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i bought the second verve pipe album. yeah, what second verve pipe album? it had a dissected frog on the cover, and reportedly cost a cool mil to make.
how about the second kris kross album? I think it was called Da Bomb! They tried to get all thug and I think they were both still under 18. Bummer.
The Sign- Ace of Base
It’s kind of a guilty pleasure, but i admit is embarrassing…
DIDO.
That would be Too Legit To Quit by MC Hammer. Christ. A whole album based on a hand gesture.
Dude, that is so tame! My first album was also my worst: Paula Abdul’s “Shut Up and Dance.” On vinyl. Ah, sweet jebus–it’ll take a lifetime to live that one down.
Mine was Spice World by The Spice Girls. I can’t believe I actually spent money on that!!!
Thanks you guys now i don’t feel so bad for mine!
Not CDs but I bought two cassettes at the same time in high school (he said uneasily, revealing his age) “Please Hammer Don’t Hurt Em” and “Rythym Nation 1814″ (or whatever) from Janet Jackson
http://www.iseemonsters.com/?p=251
George Michael, Listen Without Prejudice, Vol I.
I still like “Freedom ’90″, though.
Hey since we are talking about K7 i also bought a Debbie Gibson tape and a Bananarama tape, in my defense i was young and stupid! I feel really ashamed for those two…
the most embarassing CD i’ve ever purchased was “the sign” by ace of base. but it was only $1.99! the most embarassing CD ever given to me was stacie q’s “two of hearts” CD. yikes.
The second Candlebox cd, “Lucy”. Even at 15, I knew it was garbage.
That Natalie Imbruglia cd. And I should have known better at the time.
I’ll have to amend mine.
The Cranberries, “To the Faithful Departed.” Just an awful, awful album. I remember feeling ashamed for buying it when I listened to it in my car on the way home from the store.
i think my most embarrasing cd was…….. gasp….. milli vanilli bahahaha
Not only did I buy Bryan Adams’ “Waking Up the Neighbors” in high school, but I was in the crowd for the concert video of “Touch the Hand.”
“Touch the who with the what, now? Video, huh?” Exactly.
Get ready:
The Great Milenko.
By the Insane Clown Posse.
I was a junior in college.
I have no explanation.
I have Ginger and Sporty Spice’s solo albums.
Under the Table & Dreaming, Crash and Before These Crowded Streets by the Dave Matthews Band. I needed something that I could make out to with chicks during college. Pavement, Stereolab and Primus wouldn’t cut it. DMB have since been removed from the shelves
There are too many that I have to say am embarrassed to have owned once. Highlights include:
* Tiffany — her self-titled debut on cassette, no less. I was fourteen years old and thought she was hot. I still have it somewhere.
* Michael Jackson “Dangerous” — in my defense, it was given to me for Christmas by my parents. The embarrassing part about that is that I kept it for a few years.
The most recent one I am embarrassed to have owned was Electric Six’s “Fire.” I was so excited about the song “Danger! High Voltage!” that I bought it and immediately had to have my girlfriend and her friend hear it. All I remember is that we all agreed to never play that piece of crap ever again.
Tiffany! I bought Tiffany on tape in the seventh grade!
gin blossoms…..
Oh my sweet Lord
I asked for, and later received, “Human Clay” by Creed for my birthday back whenever it came out. I liked them then, but man do I hate them now.
I actually had a dream a few weeks ago that I bought a new Evanescence album for no reason then felt so ashamed once I got to my house…..mark my words, I will never buy an Evanescence album.
Finally, my chance to atone for my sins against good taste in music. My terrible past purchases include:
Jewel’s first album
Metallica – Load
Kula Shaker (which I actually liked in 1997)
Soul Asylum – whatever the album was that came out after “Runaway Train”
Phew. Now I feel better.
C & C Music Factory….sigh.
The Official Soundtrack to “Sabrina : The Teenage Witch,” where Melissa Joan-Hart warbles her way through ‘One Way or Another.’
Also, Mandy Moore’s “Coverage” and a bootleg copy of the “From Justin to Kelly” Soundtrack.
