# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![fisico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/cab0a1/32.png) [@fisico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisico)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-dominates-your-music-collection/115411/21 "2002-06-22T20:21:54Z")
Rolling Stones and Pearl Jam with 5. ---
**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, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-dominates-your-music-collection/115411/22 "2002-06-22T20:25:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dieter \* > \*\*Ruadh: Joy Division has 16 releases? I only know of about 4 of their records. \*\* Um, they’re not all official. ---
**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-dominates-your-music-collection/115411/23 "2002-06-22T21:03:35Z")
Kenny Rogers [Country Music] Bon Jovi [Rock] ---
**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:** [June 22, 2002, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-dominates-your-music-collection/115411/24 "2002-06-22T21:09:09Z")
Bach - 36 titles ---
**Author:** ![WSLer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a6a055/32.png) [@WSLer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WSLer)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-dominates-your-music-collection/115411/25 "2002-06-22T23:34:05Z")
Frank Sinatra-20 CD’s and they are all from one box set. ---
**Author:** ![Semp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Semp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Semp)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-dominates-your-music-collection/115411/26 "2002-06-23T00:20:51Z")
Only counting ten or above CDs: 10 - The Beatles, The Cocteau Twins, Coil 11 - Add N to X, The Art of Noise, Belle & Sebastian (hint: making a lot of EPs tends to bump up the number), The Clash 12 - Ministry 13 - The Talking Heads 14 - Depeche Mode (it’s all 1990 or earlier, otherwise it would be higher), Godflesh, Kraftwerk, Skinny Puppy, Wire (it’s about to jump to 16 in two weeks) 15 - Rapoon 16 - Cabaret Voltaire 20 - Orbital 31 - The Cure 49 - Various Artists (I can’t wait for their greatest hits package!) ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-dominates-your-music-collection/115411/27 "2002-06-23T00:34:20Z")
**Mike Oldfield** - 25 CDs (so far) ---
**Author:** ![dead0man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@dead0man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dead0man)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-dominates-your-music-collection/115411/28 "2002-06-23T00:58:30Z")
Aerosmith- ~18 NOFX- ~24 (some of these are ummmm…“not purchased”) Pink Floyd- 11 Pennywise- 7 Pearl Jam- ~7(Not even a fan except for “10” but I got a deal on the rest of them when a friend of mine got religion) The Who, Red Hot Chilli Peppers and Green Day- 6 Guns N Roses and Nirvana- 5 dead0man ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-dominates-your-music-collection/115411/29 "2002-06-23T04:22:04Z")
For me it is the Eurythmics, followed by Depeche Mode and Madonna. ---
**Author:** ![Weird\_AL\_Einstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c67d28/32.png) [@Weird\_AL\_Einstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weird_AL_Einstein)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-dominates-your-music-collection/115411/30 "2002-06-23T11:57:54Z")
Guess. Hint: Look at my username. ---
**Author:** ![Dragon\_Phoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Dragon\_Phoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragon_Phoenix)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-dominates-your-music-collection/115411/31 "2002-06-23T12:08:31Z")
JS Bach - about 100 CDs. ---
**Author:** ![pldennison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pldennison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pldennison)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-dominates-your-music-collection/115411/32 "2002-06-23T13:34:36Z")
I’m not going to sit and count, but off the top of my head and in no particular order: 1. The Beatles, collectively and as solo artists. All of the official Beatles releases, a few not-so-official releases, tons of solo material by Lennon, McCartney and Harrison. 2. The Posies. All of their studio releases, a couple of imports, and the box set put out by Not Lame records last year. 3. John Coltrane. At least 25 CDs. 4. Roughly equal amounts of Sheryl Crow and Aimee Mann. 5. The Beach Boys. 6. Because of my wife, the Monkees. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-dominates-your-music-collection/115411/33 "2002-06-24T11:18:17Z")
Lets see, I have to think about this since all my CDs are not in front of me: Iron Maiden, everything at least twice plus the 10 years set, plus a number of singles, then some bootlegs, at least close to 50 if not more. Then would be Motorhead, but mostly because of the stuff that other companies put out like best of’s etc. There must be 30 some there. The following all have at least 10-15+, most is complete, Rush, Gary Moore, Scorpions, Judas Priest. ---
**Author:** ![Coil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Coil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coil)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-dominates-your-music-collection/115411/34 "2002-06-24T12:45:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Pucette \* > \*\* > > A man after my own heart. DM takes up the largest part of my collection, though not NEARLY as much as this. 🙂 \*\* DM makes up for a large part of my music collection as well. Of my approx. 500 CDs (both CD albums and CD singles included but not videos or dvds or vinyls) Depeche Mode make up about 70. The others in the top 5 are: 2. The Cure 3. The Sisters of Mercy 4. Kraftwerk 5. Front 242 ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-dominates-your-music-collection/115411/35 "2002-06-24T13:08:12Z")
I don’t get that much volume, since I have a kind of Yoko effect on bands. Not long after I get interested in them, they break up. Pogues - 10 Art of Noise - 10 Pizzicato Five - 9 Indigo Girls - 9 Pixies - 6 Southern Culture on the Skids - 6 ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-dominates-your-music-collection/115411/36 "2002-06-24T13:15:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dieter \* > \*\*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” \*\* Sorry for the double-post, but I just noticed this. I’ve never heard Killing Joke, but one of my favorite CDs is _Songs from the Victorious City_ by Anne Dudley and Jaz Coleman. It sounds a lot like an Art of Noise album, sure, but I was wondering if it sounds anything like a Killing Joke album? ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-dominates-your-music-collection/115411/37 "2002-06-24T14:08:47Z")
The Grateful Dead (band and solo) 200+ tapes 30+ albums and CDs ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-dominates-your-music-collection/115411/38 "2002-06-24T14:12:18Z")
About forty Sibelius CDs. Far and away the largest single contributor, with Beethoven, Holst and Glazunov fighting it out amongst themselves for second place. ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-dominates-your-music-collection/115411/39 "2002-06-24T23:31:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ruadh \* > **I have one of those database thingies, too…** Ditto, but haven’t updated or added to it since late 97. 14: Stones 13: Dylan 12: Black Sabbath 10: Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention and Blue Oyster Cult 9: Steely Dan & Pink Floyd & REM 8: Who & Neil Young ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-dominates-your-music-collection/115411/40 "2002-06-24T23:44:02Z")
Well, thanks to: [ol] [li] **SolGrundy** : I’m gonna have to go home and put on “Dirt Track Date”[/li][li] **Eutychus** : I’m gonna blow the dust off “Islands”, which is chronologically filed between Tubular Bells & Tubular Bells 2.[/li][li]\*\* Darwin’s Finch\*\*: Listen to all 5 mixes of “Innocente’” in the car on the way to work tomorrow.[/ol][/li]Who needs databases when threads like this one jar my memory on what needs a good re-listening to [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-dominates-your-music-collection/115411.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-dominates-your-music-collection/115411.md?page=3)