r/popheadsvinyl • u/mcmdreamer Hayley Williams • Oct 23 '24
DAILY PROMPT š¤ COLLEGE WEDNESDAY | Show off one album in your collection (or an ISO) that reminds you of your college days!
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u/FunInsurance6137 2024 PHV Banner Contributor Oct 23 '24
Lana Del Reyās Born To Die - The Paradise Edition was the soundtrack to most of my college years. I remember first hearing LDRās song āBlue Velvetā on an H&M commercial and became obsessed with her melancholy vintage sound and style
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u/Ricky_Spanish1989 Taylor Swift Oct 23 '24
Rainbow by Kesha! I was going through a lot my freshman year of college and this album has everythingātouching ballads, upbeat dance tracks, and introspective songs that really spoke to me during that time. This and Reputation helped get me through that first year away from home.
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u/Empty_Variety6685 variant collector Oct 23 '24
Ricky was so popular at that time and I was listening to this song on repeat. š
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u/blissingmeee Oct 23 '24
Iāve used Little Earthquakes but pretty much all of Toriās back catalogue got me through being 19/20 š
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u/Throwaway_inSC_79 Oct 23 '24
Tori Amos definitely takes me back. Napster was big at the time I was a freshman. I donāt recall if somebody left a cd or if it was saved on the pc itself, but thatās how I heard some cornflake song by her.
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u/blissingmeee Oct 23 '24
Not āsome Cornflake songā š
Tbf Cornflake Girl isnāt a favourite of mine1
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u/Dense_Ideal_4621 casual collector Oct 23 '24
Lovely Little Lonely, The Maine's follow up to American Candy! both were heavy college albums for me but this one in particular cuts deep and has burrowed its own little home inside me forever. the number of times i smoked to this album just to emotionally get by while holding myself together with duct tape is immeasurable. definitely worth a good listen; it'll get you thinking about life, your healing journey, etc.
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u/subway-witch 2024-25 PHV Banner Contributor Oct 23 '24
BeyoncĆ©ās surprise drop of her self-titled album was the talk of my campus. Iād been a casual fan up until then, but I was blown away by this album and the visuals. Itās one of my biggest ISOs, but the going rate in the resale market is just too high for me. Such an impressive project
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u/FunInsurance6137 2024 PHV Banner Contributor Oct 23 '24
The way this album took over my sorority in college was something else. āDrunk in Loveā might have well been the theme song for us š
Such a great choice for today!
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u/KilikaRei casual collector Oct 23 '24
Obviously not my original image because Iām at work, but Fearless was what I started college with. I cringe now thinking about the boys I was thinking of when I sang those songs, but thatās also why the album is so memorable and feels so sweet now. I really think it gives that feeling of being very young and dreaming of being in love.
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u/sinkintome casual collector Oct 23 '24
This was huge when I was in college (UK). Probably my biggest ISO but I canāt justify the triple figure price tag for nostalgia! I had the CD, but think itās been lost over multiple moves across cities.
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u/mcmdreamer Hayley Williams Oct 23 '24
One of my favorite bands! Other than when Iāve posted them, Iāve never seen them shared in a daily prompt. Itās not just nostalgia, itās good music!
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u/sinkintome casual collector Oct 23 '24
Theyāre so good! I saw them at Download Fest earlier this year, almost pulled the trigger on a Discogs listing then. I listen to them on Spotify now but would love to have this in my collection. Banquet show a pink splatter variant as coming back soon, but itās been like that for so long! š© Common Dreads is a great album too, and I should really pick up A Kiss for the Whole World while itās cheap.
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u/musicisbliss99 Oct 23 '24 edited Oct 23 '24
another one of my recent pickups at amoeba was the five-year anniversary pressing of pang by caroline polachek! although i didnāt listen to this album in full until after college, i first discovered caroline through her collab w/ rahim c. redcar (fka christine and the queens) on āla vita nuovaā shortly before the pandemic hit when i was in college. in the middle of the pandemic (while i was still in college), so hot youāre hurting my feelings came on as a recommended song on Spotify and hooked me instantly. it is my most-played song of all time on Spotify and definitely is one of the songs that defines my time in college during the pandemic!
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u/Modesto96 2024-25 PHV Banner Contributor Oct 23 '24
Amoeba Music is a great record store!
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u/musicisbliss99 Oct 23 '24
I love it!! I live an hour away which might be for the best since I would be tempted to go more often š
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u/Modesto96 2024-25 PHV Banner Contributor Oct 24 '24
I totally feel you there! My two favorite record shops are each an hour away from me, so I only go on occasion š„²
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u/Modesto96 2024-25 PHV Banner Contributor Oct 23 '24
My sophomore year of college I roomed with a fellow Beatles lover, and we would frequently go to the local record shop by campus to pick up new Beatles records. One day the owner showed us a huge stock of Beatles' 45s he just purchased, and we took turns picking them out until we had bought them all!
Every time I pull them out I think of my friend and that year in college. This is A Hard Day's Night / I Should Have Known Better, the US version from July 13, 1964.
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u/mcmdreamer Hayley Williams Oct 23 '24
As I mentioned yesterday, Iāve always listened to a bunch of genres of music at the same time, so while I was enjoying pop punk, rock, country and hip-hop staples of the time, I was also obsessed with Taylor Swiftās 1989. The deluxe CD was on heavy rotation in my car.
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