Albums that (practically) every girl you dated in College owned

If I had been a gambling man, it was close to a sure bet that every girl I dated in college would have the following albums in her collection:
Enya - Watermark
Depeche Mode- Violator
Sinead O’Connor- I Do Not Want......
1 or 2 various Erasure albums
George Michael- Faith (left over from high school days)
Even now, listening to these albums evokes for me the sensation of waiting for someone to finish getting ready so we can go out somewhere.....

 

My decade and gf include
America 1st
Bobs GH
Blue
Moondance
Neil Diamonds GH
No Secrets
Tapestry

found a girl willing to go back to My place to hear Born to Run that fall. She was a keeper. My wife of over 40 years.

 

If you go back to the 70s, I would guess that Carole King's Tapestry would be pretty high on the list.

(Edit: Looks like Maui Jim just beat me to the punch.)

 

33 years ago had to marry her-in her collection
then I recall.
Exile On Main Street
Close To the Edge
Living In The Past
and she saw Bowie and The Spiders at Radio City - I knew she had good taste.

 

Late 80's, early 90's Squeeze's Singles 45's and Under was all over the place, most of them record club copies.

 

Dated a few that had a couple Pet Shop Boy albums.
One ended up gifting me a few promo's and Relentless, should of married her on the spot

 

In college 1990-94. I think every women's dorm was outfitted with the first Violent Femmes LP, Indigo Girls S/T, and Squeeze Singles 45s and Under.

 

Alanis Morrisette - Jagged Little Pill

 

Marley legend
Cat Stevens greatest hits
Csny so far
Meatloaf bat out of hell

 

Must have met the wrong girls because none of them owned a turntable. They did enjoy going through and listening to my albums. They hung out longer, not a bad thing. As I recall the albums of mine they liked were:

America
Cat Stevens-Tea for the Tillerman
The Youngbloods-This is the Youngbloods
DC5-Greatest Hits
Grass Roots-Their 16 Greatest Hits
Van Morrison-Moondance

It was always jarring when they visited. I would go from the Clash, Ramones, Sex Pistols, Elvis Costello or King Crimson to the music listed above.

 

Tracy Chapman S/T

 

The '90s girls I knew (and who were into music):

Radiohead - OK computer and/or that one with Creep on it.
Alanis Morisette - Jagged Little Pill
Nirvana - Nevermind
Eels. That album with the freaky big eyed doll/girl.

The Prodigy was also popular, and all metal chicks liked Type O Negative.

That's one group af course.

I also knew girls who had Spice Girls, Vengaboys and All Saints.

Things were a little bit more segregated than these days, I think.

Strangely, I never had female friends that liked boysbands like 5ive, Backstreet Boys, etc. Or maybe they just hid those albums when I visited, I don't know.

 

Hopefully she didn't make you some kind of laughing stock because you danced to disco and you don't like rock

 

Shania Twain - Come On Over
Titanic soundtrack
Backstreet Boys - s/t
Sarah McLachlan - Surfacing

 

Ah memories....

Carole King, Tapestry
Joni Mitchell, Blue, Ladies of the Canyon, etc.
Crosby, Stills and Nash s/t
Cat Stevens, Tea for the Tillerman, Teaser and Firecat
Leonard Cohen, Songs of Leonard Cohen.
The obligatory Satie and Villa-Lobos record (one of each).

I'm sure there are more that I'm forgetting, or have tried to forget over the years...

 

The Doors

 

Any Steve Perry Journey album
Billy Joel was popular

 

Oh man:
Indigo Girls - Indigo Girls
Michelle Shocked - Short Sharp Shocked
Sinead O'Connor - I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got

 

Lemonheads- It's a Shame About Ray

 

Sounds about right...
Also, Toni Child’s - Union was popular, and I’ve never seen anyone with that album since.
Forgot about Indigo Girls s/t , which was mentioned earlier

 

Also assumes they never heard of Dan Fogelberg

 

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