Longest break between albums?
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Longest break between albums?
I was wondering about the longest time between studio albums of new material for 'established bands', not taking official breakups and reformations into account.
I was propmpted into wondering this by ABC (Poison Arrow, The Look of Love, Be Near Me etc). It's been almost nine years since the last album (and that was the first for six years as it was). The main man Martin Fry has toured under the band name all through that period (and managed two new tracks for a compilation CD some years back and a few new tracks performed live) but other than that has been quiet on the 'new music' front
What other artists/bands like to 'take their time'? Kate Bush springs to mind with her latest.
Terry
I was propmpted into wondering this by ABC (Poison Arrow, The Look of Love, Be Near Me etc). It's been almost nine years since the last album (and that was the first for six years as it was). The main man Martin Fry has toured under the band name all through that period (and managed two new tracks for a compilation CD some years back and a few new tracks performed live) but other than that has been quiet on the 'new music' front
What other artists/bands like to 'take their time'? Kate Bush springs to mind with her latest.
Terry
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The Morells
Shake and Push 1982
Self-titled 2001
19 YEARS!
From AllMusic:
The Morells were a roots-rock outfit formed in Springfield, Missouri in the early '80s by guitarist D. Clinton Thompson (formerly with Arthur Conley) and bassist Lou Whitney, with drummer Ron Gremp and saxophone player Jim Martin. Though the group released only one album, the fine 1982 effort Shake and Push, Thompson and Whitney later formed the backbone of the Skeletons, the touring band led by Steve Forbert
They need to update that bio.
Shake and Push 1982
Self-titled 2001
19 YEARS!
From AllMusic:
The Morells were a roots-rock outfit formed in Springfield, Missouri in the early '80s by guitarist D. Clinton Thompson (formerly with Arthur Conley) and bassist Lou Whitney, with drummer Ron Gremp and saxophone player Jim Martin. Though the group released only one album, the fine 1982 effort Shake and Push, Thompson and Whitney later formed the backbone of the Skeletons, the touring band led by Steve Forbert
They need to update that bio.
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I always thought Boston held the record for longest time between releases, but I'm probably wrong.
Maybe I'm thinking of them as having the fewest releases over the longest period of time.
Hell, I don't know. I don't like Boston anyway.
What were we talking about?
Maybe I'm thinking of them as having the fewest releases over the longest period of time.
Hell, I don't know. I don't like Boston anyway.
What were we talking about?
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Originally Posted by redhenry
What other artists/bands like to 'take their time'? Kate Bush springs to mind with her latest.
Another one I can think of is Madeleine Peyroux. She's not that well known, but I waited eight years for her to follow up to Dreamland (1996) with Careless Love (2004)
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Originally Posted by The_Infidel
I always thought Boston held the record for longest time between releases, but I'm probably wrong.
Stevie Wonder's new CD is his first in about 10 years.
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What about Vashti Bunyan?
She recorded Just Another Day, her debut, in 1969. Her second album, Lookaftering, came out last year.
Terry Callier also came to mind. He had an album in 1979, and then again in 1998, almost twenty years.
Vashti I think takes the cake.
She recorded Just Another Day, her debut, in 1969. Her second album, Lookaftering, came out last year.
Terry Callier also came to mind. He had an album in 1979, and then again in 1998, almost twenty years.
Vashti I think takes the cake.
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Originally Posted by cungar
Pretty sure the winner is:
Steely Dan Gaucho 1980 to Everything Must Go 2003 - 23 years.
Steely Dan Gaucho 1980 to Everything Must Go 2003 - 23 years.
Although Steely Dan is a much bigger artist. And Two Against Nature came out in 2000.
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Originally Posted by Michael Corvin
KISS hasn't had a studio album out since 1996.
Gene Simmons released a solo album in 2004, and Paul Stanley just completed one which will be out before May.
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[QUOTE=The_Infidel]I always thought Boston held the record for longest time between releases, but I'm probably wrong.
Maybe I'm thinking of them as having the fewest releases over the longest period of time.
Hell, I don't know. I don't like Boston anyway.
I was thinking the same band "Boston" but unlike The_Infidel i really enjoy all of there releases, especially there last three albums "third stage- 1986" "Walk On - 1994" and "Corporate America - 2002" 8 years between each album...
Maybe I'm thinking of them as having the fewest releases over the longest period of time.
Hell, I don't know. I don't like Boston anyway.
I was thinking the same band "Boston" but unlike The_Infidel i really enjoy all of there releases, especially there last three albums "third stage- 1986" "Walk On - 1994" and "Corporate America - 2002" 8 years between each album...
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Originally Posted by reverie
Off the top of my head, I know Peter Gabriel seems to take very long breaks between albums (not quite 19 years though!).
Another candidate: XTC. They had a seven year gap between Nonsuch (1992) and Apple Venus (1999)... and now, they're currently on a five-and-a-half year dry stretch, not having released a studio album since Wasp Star in May of 2000.
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Originally Posted by monkish
Gabriel's longest break was the ten-year gap between Us (1992) and Up (2002).
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Originally Posted by Michael Corvin
^ no love for the original Boston album?
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Originally Posted by Michael Corvin
Consistently, you are probably correct, having only 4 albums in 30 years.
Boston
Don't Look Back
Third Stage
Walk On
Corporate America