I had "Hysteria" for "Electric Youth"

Since I'm recalling iconic '80s music, here's another stroll down Memory Lane...

I don't know why this came to me over the weekend, but I was reminiscing about how the first two CDs that I ever bought were Def Leppard's "Hysteria" (seen here) and Debbie Gibson's "Electric Youth." How's that for eclectic taste in music?! Sure, I'd owned records and cassette tapes (remember them?!), but these were the first compact discs I ever bought. And it get better: I bought them on the same day when I bought my first CD player back in '88, and I bought both CDs at the music mecca ... wait for it ... wait for it ... Sears! Oh, and this was back when Sears was over at the ol' South Hills Mall. Again, I have no idea why this memory came to me over the weekend.

Now, this was just a few months before "Please Don't Go Girl" was released by New Kids On The Block, catapulting them to stardom and soon making them my favorite group of all-time.

Def Leppard's "Pour Some Sugar on Me" was the main reason for buying their break-out CD, while the image of Debbie here bopping around in her videos for songs like "Only in My Dreams" and "Shake Your Love" made her sophomore release (seen here) a must-have when I was 13 years old. Admittedly, looking back now, it's like What was I thinking? but honestly, I still listen to some of the songs from both CDs whenever I stumble across them either on my iPod or the radio. And, really, I'm sure we've all bought music that years later makes us think, Seriously?!

So now that I've shared, what was the first CD that you ever bought? Still listen to it? Still even have it?