Following on from a conversation on the 14th April, we started discussing our first single and album purchases. It's always fun to look back at how music tastes change, even if we can't agree on what is good and what is not. I thought it would be fun to keep track of people's initiation into the world of music here.

Christine
First single: Sean Maguire - Suddenly (purchased for 99p from a charity shop)
First album: All Saints self-titled

Journeyer
First single: n/a - Why buy singles when they're not much cheaper than albums?
First album: Lighthouse Family - Postcards from Heaven

Eastern_Jordan (wonders if Mr. C would admit to being old enough to know what an 8-track was....)
First Single: Star Wars Theme (1977 Disco-y version)
First Album: Duran Duran - Rio

RG
First Single: Mr. Blue Sky - ELO
First Albun: SClub7 - No more words needed thanks

Jackie
First Single: Without You - Harry Nilsson (much better than that crap version Mariah Carey did!)
First Album: Honky Chateau - Elton John

toastboy
First Single: We've Got the Whole World in Our Hands - Nottingham Forest and Paper Lace (what?)
First Album: 1984 - Eurythmics

Aitch
First Single: I never bought singles
First Album: The Very Best of Lighthouse (vol.1) - Lighthouse

Alianora La Canta
First Single: It's All Coming Back To Me - Meat Loaf featuring Marion Raven
First Album: Huge Hits 1996

Bassano Clapper
First Single: The Smurf Song - Father Abraham & The Smurfs (Nope, can't believe it either)
First Album: Kings of the Wild Frontier - Adam and the Ants

Dan Brunell
First Single: Creep - Radiohead
First Album: Jar of Flies - Alice in Chains
startledbunny
First Single: Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer (1986)
First Album: (sighs) Bronski Beat - The Age Of Consent (1984)

Lukeh
First Single: Perfect Day 97, Various Artists (1997)
First Album: Now That's What I Call Music, no idea what number. Was in 1995 though. Awful awful album of awful music.