Got this on [b]cassette[/b] when I was 7 (1998). Was my favorite band at the time. Saw it in the music store and bitched and whined to get it. Don't know why, I [i]never did that with anything ever[/i], before or since. I guess I was amazed that "oh my god, my favorite band has a tape with nothing but their songs, and I don't have to wait for one on the radio, what the fuck fuck yeah!" I'm surprised I'm still alive today.
Anyway, could not get enough of this album. Still great.
On a shitty note, I do not have this tape anymore. If I used emoticons, I'd put a big fat crying one right about here.
EDIT: More to the story.
I remember it clearly now. It was my brother's birthday, which is May 7th. We were in the music store to find something he would like as an extra present. Being the asshole I am, I wanted something too. So that's when I first got it: May 7th, 1998, just two months shy of 8-years-old.