Top 20 childhood albums

Gwar . Scumdogs of the Universe
Nine Inch nails The Downward Spiral
Korn. s/t
The Offspring. Smash.
Sepultura. Roots
Vision of Disorder. s/t
Fear Factory. Demanufacture
Marilyn Manson. Portrait of an American Family
Machine head. Burn my Eyes
Candiria . Surrealistic Madness
Greenday . Dookie
White Zombie. Astrocreep 2000
Nirvana . Incesticide
Pantera. Cowboys From Hell
Napalm death. Diatribes
At the Gates. Slaughter of the Soul.
Snoop Dogg. Doggystyle.
Bush. Sixteen stone.
Filter. Short bus.
Wu tang clan. Enter the Wu tang 36 chambers
People hated Diatribes. I loved it and still go back to it once and awhile. Ripe for the breaking is fucking badass..and a bunch of other goodins on there too. Very similar musical history as me minus the hip hop..
 
Neil Diamond 12 Greatest Hits Vol. II
Bruce Springsteen Born in the USA
Jammin'
Men At Work Business As Usual
Fleetwood Mac Rumors
The Doors L.A. Woman
Bee Gees Greatest Hits
Weird Al Yankovic Dare to Be Stupid
Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits
The Jerky Boys
Several 70's and 80's compilations
 
Neurosis - Through Silver in Blood
Black Sabbath - s/t
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
Slayer - Reign in Blood
Slayer - South of Heaven
Bathory - Under the Sign of the Black Mark
Bathory - Blood Fire Death
Sarcofago - INRI
Death - Scream Bloody Gore
Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness
Nile - Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka
Pantera - Far Beyond Driven
Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power
Deicide - s/t
Deicide - Legion
Sepultura - Beneath the Remains
Mudvayne - Kill, I Oughtta
Deftones - Around the Fur
Korn - s/t
 
Michael Jackson - Thriller
Prince - Purple Rain
INXS - Kick
MJ - Bad
George Michael - Faith
Fleetwood Mac - Tango in the Night
Bon Jovi - New Jersey
Bobby Brown - Don’t be Cruel
Janet - Rhythm Nation
U2 - Achtung Baby
Metallica - “Black Album”
Pearl Jam - Ten
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the 36 Chambers
Oasis - (what’s the story) Morning Glory?
Notorious BIG - Ready to Die
RATM - Evil Empire
Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie...
Radiohead - Ok Computer
Prodigy - Fat of the Land
Bjork - Homogenic


No back albums. Only stuff I had when current. Didn’t start buying music with my own $ til I was 15 (1995) so I stretched the list ’til 1997.
 
Hmmmm, before 16? My music taste was very narrow then (but pretty on point for where it was I think)

1 Ozzy Osborne – no rest for the wicked

2 Black Sabbath – Sabotage

3 Black Sabbath – Heaven and Hell

4 Iron Maiden – Seventh son of a seventh son

5 Iron Maiden – Number of the beast

6 Deep Purple – Machine head

7 Deep purple – house of the blue light

8 Black Sabbath – Born again

9 Def Leppard – Hysteria

10 Jeff Healey – Hell to pay

11 Ozzy Osborne – Bark at the moon

12 Dio – Lock up the wolves

13 Twisted Sister – Stay hungry

14 Slayer – South of heaven

15 Metallica – Kill em all

16 Metallica - Ride the lightning

17 Alice Cooper – Welcome to my nightmare

18 Iron Maiden – Powerslave

19 Judas Priest – Stained Class

20 Judas Priest – British Steel

My music taste broadened massively over the next five years
 
I feel sad for the majority of you who missed out on the 60s and 70s. You Millennials and GenX'ers will never know. The two best era's of popular music in my opinion... Anyways my childhood albums I grew up with (in real time)

1. Stand - Sly and The Family Stone

2. What's Going On - Marvin Gaye

3. Blue - Joni Mitchell

4. I Never Loved A Man The Way I Loved You - Aretha Franklin

5. Songs In The Key Of Life - Stevie Wonder

6. Madman Across The Water - Elton John

7. Bad Girls - Donna Summer

8. Queen - Queen

9. Abbey Road - The Beatles

10. The Doors - The Doors

11. Pearl - Janis Joplin

12 Are You Experienced - Jimi Hendrix Are You Experienced

13. Blonde on blonde - Bob Dylan

14. Legalize It - Peter Tosh

15. Sly and The Family Stone Greatest Hits package

16. SuperFly - Curtis Mayfield

17. Pieces Of A Man - Gil Scott Heron

18. All n All - Earth Wind and Fire

19. Hunky Dory - David Bowie

20. Live At The Apollo - James Brown.
 
I guess that fits in here for a couple of people

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Holy fucking shit that’s amazing.
 
