My Favorite Albums…when Albums were Actual Things Made of Vinyl

There’s a fun Facebook thingy going around that asks people to name the top 10 formative albums from their teen years. The rules are simple: list 10 albums that made a lasting impression on you as a teenager. One album per artist. You can specify the age parameters that define the “teenager” years best for you. I chose ages 13-17 because 18 is adulthood, whether we like it or not.

Because I feel passionately about each of these albums, I can’t just list them…I have to talk about them. And a blog is better suited to that than Facebook. So, here they are, the formative albums of my teenage years.

For the tl;dr crowd, here’s the list:

1. Purple Rain, Prince
2. True Blue, Madonna
3. Faith, George Michael
4. The Joshua Tree, U2
5. Hot, Cool and Vicious, Salt-N-Pepa
6. Control, Janet Jackson
7. Wild Heart, Stevie Nicks
8. A Very Special Christmas, various artists
9. Let’s Dance, David Bowie
10. Like A Prayer, Madonna