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I'm again carrying on the tradition established by DisneyFreak5282 in 2006, the "Which CDs Have You Gotten This Year"? thread!

Here is the music I've officially added to my collection since January 1, 2008:

CDs and Digital Albums

• Aerosmith - Big Ones (w/ Virgin Megastore iPod skin)
  Aerosmith - Classics Live!, Part II
  Aerosmith - Hole in My Soul (Single)
  Aerosmith - Just Push Play
  Across the Universe: Music from the Motion Picture (2-Disc Deluxe Edition)
  Amy Grant - A Film and TV Collection
  Amy Grant - The Christmas Podcast (iTunes Podcast Series)
  Amy Grant - Lead Me On (20th Anniversary Edition)
  Amy Grant & Hawk Nelson - One Little Miracle EP (iTunes)
  Amy Grant - The Christmas Collection
  August Rush: Music from the Motion Picture
  Camp Rock: Soundtrack
  Casting Crowns - Peace on Earth
  Dolly Parton - Backwoods Barbie (Best Buy Exclusive Edition)
  Dolly Parton - For God and Country
  Hanson - The Best of Hanson: Live and Electric
  Hanson - Middle of Nowhere: Acoustic - 10th Anniversary Recording
  Hawk Nelson - Hawk Nelson Is My Friend (Special Edition CD+DVD)
  Hello, Dolly! - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
  High School Musical 3: Senior Year - An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack
  Janet Jackson - Design of a Decade - 1986-1996 (w/ Virgin Megastore iPod skin)
  Jason Mraz - Live & Acoustic (Also known as Live at Java Joe's) (iTunes)
  Jason Mraz - Mr. A-Z
  Jason Mraz - We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things.
  Jennifer Hudson - Jennifer Hudson (iTunes Edition)
  Jonas Brothers - A Little Bit Longer
  Louis Armstrong - The Very Best of Louis Armstrong (Platinum Legends)
  Mariah Carey - E=MC^2
  Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi (Ultra Platinum Edition)
  Maroon 5 - Call and Response: The Remix Album
  Michael Bublé - Call Me Irresponsible
  Michael Bublé - Let it Snow!
  Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded
  Tony Bennett - Snowfall: The Tony Bennett Christmas Album
  Various Artists - Disneymania 6
  Various Artists - Radio Disney Jams 10
  Vince Guaraldi Trio / Peanuts - A Charlie Brown Christmas: The Original Soundtrack Recording of the CBS Television Special (Starbucks Exclusive Edition)

iTunes Singles and other MP3s (some of these were gifted to me, not necessarily something I got for myself)

