# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-you-own-the-most-albums-by/853049/81 "2020-05-04T15:40:36Z")
Currently owned? The Alan Parsons Project. Artist that I purchased the most of? Iron Maiden. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-you-own-the-most-albums-by/853049/82 "2020-05-04T15:41:47Z")
Ookla the Mok ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-you-own-the-most-albums-by/853049/83 "2020-05-04T16:55:37Z")
I think I have everything by The Pogues. At least, I have most everything by them. ---
**Author:** ![AllShookDown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d9b06d/32.png) [@AllShookDown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllShookDown)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-you-own-the-most-albums-by/853049/84 "2020-05-04T17:22:34Z")
When I was ripping CDs a couple of years ago I was surprised to find it was Van Morrison. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-you-own-the-most-albums-by/853049/85 "2020-05-04T17:23:19Z")
Several artists in the low double digits. None more than 20. Beatles, Genesis, Old 97s, Rush, Richard Thompson, Wilco. Ironically, I only own one Joe Jackson album. šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-you-own-the-most-albums-by/853049/86 "2020-05-04T17:47:09Z")
> [@epbrown01](#): > > This thread is wild for me. I typically like a band or artist for one or two albums, with only two groups going to three, and that was decades ago. The Police (Outlandos Dā€™amour, Zenyatta Mendatta, Synchronicity) and the Art of Noise (Whoā€™s Afraid, In No Sense? Nonsense!, Below the Waste). Thereā€™s nobody Iā€™ve liked for their entire career, or even close to it. Wild for me too. I donā€™t mean to threadshit, but thought people might like a diversity of responses. I donā€™t own any vinyl anymore. When I did, probably 40 to 50 tops, with no more than 2 or maybe 3 of any particular artist. I might still own some CDs, but probably never owned more than 35-40 in my life. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-you-own-the-most-albums-by/853049/87 "2020-05-04T17:50:00Z")
The Kinks - 24 official releases, including imports, live LPs and greatest hits packages. Plus I donā€™t know how many cassette bootlegs. Plus several of Ray and Daveā€™s solo projects. I think The Beatles and Green Day, with 14 each, are the only other artists that get into double digits. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-you-own-the-most-albums-by/853049/88 "2020-05-04T17:59:56Z")
Percentage-wise, I donā€™t think I have 100% from anyone that had more than one release. I thought maybe Traveling Wilburys, as I have both of their albums, but it turns out there was a later box set that included bonus tracks. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-you-own-the-most-albums-by/853049/89 "2020-05-04T18:01:32Z")
Well. Iā€™m a piker next to some of yā€™all, but I think my answer is somewhat unique: Ani DiFranco. I have eight. Ten, if you count having to buy _Living In Clip_ three times, because I kept losing it. Likewise, Iā€™ve owned four copies of the Cowboy Junkies _Trinity Sessions_, three of Joan Osborneā€™s _Relish_, and three of Suzanne Vegaā€™s _Greatest Hits_. Iā€™m not the most organized of peopleā€¦ **digs** , whatā€™s wrong with Poco? _Rose of Cimmaron_ is one of my go-to jams. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-you-own-the-most-albums-by/853049/90 "2020-05-04T18:30:27Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Wild for me too. I donā€™t mean to threadshit, but thought people might like a diversity of responses. I donā€™t own any vinyl anymore. When I did, probably 40 to 50 tops, with no more than 2 or maybe 3 of any particular artist. I might still own some CDs, but probably never owned more than 35-40 in my life. Yep. Thatā€™s me. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-you-own-the-most-albums-by/853049/91 "2020-05-04T18:42:36Z")
I just looked. I guess I have around 70 CDs. I know Iā€™ve lost or lent out some over the years, so maybe 80, tops. ---
**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-you-own-the-most-albums-by/853049/92 "2020-05-04T18:43:55Z")
Peter Hammill, both solo, in collaboration or with VDGG. Something over 100 cds, plus official and bootleg vinyl & cassettes and the odd VHS or dvd. And a bunch of stuff by other VDGG members, etcā€¦ Sent from my I3312 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-you-own-the-most-albums-by/853049/93 "2020-05-04T18:47:30Z")
