Do you own the entire discography of one artist?

[Synapse]

I just want to see if anyone here really loves a band rather than simply dabbling in them. So, do you own every single studio album, EP, whatever, that a band/artist has put out? Music videos, DVDs, live concerts, etc. don't count, just musical compositions.

Based on that criteria, I own the entire discography of Tool (everything from Opiate to 10,000 Days) and have probably listened to every song at least 3 times (notice I said three, crap like the "Swamp Song" off of Undertow is abhorrent) and about half of Led Zeppelin's discography. I used to own almost all of NIN's, but I gave away every album except Year Zero. I'm slowly getting most of Pink Floyd's discography, but I'll probably never complete it as A Momentary Lapse in Reason isn't that good apart from "Learning to Fly".

[SelfMadeBum]

Staind
Dave Matthew's Band
Michael Buble
Dido
Pink Floyd

Maybe a few others.

[Seducer]

I have 4 CD's by Boston. I think that's all they made. I only have 1 of their music videos.

[SelfMadeBum]

Ludovico Einaudi as well.

[Webbster]

Muse
Beatles
U2
Teagan and Sara
Metric

Some others, obvious it's much easier the shorter the time the band has been around.

[MacGuffin]

Too many I can't count.

I also track down obscure singles too.

[StarvingArtist]

The Gits
Poison Idea
Suicidal Tendencies
Sublime
Bob Dylan
Black Uhuru
Nirvana
Janis Joplin

alot of these are records, I collect them, especially Sub Pop singles.... and probably others..... bands with dead members glut the market... probably why my list is full of tragedy....

[Doppelbock]

Rush.

Currently working on getting Genesis's back catalog from the Peter Gabriel days.

[mal]

top of my list:

Blind Melon
Roots Manuva
Leftfield
Dizzee Rascal
The Travelling Wilburys
Led Zeppelin
The Who
Orbital

many many more.

[MrFlaneur]

Aphex Twin.

I love Torrents.

[Cygnus]

Rush.

Currently working on getting Genesis's back catalog from the Peter Gabriel days.

Ditto for Rush, though I am missing some of the new albums and live ones. Most the collection in on vinyl, not everything on CD :)

[nowt]

Anybody I like, I own.

It's a radio series I'm still gathering up, tho--

'One Hour As...'

[Malkavia]

I own the discography of a lot of artists, but I downloaded all of them so I dont actually count it.

[INTJoe]

Led Zeppelin

(well, all but Coda and Presence).

No other artist comes close to being worthy of me buying their entire catalogue.

[mal]

have you listened to Blind Melon?

[INTJoe]

Not beyond "No Rain" I suppose, which is way too... soft for my taste.

I prefer "high octane" rock like Zeppelin or Guns 'N' Roses.

[Antares]

The only artists I have full discographies of are those with like, one or two albums. Otherwise, I can't be bothered. All of them have good, average and bad songs, and I can't see the point of taking up space on my hard disk (which is already very full, for some mysterious reason) for songs that I'm never going to listen to. I've had full discographies before, like, 7 albums. I ended up deleting 90% of the songs.

Oy. Fine. If you count Beethoven. But it's at best a very incomplete attempt at a discography. I have all of his symphonies and piano sonatas, but you and I both know he wrote a helluva lot more works than that. I love every single one of them. That man is legend.

[helium]

Sugarcubes
Bjork
Beatles
NIN
Tool
A Perfect Circle
Days of the New
Black Crowes
Pogues
Pink Floyd
Suzanne Vega

...and others. But those are the first few I can think of.

[Neuro]

Back in the day I had all the Tool albums on CD. Currently, some of my most cherished discographies are from Burzum, Bathory, Aphex Twin, Smiths/Morrissey.

[zibber]

Gil Scott-Heron
The Cream
Lynyrd Skynyrd

[SilentRequiem]

Epica
Within Temptation
Therion
Haggard
Diablo Swing Orchestra
... many others aswell though pretty much downloaded

[Il Prodigio]

I own the entire discography of three artists. I've listened to each song a dozen times at least. Id recommend them to anyone with a brain.

Thrice
Outkast
Wale

[DewFuel]

Led Zeppelin

(well, all but Coda and Presence).