• Air Traffic - "Charlotte"
  Amy Grant - "I Need a Silent Night" (iPhone ringtone)
  Amy Grant & Elvis Presley - "White Christmas"
  Aretha Franklin - "Silent Night"
  Barenaked Ladies - "Elf's Lament"
  The Beach Boys - "Auld Lang Syne" (Remixed 1991)
  Beck - "Where It's At"
  Beyoncé Knowles - "Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)
  Bill Conti - "Gonna Fly Now (Theme from Rocky)"
  Bing Crosby - "I Wish You A Merry Christmas" (1999 Digital Remaster)
  Brian McKnight - "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year"
  Britney Spears - "Womanizer"
  Byron Cage - "I Will Bless the Lord"
  Christina Aguilera - "Keeps Gettin' Better"
  Coldplay - "Viva la Vida"
  Collective Soul - "Shine"
  Danny Elfman - "Beetlejuice: Main Titles / End Titles"
  David Cook - "Billie Jean" (American Idol Studio Version)
  Diego - "Losing Me (Perdido en Ti)"
  Eve 6 - "Inside Out"
  Faith Hill - "O Holy Night!"
  Fantasia - "Bore Me (Yawn)"
  Frank Sinatra - "My Way"
  Hanson - "Crazy Beautiful" (Live from Australia)
  Hanson - "Love Somebody to Know"
  Hanson - "Underneath" (Live from Australia)
  Harry Connick, Jr. - "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas"
  Il Divo - "O Holy Night"
  Jack Ingram
  Jack White & Alicia Keys - "Another Way to Die"
  James Morrison - "You Give Me Something"
  Jane's Addiction - "Superhero"
  Jerusalem - "Maniac"
  Jason Castro - "Travelin' Thru" (American Idol Studio Version)
  Jason Mraz - "On Love, In Sadness"
  Jason Mraz - "Summer Breeze"
  Jesse McCartney - "Leavin'"
  Jonas Brothers - "S.O.S."
  Joe Perry - "Run Rudolph Run"
  Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown - "No Air"
  Josh Groban - "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear"
  Lady Antebellum - "Love Don't Live Here"
  Leona Lewis - "Better in Time"
  Les Brown & His Band of Renown - "The Nutcracker Suite"
  Madonna - "Hollywood"
  Madonna & Justin Timberlake & Timbaland - "4 Minutes"
  Mannheim Steamroller - "Messengers of Christmas"
  Maroon 5 & Rihanna - "If I Never See Your Face Again"
  Meryl Streep - "The Winner Takes It All"
  Katy Perry - "I Kissed a Girl"
  The Lonely Island - "Jizz in my Pants" (Music Video)
  The Mamas and the Papas - "Monday, Monday" (single version)
  The Mamas and the Papas - "California Dreamin'"
  The Mamas and the Papas - "Dancing in the Street"
  Metro Station - "Shake It"
  My Chemical Romance - "Welcome to the Black Parade"
  My Morning Jacket - "I'm Amazed"
  Nine Inch Nails - "Closer"
  Norsk Noteservice Wind Orchestra - "The Muppet Show Theme"
  Old 97's - "Dance With Me"
  The Parlor Mob - "Can't Keep No Good Boy Down"
  Peggy Lee - "Deck the Halls"
  Peter Gabriel - "Down to Earth"
  P!nk - "So What"
  Rehab - "Bartender Song (aka Sittin' at a Bar)"
  Relient K - "Silver Bells"
  Rick Astley - "Never Gonna Give You Up"
  Roger Wagner Chorale - "Jingle Bells"
  Ryan Shupe & The Rubberband - "Dream Big"
  Simon & Garfunkel - "The Sound of Silence"
  Sixpence None the Richer - "Angels We Have Heard On High"
  Stephen Colbert - "Another Christmas Song"
  Taylor Swift - "Change"
  Tonic Sol-Fa - "Sno"
  Tony Bennett - "Winter Wonderland"
  Trans-Siberian Orchestra - "Night Enchanted" (Album Version)
  Tristan Prettyman - "All I Want Is You" (Live)
  The Trashmen - "Surfin' Bird"
  Weird Al Yankovic - "Whatever You Like"

Cassette Tape

• Dolly Parton - Straight Talk: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

I can't wait to see Dave's list, though it might take him well into 2009 to put it together.

-Aaron

Yet again I'm boggled as to how people can add so many to their collection in one year.

For me I've bought

Pussycat Dolls: Doll Domination

That's it, my one cd purchase from the entire year. Actually it's probably the only cd I've bought in the last....decade, the rest I get as gifts unless those count too? My CD collection is rather small, I only have

PCD: Doll Domination
Classic Disney Vols. 1-5
a random Disney Christmas CD
Hairspray
BSB: Greatest Hits Vol. 1
Shania Twain: UP

That's about it I think. *sigh* Either you guys are crazy or I'm just cheap

Chernabog_Rocks wrote:the rest I get as gifts unless those count too?

Those definitely count!

Chernabog_Rocks wrote: Either you guys are crazy or I'm just cheap

Probably closer to the former. Speaking for myself, I really love music and listen to it all the time. It doesn't take me long to wear out a CD when I get one. I also don't download music illegally, so if music is added to my collection, it's either because I buy it or someone else gives it to me.

-Aaron

I often load up my mp3 player with songs from my cousin or aunts computer, they upload the cds they buy on their computer. Not exactly the same as buying the cds myself but I never really have money for cds (never mind my dvd addiction ) Given the chance I would buy the cds, but at the moment it's a tad hard.



Now the question is do you even remember what the first cd you ever bought was?

Chernabog_Rocks wrote:Now the question is do you even remember what the first cd you ever bought was?

