# Artist you own the most albums by **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 3, 2020, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-you-own-the-most-albums-by/853049 "2020-05-03T03:03:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2020, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-you-own-the-most-albums-by/853049/61 "2020-05-03T23:51:58Z")
Linda Ronstadt, including a few bootlegs (yes, there are Linda Ronstadt bootlegs) ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-you-own-the-most-albums-by/853049/62 "2020-05-04T00:06:21Z")
> [@cieskokid](#): > > Led Zeppelin: > all 8 studio albums > the live “The Song Remains The Same” , “How The West Was Won” & "BBC Sessions’’ albums > the post-Bonham collection “Coda” & MANY bootlegs. IMHO, the greatest band EVER 🆒 Hah, that’s funny! I have exactly the same Led Zep collection sans bootlegs :D. Don’t tell me you also have the studio albums, The Song Remains The Same and Coda on vinyl and the BBC Sessions and How The West Was Won on CD… ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-you-own-the-most-albums-by/853049/63 "2020-05-04T00:25:21Z")
I have such eclectic tastes, I’d be suprised if I had as many “most” as you folks. I do have two different recordings of the Candide score – the original Broadway cast album and a studio orchestral version conducted by Bernstein – because I could **not** choose which I liked best. I had to get both I love it so much. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-you-own-the-most-albums-by/853049/64 "2020-05-04T00:32:57Z")
> [@jaycat](#): > > I have two Ed Sanders records. I bet that’s more than the rest of you guys. I own the first and second **Fugs** albums. Does that count? ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-you-own-the-most-albums-by/853049/65 "2020-05-04T00:37:49Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > I do have two different recordings of the Candide score – the original Broadway cast album and a studio orchestral version conducted by Bernstein – because I could **not** choose which I liked best. I had to get both I love it so much. Oh, you should see THIS then. Bizarre remote clarinet concert of the Overture, featuring many student clarinet virtuosi. Delightful! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Savmr25KKTE/maxresdefault.jpg "BERNSTEIN Candide Overture | Nicolas BALDEYROU-CNSMDL clarinet class !") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Savmr25KKTE) ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-you-own-the-most-albums-by/853049/66 "2020-05-04T00:50:47Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > I own the first and second **Fugs** albums. Does that count? You should really check out Tenderness Junction and It Crawled Into My Hand, Honest. What the Fugs sounded like with good production values. PS - the CD reissue of The Fugs First Album contains the priceless “The Rhapsody Of Tuli”, which is required listening for Fugs afficianados. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-you-own-the-most-albums-by/853049/67 "2020-05-04T00:53:54Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > The problem is that I have 15 or 20 albums by a lot of artists when solo projects are included, but I never went completist on any of them. Tull is one, Pink Floyd, Costello, the Who, Nick Cave, Sonic Youth, Mountain Goats…one of these I’m sure. Yeah, I think we have a couple of Ian Anderson solo albums and even tried that Martin Barre solo effort. No Fairport Convention, though. Sometimes the side roads lead to dark, difficult places, e.g., _Nick Mason’s Fictitious Sports_, the less said about the better. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-you-own-the-most-albums-by/853049/68 "2020-05-04T01:07:41Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > I have such eclectic tastes, I’d be suprised if I had as many “most” as you folks. I do have two different recordings of the Candide score – the original Broadway cast album and a studio orchestral version conducted by Bernstein – because I could **not** choose which I liked best. I had to get both I love it so much. The thing is, eclectic taste and having “the most of” many artists are not exclusive. That’s why I’ve never owned an expensive car :D. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-you-own-the-most-albums-by/853049/69 "2020-05-04T01:37:14Z")
Not sure but it might be **Steve Earle** or **Metallica**. If you count LPs and cassettes that I can’t currently listen to, **Yes** might be a contender. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-you-own-the-most-albums-by/853049/70 "2020-05-04T02:32:32Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Sometimes the side roads lead to dark, difficult places, e.g., _Nick Mason’s Fictitious Sports_, the less said about the better. :D:D Either my friend or I bought that, I can’t remember because that album has been gone for a long time, but for years after that, suddenly and apropos of nothing, one of us would blurt out “The choke must be broke!” God that was awful, but at least it was better than Keith Moons solo album. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![GESancMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gesancman/32/2923_2.png) [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-you-own-the-most-albums-by/853049/71 "2020-05-04T04:15:49Z")
