Albums you quite literally haven't listened to since you were a kid

This is why I love Spotify....
 
I just listened to David Lee Roth's "Eat 'Em And Smile" all the way through. I loved that album when I was 13 or 14 but have not listened to it since. What great songwriting....great playing by Steve Vai...and of course fantastic vocals. Love that 80's rock sound too. Just took me all the way back to the summer of '87 and all of a sudden I'm remembering things that happened that have not passed through my mind for over 25 years....
 
 

5-Star's Album, Anything by Bon Jovi or Kiss, and I'd like to leave it that way

Anything by the Moody Blues. My sister played their LP's to death when I was 12 or 13. I remember I used to like 'On The Threshold of a Dream' and 'Seventh Sojourn', but I don't remember hearing them in decades.

Well, whatever you do, do NOT think of the theme song from Gilligan's Island.  (a three-hour tour - the weather started getting rough......)
 
Don't do it!  :)
 
Bob Bone
 

Damn you, Bob.
 
Here's a tale of a fateful trip...
 
On a road trip, I once confided to my business partner about a personal affliction - not uncommon among musicians - of always mentally replaying the last melody I've heard in a continuous loop that won't stop until it's replaced by another tune. It doesn't matter if it's a commercial jingle, a Christmas carol, a TV-show theme song, a novelty tune or a favorite classic. It keeps looping in my head until I replace it.
 
So what does he do, he puts on a tape of "Eng-a-land swings like a pendulum do, Bobbies on bicycles, two by two..." and halts it halfway through the chorus. We drive all the way from Portland to Seattle and he refuses to put on anything else, so that awful song is stuck in my brain the whole time. He thought it was funny.
 
On subsequent road trips, he discovered that it wasn't even necessary to play the song. All it took was him singing "Eng-a-land swings like a pendulum do" to set the loop in motion. It got to be his favorite joke. We don't do road trips anymore.
 
So guys, any time I comment on your song in the Songs forum, rest assured that it's been in constant rotation in my head and will continue to play there for hours. The greatest compliment you can get from me is when I comment on only one song and stop there for the day. Danny Danzi once posted a song that stayed with me for days...ah, that's better, it just replaced the Gilligan's Island theme on my one-song playlist. Whew.

sharke
This is why I love Spotify....
 
I just listened to David Lee Roth's "Eat 'Em And Smile" all the way through. I loved that album when I was 13 or 14 but have not listened to it since. What great songwriting....great playing by Steve Vai...and of course fantastic vocals. Love that 80's rock sound too. Just took me all the way back to the summer of '87 and all of a sudden I'm remembering things that happened that have not passed through my mind for over 25 years....
 
 

One of my favs and regulars. Also checkout this album from Diamond Dave which I only recently found out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xd4DO7jJayQ

 
I've started listening to Iron Maiden's first few albums (with Paul Di'anno).....I just like the guitar tones/songs of those albums a bit better than the later sound.
 
Also, Paradise Theatre by Styx.......another good one.

paulo

I had an album of kid's TV themes when I was a tot and that was my absolute favorite. God knows why it was on there because it wasn't the actual theme of the show. Anyway I can still whistle the fiddle solo note for note.

 
This was my first records. Like most boys my age in Quebec, I was totally addicted to that Japanese mecha robot series - its French adaptation, obviously.
 
When the record  came out, with songs and stories recorded using the same cast, with all the sounds and special effects, I had to have it.
 
I haven't heard it decades but I still remember huge chunks of it - every little detail, pause, inflection and background noise.
 
The guy who wrote the music drew a lot his inspiration from Morricone, which I guess influenced me. The sound effects were also a big part of the attraction - a lot of synth sounds in there, some stuff which reminds me of EMS VCS and the obvious Moog... My fascination for synth was largely influenced by this - and a few other similar - anime.