No other artist comes close to being worthy of me buying their entire catalogue.

woop woop

i own:

Led Zep
Sarah McLachlan
Tool
Jewel
Liz Phair
Cake

[mal]

Not beyond "No Rain" I suppose, which is way too... soft for my taste.

I prefer "high octane" rock like Zeppelin or Guns 'N' Roses.

give this a go:

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they're far better than what you hear in no rain, possibly my favourite band.

Zeppelin was one of their main influences, and Hoon sings with Axel Rose on "Don't Cry" ( I think it's that one anyway).

I can't get enough of them. :vampire:

[azelismia]

well, the intent of the OP was to determine true love towards a musical entity above and over other bands.. that doesn't apply to me in the cases I own the entire collection. I just have it.. my favorite music I actually don't have hte entire disco or I don't love everything that the band produced and so keep it to the albums I did like.

the disco sets I own are

the police
the beatles
fleetwood mac.

I haven't actually listened to any of these for a few years. I haven't put in a single DVD in a few years actually. I rarely listen to music anymore. I listen to satellite radio in the car now and again but I don't just listen to music anymore.

[freeeekyyy]

Primus
Cake
Orbital
Nine Inch Nails
Tool
Plastikman
Coldplay
Muse (minus their latest, haven't gotten it yet)


I think there are a couple others too that aren't coming to mind. If I like an artist or band alot I almost always buy all their albums.

[INTJoe]

mal,
I don't have audio on my home computer but I'll try to check that out at work Monday. I do know Hoon and Rose were friends and both hailed from Indiana. On top of owning almost all of Zep's catalogue, I also own several rare discs of outtakes or concert bootlegs. The outtakes are incredible to get to see their progression through rehearsing a song and grinding it out.

azel,
When I was a kid I never understood why all thirtysomethings like Sting/Police. I thought his stuff was really boring but the older I get the more I appreciate his music. I actually really enjoy Sting now and I also happen to be 30. lol. I think now that I'm older I realize "good music" doesn't have to be complicated. His stuff is pretty pure.

[mal]

Orbital


Isn't Chime and Impact on the Satan Live Yellow single possible the best piece of live dance music EVER recorded????? :lovestruck:

It's EPIC!!!

Recorded at the V96 festival I think.
Can't remember for sure.


Amazing track(s) though, way better than the album versions.

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mal,
I don't have audio on my home computer but I'll try to check that out at work Monday. I do know Hoon and Rose were friends and both hailed from Indiana. On top of owning almost all of Zep's catalogue, I also own several rare discs of outtakes or concert bootlegs. The outtakes are incredible to get to see their progression through rehearsing a song and grinding it out.

azel,
When I was a kid I never understood why all thirtysomethings like Sting/Police. I thought his stuff was really boring but the older I get the more I appreciate his music. I actually really enjoy Sting now and I also happen to be 30. lol. I think now that I'm older I realize "good music" doesn't have to be complicated. His stuff is pretty pure.


Aaaah the bootleg, I haven't bought one of those in years!!
...since the days of tape in fact!!!

[Celeborn]

Boards of Canada (what is verified as theirs)
Bach (hundred CD set. Ridiculous)
The Tragically Hip
Tallari

[Merle]

You're not counting singles right?

I have everything by:

The Knife
Pan Sonic
Laurie Anderson
Plastikman
Laura Veirs
Efterklang
The Flaming Lips
Bjork
P.J. Harvey

I'm not counting anyone with less than 3 releases total because it's hardly indicative of great dedication to their music to have managed to buy two albums.

[Silence]

Queen
Johnny Cash
Styx
John Denver
Tim Buckley
Pink Floyd
...and more.

[t3hrubikscube]

Yes...

The Beatles (along with some DVDs, live stuff, etc.)
Elliott Smith (along with tons of videos, live bootlegs, unreleased stuff, etc.)
George Harrison's solo work
Heatmiser
Nick Drake
The Offspring
Manic Street Preachers
Sebadoh

[STABLESWOT]

I just want to see if anyone here really loves a band rather than simply dabbling in them. So, do you own every single studio album, EP, whatever, that a band/artist has put out? Music videos, DVDs, live concerts, etc. don't count, just musical compositions.

