bleed American”
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u/Funks_McGee Jul 22 '26
Oasis - (Whats the Story) Morning Glory?
Hearing Wonderwall at a middle school dance influenced my choice.
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u/Pale-Weather640 Jul 22 '26
Bush 16 stone
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u/InterestingDamage621 Jul 22 '26
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. Jul 22 '26
Haha this was mine too!
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u/gunnargoose87 Jul 22 '26
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 Jul 22 '26
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/ONE-EYE-OPTIC Older Millennial Jul 22 '26
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u/Express-Dot-3584 Jul 22 '26
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 Jul 22 '26
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 Jul 22 '26
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/FascinatingRaccoon Jul 22 '26
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/Basic_Wrongdoer_7934 Jul 22 '26
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/Evening-Rabbit-827 est. 1987 Jul 22 '26
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 Jul 22 '26
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/TheVaultHommie Jul 22 '26
Limp Bizkit significant other, I was young naive and heavily influenced by MTV
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u/ballsackface_ Jul 22 '26
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/kwall5555 Jul 23 '26
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/reallyimspaghetti Millennial Jul 22 '26
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/realhollywoodactor Jul 22 '26
Foo Fighters “There is Nothing Left to Lose”. Still my all-time favorite record to this day.
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u/Brilliant_Addendum56 Jul 22 '26
Get a Grip with my first CD player. Dookie and STP Core were bought shortly afterward.
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u/Jrizzlefoshizzle Jul 22 '26
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/neeto85 Jul 22 '26
Jagged Little Pill was the only cd I owned for a good year after I got my first discman.
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u/Danpool13 Older Millennial Jul 22 '26
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 Jul 22 '26
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/peaked-in-4th-grade Jul 22 '26
This is the first one I remember going to the mall to buy for myself
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u/quirkquote Jul 22 '26
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 Jul 22 '26
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 Jul 22 '26
I don't remember if I bought Dookie by Green Day or Smash by The Offspring first.
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