# What album have you listened to the most? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 11, 2017, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-album-have-you-listened-to-the-most/779552 "2017-02-11T16:31:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2017, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-album-have-you-listened-to-the-most/779552/61 "2017-02-12T12:38:56Z")
Correction: Pinnock’s baroque chamber ensemble was (is?) called the English Concert, not Consort. I always get that wrong, because it uses an obselete sense of the word “concert.” ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2017, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-album-have-you-listened-to-the-most/779552/62 "2017-02-12T12:43:50Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > I should add that Simon and Garfunkel’s _Bookends_, Clark Terry’s _Color Changes_, and Van Morrison’s _Moondance_ are albums I prefer to enjoy from start to finish, so they’d be pushing 100 listens as well. Yeah, I have a bunch that fit that slot. - What’s Going On, by Marvin Gaye - Heart-Shaped World by Chris Isaak - Avalon, Roxy Music - I Just Can’t Stop It, English Beat - Dirty Mind, Prince - Matador, Grant Green - Marquee Moon, Television - Van Halen - Montrose - Strangers in the Night, UFO - Physical Graffiti, Zep Barely scratching the surface. A lot of early Aerosmith, AC/DC, Beatles, Stones, Thelonius… ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2017, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-album-have-you-listened-to-the-most/779552/63 "2017-02-12T12:56:35Z")
WordMan, now I’m off to check out Grant Green, and Montrose… (I hadn’t heard of either one, but I see the former is a jazz pianist _fl._ 1960s, while the latter is an early 70s rock album by an eponymous band). ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2017, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-album-have-you-listened-to-the-most/779552/64 "2017-02-12T13:07:17Z")
Correction: Grant Green was a jazz guitarist, not pianist. Also, Montrose (named after their guitarist) was Sammy Hagar’s first important band. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2017, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-album-have-you-listened-to-the-most/779552/65 "2017-02-12T13:11:43Z")
Thought of a few more candidates: Jethro Tull - War Child, Minstrel in the Gallery Elvis Costello - Armed Forces John Prine - Great Days Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks Patti Smith - Radio Ethiopia mmm ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2017, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-album-have-you-listened-to-the-most/779552/66 "2017-02-12T13:18:10Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > Correction: Grant Green was a jazz guitarist, not pianist. > > Also, Montrose (named after their guitarist) was Sammy Hagar’s first important band. Have fun and let me know what you think. Montrose is proto-Van Halen (produced and engineered by the same folks) with some truly great songs I suspect you’ve heard like Rock Candy, Rock the Nation, Bad Motor Scooter, etc. Grant Green was Blue Notes’ house guitarist for a decade. Matador features the same combo that supported Coltrane for his classic My Favorite Things, and features GGreen’s take on that fresh standard. His phrasing blows me away. ---
**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:** [February 12, 2017, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-album-have-you-listened-to-the-most/779552/67 "2017-02-12T15:05:19Z")
Tough question. It would have to be an album I originally had on vinyl (or cassette, or _8-track!_) and then later on CD, and that I still listen to somewhat regularly. Likely candidates: Rush - 2112 Supertramp - Crime of the Century Richard & Linda Thompson - Shoot Out The Lights Genesis - A Trick of the Tail Wishbone Ash - Argus ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2017, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-album-have-you-listened-to-the-most/779552/68 "2017-02-12T16:11:52Z")
WordMan, I enjoyed them both, though Montrose was too Zeppelinesque for repeated listenings, for me (I’ve always loved Zep). Grant Green – nothing too fancy, just tasteful, bluesy pickin’ with a good sense for creative (but not show-offy) rhythmic phrasing. In other words, not unlike some of Frank Zappa’s solos (“Willie the Pimp,” “Inca Roads”…) ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2017, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-album-have-you-listened-to-the-most/779552/69 "2017-02-12T16:31:23Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > WordMan, I enjoyed them both, though Montrose was too Zeppelinesque for repeated listenings, for me (I’ve always loved Zep). > > Grant Green – nothing too fancy, just tasteful, bluesy pickin’ with a good sense for creative (but not show-offy) rhythmic phrasing. In other words, not unlike some of Frank Zappa’s solos (“Willie the Pimp,” “Inca Roads”…) Montrose was burned into my 14-year-old brain, so I hear it when I see the album cover. Grant Green’s playing is really durable - stands up to many listenings. I’ll have to check out that Zappa. ---