I could be wrong, but I think it was Ace of Base - The Sign .

If not that, then it was probably Amy Grant - Heart in Motion .


EDIT: The Sign was two years after Heart in Motion, so it was probably HIM that was my first. I also remember having Amy Grant - Age to Age, Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA, and The Bodyguard soundtrack early on. I started buying music at a very young age and had bought mostly cassette tapes up through the early '90s but had an extensive CD collection by the mid-90s that now probably numbers in the thousands. (I also have hundreds of cassette tapes, but most of those are boxed up somewhere!)

-Aaron

Chronologically:

Jonas Brothers- Jonas Brothers: The Bonus Jonas Edition
Paramore- Riot!
Britt Nicole- Say It
Ashlee Simpson- Bittersweet World
The Veronicas- Hook Me Up
Weezer- The Red Album
Camp Rock soundtrack
Vanessa Hudgens- Identified
Pussycat Dolls- PCD
Danity Kane- Welcome to the Dollhouse
Willa Ford- Willa Was Here
Innosense- So Together
Scene 23- Introducing Scene 23
B*Witched- B*Witched
Nobody's Angel- Nobody's Angel
A*Teens- The ABBA Generation
O-Town- O-Town
Youngstown- Let's Roll
Steps- Step One
Miley Cyrus- Breakout
Taylor Swift- Taylor Swift
Jonas Brothers- A Little Bit Longer
Dream- Reality
The Cheetah Girls- One World soundtrack
Jordan Pruitt- Permission to Fly
Jessica Simpson- Do You Know
Demi Lovato- Don't Forget
Pussycat Dolls- Doll Domination
Savvy & Mandy- Here We Are
Jessica Simpson- Rejoyce: The Christmas Album
98 Degrees- This Christmas
High School Musical 3 soundtrack
Now That's What I Call Christmas
Britney Spears- Circus (Deluxe Edition)
Elvis Presley- 2nd to None
All Wrapped Up

I haven't ever listened to some of those albums, I haven't listened to some of them more than once, and some I bought just for the singles, pretty much. But, my absolute favorites are bolded.

Chernabog_Rocks wrote:
Now the question is do you even remember what the first cd you ever bought was?

and



Both were used. I can tell you where I bought them too if you would like to know.

I'd actually JUST compiled a list a few weeks ago, and to date, there's nothing new to add, so I'll just copy/paste.

Al Jolson - Let Me Sing And I'm Happy: Al Jolson At Warner Bros. 1926-1936
Bing Crosby - My Favorite Irish Songs
Celine Dion - Celine Dion
Celine Dion - Unison
Chely Wright - The Metropolitan Hotel
Chipmunks - Sing Again With The Chipmunks
Disney - And The Winner Is...
Dixie Chicks - Taking The Long Way
Dolly Parton - Backwoods Barbie
Dolly Parton - Burlap And Satin + Real Love (2-in-1 CD)
Dolly Parton - Playlist: The Very Best Of Dolly Parton
Frank Sinatra - A Jolly Christmas From Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra - Frank Sinatra Conducts Tone Poems Of Color
Frank Sinatra - Watertown
Janet Jackson - The Velvet Rope
Madonna - Bedtime Stories
Madonna - Hard Candy
Madonna - Hung Up (Maxi-Single)
Madonna - Music
Madonna - Ray Of Light
Madonna - Remixed Prayers
Madonna - What It Feels Like For A Girl (Maxi-Single)
Mariah Carey - Butterfly
Mariah Carey - Daydream
Martina McBride - Greatest Hits
Patsy Cline - Patsy Cline Collection, The (4-CD Box Set)
Pink - Missundaztood
Queen Latifah - The Dana Owens Album
Soundtrack - 101 Dalmatians (1961)
Soundtrack - Back To Titanic
Soundtrack - Bodyguard, The
Soundtrack - DeLovely
Soundtrack - Mame (1974 Film)
Soundtrack - Pinocchio
Soundtrack - Sleeping Beauty (Disney)
Soundtrack - Space Jam
Soundtrack - The Prince Of Egypt
Soundtrack - The Swan Princess
Soundtrack - Titanic
Tina Turner - Break Every Rule
Tina Turner - Wildest Dreams (UK Special Tour Edition)
Tina Turner - Wildest Dreams (US Edition)
Whitney Houston - I'm Your Baby Tonight
Whitney Houston - My Love Is Your Love

Average cost - $4-$5 each. Most were previously owned. Ones in bold were brand new still in wrapping, although even some of THOSE were purchased in used media shops.