Lou Bega, “A Little Bit of Mambo”
Eiffel 65, “Europop”
Will Smith, “Willenium”
Happily, I’ve either sold these albums or passed them on to my younger brothers. It’s their problem now.
lou Bega? OMG he acctually sold an album?
here is my sin:
Britney Spears- Baby one more time…
I bought the first popular Linkin Park CD.
But I was young and retarded.
i once bought mariah carey’s “emotions’ cd…
in my behalf, i was young.
nkotb before they went by that acronym… yeesh
The only one I see here that’s really embarassing is the bootleg of “From Justin To Kelly”. Most of what people are calling ‘embarassing’ was timely. How many people are going to have The Darkenss or Jet or the Killers on their list in 15 years?
mine has got to be Robin Hood soundtrack, which I bought thinking it was the Braveheart soundtrack.
Elton John – Reg Strikes Back
received as a christmas present by my older brother from a man who loved megadeath…
Anything Is Possible -debbie (pre deborah/playboy) gibson
YES, the cd AFTER electric youth…
don’t know what he was thinking but i remember my boyfriend in high school found it in the back of my tape collection (early 90′s) and teezed me about it to no end. I can still hear the taunts!
I bought the cassette of Pornograffitti by Extreme. The one with that horrendous song “More Than Words” on it. There’s a song on there called “Get the Funk Out” — Just thinking about it still sends a chill of abject shame down my spine.
My first, ’12 inches of Snow’ by Snow… Jeesh, it hurts even to write it!
I got a list of em on my lj…bad!!!
My first cassette tape was Billy Ocean, Love Zone
Beauty and the Beast Soundtrack (Celine Dion? Peabo Bryson?)
Yech.
LFO. I bought the album with the song “Every Other Time On It” because I wanted to put it on a cd mix for my ex-girlfriend back in the day, as an attempt to win her back.
Should I be surprised that it didn’t work?
i’m going to top you all. i bought two tapes at the age of 9: amy grant, heart in motion and michael bolton, time love and tenderness. i have clearly shamed myself and my whole family here…
Ok Josh you win! LOL
No Elton John album is a bad choice.
I agree with Mia Wallace though. Some of these “embarrasing” albums are just good pop albums that are a little old. Justin and Kelly is embarrasing; George Michael and Janet Jackson are endearing.
three words, one letter.
rick ashley
stacy q
How sad that the albums I’m embarassed about were already listed… or is that less sad? Cuz I’m not the only loser?
C&C Music Factory, Michael Jackson, the soundtrack to “Annie”…
Dashboard Confessional, The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most. AND I sang along to it, loudly, in the shower. Yowch.
“HIStory: Volume 1″ by Micheal Jackson. Boy, was that a bad idea.
Although it’s probably worth something on eBay now.
“HIStory: Volume 1″ by Michael Jackson. Boy, was that a bad idea.
Although it’s probably worth something on eBay now.
I can top all of you, although most of you are probably too young to remember it.
Disco Duck. On vinyl. Ordered directly from K-Tel (as seen on TV!). I loved that song, and being eight was no excuse.
And Dugan, loving Martha Wash is never wrong.
Color Me Badd
[on casette]
Amy Grant.
Jon Secada.
Bon Jovi’s “Keep The Faith.”
the last action hero soundtrack.
the list goes on.
i’m going to go with whitney houston – whitney. or possibly the single for mariah carey and boyz II men “one sweet day”. ouch.
First Mariah Carey album.
Thanks for nothing, Columbia House.
hah i bought the single on tape of “Everything i Do i Do it For You” from Robin Hood.
Ok, I guess there are two diff categories:
1.) Stuff from when we were little/impressionable (which shouldn’t count).
2.) Albums from when we should’ve known better…
In that case,
1.) Marky Marky and the Funky Bunch
2.) Lenny Kravitz “Are you gonna go my way”
and just for the record, C & C music factory was the bomb and “more than words” by extreme still captivates me.