I spent quite a few years working at a record store, so my collection of LPs is in the thousands. At the end of every week the boss would go through the records we had been playing in the store and rotate out a selection of the older ones. These were divvyed up by the staff for our personal use. Of course, there are a large number of albums that never even got played in-store - they went straight into somebodies collection. [Jiggle pop](https://www.ebay.com/i/372769132558?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-117182-37290-0&mkcid=2&itemid=372769132558&targetid=883027960686&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=9031472&poi=&campaignid=9423618867&mkgroupid=95066753945&rlsatarget=pla-883027960686&abcId=1141016&merchantid=102013762&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI4vmJje-a6QIVFcZkCh1sqAIiEAQYASABEgJ2CPD_BwE) anybody? I have that on vinyl. Donā€™t ask me why. ---
**Author:** ![Mrs\_Fairway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/47e85d/32.png) [@Mrs\_Fairway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs_Fairway)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-you-own-the-most-albums-by/853049/94 "2020-05-04T19:44:22Z")
No contest. Midnight Oil ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-you-own-the-most-albums-by/853049/95 "2020-05-04T19:53:06Z")
Rush and Jimi. Got a lot of Stones, too. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-you-own-the-most-albums-by/853049/96 "2020-05-04T21:21:15Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > **digs** , whatā€™s wrong with Poco? _Rose of Cimmaron_ is one of my go-to jams. Nothing, in fact I still think that _Rose of Cimmaron_ and _Bad Weather_ \* are classic songs. And though I love their heyday with Richie Furey and Paul Cotton, theyā€™re still recording, because Rusty Young is a great musician. \*Itā€™s just so damn poignant and classyā€¦ [hereā€™s a performance](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHnHFg1F2I8) that Richie and an accordion dropped in on. BUTā€¦ my kids give me so much crap for it. That all started when they discovered the Ramones and I said ā€œDamn, you guys are hipper now than I was then.ā€ ā€œWait, what were you listening to then?ā€ I could tell they wanted to scoff, so I shuffled guiltily and mumbled ā€œUmmm, pocoā€¦ā€ ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-you-own-the-most-albums-by/853049/97 "2020-05-04T21:24:08Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Rush and Jimi. Got a lot of Stones, too. I figured you probably have a good sized pile of DBT as wellā€¦ šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_the\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Sean\_the\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_the_Dog)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-you-own-the-most-albums-by/853049/98 "2020-05-04T21:38:58Z")
Pink Floyd. In various formats, I have 7 copies of DSOM, and several copies of many others, but Iā€™m just counting one-for-one here. Jimi. Alan Parsons Project. Fleetwood Mac. Heart. John Cougar (Mellencamp). Police. Pretenders. Van Halen. George Carlin. Melissa Etheredge. * * * ā€œStay the blazes homeā€ - Stephen McNeil, Premier of Nova Scotia ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-you-own-the-most-albums-by/853049/99 "2020-05-04T22:15:09Z")
Warren Zevon. I have all of them, plus any collections, greatest hits, tributes, etc. Most of the artists I like were either not that prolific, or had a lot of filler on their albums so a 'greatest hits collection is fine. For example, Iā€™ll bet a LOT of Eagles fans only own their two greatest hits albums plus maybe ā€˜Hotel Californiaā€™. ---
**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, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-you-own-the-most-albums-by/853049/100 "2020-05-04T22:32:08Z")
Oh, yeah, almost everything ever done by Joe Walsh, and quite a lot of Eno, including one of his iOS apps. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-you-own-the-most-albums-by/853049.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-you-own-the-most-albums-by/853049.md?page=6)