**Author:** ![Art\_Rock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/art_rock/32/525_2.png) [@Art\_Rock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Art_Rock)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2017, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-album-have-you-listened-to-the-most/779552/70 "2017-02-12T16:52:53Z")
Pop/rock: probably Pink Floyd’s Wish you were here. Classical: Gorecki’s third symphony or Mahler song cycles by Fischer-Dieskau. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2017, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-album-have-you-listened-to-the-most/779552/71 "2017-02-12T17:02:28Z")
I practically wore out the **Brubeck at Carnegie Hall** two-record set years ago. Then got it on CD and wore that out, too. It’s one of the finest live jazz sets ever done. ---
**Author:** ![Moris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moris/32/2846_2.png) [@Moris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moris)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2017, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-album-have-you-listened-to-the-most/779552/72 "2017-02-13T09:53:41Z")
Tull-Aqualung ELP - Tarkus Queen - A Day at the Races XTC - Black Sea Simon - Graceland Nothing else comes close. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Pork-Chop\_Express](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@The\_Pork-Chop\_Express](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Pork-Chop_Express)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2017, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-album-have-you-listened-to-the-most/779552/73 "2017-02-13T10:42:07Z")
I’d like to say _Loveless_ by My Bloody Valentine, but that’s almost certainly second to _Moon Safari_ by Air. ---
**Author:** ![Tapiotar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@Tapiotar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapiotar)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2017, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-album-have-you-listened-to-the-most/779552/74 "2017-02-13T11:17:31Z")
Answering this requires a time machine… The Beatles, Sgt Pepper The Doors Moody Blues, Days of Future Past Traffic, John Barleycorn Must Die Derek and the Dominoes, Layla Grateful Dead, Workingman’s Dead The Kinks, Everybody’s in Showbiz David Bowie, Ziggy Stardust Talking Heads, Stop Making Sense Arvo Pärt, Te Deum No clue as to number of times played. Enough that anyone else would have been driven mad by the repetition. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2017, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-album-have-you-listened-to-the-most/779552/75 "2017-02-13T12:34:36Z")
It’s either _The Mason Williams Phonograph Album_ or _Close To The Edge_ by Yes. Since I’ve listened to both frequently since my college days, the number is in the low thousands for both. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2017, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-album-have-you-listened-to-the-most/779552/76 "2017-02-13T12:40:21Z")
_Rumours_, Fleetwood Mac _My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy_, Kanye West _Revolver_, The Beatles ---
**Author:** ![davida03801](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5e925/32.png) [@davida03801](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davida03801)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2017, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-album-have-you-listened-to-the-most/779552/77 "2017-02-13T13:11:43Z")
Steeleye Span Hark! The Village Wait Many times. I’m sure more than a thousand over the years. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2017, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-album-have-you-listened-to-the-most/779552/78 "2017-02-13T13:14:32Z")
Another one I prefer to listen to all the way through is _The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society_. But I only discovered it a year ago (thanks, fellow Dopers!), so it hasn’t hit the 100-listens mark yet. Surely someday it will. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2017, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-album-have-you-listened-to-the-most/779552/79 "2017-02-13T13:19:27Z")
I also discovered TKATVGPS about a half a year ago on a separate forum and it’s already in the 20s. Every track either fits into the theme or is a great song nonetheless (“Big Sky” and “All of my Friends” are the only ones that don’t seem to fit thematically but musically they do, and are good songs.) ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2017, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-album-have-you-listened-to-the-most/779552/80 "2017-02-13T13:22:16Z")
Probably “Rain Dogs” by Tom Waits, or “John Prine” by John Prine. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-album-have-you-listened-to-the-most/779552.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-album-have-you-listened-to-the-most/779552.md?page=5)