I, uh, bought MDMA, Vol. 1 by DJ Skribble. Remember? He was that tool on MTV….yeah I heard some kid playing it 2 rooms over when I was tripping and had to have it. Boo drugs.
It’s not necessarily embarrasing, but certainly the worst CD I ever purchased:
Fishbone – Chim Chim’s Bad Ass Revenge
Such a tragic fall from grace, that band.
I bought the “Addams Family Groove” single on tape. It was one of the latter “hits” of MC Hammer. He might just have been “Hammer” by then, though.
Anyway, it was awesome.
Also, awful novelty vinyls I had around the house for my childhood (but not actually purchased by me):
Pac Man Fever (“Defender” rocked by the way)
Star Wars Christmas (e.g. “What do you get a Wookie for Christmas (When He Already Has a Comb))
Hooked on Classics (If you mom ever did aerobics, you heard this album)
The first CD by Will To Power. The one with their medley of “Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird” on it. I’m a new waver at heart but got into a weird pop mode at the end of the ’80s since I worked in a mall record store and all the stations in Cleveland played crappy pop music. Once I heard “Smells Like Teen Spirit” in 1991, I looked at my collection and asked myself “What the hell am I doing with all this CRAP?” And off I went to the used record store to sell off this CD, along with Sweet Sensation, Expose, Color Me Badd and a million other things I had accumulated. Keep in mind that as a record store manager, I got a lot of stuff for free. I know, it’s no excuse. At least I finally came to my senses.
En Vogue. No, you’re never gonna get it.
The most embarassing thing I can remember ever buying was Jane’s Addiction’s Ritual De Lo Habitual, and that’s only embarassing because I did and still think they suck. Except for “Mountain Song”, which isn’t even on that album.
I used to have “Blood Sugar Sex Magick” in high school, but they were still considered cool back then, so I don’t know if that counts.
Another Bad Creation – Coolin’ at the Playground
I think it was through the Columbia House 10 albums for a penny club.
12 inches of snow rocked…I licky boom boom down
worst for me… hootie and…and….I can barely say it but limp biscuit, The funny part is that I cant bear to throw away music even if its horrible, so they reside in one of those old cd wallet things with the labels facing in just in case anyone is flipping through
Also, Gin Blossoms rock and being young is no excuse for buying a Linkin Park album.
Zoot Suit Riot. Cherry Poppin’ Daddies. I win.
One word….Nickelback.
I must have been about 7 when i got “Catch Me I’m Falling” by Pretty Poison. She was so hot on the cover. Now that I think about it the album cover picture reminds me a lot of the Britney Spears Rolling Stone cover.
Showing some age here: not so much buying it, but defending it for some years afterward — Billy Joel “The Nylon Curtain”
How about the first 2 Creed albums, Limp Bizkit’s “Three Dollar Bill Y’all” AND “Significant Other”…Oh and I was really into Korn’s ” Life Is Peachy” at some point. I was so ashamed I threw them out.
Alapalooza; Weird Al Yankovic – with that FANTASTIC parody of “MacArthur Park.”
Roxette/Joyride
Probably Atari Teenage Riot. Good for one listen and then it’s into the dustbin. Either that or The Soupdragons, what the fuck?
In high school, I had to buy a Liberace cd for a play I was working on. I was so embarrassed and so relieved to get out of the store without being seen (it was only two blocks from school!).
I later told a trusted friend that there really needed to be Liberace dispensers in public mens rooms, so you could discreetly purchase cds as you would condoms.
C’mon folks, some of your choices are guilty pleasures and nothing to be ashamed of. Kula Shaker? Eiffel 65? I still listen to mine!
–Mikey
The fact that I’m the first to admit that I bought the first Kid Rock album is soul-crushing.
Born to Boogie — Hank Williams Jr.
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That would be Limp Bizkits second CD. I was young and angry, and got rid of it soon after. I also own a Chipmunks Christmas, but I’m not embarassed of that at all.
A couple come to mind…
Emma Bunton’s first solo CD. Sticks out like a sore thumb in my Case Logic CD wallet.
