(24/35) CASSETTE TAPES THAT MADE ME AWESOME
Chronological list. Age I was — Year Released — Artist — Album.
| Age | Year | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 1983 | Weird Al Yankovic | Weird Al Yankovic |
| 8 | 1986 | Bon Jovi | Slippery When Wet |
| 8 | 1986 | Beastie Boys | Licensed to Ill |
| 9 | 1987 | Peter Gammons | Never Slow Down, Never Grow Old |
| 9 | 1987 | George Michael | Faith |
| 9 | 1987 | Guns N’ Roses | Appetite for Destruction |
| 10 | 1988 | Paula Abdul | Forever Your Girl |
| 10 | 1988 | N.W.A | Straight Outta Compton |
| 10 | 1988 | New Kids on the Block | Hangin’ Tough |
| 11 | 1989 | Madonna | Like a Prayer |
| 11 | 1989 | Tom Petty | Full Moon Fever |
| 11 | 1989 | Prince | Batman |
| 11 | 1989 | Milli Vanilli | Girl You Know It’s True |
| 11 | 1989 | Tone Loc | Loc-ed After Dark |
| 11 | 1989 | Young M.C. | Stone Cold Rhymin’ |
| 11 | 1989 | Aerosmith | Pump |
| 12 | 1990 | MC Hammer | Please Hammer Don’t Hurt ’Em |
| 12 | 1990 | Vanilla Ice | To the Extreme |
| 12 | 1990 | Madonna | The Immaculate Collection |
| 13 | 1991 | Cypress Hill | Cypress Hill |
| 13 | 1991 | Ice Cube | Death Certificate |
| 13 | 1991 | Ice-T | O.G. Original Gangster |
| 13 | 1991 | 2Pac | 2Pacalypse Now |
| 13 | 1991 | Pearl Jam | Ten |
| 13 | 1991 | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Blood Sugar Sex Magik |
| 14 | 1992 | Kriss Kross | Totally Krossed Out |
| 14 | 1992 | Dr. Dre | The Chronic |
| 15 | 1993 | Pearl Jam | Vs. |
| 15 | 1993 | Snoop Doggy Dogg | Doggystyle |
| 15 | 1993 | Wu-Tang Clan | Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) |
| 16 | 1994 | Green Day | Dookie |
| 16 | 1994 | The Offspring | Smash |
| 16 | 1994 | Pearl Jam | Vitalogy |
| 17 | 1990 | Jane’s Addiction | Ritual de la Habitual |
| 17 | 1995 | Alanis Morissette | Jagged Little Pill |
| 17 | 1995 | Coolio | Gangsta’s Paradise |
| 17 | 1995 | Bone Thugs-N-Harmony | E. 1999 Eternal |
| 18 | 1996 | Rage Against the Machine | Evil Empire |
| 20 | 1998 | Bob Dylan | Time Out of Mind |
| 40 | 2006 | Amy Winehouse | Back to Black |
Peter Gammons — Never Slow Down, Never Grow Old (age 9, 2006): I used to take one helluva shit reading Peter Gammons’ Sunday Boston Globe giant baseball article. That’s why he’s there! You might have made me love words, Peter. YOU DID THIS!!!! This is ALL your FAULT!!!
Beastie Boys — Licensed to Ill. Rolling Stones — Hot Rocks. Madonna — The Immaculate Collection. Lou Reed — Magic and Loss. Led Zeppelin — first album.
Not much to say here other than thank you Little Richard!!! Thanks Elvis, Chuck Berry and the other guys who set the way for the guys who set the way for me ;)
I know I missed a few, sorry Aerosmith!!!