# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Charley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/97f17d/32.png) [@Charley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charley)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-artists-do-you-own-every-album-by/619574/41 "2012-04-23T06:43:29Z")
New Model Army Pixies New Order Joy Division Sisters of Mercy Simon and Garfunkel, I think Doves Elbow Snow Patrol ---
**Author:** ![Lobot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce7236/32.png) [@Lobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobot)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-artists-do-you-own-every-album-by/619574/42 "2012-04-23T06:52:30Z")
Pink Floyd Peter Gabriel The Police Fleetwood Mac (Buckingham/Nicks era) Genesis Kate Bush Lindsey Buckingham The Beatles Talking Heads David Gilmour “Weird Al” Yankovic Billy Joel Some I’ve almost completed: Tom Petty Yes Prince Roger Waters Devo Porcupine Tree ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-artists-do-you-own-every-album-by/619574/43 "2012-04-23T12:08:16Z")
Not as many as I like. FO rmany bands I like them for ages but lose interest at the arse end of their careers so I don’t get the last album. For example, I don’t have “Munki” by The Jesus and Mary Chain, despite having all their other albums, sometimes more than once. The American Analog Set (quelle surprise) Syd Barrett Chapterhouse Joy Division Mogwai The Pastels Pavement Pink Floyd Ride Slowdive Velvet Underground Honourable mention to The Stone Roses. Only two albums but I pretty much have all the singles too. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-artists-do-you-own-every-album-by/619574/44 "2012-04-23T13:09:14Z")
ABBA Sarah Brightman Julian Lloyd Webber Dudu Fisher All cast recordings of: Jeeves/By Jeeves CATS Starlight Express Phantom of the Opera Aspects of Love Song & Dance Sunset Boulevard The Beautiful Game ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-artists-do-you-own-every-album-by/619574/45 "2012-04-23T15:13:00Z")
Just three:[ul] [li]The Beatles[/li][li]Billy Joel[/li]Cowboy Mouth[/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-artists-do-you-own-every-album-by/619574/46 "2012-04-23T15:20:05Z")
Pixies Nirvana REM Hole PJ Harvey Smiths Morrissey ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-artists-do-you-own-every-album-by/619574/47 "2012-04-23T15:40:09Z")
Not dead certain, but pretty sure I’ve got everything from Gogol Bordello and Slim Cessna’s Auto Club. I’m in a bit of a musical slump at the moment, though. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-artists-do-you-own-every-album-by/619574/48 "2012-04-23T16:43:06Z")
Everything: Beatles (including about a dozen bootlegs) John Sebastian Dan Hicks David Lindley Doors Cheap Suit Serenaders New Leviathan Oriental Foxtrot Orchestra Simon & Garfunkel Everything except for the later albums I would literally never listen to again: ELP Paul Simon Almost Everything: Bob Brozman ---
**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:** [April 23, 2012, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-artists-do-you-own-every-album-by/619574/49 "2012-04-23T16:47:48Z")
The Beatles. I (re) bought all their albums when they came out on iTunes a couple of years ago. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-artists-do-you-own-every-album-by/619574/50 "2012-04-23T16:48:24Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Blind Faith. > mmm You have all one of them? ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-artists-do-you-own-every-album-by/619574/51 "2012-04-23T16:52:57Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > You have all one of them? Yes, and he was so busy listening to it he didn’t have time to read the OP. ---
**Author:** ![Snake\_Plissken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@Snake\_Plissken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snake_Plissken)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-artists-do-you-own-every-album-by/619574/52 "2012-04-24T03:53:58Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > 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). 🙂 I’ll violate copyright laws if you want. ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-artists-do-you-own-every-album-by/619574/53 "2012-04-24T05:42:38Z")
Emerson, Lake & Palmer Genesis Steely Dan Close on: King Crimson (hard to tell, since they put out so many alvums through their record club) Frank Zappa (the Zappa Family Trust keeps releasing more albums) ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-artists-do-you-own-every-album-by/619574/54 "2012-04-24T06:05:56Z")
CCR Bread David Gates (his solo albums) Emmy Lou Harris ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-artists-do-you-own-every-album-by/619574/55 "2012-04-24T06:16:54Z")
I have every Streetlight Manifesto album. In addition, I have every album of Cage the Elephant, though they only have two albums (and one single) out so it fails the test. I also have every album by a very little known band called Pain (though most people of my generation who watched Cartoon Network are probably familiar with their song Jabberjaw Running Underwater which played in a short on CN). ---
**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-artists-do-you-own-every-album-by/619574/56 "2012-04-24T12:38:50Z")
Well, the obvious ones are Van der Graaf Generator and Peter Hammill then American Music Club and Mark Eitzel and then Cyndi Lauper Curved Air John Doe (and maybe all of X) Triffids Small Faces Grant-Lee Phillips (but missing at least one Grant Lee Buffalo) David Thomas (but not Pere Ubu) Bunny Wailer (I think) Redbone (for some bizarre 70s reason) and a bunch of others come close, like Yello… ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-artists-do-you-own-every-album-by/619574/57 "2012-04-24T13:11:58Z")
> [@Shakester](#): > > Worryingly, I’m pretty sure I don’t even own all of the releases of at least two bands that I was in. Ummm. what band were you in? ---
**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:** [April 24, 2012, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-artists-do-you-own-every-album-by/619574/58 "2012-04-24T13:40:01Z")
> [@ministryman](#): > > Ummm. what band were you in? Unless you were in Melbourne Australia between 1985-1995, you’re highly unlikely to have heard of anything I was involved in. Even if you _were_, you’re fairly unlikely to have heard of me. I’m on a bunch of releases, but no big sellers and nothing that “broke” here, let alone anywhere else. ---
**Author:** ![CatherineZeta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@CatherineZeta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatherineZeta)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-artists-do-you-own-every-album-by/619574/59 "2012-04-25T01:52:18Z")
No Doubt Garbage The Smiths Morrissey Rufus Wainwright Loudon Wainwright The Heartless Bastards The Kinks The Pretenders Franz Ferdinand Beach House The Drums Florence + The Machine The Killers Beirut ---
**Author:** ![Trom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@Trom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trom)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-artists-do-you-own-every-album-by/619574/60 "2012-04-25T04:26:51Z")
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