Albums Meme
15 Life Changing Albums Meme
Think of 15 albums that had such a profound effect on you they changed your life or the way you looked at it. They sucked you in and took you over for days, weeks, months, years. These are the albums that you can use to identify time, places, people, emotions. These are the albums that no matter what they were thought of musically, shaped your world. Elaborate as you wish.
I don't know if any albums shaped my world or changed how I saw things, but I do have a few CDs that remind me of certain places and times. So I'll write about those.
Arrested Development - 3 Years, 5 Months, and 2 Days In The Life Of...
This was my first-ever album. I got it on tape because I loved the song "Mr. Wendall." I have no idea what it is about country kids and hip-hop, but we loved it. I listened to the hip-hop station coming out of Milwaukee, and my middle school years were spent listening to Salt'n'Pepa, Snoop Dogg, House of Pain, Cypress Hill, and others. This was the only album I ever bought, though.
The Wallflowers - Bringing Down the Horse
My first CD. I listened to it in high school but re-discovered it in a big way in college. It was moody and brooding and I just about burned a hole in the CD. I still remember listening to "God Don't Make Lonely Girls" while walking home from my part-time college job.
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Greatest Hits
I bought this CD one summer while I was on vacation with my family when I was between my freshman and sophomore years in college. I liked "Freefallin'" so I thought I'd like the rest of the CD. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers soon became my favorite band.
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Great Wide Open
I bought this CD when I was a senior in college and I was sharing an apartment with my friends Megan and Erica. It still reminds me of that. I still remember cranking up this CD and sitting on our back porch at night, smoking cherry-flavored cigarillos and brooding. I spent a good chunk of my undergraduate years brooding.
Dave Matthews Band - Before These Crowded Streets
My gosh, did anyone who was going to college in the 90s and early 2000s not have at least one DMB album? This was one of my favorites, and I listened to it over and over in grad school. I had this tiny studio apartment in a building that was half apartments, half bowling alley (really, literally) and I spent a lot of time sitting around, staring out my window, and thinking while listening to this album.
Flogging Molly - Drunken Lullabies
I bought this CD in grad school and I loved it partially because nobody else I knew listened to Irish punk music. I was such a rebel! Still, songs like "Another Bag of Bricks" and "Rebels of the Sacred Heart" kept me company as I walked the half-mile from campus to my tiny studio apartment.
Counting Crows - August and Everything After
Another CD I listened to incessantly in grad school. "Round Here," "Omaha," and "Mr. Jones" blew my mind, and I never felt deeper than when I listened to "Time and Time Again." The song "Anna Begins" was hitting a little close to home, though.
New Blind Nationals - Bury the Pattern
This was an album that was put out by the band Mike was with when he was in his early twenties. It was a good time for him, when he was running around the country playing in little clubs, going into debt to buy more music equipment, and generally having an awesome time. He gave me a copy of this CD when we were dating and I think I only listened to it once because it was really, really loud. But I knew it was a big part of his past and since I wanted to learn everything I could about him I listened to it while I put up my Christmas tree in 2005.
Mix CD - Philo's Mix
I listened to this while I was pregnant commuting an hour each way to my old job in Illinois. I thought Little P might be able to hear the music so I listened to that same CD for weeks and weeks. Songs like "Wagon Wheel" by Old Crow Medicine Show and "All Right For Now" by Tom Petty still remind me of being pregnant.
Paul Simon - Graceland
This was a recent one. Mike introduced me to it when he, P and I were on a Labor Day trip to the Dells. I still listen to it because it reminds me of summer, driving around with my husband and my baby, happy.
Think of 15 albums that had such a profound effect on you they changed your life or the way you looked at it. They sucked you in and took you over for days, weeks, months, years. These are the albums that you can use to identify time, places, people, emotions. These are the albums that no matter what they were thought of musically, shaped your world. Elaborate as you wish.
I don't know if any albums shaped my world or changed how I saw things, but I do have a few CDs that remind me of certain places and times. So I'll write about those.
Arrested Development - 3 Years, 5 Months, and 2 Days In The Life Of...
This was my first-ever album. I got it on tape because I loved the song "Mr. Wendall." I have no idea what it is about country kids and hip-hop, but we loved it. I listened to the hip-hop station coming out of Milwaukee, and my middle school years were spent listening to Salt'n'Pepa, Snoop Dogg, House of Pain, Cypress Hill, and others. This was the only album I ever bought, though.
The Wallflowers - Bringing Down the Horse
My first CD. I listened to it in high school but re-discovered it in a big way in college. It was moody and brooding and I just about burned a hole in the CD. I still remember listening to "God Don't Make Lonely Girls" while walking home from my part-time college job.
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Greatest Hits
I bought this CD one summer while I was on vacation with my family when I was between my freshman and sophomore years in college. I liked "Freefallin'" so I thought I'd like the rest of the CD. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers soon became my favorite band.
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Great Wide Open
I bought this CD when I was a senior in college and I was sharing an apartment with my friends Megan and Erica. It still reminds me of that. I still remember cranking up this CD and sitting on our back porch at night, smoking cherry-flavored cigarillos and brooding. I spent a good chunk of my undergraduate years brooding.
Dave Matthews Band - Before These Crowded Streets
My gosh, did anyone who was going to college in the 90s and early 2000s not have at least one DMB album? This was one of my favorites, and I listened to it over and over in grad school. I had this tiny studio apartment in a building that was half apartments, half bowling alley (really, literally) and I spent a lot of time sitting around, staring out my window, and thinking while listening to this album.
Flogging Molly - Drunken Lullabies
I bought this CD in grad school and I loved it partially because nobody else I knew listened to Irish punk music. I was such a rebel! Still, songs like "Another Bag of Bricks" and "Rebels of the Sacred Heart" kept me company as I walked the half-mile from campus to my tiny studio apartment.
Counting Crows - August and Everything After
Another CD I listened to incessantly in grad school. "Round Here," "Omaha," and "Mr. Jones" blew my mind, and I never felt deeper than when I listened to "Time and Time Again." The song "Anna Begins" was hitting a little close to home, though.
New Blind Nationals - Bury the Pattern
This was an album that was put out by the band Mike was with when he was in his early twenties. It was a good time for him, when he was running around the country playing in little clubs, going into debt to buy more music equipment, and generally having an awesome time. He gave me a copy of this CD when we were dating and I think I only listened to it once because it was really, really loud. But I knew it was a big part of his past and since I wanted to learn everything I could about him I listened to it while I put up my Christmas tree in 2005.
Mix CD - Philo's Mix
I listened to this while I was pregnant commuting an hour each way to my old job in Illinois. I thought Little P might be able to hear the music so I listened to that same CD for weeks and weeks. Songs like "Wagon Wheel" by Old Crow Medicine Show and "All Right For Now" by Tom Petty still remind me of being pregnant.
Paul Simon - Graceland
This was a recent one. Mike introduced me to it when he, P and I were on a Labor Day trip to the Dells. I still listen to it because it reminds me of summer, driving around with my husband and my baby, happy.
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