Based on that criteria, I own the entire discography of Tool (everything from Opiate to 10,000 Days) and have probably listened to every song at least 3 times (notice I said three, crap like the "Swamp Song" off of Undertow is abhorrent) and about half of Led Zeppelin's discography. I used to own almost all of NIN's, but I gave away every album except Year Zero. I'm slowly getting most of Pink Floyd's discography, but I'll probably never complete it as A Momentary Lapse in Reason isn't that good apart from "Learning to Fly".
Level 42.

[Zelda]

The Stone Roses. And I own most of Oasis' studio albums, but not everything.

[Mogura]

Lush...

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Johnny Cash
Did you add "Ain't No Grave" to your collection yet? How is it?

[mmm7789]

Several, in the past. Sold the vast majority of my vinyl, so the only artist I have all, on CD, Sam Cooke. Strange, when my other favorite stuff is Breaking Benjamin, Social Distortion, etc.

[Silence]

Lush...

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Did you add "Ain't No Grave" to your collection yet? How is it?


Went right out and bought it on the release date.

I think it's great, although not quite my favorite of his. I'm listening to it right now.

I also need to add to the list: anything by Brian Setzer and the Brian Setzer orchestra, and anything by TSO.

[Melchizedek]

Kansas
Nightwish

I also own everything by a few other artists, but I'm not sure if they count. I'm not just a fan, I'm a friend, and they usually give their albums to me. It's not exactly devotion if your collection is given to you.

[aku chi]

Just Pearl Jam (nine studio albums, Lost Dogs, rearviewmirror, and other assorted singles). I guess I have over 150 Pearl Jam songs. I still haven't seen them live though but I'm working on it.

I'm not even close with any other band (I think three studio albums from Oasis is as close as I get).

[DewFuel]

Just Pearl Jam (nine studio albums, Lost Dogs, rearviewmirror, and other assorted singles). I guess I have over 150 Pearl Jam songs. I still haven't seen them live though but I'm working on it.

I'm not even close with any other band (I think three studio albums from Oasis is as close as I get).

PJ's stuff after Yield (No Code was awful too) was kinda ho-hum, IMO.

Backspacer was decent, but I only liked like 4 tracks off it

[BuShinJu]

Ladytron

[aku chi]

PJ's stuff after Yield (No Code was awful too) was kinda ho-hum, IMO.

Backspacer was decent, but I only liked like 4 tracks off it

I suppose we'll have to disagree. Riot Act, in particular, is one of my favorite albums and is very underappreciated. Pearl Jam (album) and Backspacer are both good in their own way (almost as good as Yield and Vitalogy in my opinion). I will agree that No Code, and especially Binaural, are Pearl Jam's weakest albums but both have value in offering a unique sound.

[Merle]

Ladytron

ah, I totally forgot them. Me too.

[Synchronicity]

I could claim to own full discographies of several artists, but that wouldn't really be fair since a great number of them have discogs that consist entirely of 1-3 singles. Such is the electronic underground.

But there are at least two artists that actually have semi-large collections which I own in their entireties: ATB and Poets of the Fall. I don't count ATB's mix CDs because they are stupid and consist of other artists' work.

Poets of the Fall release another album in two weeks, so I'll have to buy that to continue to make that claim. I probably will.

[Joh]

Yup, Tool and Bad Religion foremost.

[Fenrir]

I own most of Kreator's discography, with some albums on BOTH vinyl and CD.

[khadi]

My most-full discographies are:

Radiohead
Dave Matthews Band
Tori Amos

[thebainteaser]

Tegan and Sara!

[harmon25]

I know a lot of ppl aren't big fans but I have all of Dave Matthews and some live stuff.

[rhiesa]

I've only bought two CD's in my entire life (I'll buy the rest when I'm above the poverty line, *pinky swear*).

Luckily those two CDs are The Protomens entire discography. Go me ^^

[zibber]

My partner's dad has everything Genesis ever did, including some badass (vinyl!) bootlegs.

[Brittle]

The Sex Pistols

[music221]

A Perfect Circle
Incubus

[freeeekyyy]

Finally got the latest muse album and finished off that collection...