Chernabog_Rocks wrote:Now the question is do you even remember what the first cd you ever bought was?

Bought used for $9, back when $9 for a used in print CD was a bargain. Now the regular US edition BRAND NEW is $9 on Amazon.

new

Circus (deluxe edition)
Blackout - 2nd copy, 1st one is still stuck in my car (see below)
Greatest Hits: My Prerogative - 2nd copy, 1st one got scratched by my sister

used

soundtrack - Brother Bear
soundtrack - The Emperor's New Groove
soundtrack - Rhythm Of The Pride Lands: Music Inspired By Disney's The Lion King

Chernabog_Rocks wrote:Now the question is do you even remember what the first cd you ever bought was?

who else, used my b-day money back in July 1999

Natasha Bedingfield: Pocketful of Sunshine
Sweeney Todd: Original Cast Recording
Avenue Q
The Little Mermaid: Broadway
Tarzan: Broadway
Beauty and the Beast: Broadway
Leona Lewis
David Cook
David Archuleta
Taylor Swift: Fearless
Kelly Clarkson (or did the last one come out in 07?)

There might be one or two more that I’m not thinking of though. The only one of these I'd say disappointed me was Leona Lewis'.

Oh, I didn't answer the first CD question. The first one I ever received (for a Christmas present) was:

The Little Mermaid soundtrack

And the first CD I ever bought (but I had bought cassette tapes prior to this), I believe, was:


No Doubt- Tragic Kingdom

AwallaceUNC wrote:I'm again carrying on the tradition established by DisneyFreak5282 in 2006, the "Which CDs Have You Gotten This Year"? thread!

Wow, I don't remember doing this, but apparently I did. So...Yay for me! (Wow. Please tell me I did NOT just Pink myself. Oh dear.)

Anyhow, here goes nothin'. Here's my list of CDs that were paid for by me or by someone who gave them to me (I did not include a number of CDs that my friends shared with me, like Usher, Beyoncé, Lady GaGa and more). Oh, and the [*] next to some CDs mean that those CDs were gifts. I got lots of money for my birthday and Christmas this year that I spent on CDs, but THOSE are not starred because they were not physically given to me.

