The Ten Artists With the Most Albums in My Music Library

(from most albums to least, including band, solo, and side projects, and with multi-disc titles counted as a single album)

 

  • David Sylvian — 41 albums (27 under his own name or with a collaborator, 12 with Japan, and 2 with Nine Horses)

  • Siouxsie and the Banshees — 27 albums (14 under the original name and 13 as The Creatures)

  • Yaz [/Yazoo] — 23 albums (4 under that name, 9 Alison Moyet solo albums, 7 Erasure albums, 1 Vince-Clarke-era Depeche Mode album, 1 Vince Clarke & Paul Quinn CD, and 1 VCMG album)

  • Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark — 21 albums (20 as OMD and 1 by The Listening Pool)

  • Tom Waits — 21 albums

  • The Divine Comedy — 19 albums

  • Susanna Wallumrød — 19 albums (3 as Susanna and the Magical Orchestra and 16 under her own name or with her many different collaborators)

  • Ryoji Ikeda — 18 albums (16 under his own name or with a collaborator and 2 with Cyclo)

  • New Model Army — 18 albums (14 under the band name, 2 Justin Sullivan solo albums, and 2 as Justin Sullivan plus a collaborator)

  • Nilsson — 18 albums (17 under his own name and 1 soundtrack album)

[Just missing the top ten, with 16 albums apiece, are Ryuichi Sakamoto, Richard Shindell, and The Smiths, and, with 15 apiece, Leonard Cohen, Dexys Midnight Runners and Alva Noto.]

— December 26, 2022


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