Martina McBride – The Way That I am. Lost that one years ago.
The bottom line is, people: No matter how cute the girl is on the CD cover, DON’T give in and buy the CD!
I stole my younger sister’s Janet Jackson Rhythm Nation tape and I used to wear one hoop earing with the key in it just like Janet and I used to mimic the dance that she did in the “Miss you much” video, I was 13 at the time and I didn’t know any better.
I also brought the first Spin Doctors CD and the live cd that they put out again I was a kid at the time I was 16.
Some of the sucky cd’s I brought as an adult for which I have no excuse
“Spice World”,
“Lenny Kravitz Greatest Hits”
Sucky Cd’s that I got while I temped:
“Human Clay” Creed
The first Nickelback cd
Those were free and I think I listen to them once and sold them along with Lenny Kravitz and the Spice Girls.
I bought the same cd as robb (Limp Bizkit).
Worst of all?
I bought it at Wal*Mart.
I win.
Yanni- Live at the Acropolis. I have no excuse.
Nickelback, hands down. I don’t know what the fuck I was thinking, but my taste in music changed drastically after that. I only gave that album one listen, I kid you not, then pawned it off on a friend with even shittier taste. A day or two later, I bought The Strokes’ (Is This It), and the rest is history.
I second Michael Bolton’s Time, Love and Tenderness – I think I was 8.
Also, Aqua. It’s still on the shelf to this day and I always get teased for it but I’m a pack rat, I can’t get rid of it.
I think it might be Face Value by Phil Collins. I guess I figured he was in a band with Peter Gabriel so how bad could it be. The most embarrassing part is remembering how I sang along to “In The Air Tonight”…on second thought I might have to give that another listen
It sounds like most of the albums were bought because they were cool at the time and now have fallen from grace. The embarrassing part is the complete lack of independent thought that went/goes into many of these purchases. I like the Spin Doctors when they came out. And the things I like about them then, I still like (but to a lesser degree because my musical tastes have changed). Anyway since we are all guilty of this, my admission is the first cassette I ever owned:
Huey Lewis and the News – Sports
Chixdiggit. Ummmm, I think they’re Canadian, and they were up at our college radio station. Esoteric, yes. Good? No.
The hit song was “I Wanna Hump You”, but I also enjoyed “Hemp Hemp Hooray”.
probably ocean avenue by yellowcard. i liked one song on it and i got a gift certificate to mhv so i snatched it. also i have the aqua cd somewhere around my room.
I subscribed to BMG Music Club, and for my 6 free CDs I got Celine Dion – Celine Dion, Ce Ce Peniston – Finally, Mariah Carey – Unplugged, Jon Secada – Jon Secada, Wilson Philips – Wilson Philips, and Bryan Adams – Waking Up The Neighbours. You should see what I got for my paid selections..
Oh God….
New Kids on the Block Christmas Album.
Have a funky, funky Christmas, yo!
Freaking Billy Ray Cyrus – the one with that douche of a song “Achy Breaky Heart.” My grandmother bought it for me.
ummm…does no one remember those ‘jock jams’ compilations that mtv put out? yeah. in sixth grade i think i had all of those. i’m afraid that things just got worse in junior high.
Bon Jovi’s New Jersey (on cassette).
It is hard to admit it publicly like this, but my embarrasing album was Erasure, The Innocents. I am lucky that I got out of that era alive.
addendum: i also warbled along to the soundtrack to ‘the bodyguard’ for far too long. and then there were these four tragic little words: toad the wet sprocket. (still listen to that cd, actually. screw you all.)
In 3rd grade bought Olivia Newton John’s “Lets Get Physical” to impress a girl, she ended up with the dude that bought Pink Floyd’s “The Wall”. Lesson learned.
Bros with the song “When Will I Be Famous”…gag and heave.
The shame of my first CD purchase ever is summed up in six letters and an incongruous exclamation point.
Frente!
This is, of course, after I’d worn out my cassingle of Meatloaf’s “I would do anything for love (but I won’t do that)”.