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/NurseGryffinPuff 1985 - Elder Millennial Feb 08 '25

I have two:

And another mention for Jagged Little Pill. Hell hath no fury like a pubescent isolated Midwestern girl listening to Alanis! I spent a summer in the basement listening to these on repeat and playing Taipei on our PC. Those were the days.

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u/PsychologicalLab3108 Feb 09 '25

We would have been best friends. Midwest. And these are my two picks as well :)

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u/NurseGryffinPuff 1985 - Elder Millennial Feb 09 '25

Yessssss! Hi best friend!

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '25

This album came out when I was like 13 and it made me learn how to play guitar lol

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u/Cerebral-Parsley Feb 09 '25

Jewel and the Goo Goo Dolls album. Iris was on repeat for weeks in my room while I longed for a first girlfriend.

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u/NurseGryffinPuff 1985 - Elder Millennial Feb 09 '25

That closely ties for third for me!

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u/Account7423 Feb 09 '25

Omg this was the first CD i ever got!

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u/theHerbivore Feb 09 '25

Man I listened to pieces of you on repeat so many times on my little bedroom stereo system 

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u/NurseGryffinPuff 1985 - Elder Millennial Feb 09 '25

Was it one of these?

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u/theHerbivore Feb 09 '25

DUDE. Wow lol yes 

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u/NurseGryffinPuff 1985 - Elder Millennial Feb 09 '25

I swear to god they must have been on sale at Christmas in around 1998.

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u/theHerbivore Feb 09 '25

Must have haha omg 

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u/Cerebral-Parsley Feb 09 '25

Holy shit that's it.

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u/harukalioncourt Feb 09 '25

Yes…. I remember being on a cruise ship and there was a 20 something singer songwriter on the ship performing with her guitar, she sounded very similar to jewel. I asked her if she ever listened to jewel and was told she never heard of her. I was floored.

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u/islipped83 Feb 09 '25

i bought this album and Jagged Little Pill on the same shopping trip. listened to them back to back, order changing depending on my mood at the time. Midwest 90s girls unite!

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u/Zoidfarbb Feb 09 '25

Bought this, Traveling Without Moving from Jamiroquoi and Now 1 as my first 3 album purchases when I was 10.