Who makes up the biggest part of your (paid for) music collection?

blue note

So while we all have favourite bands, who did you actually shell out money for? Basically, who do you have more CDs of than anyone else? And do you still listen to them? Are you not sure how you ended up with them? Maybe you went through a phase thinking Bon Jovi were the greatest band of all time and bought their entire back catalogue?

For me I have 11 Super Furry Animal CDs. They are still one of my favourite bands, so I do still listen to them a fair bit. Santana coming in second with 8, although 5 of those were in a box set.

But I just wonder who people actually shelled out money for. I'm guessing we'll see a few blur and oasis, rem and u2, bob dylan and tom waits. And hopefully a few embarrassing surprises!

DamagedTrax

the cure. ive lost count of how many cassettes, cds and vinyls by them i have bought thru the years.

osarusan

Bruce Springsteen and Tom Waits roughly tied. Neil Young not far behind.

The rest nowhere.

beano345

Black flag or poison idea

calanus

I have 20 studio album releases of Sparks (you know - big in 70's and the keyboard player had a weird Hitler/Chaplin moustache) on vinyl.
They were not very expensive with the exception of 1 or 2 and I suppose they're prolific enough to have released >20 in a 40 year career and still going.

Ciaran_B

I’ve every Smiths album on tape and CD and probably 90% of them on vinyl.

Mrs Garth Brooks

18 Garth Brooks CDs.

Even if Garth Brooks ever went digital, I would still buy the cds.

I love him.

The Backwards Man

Big Tom And The Mainliners.

Oh you're going out the same you came in. . . .

DamagedTrax

HardLuckWoman wrote: »

18 Garth Brooks CDs.

Even if Garth Brooks ever went digital, I would still buy the cds.

I love him.

CDs are digital... just sayin :P

the_monkey

Bruce Springsteen .. easily

I still buy the CD's , I enjoy it.

super_furry

Super Furry Animals, Blur and Belle and Sebastian. Pretty much have everything they've released.

Bipolar Joe

Pile of Eggs. The tapes are getting harder to find, now . Really fun noisy rubbish made in Steve Eggs' basement.

RichFTW

Pearl Jam, Beck or Ryan Adams are all in or around the 16/17 mark. Even though I still buy CDs, I would just upload them straight to iTunes. A lot of my newer CDs have never been actually played.

stimpson

No they don't. I don't think I've ever bought any Who records.

yeahimhere

Xavier rudd. Amazing lyrics and fantastic musician. Only artist that I've bought all albums.

blue note

HardLuckWoman wrote: »

18 Garth Brooks CDs.

Even if Garth Brooks ever went digital, I would still buy the cds.

I love him.

I'm going to sound like a dick here, but since I have internet anonymity I might as well be honest.

Having 18 Garth Brooks albums confuses me. Someone who buys 18 albums by one artist must be a big music fan, but someone who loves music couldn't possibly love Garth Brooks that much. It's a contradiction that could keep me awake at night!

I know I'm wrong to think like that, but I genuinely find it hard to get my head around.

Mrs Garth Brooks

DamagedTrax wrote: »

CDs are digital... just sayin :P

Oh right. I meant itunes.

gammygils

On CD and cassette

U2 - 9
Sawdoctors - 8
Chris Rea - 7
Mary Black - 5 (mostly cassette!)
Nanci Griffith - 5

Don't listen to them that much anymore.

Listen to Joy Division (5) Psychedelic Furs (5) New Order (4)

I have a lot of Artist compilations in my collection

lufties

John Digweed..he's stuff is definately what I have most of.

dark crystal

The most CDs I own by any one artist would be 6, by Stevie Wonder. That includes a 'Best of' too, though

stefan idiot jones

Motorhead and Sabbath.

9959

PAPER LACE and BLACK LACE.
I've one Compact Disc of each.
Superb.

rannerap

The Beatles, I bloody love them

Rothko

Neil Young. I have 27 CDs from his career.

Welsh Megaman

KISS (including the individual members' solo albums), Judas Priest and Alice Cooper.

Napper Hawkins

I have everything by :

Strapping Young Lad

Fear Factory

Gojira

Meshuggah

Slayer

Pantera

Morbid Angel (I didn't pay for their latest, because it doesn't deserve my money, or anyone else's for that matter)

Sepultura (Max era)

Led Zeppelin

Nile

Misery Index

Tool

A Perfect Circle

Black Sabbath (Ozzy era)

blue note

Napper Hawkins wrote: »

I have everything by :

Strapping Young Lad

Fear Factory

Gojira

Meshuggah

Slayer

Pantera

Morbid Angel (I didn't pay for their latest, because it doesn't deserve my money, or anyone else's for that matter)

Sepultura (Max era)

Led Zeppelin

Nile

Misery Index

Tool

A Perfect Circle

Black Sabbath (Ozzy era)

I love the metal bands names.

Andy-Pandy

The cure , Neil Young, Wilco and Modest Mouse. in that order.

