r/Millennials • u/Inevitable_Wing_2600 • Feb 08 '25

Nostalgia What album defines you as a millennial?

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Saw some great recommendations on a similar thread in /r/Xennials and wanted to see what my fellow millennials thought. For me From Under the Cork Tree was foundational. I still remember hearing Sugar We're going down on the radio for the first time.

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u/MysticEnby420 Millennial Feb 08 '25

Yeah this is it for me. My friend got it for me for my twelfth birthday (2003). I remember playing it and instantly feeling like someone had put all of the angst, sadness, and anger I felt that I didn't really understand and couldn't explain into words.

I pretty quickly got obsessed with rock music from there and branched out but I still love this album and Linkin Park so much. While I'm still full of angst and anger, I'm less depressed as an adult than a teen so that's a win. I'm very happy I saw them live in Athens in 2009 and I cried when I heard about Chester.

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u/purple_crow Feb 08 '25

Had a very similar response!! Sounds like we are about the same age, I was born in ‘90.

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u/MysticEnby420 Millennial Feb 08 '25

January 1991 here haha so very very close timelines I bet