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Let's have those skeletons out of the closet. Anything you bought which, when you look back on it, was a very bad idea indeed. If you're old enough to remember 7" singles, I would say that this is the format that I made most of my dodgiest purchases. The top of my shame list would probably look like this:

(incidentally, for the younger folk on here, downloads count as well).

1) Dennis Waterman and George Cole - What're We Gonna Get For 'Er Indoors?

2) Chas and Dave featuring the Matchroom Mob - Snooker Loopy

3) Bucks Fizz - When We Were Young

4) Paul Young - No Parlez (actually, I can tolerate his music, but the inclusion of his woeful rendition of "Love Will Tear Us Apart" means it must be on the list).

5) Toni Basil - Mickey

The fact that I was around twelve when I bought most of these probably excuses me a little. Would be interesting to see what embarrassing stuff I bought when I should have known better...

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I Just Called To Say I Love You - Stevie Wonder. My first single. Stevie has done some great songs, but not in the 80s. What was he thinking? What was I thinking?

Take My Breathe Away - Berlin. Seriously, I had no idea as a teenager.

Countless A-ha singles...

Nothing wrong with Toni Basil though.

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I Just Called To Say I Love You - Stevie Wonder. My first single. Stevie has done some great songs, but not in the 80s. What was he thinking? What was I thinking?

Take My Breathe Away - Berlin. Seriously, I had no idea as a teenager.

Countless A-ha singles...

Nothing wrong with Toni Basil though.

Astonishing to think she's nearly 70 now isn't it?!!

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Robbie Williams - Sing When Your Winning

The Zutons - You Can Do Anything

The Script - Science and Faith

Scouting for Girls - Everyone Wants To Be On TV

Pendulum - In Silico

I've got some real crap (or had - I've loaded a few of those off to my little sister - she likes evanescence and paramore - there's no hope for her musically now).

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Robbie Williams - Sing When Your Winning

The Zutons - You Can Do Anything

The Script - Science and Faith

Scouting for Girls - Everyone Wants To Be On TV

Pendulum - In Silico

I've got some real crap (or had - I've loaded a few of those off to my little sister - she likes evanescence and paramore - there's no hope for her musically now).

Admit it, you couldn't bear to properly get rid of them in case you wanted them back one day.

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  • 2 weeks later...

The first CD I ever bought was Superunknown by Soundgarden, think I was nine and found it cheap at a car boot or something. Don't regret that, in fact I don't think I've ever bought a CD I later think was a bad choice, I've got albums I rarely listen to nowadays from years ago (Example - System of a Down - Toxicity), but I'd have bought them for a reason at the time.

Gonna give that album a listen now, actually. Takes me back. Chop Suey!

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REM - Out of Time. I think it would take a lot of effort to make a duller record.

The second and third Oasis albums and all the singles off them. Be Here Now! If only I'd been elsewhere

I liked it at the time. Looking back, it was probably their weakest album up to that point, yet it was the one that propelled them to worldwide fame.

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Jason Donovan - When you come back to me.

A very worthy contender for this thread indeed.

If we ARE indeed looking for a "winner", that may well be it...though I must sheepishly confess I also bought one of his singles - the cover of "Sealed With A Kiss". Not sure which is worse, but I don't even have the excuse of being a kid, as I was 19 at that point...

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