Ghost Buster

blue note wrote: »

So while we all have favourite bands, who did you actually shell out money for? Basically, who do you have more CDs of than anyone else? And do you still listen to them? Are you not sure how you ended up with them? Maybe you went through a phase thinking Bon Jovi were the greatest band of all time and bought their entire back catalogue?

For me I have 11 Super Furry Animal CDs. They are still one of my favourite bands, so I do still listen to them a fair bit. Santana coming in second with 8, although 5 of those were in a box set.

But I just wonder who people actually shelled out money for. I'm guessing we'll see a few blur and oasis, rem and u2, bob dylan and tom waits. And hopefully a few embarrassing surprises!

Elvis Costello. I am a huge fan but the length of his career, quantity of out put and variety of output (Angry punk, country, folk, classical, covers, collaborations, jazz, solo. with The Attractions, The Imposters, The Roots yadda yadda) made for a pretty big presence on my iTunes.

danniemcq

Pink Floyd,

got the shine on box set, all albums, singles, book, artwork and i have a few vinyls too, closely followed by Nirvana (albums on CD and vinyl including bleach on white), got really rare recordings, the singles, limited edition stuff.

After that probably zeppelin, then Metallica and then Damien Rice

BBDBB

Mark Knopfler
The man is simply a guitar genius, love his work

dharn

U2

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

leonard cohen or metallica

probably metallica, if you count all the singles I bought when i was younger and stupid(er)

marienbad

About 50 by the Berlin Philharmonic ,does that count ? And about 50 different versions of Verdi and the same with Wagner,Berlioz etc.

All of Neil Young ,CSN,Springsteen up to about 1985 on vinyl as they came out, but I don't listen to them anymore.If I get nostalgic I have a browse through youtube, I might start with Harvest Moon and five hours later I end up with Jimmy Durante singing Make Someone happy and all stops in between

MRnotlob606

Autumn leaves from the forest foilage

Jester252

Linkin Park, own everything by them

quickbeam

Neil Young, but that's not difficult considering he's released more albums than (probably) anybody else I'm a fan of.

LoonyLovegood

Hmm...CD only, it's a tie between Westlife (my only excuse is I was six when they became huge, and had a mother who bought me an album every year) and All Time Low (7 each). But when I include my vinyl collection, it'd be paramore. (4 albums on vinyl, a singles collection, a rare acoustic single on vinyl, four studio albums, two live albums)

Temptamperu

Radiohead

astonaidan

Touch it remix by Busta Rhymes, felt like such a sucka when I found torrents

Mince Pie

Beastie Boys

Steve_o

Bob Dylan

9959

Al Bowlly

caustic 1

Prince, Linkin Park, Grace Potter, Alison Krauss, Newton Faulkner, Foy Vance, The Rolling stones, David Cook. Muse.

e_e

REM - 18
Tom Waits - 18
Autechre - 12
Fugazi - 11
Aphex Twin - 10
Radiohead - 8

I own more than one physical copy of some of their albums too.

DazMarz

Iron Maiden; every studio and live album they ever released and most of their "Greatest Hits" albums and compilations. Loads of albums...

Steve Earle, Megadeth, Motley Crue, Richard Marx, Whitesnake, Def Leppard and AC/DC make up the rest of the artists for whom I'd have a lot of albums.

Ray Palmer

I must be one of the few old school collectors. I's be very hard pressed to figure out which artists I have the most of. I have complete discography of many bands on CD with some of the doubles of vinyl. Some artists I have more than one copy of the CD due to later release with extra tracks.

The selection is very varied too. Complete collections

Adam Ant

Led Zeppelin

Misfits

Rainbow

Slade

Yes

ELO

Simon and Garfunkel

Dead Milkmen

Leonard Cohen

Smiths

Miles Davis

Credence Clearwater

Beck

Herbie Hancock

Black Sabbath

Rolling Stones

The Monkees


They are just the ones I remember of the top of my head.

harry Bailey esq

i have everything that The Specials ever released,some on vinyl.

9959

e_e wrote: »

REM - 18
Tom Waits - 18
Autechre - 12
Fugazi - 11
Aphex Twin - 10
Radiohead - 8

I own more than one physical copy of some of their albums too.

Chelsea - 60
Arsenal - 59
Man City - 57
Liverpool - 56
Paper Lace- 1
Black Lace - 1
U2 - 0

SirLemonhead

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

KISS (including the individual members' solo albums), Judas Priest and Alice Cooper.

I have 40 Judas Priest CDs at a rough count in my head

blue note

Ray Palmer wrote: »

I must be one of the few old school collectors. I's be very hard pressed to figure out which artists I have the most of. I have complete discography of many bands on CD with some of the doubles of vinyl. Some artists I have more than one copy of the CD due to later release with extra tracks.

The selection is very varied too. Complete collections

Adam Ant

Led Zeppelin

Misfits

Rainbow

Slade

Yes

ELO

Simon and Garfunkel

Dead Milkmen

Leonard Cohen

Smiths

Miles Davis

Credence Clearwater

Beck

Herbie Hancock

Black Sabbath

Rolling Stones

The Monkees


They are just the ones I remember of the top of my head.

How many albums in a complete Miles Davis collection?