# Who dominates your music collection? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 22, 2002, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-dominates-your-music-collection/115411 "2002-06-22T06:35:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-dominates-your-music-collection/115411/1 "2002-06-22T06:35:21Z")
I was putting my music collection into a database, so I would have a record for insurance purposes (a friend had his 500 CD collection ripped off last week (while he was asleep in the next room), so that made me a little paranoid)… ANYWAYS… here’s what I found out: a top eight if you will (it would have been a top ten, but there were rather large ties for 9th and 10th) 8: **Steely Dan** - 9 titles 7: **RUSH** - 10 titles 6: **Jethro Tull** - 11 titles 5: **Emerson, Lake & Palmer** - 12 titles (13, if you count **E,L & Powell** ) 4: **The Beatles** - 13 titles 3: **King Crimson** - 14 titles 2: **Genesis** - 20 titles and the King of my collection: 1: **Frank Zappa** - 41 titles So how about it - who dominates your collection? ---
**Author:** ![Dieter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@Dieter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dieter)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-dominates-your-music-collection/115411/2 "2002-06-22T06:47:27Z")
I have just about, if not, everything by: Killing Joke Gang of Four Shriekback Gary Numan The The But of all genres of music, my Jazz collection takes the cake. About 1/3 of my CD’s are Jazz or jazz comps. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-dominates-your-music-collection/115411/3 "2002-06-22T07:49:21Z")
Frank Zappa has the most in my CD collection 63 titles ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-dominates-your-music-collection/115411/4 "2002-06-22T11:22:37Z")
Emerson, Lake and Palmer The Beatles The Who David Bowie Steely Dan Have to give Frank Zappa a try, I guess. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2002, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-dominates-your-music-collection/115411/5 "2002-06-22T11:28:15Z")
Rush Queen It would be Cowboy Mouth if they had more titles out. ---
**Author:** ![Caprese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9a28c/32.png) [@Caprese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caprese)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-dominates-your-music-collection/115411/6 "2002-06-22T12:59:16Z")
Hendrix The Who Jethro Tull Warren Zevon (have just about everything he’s done) Neil Young (ditto) ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Badger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/848f3c/32.png) [@Dead\_Badger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Badger)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-dominates-your-music-collection/115411/7 "2002-06-22T13:11:25Z")
Tom Waits and Bob Dylan, in roughly equal amounts. If I count the Waits bootlegs he wins massively, but it feels like cheating 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![neofishboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/neofishboy/32/444_2.png) [@neofishboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neofishboy)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-dominates-your-music-collection/115411/8 "2002-06-22T16:03:12Z")
_Bob Mould_ seems to be the winner in my collection with 25: Husker Du - 10 Bob solo - 9 Sugar - 6 ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-dominates-your-music-collection/115411/9 "2002-06-22T16:42:37Z")
**Depeche Mode** easily wins that title with _drumroll please_ **85** cd’s. This includes bootlegs and different editions of the same single (i.e. _Only When I Lose Myself_, I have 2 American versions and one British version). BTW, this doesn’t count Videos and DVD’s. I thank you. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-dominates-your-music-collection/115411/10 "2002-06-22T17:07:59Z")
I have the most cds by: Tori Amos Nirvana Toad the Wet Sprocket Red Hot Chili Peppers with honorable mention to bands with too few cds: Bush Guster (their 4th comes out in the fall!) ---
**Author:** ![Opengrave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/919ad9/32.png) [@Opengrave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Opengrave)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-dominates-your-music-collection/115411/11 "2002-06-22T17:28:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dieter \* > **Killing Joke** Never actually heard these guys music but I have heard they rule! For me: **Pink Floyd** (19) **Iron Maiden** (15) **Black Sabbath** (9) **Megadeth** (9) **Metallica** (9) **Sentenced** (8) **Slayer** (7) **Sepultura** (7) **Rush** (7) and of course the very versatile and multi- talented **Various Artists** (19). ---
**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:** [June 22, 2002, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-dominates-your-music-collection/115411/12 "2002-06-22T18:19:07Z")
Andrew Lloyd Webber cast CDS–about 30 in 20 different languages. Julian Lloyd Webber (37) pre and post-ABBA ABBA (17) ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_The\_Diver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Buck\_The\_Diver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_The_Diver)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-dominates-your-music-collection/115411/13 "2002-06-22T18:34:11Z")