> [@GESancMan](#): > > Since a few people are also counting solo albums by band members… > > If I do that, then the clear winner is Yes, with well over 100 albums. Maybe even close to 150. It’d be too much of a project to try to count them all, since there’s been like 300 people in the band over the past 50 years. I did count the number of albums I own by Anderson (14), Howe (24), and Wakeman (36). > > If we include side-projects as well, then things get really out of control. Dream Theater may be back in the running. Actually, now that you mention it… 33 Genesis albums, 26 Peter Gabriel, 38 Steve Hackett, 8 Tony Banks, and 2 Mike Rutherford. I guess Genesis is in the running too. You’re right, I really shoulda thought of them in the first place… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-you-own-the-most-albums-by/853049/72 "2020-05-04T04:47:13Z")
American jazz-pop vocalist Wesla Whitfield, who I just looked up and learned she died in 2018. She was putting out an album a year for a while there and I have most of them, until I completely stopped buying music. ---
**Author:** ![Shakester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shakester/32/437_2.png) [@Shakester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shakester)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-you-own-the-most-albums-by/853049/73 "2020-05-04T11:49:59Z")
Tom Waits. Around 20 or so in total. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-you-own-the-most-albums-by/853049/74 "2020-05-04T11:59:00Z")
Queensryche. All their studio albums up to and including “Hear in the Now Frontier”, which I didn’t like. Also “Livecrime” and a tribute album of Queensryche covers. I don’t have anything post-Geoff Tate or anything put out by Geoff Tate. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-you-own-the-most-albums-by/853049/75 "2020-05-04T12:18:19Z")
72 by B.B. King. Second place: 11 by Lyle Lovett. 6 by the Stones, 5 by the Kinks and 4 by k.d. lang. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-you-own-the-most-albums-by/853049/76 "2020-05-04T13:33:45Z")
> [@Horatio\_Hellpop](#): > > 72 by B.B. King. Second place: 11 by Lyle Lovett. 6 by the Stones, 5 by the Kinks and 4 by k.d. lang. My BB King collection included some double and quintuple albums. An adjusted number is 66 albums. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-you-own-the-most-albums-by/853049/77 "2020-05-04T13:50:14Z")
I’m the first one to say, ‘Rush’? Jeez. Dozens? Hundreds if you count unreleased live recordings. Plus the solo albums and places they’ve guested or been remixed on. I’m just that way. When I was younger I was a Queen completist so I have a lot of that including the original Smile album that was released in Japan. I have a lot of John Lee Hooker, Chuck Berry and George Thorogood. Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. Mary Prankster. Again, everything she’s ever released. U2. Everclear. My age is sort of obvious, I think. ---
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> [@HyacinthBucket](#): > > …A decent smattering of The Kingston Trio and Queen. Just wanted to highlight the eclecticism of people here. I love this thread, because I’m getting so many homework assignments… as in, new music to investigate. Like, I had no idea that Terry Taylor (who basically gave the finger to a repressive Christian music “system” in the 70s) went on to do other stuff… I’ll check that out! > [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Either The Kinks, Terry Scott Taylor (if you include albums by his bands Daniel Amos, The Swirling Eddies, and The Lost Dogs), or some classical composer (Mozart or Beethoven?). The Swirling Eddies? Cool… oh, looks like he kickstarted another Daniel Amos album a couple of years ago. ---
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Back in the days of cassettes it was **Jimmy Buffett**. But when I switched to CDs, I bought the box set and a couple of the live albums and called it a day. As far as CDs go, probably **Hank Willimas, Jr.** Maybe 10-12 CDs. Oh, and there was that \*\*Elvis \*\*box set that has I think 12 CDs. I actually have a lot of CDs, but spread it around rather than glom on to one particular artist. I think I bought the first 10 or so each from **Garth Brooks** and **Clint Black** and **Dwight Yoakam**. If you count classical, most likely **Bach**. ---
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> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > Well, I would have bet that your pick was Genesis, though they really had not quite as much side and solo projects as Yes. And who wants to own every Phil Collins album anyway ;)? > [@GESancMan](#): > > Actually, now that you mention it… 33 Genesis albums, 26 Peter Gabriel, 38 Steve Hackett, 8 Tony Banks, and 2 Mike Rutherford. I guess Genesis is in the running too. You’re right, I really shoulda thought of them in the first place… 🙂 I don’t know how I wound up responding to myself in post #71. It was supposed to be in response to **EinsteinsHund**. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-you-own-the-most-albums-by/853049.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-you-own-the-most-albums-by/853049.md?page=5)