[Sparky]

hmm..not sure i have ever owned copy of every song/album put out by any artist/band. However, I have off and on or over the years attempted to collect everything put out by Fish (not Phish), Marillion (Fish era), Floyd, David Gilmour, Roger Waters, The Who, Roger Daltry, Yes, GTR, Jon Anderson, Steve Hackett, Asia, Simon Says, The Box, The Reasoning, Jo McCafferty, Molly Hatchett, Skynyrd, Susan Tedeshi, Eva Cassidy, Headful of Monsters, Glyder, Wishbone Ash, Aimee Mann, Rush, Ayreon, Streams of Passion (love Arjen Lucassen, Lori Linstruth, and Floor Jansen especially Arjen project albums like Into The Electric Castle, Star One, Human Equation and one particular song on newest album, E equals MC squared), and oh so much more artists/bands I love listening to and pends upon mood I am in. I LOVE Frost* as well. Declan's voice truly adds to the passion behind the intensity of this concept and progressive based music. I enjoy classical music too which I favored Vivaldi's Four Seasons in particular.

[Zombicide]

I wish I could say I have the entire Manson discography. In fact, I don't even think I have a digital copy of the missing Portrait of an American Family.

Others I do sort of technically have the discography of are partially digital collections.

I think there is some I have all of but I can't remember. Well, if they count, Sebastian Bach and some of those old guys, I have physical records of all their music. Can't think of who else right now.

[Firebrand9]

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I own very few live albums, because, as a rule, I hate them. If I want to hear the band live, I go see them live. I went to Germany just to see Running Wild live, so no trip is too far if I am determined. Best trip of my life!

[jfc]

After looking at my CDs's thinking I don't have any complete artists now, I do have the complete Gin Blossoms catalog - 2 Cd's.

Some bands were complete for a while, then I moved on or they put out crap. U2 until Achtung Baby. Boston's first 3 albums. Van Halen thru 5150. Led Zep and Pink Floyd until the early 80s, when both groups ran out of good music.

How about bands that only put out one album? I had the albums from these no-hit or one-hit wonders of the mid 70s to early 80s, long ago tossed in the trash....Couchios, Max Demian Band, Billion Dollar Babies, The Muffs, the Elevators, Moving Pictures, Marc Tanner Band, Goanna, UK, GTR.

[cjwright79]

I own 7 of 8 Dire Straits albums.

[LydianAlchemist]

Steve Vai (although I am missing 1! and a few singles but 100+ songs is a lot for a solo artist lol)

[Dasein]

For me, Sage Francis, Led Zepplin, and Tim Mcgraw.

[ModernLit]

You're not counting singles right?

I have everything by:

The Knife
Pan Sonic
Laurie Anderson
Plastikman
Laura Veirs
Efterklang
The Flaming Lips
Bjork
P.J. Harvey

I'm not counting anyone with less than 3 releases total because it's hardly indicative of great dedication to their music to have managed to buy two albums.


nice list!
i'm not sure i have *everything* by the knife, but close. also royksopp, pretty close to everything.
i'm also not counting bands with one or two albums...

i have everything by the album leaf
and explosions in the sky
and probably do make say think
and sigur ros

[Effay]

I'm only missing like two or three bonus tracks from Nevermore, and from Tool I'm only missing Opiate.

[Mullanaphy]

Electric Six
Flogging Molly
Gogol Bordello

are three that I own all of their CDs. Although I don't enjoy Electric Six's last few albums...

[thirtiesgirl]

Too many I can't count.

I also track down obscure singles too.

Ugh, I'm in the same boat. I have so many CDs (albums, singles, rare stuff) I'm running out of room in my apartment.

Some complete collections would include...


the entire 4AD catalog from the early '80s and '90s (Cocteau Twins, Bauhaus, Dead Can Dance, the Wolfgang Press, Lush, Pale Saints, Throwing Muses)
Nick Cave
Tom Waits
Kate Bush
Neko Case
Tindersticks
Gallon Drunk
16 Horsepower
Stereolab
Broadcast
Laika
the B-52s (what can I say? they make me want to shake my bon-bon like I'm in some lunar spaceport cafe.)

[floramacivor]

At one time I had the entire discography of Jackson Browne, but I've kind of let that go the last few years. Now I'm working on my collection of Chopin.

[BellaBianca]

I have all of Led Zeppelins studio albums plus 'How The West Was Won'.
The Doors studio albums
The three albums Nick Drake did and one with miscellaneous recordings of his.

