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Wednesday, July 1, 2026

Top 50 New Wave Acts

New Wave:

Top 50 Acts

New wave was a genre of music which emerged in the late ‘70s in the United States and United Kingdom. It grew out of punk rock, a more guitar-based and aggressive sound, but became more commercial with its more smoothed-out synthesizer-driven and danceable sound as well as colorful, trendy wardrobe.

This list was created by aggregating 15 best-of lists focused on new wave acts. See other lists of Acts/Music Makers by Genre.


Talking Heads

1. Talking Heads
2. Blondie
3. The Cure
4. Depeche Mode
5. The Cars
6. The B-52’s
7. Devo
8. The Police
9. New Order
10. Duran Duran

11. Tears for Fears
12. Elvis Costello
13. INXS
14. Culture Club
15. Echo & the Bunnymen
16. Psychedelic Furs
17. Eurythmics
18. Siouxsie & the Banshees
19. The Human League
20. ABC

21. Simple Minds
22. Pretenders
23. Joy Division
24. Aha
25. XTC
26. Adam Ant
27. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
28. A Flock of Seagulls
29. Erasure
30. The Smiths

31. Pet Shop Boys
32. Berlin
33. The Go-Go’s
34. Oingo Boingo
35. Soft Cell
36. Squeeze
37. Joe Jackson
38. Bangles
39. The Jam
40. Men at Work

41. Television
42. Billy Idol
43. The Fixx
44. Madness
45. Bananarama
46. Ultravox
47. Thompson Twins
48. Talk Talk
49. Spandau Ballet
50. Howard Jones


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First posted 7/1/2026.

Thursday, February 13, 2025

Grammy Hall of Fame: Albums

Grammy Hall of Fame:

Albums, 1973-2025

From the Grammy Hall of Fame website: “The GRAMMY Hall of Fame was established by the Recording Academy's National Trustees in 1973 to honor recordings of lasting qualitative or historical significance that are at least 25 years old. Inductees are selected annually by a special member committee of eminent and knowledgeable professionals from all branches of the recording arts.”

Dave’s Music Database has listed all the recipients from 1973 to present on two separate pages, one for songs and one for albums. Click here to see songs which have been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

Check out other Hall of Fame-style album awards here.


Year of Induction: Performer Album (year released)

A
  • 2013: AC/DC Back in Black (1980)
  • 1999: Cannonball Adderley Live in San Francisco (live, 1959)
  • 2021: Cannonball Adderley Mercy Mercy Mercy! Live at 'The Club' (live, 1967)
  • 1999: The Allman Brothers At Fillmore East (live, 1971)
  • 2020: The Allman Brothers Band Eat a Peach (studio/live, 1972)
  • 2006: Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg, & Herbert Stothart (composers) The Wizard of Oz (soundtrack, 1939)
  • 2012: Harold Arlen/Johnny Mercer (composers) St. Louis Woman (cast, 1946)
  • 2010: Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy (1954)
  • 2001: Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald Porgy and Bess (1958)
  • 1999: Fred Astaire & the Oscar Peterson Quintet The Astaire Story (1952)

