My CD Leaderboard
I just alphabetized my CD collection for the first time since maybe 2005 or 2006. Nobody's asking, but just for the sake of curiosity I tallied things up to make a leaderboard of which artists (or composers) I have the most CDs by. The rules I went by were to (a) only count CDs and (b) to count all CDs equally. So multi-disc sets counted for each disc, singles, bootlegs, live, greatest hits, duplicates, etc. all counted equally. What did not count was appearances on multi-artist compilations. I've sorted things by primary artist but also added notes on solo releases or other related acts parenthetically. I've listed every artist with totals of 10 or above.
- 43 Depeche Mode (+ 3 solo = 46) [Lots of singles]
- 35 Philip Glass [as composer]
- 33 Yes (+ 4 ABWH + 2 other solo = 39)
- 32 Guided By Voices (+ 1 solo = 33)
- 31 Björk (+ 2 with bands = 33) [lots of singles]
- 30 Genesis (+ 26 Peter Gabriel + 2 Phil Collins = 58)
- 30 Pink Floyd (+ 2 tribute + 7 solo = 39)
- 28 Beatles (+ 6 solo = 34)
- 28 Richard D. James (incl. 17 as Aphex Twin, 10 under other names, 1 collaboration)
- 26 Peter Gabriel (+ see above for Genesis)
- 24 Chemical Brothers
- 24 Flaming Lips
- 23 Prince (+ 1 tribute = 24)
- 21 Rush
- 20 Einstürzende Neubauten (+ 1 solo = 21)
- 20 The Orb
- 19 Steve Reich [as composer]
- 19 Led Zeppelin
- 18 David Bowie
- 17 New Order (+ 4 Joy Division + 2 related acts = 23)
- 17 Jefferson Airplane (+ 3 solo/Jefferson Starship = 20)
- 17 The Cure
- 16 The Who
- 16 Beck
- 16 Brian Eno (includes many collaborations)
- 15 Kraftwerk (+ 2 tribute = 17)
- 15 Neil Young (+ 2 CSNY + 2 Buffalo Springfield = 19)
- 15 Orbital
- 14 Fleetwood Mac (+ 3 solo = 17)
- 13 Autechre
- 13 Moby
- 12 King Crimson (+ 4 Fripp + 3 Belew = 19)
- 12 Animal Collective (+ 4 solo = 16)
- 11 Oingo Boingo (+ 1 solo = 12)
- 11 John Adams [as composer]
- 11 Radiohead
- 11 Underworld
- 11 Stevie Wonder
- 10 U2 (+1 Passengers = 11)
- 10 Beastie Boys
- 10 Moody Blues
- 10 Pizzicato Five
- 10 Velvet Underground
- 10 Glenn Gould [as performer]
- 9 Morrissey (+ 4 Smiths = 13)
So there you go.
posted by Adam Villani @ 6/02/2013 12:11:00 PM
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7 Comments:
How many CDs do you have in total?
15 Jefferson Airplane?
Also, HOW do you have 24 Flaming Lips releases? I didn't think they had that many physical things. "Zaireeka," studio albums, then...singles?
Very impressive--now I have to Google some of the artists of whom I have no knowledge. You are constantly educating me, Adam!
TL Jackson: about 1700 discs total.
Lance --
Jefferson Airplane:
"The Worst of Jefferson Airplane" best-of compilation, which was the first album of theirs I got, and which is now superfluous;
All 7 studio albums through "Long John Silver" (i.e., everything but their 1980s reunion album);
"Early Flight" 1974 compilation of previously unreleased stuff;
4 live sets, one of which is 2-CD;
3-CD "Jefferson Airplane Loves You" boxed set.
Oh wow, that's actually 17 discs.
Flaming Lips:
All their studio albums, including the 4-CD Zaireeka, the "Heady Fwends" disc, and the early stuff on the 3-CD "Finally the Punk Rockers are Taking Acid" and 2-CD "The Day They Shot a Hole in the Jesus Egg" compilations, their "Dark Side of the Moon" cover, and the "Christmas on Mars" soundtrack;
3 singles;
"The Fearless Freaks" compilation.
I don't have any of the rarities like the Gummy Song Fetus.
Love this, and especially that your musical taste is so varied.
And man, that is a LOT of CDs.
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