[roebeet]

The only one I remember was U2's "The Unforgettable Fire", in the fall of 1984 - traveled down to Queens Plaza to a Sam Goody's, I believe.

Contemporary albums are harder to judge, given that I could just download it or grab it from Rhapsody. To have made the trek to a record store to pick up the LP itself was a different experience.

 

[Jubei]

Eric Clapton's 24 Nights.

It was back in college and the record store arranged a midnight release of the album - I remember lining up to get into the shop to get the CD.

 

[Baldeagle58]

Led Zep 1 - I've never been disappointed.

 

[SgtPepper]

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We have a winner!

The last album I bought on day of release was Regina Spektor's Far, in Dublin, a week before it came out in The States. I had already heard most of the songs on the album from her shows and old demos so I pretty much knew what to expect.

 

[LFF]

Most of the TOOL albums, both of Vampire Weekend's albums, Michael Buble's Crazy Love and Norah Jones' The Fall.

 

[scompton]

Recently, Vampire Weekend's latest, Ceu's latest, Rodrigo y Gabriella's latest, Bebel Gilberto's latest, Zap Mama's latest, Pink Martini's last 2, and the Dead Weather album.

Going back, I'm sure there have been quite a few. I used to buy Zappa albums when they came out, starting with Tinseltown Rebellion. Once he started putting out 4 or so a year in the late 80s, I couldn't keep up.

Asia's first album, which was one of the biggest disappointments of any album I've ever bought. We already had bought the entire first 2 rows of their concert. About half of my friends wore T-shirts that said Asia Sucks. This was at a theater where the seats in the front row were level with the stage and about 5 feet away.

I'm sure there's been more over the years.

 

[pimfram]

Metallica's St. Anger. Pretty much a waste of $10.

 

[tru blu]

Hmmm…I honestly can't remember being that excited about something since I was young and anticipating Combat Rock by the Clash, but I'm not even sure I got that on the day of release.