All these were bought in boxes so it isn't really a strong, passionate effort behind collecting them, although I do have them because I really like them.

I should have a complete PJ. Harvey, but I don't really like 'Dry'.

I also have a thing for Nick Cave, but not all his albums.

Pink Floyd - from time to time in my life, I listen a lot to some of their works.
My favorite piece is 'Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun', but I don't like the rest of 'A Saucerful of Sectrets' that well.

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And oh, Jethro Tull. But I do adore some of it and not all of it.

[Yardy]

I have everything led zeppelin, janis joplin, billy Idol, rammstein and nirvana ever released, and I have one of everything with värttinä's name on it.

[Commissar]

About a dozen. Daft Punk, Isis, Nujabes, Tool, A Perfect Circle, and Juno Reactor to name a few.

[Urshulgi]

Queens of the Stone Age
Nine Inch Nails
Tool
Tori Amos
Smashing Pumpkins
Placebo

There are lots of other bands that I have the complete discography for, thanks to torrents, but I don't listen to everything frequently.

[Glathannus]

All of my discographies are Japanese:
Asai Kenichi [solo-career] (4 albums, 6 singles, 3 standalone DVDs, 1 guest appearance)
Blankey Jet City (17 albums, 6 standalone DVDs)
detroit7 (6 albums, 7 singles/EPs, 1 tribute appearance)
H ZETT M (3 albums, 2 standalone DVDs, 1 tribute appearance)
Heart Bazaar (2 albums, 3 singles)
Hirama Mikio (5 albums)
HYDE [solo-career] (4 albums, 1 single)
J.A.M (2 albums)
JUDE (6 albums, 5 singles, and 2 standalone DVDs)
PE'Z (15 albums, 10 singles/EPs, 8 standalone DVDs, 1 guest appearance)
pe'zmoku (1 album, 4 singles/EPs)
SHERBET[S] (10 albums, 5 singles/EPs, and 2 standalone DVDs)
Shiina Ringo (7 albums, 14 singles, 11 standalone DVDs, 17 guest/tribute appearances)
SOIL&"PIMP"SESSIONS (7 albums, 5 singles/EPs, 1 standalone DVD, 2 guest appearances)
THE RODEO CARBURETTOR (7 albums, 6 singles/EPs)
Tokyo Jihen (4 albums, 6 singles, 7 standalone DVDs, 2 guest appearances)

Artists I've been keeping up with on newer releases
(without having completely caught up on collecting their older releases yet):
ACIDMAN (3 albums, 2 singles)
GO!GO!7188 (4 albums)
Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra (8 albums, 1 single, 1 standalone DVD)

[antistu]

I don't think there is anyway I could list ever discography I own. I have over 60GB of MP3s ranging from a diverse group of genres.

[1superkawaii]

For complete:

David Bowie
The Doors
Bauhaus
Joy Division
The Sex Pistols

[mozartus]

The Cure, The Beatles, The Wallflowers.

Still working on collecting all of Mozart's symphonies.

Edit: for what it's worth, here are the Japanese and Korean bands' discographies: Gackt, L'arc~en~Ciel, TVXQ/THSK.

[zibber]

Basically?

Cream

and

Lynyrd Skynyrd

and

Dial81

[AsukaTerra]

I own all of Disturbed's music, most of Cradle of Filth, Edenbridge, Within Temptation, Metallica, most of Slayer's, Avenged Sevenfold, most likely there's other ones I can't remember. Also doesn't exactly include ones I've sold on Amazon when I needed some money (in that case, Tool, Breaking Benjamin, Korn, Linkin Park, Opeth, System of a Down).

This thread has also just made me realize how very little I actually buy music these days.

[Ad Infinitum]

I've got all of the Beatles and Bob Marley albums out there, but I think I'm missing one or two of the more obscure Louis Armstrong albums.

[Fishism]

all

Radiohead
Matthew Good
Arctic Monkeys
Guns N Roses


Tears for Fears (wow)

[Archaic Smile]

Muse

CD's, MP3, DVD's and boxed sets, if it's Muse I've got to have it. HOWEVER, I refuse to purchase any of the Twilight soundtracks. I love Muse, but I draw the line at Twilight - I just couldn't live with the embarrassment.

[comedyTonight]

Modest Mouse, Daft Punk, and Linkin Park.

I need to get more music.