B
  • 1978: Johann Sebastian Bach (composer)/Leopold Stowoski (conductor)/Philadelphia Orchestra (performer) Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D Minor (classical, composed 1708; performed 1927)
  • 1998: Johann Sebastian Bach (composer)/Joseph Szigeti (performer) Violin Sonata No. 1 (classical, composed 1720; performed 1931)
  • 1985: Johann Sebastian Bach (composer)/Pablo Casals (performer) Cello Suites (6) (classical, composed 1719-1723; performed 1936-39)
  • 1983: Johann Sebastian Bach (composer)/Glenn Gould (performer) Goldberg Variations (classical, composed 1741, performed 1956)
  • 1986: Johann Sebastian Bach (composer)/Wanda Landowska (performer) Goldberg Variations (classical, composed 1741, performed 1945)
  • 1977: Johann Sebastian Bach (composer)/Wanda Landowska (performer) The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I (classical, composed 1742; performed 1949-54)
  • 2011: Joan Baez Joan Baez (1960)
  • 1998: The Band Music from Big Pink (1968)
  • 1999: The Band The Band (1969)
  • 2007: Samuel Barber (composer)/Leonard Bernstein (conductor)/New York Philharmonic with Isaac Stern (performers) Violin Concerto Op. 14 (classical, composed 1940; performed 1964)
  • 2008: Lionel Bart (composer) Oliver! (cast, 1960)
  • 1987: Béla Bartók (composer)/Juilliard Quartet (performer) The String Quartets (classical, composed 1908-39; performed 1950)
  • 1989: Béla Bartók (composer)/Joseph Szigeti/Benny Goodman (performers) Contrasts for Violin, Clarinet, & Piano (classical, composed 1940; performed 1940)
  • 1998: Béla Bartók (composer)/Fritz Reiner (conductor)/Chicago Symphony Orchestra (performer) Concerto for Orchestra (classical, composed 1943; performed 1956)
  • 1998: The Beach Boys Pet Sounds (1966)
  • 2021: Beastie Boys Licensed to Ill (1986)
  • 2001: The Beatles Meet the Beatles! (1964)
  • 2000: The Beatles A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
  • 2000: The Beatles Rubber Soul (1965)
  • 1999: The Beatles Revolver (1966)
  • 1993: The Beatles Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
  • 2000: The Beatles The Beatles (aka “The White Album”) (1968)
  • 1995: The Beatles Abbey Road (1969)
  • 1996: Ludwig van Beethoven (composer)/Jascha Heifetz/Arturo Toscanini (conductors)/NBC Symphony Orchestra (performer) Violin Concerto in D Major (classical, composed 1806; performed 1940)
  • 2008: Ludwig van Beethoven (composer)/Arthur Nikisch (conductor)/Berlin Philharmonic (performer) Symphony No. 5 (classical, composed 1808; performed 1914)
  • 1989: Ludwig van Beethoven (composer)/Artur Schnabel (piano)/Malcolm Sargent (conductor)/London Symphony & London Philharmonic (performers) Piano Concertos (5) (classical, composed 1797-1811; performed 1955)
  • 2008: Ludwig van Beethoven (composer)/George Szell (conductor)/Cleveland Orchestra (performer) Piano Concertos (5) (classical, composed 1797-1811; performed 1959-61)
  • 2007: Ludwig van Beethoven (composer)/Arturo Toscanini (conductor)/New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra (performer) Symphony No. 7 (classical, composed 1812, performed 1936)
  • 1975: Ludwig van Beethoven (composer)/Artur Schnabel (performer) Piano Sonatas (32) (classical, composed 1795-1822; performed 1932-38)
  • 1977: Ludwig van Beethoven (composer)/Arturo Toscanini (conductor)/NBC Symphony Orchestra (performer) The Symphonies (9) (classical, composed 1800-1824; performed 1950-53)
  • 1981: Ludwig van Beethoven (composer)/Budapest String Quartet (performer) String Quartets (16) (classical, composed 1798-1826; performed 1952)
  • 2015: Harry Belafonte Calypso (1956)
  • 1999: Harry Belafonte At Carnegie Hall (1959)
  • 2008: George Benson Breezin’ (1976)
  • 1990: Alban Berg (composer)/Dimitri Mitropoulos (conductor)/New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Mack Harrell, Eileen Farrell (performers) Wozzeck (classical, composed 1922; performed 1952)
  • 1998: Irving Berlin (music & lyrics) Annie Get Your Gun (cast, 1946)
  • 1998: Leonard Bernstein/Stephen Sondheim/Richard Wilbur (composers) Candide (cast, 1956)
  • 1991: Leonard Bernstein/Stephen Sondheim (composers) West Side Story (cast, 1957)
  • 2004: Leonard Bernstein/Stephen Sondheim (composers) West Side Story (soundtrack, 1961)
  • 2019: Leonard Bernstein (composer) Mass: A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players, and Dancers (classical, composed 1971)
  • 2007: Big Brother & the Holding Company Cheap Thrills (1968)
  • 2025: Big Star #1 Record (1972)
  • 2008: Georges Bizet (composer)/Fritz Reiner (conductor)/RCA Victor Orchestra et al (performers) Carmen (opera, composed 1873-74; performed 1951)
  • 1999: Blackwood Brothers Quartet Favorite Gospel Songs and Spirituals (1951)
  • 2000: Art Blakey Quintet A Night at Birdland (1954)
  • 1998: Marc Blitzstein (composer) The Cradle Will Rock (cast, 1938)
  • 1999: Ernest Bloch (composer)/Leopold Stokowski (conductor)/Philadelphia Orchestra (performer) Schelomo (classical, composed 1916; performed 1940)
  • 1999: Blood, Sweat & Tears Child Is Father to the Man (1968)
  • 1998: Jerry Bock/Sheldon Harnick (composers) Fiddler on the Roof (cast, 1964)
  • 1999: David Bowie The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972)
  • 1999: Johannes Brahms (composer)/Jascha Heifetz/Emanuel Feuermann/Artur Rubinstein (performers) Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major (classical, composed 1854; performed 1942)
  • 1998: Lord Benjamin Britten (composer) War Requiem (1962)
  • 1999: Clifford Brown and Max Roach Clifford Brown and Max Roach (1954)
  • 1998: James Brown Live at the Apollo Volume 1 (live, 1962)
  • 2019: Jackson Browne Saturate Before Using (aka Jackson Browne) (1972)
  • 2009: Dave Brubeck Time Out (1959)
  • 2000: The Byrds Sweetheart of the Rodeo (1968)

