So at work the other we had a conversation about the first album you ever purchased. We had a lot of boring answers, but I thought it was pretty interesting. The first album I ever owned was Godsmack:
I still rock out to this, and it's made me dream of being on album cover. Not sure why, that girl just rocks the house.
The first albums I picked out for my very own (although I was still too young for it to be my own money) were Chipmunk Punk and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. On vinyl. From the Disc-O-Mat on Route 4 in Paramus, NJ. I still have them both, and even used my fancy iMic doodad to digitize Chipmunk Punk because I don't think that particular album was ever released on CD.
The first cassette I bought was Tommy. I still have that, too. I'm such a packrat. :)
The first album I knew by heart, although it was in my parents' collection rather than my own: American Graffiti. A groundbreaking soundtrack. And I've always had a girlcrush on that carhop.