I couldn't get into Trent or Nine Inch Nails when I was kid for some reason and this was in high school around 98 to 02. At that time I was listening to a lot of the older original Industrial bands like Front Line Assembly, Chemlab, Front 242, Ministry, Skinny Puppy, Nitzer Ebb and even Portion Control who are a pioneering band in the Industrial and EBM genres. The original group lasted from 79 to 87. I don't know why I couldn't get into Trent's music at the time but I have a feeling it had a lot to do with me being an elitist when it came to music. Then I saw NIN in 06 for the first time with my older brother Mike who was listening to them as far back as in 1993. I was on a decent dose of acid at the gig which went perfect with the visualizes. Like I said before I became a fan after that.

When it comes to Atticus and Trent my two favorite soundtracks are The Social Network and the soundtrack to the amazing 10 part Ken Burns PBS documentary "The Vietnam War" about the Vietnam war.


That is one brilliant shot. Was this in 2014 when they were touring with Soundgarden because I saw them on this tour too. Soundgarden were brilliant and I am glad I go to see Cornell live at least once.

NIN has never disappointed me live the three times I saw them. The only time I was a bit annoyed was when they toured with Jane's Addiction in 2009 and on our tour date played first and it was weird seeing Trent and company live as the Sun was setting because it took away from the visual aspect. Trent even said he would never headline like that again and I don't blame him. NIN is best watched when it is dark outside to give you the full effects of the visuals

I don't know if you collect and listen to records but if you do and you haven't already you should get the remastered versions of The Downward Spiral and With Teeth. Trent and company took their time to do legitimate proper remasters of both albums and they sound even better now and you can hear new sounds you didn't hear on the original release

This is With Teeth
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My goodness what a great post. If that’s your setup could you please describe it (turntable, receiver, amp & speakers). Thanks.
By the way, it may not be your genre or whatever but here’s something that sounds amazing on remastered album : PIL (Public Image Ltd.) Metal Box. Im a sucker for well-engineered records, and sonically this one is hot.
 
For the sake of brevity/clarity, I'll defibe "childhood" as music I bought in high school:
U2 - every album from "War" to "Pop" (so 6 studio albums + 2 Live EPs, "Passengers", and "Rattle & Hum")
Pantera ("Cowboys" - "Trendkill" = 4 albums)
First 2 KoRn albums
First 3 Deftones albums
First 3 Radiohead albums
Far "Water & Solutions"
D Generation "No Lunch"
 
1)Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye- Diana and Marvin
2) social distortion- social distortion
3) rancid- ...and out come the wolves
4) papa roach- infest
5) notorious b.i.g.- ready to die
6) Michael jackson- bad
7) Michael Jackson- thriller
8) metallica- kill em all
9) Jimmy eat world- clarity
10) insane clown posse- riddle box
11) Green day- Dookie
12) everclear- so much for the afterglow
13) dropkick Murphys- sing loud, sing proud
14) DMX- its dark and hell is hot
15) the Clash- London calling
16) Billy idol- rebel yell
17) beastie boys- Paul's boutique
18) alkaline trio- maybe I'll catch fire
19) frank Sinatra- my way
20) the tempations- gettin ready
 
I didn't seriously start listening to music and buying albums until 14. So not really childhood per se more like early teens to 19..

NIN - The Downward Spiral
The Crystal Method - Vegas
The Prodigy - Experience
The Prodigy - Fat of the Land
Smashing Pumpkins - Melon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
MC Hammer - Please Hammer, Don't hurt 'em
MC Hammer - Too Legit Too Quit
The Tea Party - Transmission
Tragically Hip - Trouble at the Henhouse
Nirvana - In Utero

I'll do the rest later..

Other than the cringe of looking back and the fact I listened to MC Hammer it's a good list I think for a teenager. Every teen has albums they look back on like wtf. I think kids today will be like that with this mumble rap crap.
 
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What I remember listening to when I was 15, which would make it 1988 when I was a little skater kid. I'll leave off the album titles because I listened to everything by these artists that they had released up to that year. So this would be my list as I remember it.

Minutemen
Minor Threat
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Beastie Boys
Boogie Down Productions
Public Enemy
2 Live Crew
Run-DMC
Eric B & Rakim
The Clash
Big Daddy Kane
R.E.M.
Black Flag
NWA
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Depeche Mode
Ramones
Suicidal Tendencies
EPMD
Dead Kennedys
 

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