# Whose music do you have the most of? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 11, 2013, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-music-do-you-have-the-most-of/646882 "2013-01-11T18:18:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-music-do-you-have-the-most-of/646882/41 "2013-01-11T22:33:43Z")
In order: Madonna. I have so much Madonna. Weezer. The Beatles. George Straight. Aerosmith. ETA: Almost forgot Live. ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-music-do-you-have-the-most-of/646882/42 "2013-01-12T00:05:53Z")
> [@campp](#): > > It’s interesting how many Zappaphiles are here. Speaks to the quality of the people on the Dope. ---
**Author:** ![Bartman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@Bartman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bartman)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-music-do-you-have-the-most-of/646882/43 "2013-01-12T00:11:50Z")
Here’s my apparent top 10: [ol] [li]Beatles[/li][li]They Might be Giants (But the 20 or so 5 second tracks for Fingertips is adding a bit of padding)[/li][li]Ataris[/li][li]Pet Shop Boys[/li][li]Legião Urbana[/li][li]Cure[/li][li]Death Cab for Cutie[/li][li]Daniela Mercury[/li][li]Moby[/li][li]Muse[/li][/ol] A bit eclectic. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-music-do-you-have-the-most-of/646882/44 "2013-01-12T00:36:31Z")
Wilco Disturbed Lacuna Coil Bob Mould (solo artist only - hits #1 if you include Blowoff, Husker Du, and Sugar) Filter MC Frontalot The Hold Steady Opeth Sugar ---
**Author:** ![steviep24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f9b8f/32.png) [@steviep24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steviep24)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-music-do-you-have-the-most-of/646882/45 "2013-01-12T00:40:54Z")
Rock: Rush, Pink Floyd and U2 Pop: Madonna ---
**Author:** ![Lobot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce7236/32.png) [@Lobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobot)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-music-do-you-have-the-most-of/646882/46 "2013-01-12T01:27:07Z")
**Peter Gabriel:** 8 studio albums, 4 soundtracks, 3 live albums, 2 compilations, 2 foreign language albums, 2 official bootlegs, 2 unofficial bootlegs, 3 singles, various odds and ends (vinyl, cassettes, VHS, DVDs, Blu-rays, single tracks on soundtracks…) **Genesis:** 15 studio albums, 2 live albums, 5 boxsets, various DVDs, a studio bootleg recording **Pink Floyd:** 15 albums, DVDs, various odds and ends Honourable mentions: Tom Petty, Kate Bush and Yes, any of whom may outrank the above three if I bothered to count it all up. ---
**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:** [January 12, 2013, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-music-do-you-have-the-most-of/646882/47 "2013-01-12T01:54:30Z")
No idea, but I would suspect it’s Chet Baker, Duke Ellington, Ben Webster or Miles Davis. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-music-do-you-have-the-most-of/646882/48 "2013-01-12T02:02:43Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Ben Webster Swoon. He’s just got the best breathy attack doesn’t he? As light as Baker’s but you don’t hear the drugs. ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-music-do-you-have-the-most-of/646882/49 "2013-01-12T02:26:00Z")
On my computer - **Tom Waits** Vinyl - (started collecting in 1967) **Herbie Mann** Ha! I had to look up the spelling of vinyl. (and it _still_ doesn’t look right) ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-music-do-you-have-the-most-of/646882/50 "2013-01-12T02:30:17Z")
> [@Clawdio](#): > > 4-disc live album set (they played their first 4 albums front to back) Appropriate username 🙂 I wonder if they’re gonna do another Neverender and if so what order the albums will be in, since at least the 5th one was a prequel in the storyline. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-music-do-you-have-the-most-of/646882/51 "2013-01-12T02:36:50Z")
> [@Peanuthead](#): > > Vinyl - (started collecting in 1967) **Herbie Mann** Do you have [Push Push](http://http://www.amazon.com/Push-featuring-Duane-Allman/dp/B000002I3M/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1357958024&sr=1-1&keywords=herbie+mann+push+push)? Love that cover for all it’s hairy-chestedness. Macho flutist alert!! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-music-do-you-have-the-most-of/646882/52 "2013-01-12T02:40:02Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Do you have [Push Push](http://http://www.amazon.com/Push-featuring-Duane-Allman/dp/B000002I3M/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1357958024&sr=1-1&keywords=herbie+mann+push+push)? Love that cover for all it’s hairy-chestedness. Macho flutist alert!! 😉 Yes, I do! I heard they made 2 versions of that cover. One fuzzy and one smooth. I got the fuzzy one. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-music-do-you-have-the-most-of/646882/53 "2013-01-12T02:46:28Z")
> [@Peanuthead](#): > > Yes, I do! I heard they made 2 versions of that cover. One fuzzy and one smooth. I got the fuzzy one. A smooth one? But what’s a macho flautist if he’s not hairy?! ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-music-do-you-have-the-most-of/646882/54 "2013-01-12T02:58:23Z")
LOL. [Push Push (album) - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Push_Push_(album)) ---
**Author:** ![ASanders](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asanders/32/3367_2.png) [@ASanders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASanders)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-music-do-you-have-the-most-of/646882/55 "2013-01-12T03:19:48Z")
The variety here is fascinating. Like others of my generation, my owned music spans a wide variety of formats. And now my digital collection includes everything my kids like, too. For sheer quantity, the “artist” we own the most of is the Glee Cast. I used to buy everything Billy Joel put out, loads of James Taylor, CSN(Y) in their various incarnations, and I inherited a large Beatles collection. That’s my personal top tier. Levels below that would be Five for Fighting, the Plain White Ts, Indigo Girls, Richard Shindell. All the rest is just a couple of albums by each artist. ---
**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:** [January 12, 2013, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-music-do-you-have-the-most-of/646882/56 "2013-01-12T06:05:24Z")
I have more albums by Tom Waits than anyone else. No idea how many tracks that adds up to. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-music-do-you-have-the-most-of/646882/57 "2013-01-12T06:21:52Z")
I just recently got around to finally ripping the last of my CDs into iTunes, so it was pretty easy for me to count this up. Two artists dominate my collection. Nobody else even comes close: They Might Be Giants (198 tracks) Ben Folds (96 tracks, includes both solo stuff and Ben Folds Five stuff, plus the album he produced with a cappella college groups covering his songs) ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-music-do-you-have-the-most-of/646882/58 "2013-01-12T06:33:21Z")
Going by # of albums… 21 - Bob Dylan 19 - Little Feat 16 - Beatles 16 - Jimmy Buffett 15 - Rolling Stones 13 - AC/DC ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-music-do-you-have-the-most-of/646882/59 "2013-01-12T07:16:37Z")
In terms of number of albums by artist: 13 - Bruce Springsteen 11 - The Beatles 11 - REM 8 - The Who 7 - Bob Dylan 7 - U2 6 - The Rolling Stones In terms of plays on my computer since July 2005: The Beatles - 1,540 Bob Dylan - 1,156 The Rolling Stones - 976 Elvis Costello - 951 Otis Redding - 575 The Who - 548 Bruce Springsteen - 527 The Kinks - 520 Neko Case - 504 U2 - 473 James Brown - 468 ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-music-do-you-have-the-most-of/646882/60 "2013-01-12T10:01:00Z")
the Beatles Leon Russell Todd Rundgren a patchwork myriad of others To my credit (?) I never bought an 8-track. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-music-do-you-have-the-most-of/646882.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-music-do-you-have-the-most-of/646882.md?page=4)