# What bands/artists do you own every album by? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 22, 2012, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-artists-do-you-own-every-album-by/619574 "2012-04-22T08:58:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2012, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-artists-do-you-own-every-album-by/619574/21 "2012-04-22T19:57:50Z")
Pink Floyd Sisters of Mercy Nena The Wonder Stuff Love and Rockets Blue Oyster Cult Alice Cooper (by the ‘era’ stipulation, all early-era and glam-era, not much of the metal revival era) Many 2-3 album runs by short-lived groups ---
**Author:** ![Washoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecae2f/32.png) [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2012, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-artists-do-you-own-every-album-by/619574/22 "2012-04-22T20:18:40Z")
> [@campp](#): > > Frank Zappa, except a couple of the latest ones. But a damn good run! My sister used to date a guy who knew Zappa. So I asked him to ask Zappa for me _exactly_ how many albums he had out. Zappa’s response was (and I’m quoting verbatim) “I don’t know.” ---
**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:** [April 22, 2012, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-artists-do-you-own-every-album-by/619574/23 "2012-04-22T21:36:45Z")
Boy, I got a lot of music, but the only “complete” collection is probably \*Jimi Hendrix _(and maybe a few “one record” nobodys, not worth mentioning)._ Jeff Buckley \*only put out one full-length recording, but I think there is an EP floating around that I don’t have. Hey,\*\* DCnDC\*\*! If you wanna “help me out” with a copy of the first\* Jayhawks \*record, that would make another for my list. 😉 I’m only an album or two from\* Rush, Wilco, Rancid, Rolling Stones, Stevie Ray Vaughn, ZZ Top\* (gotta love the Six-Pack!) and a bunch of others. I should get crackin’! ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2012, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-artists-do-you-own-every-album-by/619574/24 "2012-04-22T22:21:50Z")
Only Alice Cooper. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2012, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-artists-do-you-own-every-album-by/619574/25 "2012-04-22T22:36:05Z")
The only one I can think of off the top of my head is Ludo. There may be others but I don’t listen to their stuff nearly as much. (I’ll admit it, I tend to buy the Greatest Hits CD and call it good.) ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2012, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-artists-do-you-own-every-album-by/619574/26 "2012-04-22T23:29:54Z")
Quite a few. Off the top of my head … Depeche Mode, Erasure, VNV Nation, Mesh, Death Cab for Cutie, Iris, Anything Box, Color Theory … probably some more. ---
**Author:** ![Jasper\_Kent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9a28c/32.png) [@Jasper\_Kent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasper_Kent)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2012, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-artists-do-you-own-every-album-by/619574/27 "2012-04-22T23:54:51Z")
I like a lot of different music, including most of the bands listed here. But the only artist whose entire collection I ever owned was **John Prine**. And that was only up to the late 90’s. Sadly, they’re gone now. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-artists-do-you-own-every-album-by/619574/28 "2012-04-23T00:08:08Z")
This is not all of them, but the main ones I can think of off the top of my head: Pink Floyd Metallica Alice in Chains The Beatles Led Zeppelin Neil Young And many others… ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-artists-do-you-own-every-album-by/619574/29 "2012-04-23T02:30:53Z")
Surprisingly few, when I stopped to think about it. Electric Light Orchestra Asia Queen and Yes come close, but I haven’t bought a few of the later albums by each o those bands. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-artists-do-you-own-every-album-by/619574/30 "2012-04-23T02:37:19Z")
The Who (including all of Pete’s solo stuff) The Beatles Fountains of Wayne I have most but not all albums by a bunch of other bands…Floyd, Zep, Kinks, Stones, Deep Purple, Nick Lowe, Dave Edmunds, Niko Case, New Pornographers, Todd, BeBop Deluxe, Jeff Beck, Blue Oyster Cult, Steve Miller… ---
**Author:** ![FordTaurusSHO94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f07891/32.png) [@FordTaurusSHO94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordTaurusSHO94)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-artists-do-you-own-every-album-by/619574/31 "2012-04-23T02:40:33Z")
Garth Brooks Dierks Bentley I have all but the most recent Gary Allan CD. ---
**Author:** ![FalconFinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@FalconFinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FalconFinder)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-artists-do-you-own-every-album-by/619574/32 "2012-04-23T02:41:00Z")
Def Leppard Billy Squier (but not the Piper days) I have all of Yes that includes Jon Anderson (I also have Drama. I refuse to acknowledge the band that is currently calling itself Yes after treating Jon Anderson so shabbily) ---
**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:** [April 23, 2012, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-artists-do-you-own-every-album-by/619574/33 "2012-04-23T02:50:02Z")
Blind Faith. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-artists-do-you-own-every-album-by/619574/34 "2012-04-23T03:06:48Z")
I have every single song title Patsy Cline ever recorded, though not every version of every song. Especially since in the last couple of decades they’ve been remixing her old recordings with contemporary artists accompanying her. I have _most_ of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, and lots of other stuff, but Patsy’s the only one I’ve consciously sought to collect comprehensively. I believe it’s 106 titles. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-artists-do-you-own-every-album-by/619574/35 "2012-04-23T03:24:34Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Hey,\*\* DCnDC\*\*! If you wanna “help me out” with a copy of the first\* Jayhawks \*record, that would make another for my list. 😉 Much as I’d like to, I’m afraid I cannot violate copyright laws to help you out with that, but you can pick it up on Amazon for about 8 bucks (≈$5 + $3/shipping). 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-artists-do-you-own-every-album-by/619574/36 "2012-04-23T03:24:46Z")
Here’s what I came up with: **The Beatles** [not sure I have all the British versions, but I have most of them, and got all the Capitol American versions of the albums on cassette) **Daniel Amos** **Fleetwood Mac** if you only count the Buckingham/Nicks era **Fountains of Wayne** **The Kinks** **Lost Dogs** **Madness** **Chris Mars** **Men at Work** **The Moody Blues** **The Alan Parsons Project** (as such; I actually gave away one or two post-Project Parsons CDs) **The 77s** **Something Fierce** (the 80s Minnesota band) **The Swirling Eddies** **They Might Be Giants** (but only if you don’t count their children’s albums—which, really, you should) **Trip Shakespeare** I was surprised to see how many “near misses” I had, where I had many but not quite all the albums by an artist. For instance, there are a couple of late-70s Beach Boys albums that I’ve been avoiding. ---
**Author:** ![ajibik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@ajibik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ajibik)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-artists-do-you-own-every-album-by/619574/37 "2012-04-23T03:27:47Z")
Rush Black Sabbath Judas Priest Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass Herbie Hancock Styx Led Zeppelin ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-artists-do-you-own-every-album-by/619574/38 "2012-04-23T05:31:58Z")
Just Garbage and Enya, for me. Honestly, my tastes are so what-the-hell-all-over-the-place that I’m kinda surprised I have more than two of _any_ artist. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-artists-do-you-own-every-album-by/619574/39 "2012-04-23T06:27:20Z")
Only a very few that I can think of… Guster (including the live album and both EPs) The White Stripes (excluding the live album) …and… Creed (Shut up! I was 18 when Human Clay came out!) ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-artists-do-you-own-every-album-by/619574/40 "2012-04-23T06:34:24Z")
None. I’m too picky. And I don’t have a completionist streak. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-artists-do-you-own-every-album-by/619574.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-artists-do-you-own-every-album-by/619574.md?page=3)