I have (I think) every Jimmy Buffett album ever put out, including the overseas releases. I also own every Weird Al Yankovich album, his movie (UHF) and tapes of his TV show. Peculiar? ---
**Author:** ![Pucette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/278dde/32.png) [@Pucette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pucette)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-dominates-your-music-collection/115411/14 "2002-06-22T18:47:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by interface2x \* > \*\ ***Depeche Mode** easily wins that title with _drumroll please_ **85** cd’s. This includes bootlegs and different editions of the same single (i.e. _Only When I Lose Myself_, I have 2 American versions and one British version). > > BTW, this doesn’t count Videos and DVD’s. > > I thank you. \*\* A man after my own heart. DM takes up the largest part of my collection, though not NEARLY as much as this. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-dominates-your-music-collection/115411/15 "2002-06-22T18:56:34Z")
I have one of those database thingies, too. Let’s see: Blur (17) Joy Division (16) David Bowie (14) Band of Holy Joy (11) Felt (10) Lush (9) And a whole bunch of 8’s and below. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2002, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-dominates-your-music-collection/115411/16 "2002-06-22T19:16:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Annie-Xmas \* > \*\*Andrew Lloyd Webber cast CDS–about 30 in 20 different languages. > > Julian Lloyd Webber (37) > > pre and post-ABBA ABBA (17) \*\* Make that 300. This is my day for crappy posting. ---
**Author:** ![Dieter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@Dieter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dieter)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-dominates-your-music-collection/115411/17 "2002-06-22T19:26:21Z")
After seeing above I forgot about my Bowie collection (which I stopped collection on after that Blue Jean album) Ruadh: Joy Division has 16 releases? I only know of about 4 of their records. ---
**Author:** ![Dieter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@Dieter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dieter)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-dominates-your-music-collection/115411/18 "2002-06-22T19:32:11Z")
Opengrave: yeah. Killing Joke is pretty cool. If you’ve not heard them you should check out the CD “Laugh? I Nearly Bought One!” it’s a good comp of their better tracks. You might also want to avoid the albums “Brighter then a 1000 suns” and “Outside the gate”. Those were, umm, not their best work. “Revelations” is perhaps my favourite of their albums. Lots of drums and things that go “bzzzzzz” ---
**Author:** ![Darwins\_Finch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darwins_finch/32/20304_2.png) [@Darwins\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darwins_Finch)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-dominates-your-music-collection/115411/19 "2002-06-22T19:34:10Z")
Without knowing exact numbers (my collection, such as it is, is in a bit of disarray), I’d speculate: 1. **Dead Can Dance** : I have all of their “official” (non-bootleg) releases, as well as the boxed set, and numerous soundtracks / compilations which were purchased solely because Lisa Gerrard performed in one or more songs. I also have all of Lisa’s, and Brendan’s single, solo albums. 2. **Black Tape for a Blue Girl** : Don’t have nearly all of their albums, but I do know I have several. And, as above, numerous compilations in which they appear on one or more tracks. 3. **Delerium** : Somewhere between five and eight albums. As I said, my collection is not terribly organized. 4. **They Might Be Giants** : Only valid if this includes cassettes, since I have all of their older stuff on that medium. I think I’ve only got about three or four CDs (a couple of which are duplicates of the cassettes), though. 5. **Depeche Mode** : Again, several cassettes, but only a few CDs. I do know I am missing a few albums, though. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-dominates-your-music-collection/115411/20 "2002-06-22T19:47:51Z")
Electric Light Orchestra - 34 Tori Amos - 34 Beatles - 33 ABBA - 18 Genesis - 17 Kate Bush - 12 Blondie - 9 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-dominates-your-music-collection/115411.md?page=2)