1. Ali Lohan - Lohan Holiday [Exclusive Edition] (yes. I am very deeply regretting this waste of $4.99)
2. Ashanti - The Declaration
3. Black Eyed Peas - Monkey Business [2 Disc Import Edition w/ Bonus tracks & DVD]
4. Bowling for Soup - The Great Burrito Extortion Case*
5. Brandy - Full Moon
6. Britney Spears - Circus [Deluxe Edition w/ Bonus Tracks & DVD]
7. Buckcherry - Black Butterfly [Edited]
8. Buckcherry - 15 [Edited]
9. Carpenters - Christmas Portrait*
10. Collective Soul - Youth
11. Craig David - Born To Do It [UK Import]
12. D12 - D12 World [Bonus DVD]
13. Destiny's Child - Destiny's Child/Writing's On The Wall [X2 Box Set] [Germany Import]
14. Eve - Eve-Olution
15. Gavin DeGraw - Gavin DeGraw [Target Exclusive w/ Bonus DVD]
16. Various Artists - Hannah Montana Soundtrack [Original Release w/ Bonus DVD]
17. Janet Jackson - Design Of A Decade [UK Import w/ Bonus Tracks]
18. Janet Jackson - Discipline [Deluxe Edition w/ DVD]
19. Jennifer Love Hewitt - Jennifer Love Hewitt
20. Jessica Simpson - Do You Know [Deluxe Edition w/ DVD]
21. Jonas Brothers - A Little Bit Longer
22. Jordin Sparks - Jordin Sparks
23. Karen Carpenter - Karen Carpenter
24. Katy Perry - One of the Boys
25. Kelis - Kaleidoscope
26. Kelis - Kelis Was Here [International Import w/ a different track order as well as "Fire" and the alternate version of "Blindfold Me"]
27. Lene - Play With Me
28. Leona Lewis - Spirit [U.S. Version]
29. Leslie Mills - Everlasting Road [iTunes]
30. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III [Standard Explicit Version]
31. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III [Edited Deluxe Version]
32. Liz Phair - Exlie In Guyville
33. Liz Phair - Exile In Guyville [Deluxe Version w/ Bonus Tracks & DVD]
34. Liz Phair - Liz Phair
35. Liz Phair - Liz Phair [Clean]
36. Liz Phair - Somebody's Miracle*
37. Liz Phair - Whip-Smart
38. Liz Phair - WhiteChocolateSpaceEgg
39. Lucy Woodward - Lucy Woodward Is...Hot & Bothered
40. Madonna - American Life
41. Madonna - Erotica*
42. Madonna - Hard Candy
43. Madonna - The Immaculate Collection
44. Madonna - Like A Virgin [Original Release]
45. Madonna - Music
46. Mandy Moore - So Real
47. Mandy Moore - Wild Hope [Target Exclusive w/ Bonus Tracks]
48. Mariah Carey - Charmbracelet
49. Mariah Carey - E=MC²
50. Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi [Original Release]
51. Mariah Carey - Emotions
52. Mariah Carey - Glitter
53. Mariah Carey - Rainbow
54. Miley Cyrus - Breakout
55. Missy Elliott - Under Construction [Clean]
56. Missy Elliott - Da Real World
57. Missy Elliott - This Is Not A Test!
58. Mystikal - Let's Get Ready
59. Mystikal - Let's Get Ready [Clean]
60. Mary J. Blige - No More Drama [Original Release]
61. Nelly - Nellyville
62. No Doubt - Return of Saturn
63. OutKast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below [Clean]
64. P!nk - Funhouse [Clean]
65. R. Kelly - Double Up [Clean]
66. Ray J - All I Feel [Clean]
67. Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded [Deluxe Edition w/ DVD]
68. Simple Plan - Simple Plan [Deluxe Edition w/ Bonus Tracks]
69. Smash Mouth - All Star Smash Hits*
70. Stacie Orrico - Beautiful Awakening
71. Maroon 5 - It Won't Be Soon Before Long [Deluxe Edition w/ Bonus Tracks & DVD]
72. T.I. - Paper Trail [Clean]
73. Truth Hurts - Truthfully Speaking
74. Truth Hurts - Ready Now
75. Wanda Sykes - Sick & Tired
76. Various Artists - Classic Disney - 5 CD Box: 60 Years of Musical Magic [Import]
77. Various Artists - Mamma Mia! The Movie Soundtrack
78. Various Artists - Now 27
79. Various Artists - Now 28
80. Various Artists - The Nutty Professor Soundtrack (1996)
81. Various Artists - Nutty Professor II: The Klumps Soundtrack [Clean]
82. Various Artists - Walt Disney's Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs Soundtrack [Import]
83. Various Artists - Weeds: Music From The TV Series, Vol. 1

So there ya have it. 83 CDs. Wow. As for the first CDs I ever got, I can't quite remember, they were either these two on Christmas day of 2000:



and...



or they were these two, given to me as an early birthday gift:



and...



I honestly can't remember if I got "Now 4" and "Now 5" first or "J.Lo" and "Aaron's Party". I know for a fact that for Christmas 2000 I got "Now 4" and "Now 5", but I don't remember if I got "J.Lo" and "Aaron's Party..." in May of 2000 or 2001. It's been bugging me for quite some time.

AwallaceUNC wrote: I can't wait to see Dave's list, though it might take him well into 2009 to put it together.

-Aaron

I would not want to put so much strain on the server.

If you REALLY want the blow by blow, you can visit my 2008 CD Spending Spreadsheet

Since nobody will read that anyways, my year end totals are:

194 CDs acquired, $737.38 "spent" (I counted spending Amazon/other credit as spending cash in the sheet) for an average of $3.80/CD.

Its a lot, but I'm allowed.

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