C
  • 2010: George Carlin Class Clown (comedy, 1972)
  • 1999: Walter Carlos Switched on Bach (1969)
  • 2021: The Cars The Cars (1978)
  • 2018: Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison (live, 1968)
  • 2004: Johnny Cash At San Quentin (live, 1969)
  • 1999: Ray Charles In Person (live, 1959)
  • 1997: Ray Chares The Genius of Ray Charles (1960)
  • 2011: Ray Charles Genius + Soul = Jazz (1961)
  • 1999: Ray Charles Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music (1962)
  • 2011: Clifton Chenier Bogalusa Boogie (1976)
  • 2014: Chicago Chicago Transit Authority (1969)
  • 2004: Frédéric Chopin (composer)/Artur Rubinstein (performer) Nocturnes (21) for Piano (classical, composed 1846; performed 1965)
  • 1998: Frédéric Chopin (composer)/Dinu Lipatti (performer) Waltzes (14) (classical, composed 1847; performed 1952)
  • 2006: Frédéric Chopin (composer)/Artur Rubinstein (performer) Waltzes (14) (classical, composed 1847; performed 1965)
  • 2003: Frédéric Chopin (composer)/Artur Rubinstein (performer) Mazurkas (58) (classical, composed 1830-49; performed 1967)
  • 1998: Frank Churchill (composer) Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (soundtrack, 1938)
  • 2000: Derek & the Dominos Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (1970)
  • 2007: The Clash London Calling (1979)
  • 1999: Reverend James Cleveland Peace Be Still (1962)
  • 2021: Joe Cocker Mad Dogs and Englishmen (live, 1970)
  • 2015: Leonard Cohen The Songs of Leonard Cohen (1967)
  • 2020: The King Cole Trio The King Cole Trio (1945)
  • 2015: Ornette Coleman The Shape of Jazz to Come (1959)
  • 1999: John Coltrane Blue Train (1957)
  • 2016: John Coltrane Lush Life (1961)
  • 2008: John Coltrane Ballads (1962)
  • 2013: John Cotrane and Johnny Hartman John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman (1963)
  • 1999: John Coltrane A Love Supreme (1965)
  • 2007: Aaron Copland (composer)/Antal Dorati (conductor)/Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra (performer) Symphony No. 3 (classical, composed 1846; performed 1951)
  • Aaron Copland (composer/conductor)/Boston Symphony (performer) Appalachian Spring (ballet, composed 1944; performed 1959)
  • 2012: Bill Cosby I Started Out as a Child (comedy, 1964)
  • 2007: Elvis Costello My Aim Is True (7/22/77)
  • 1999: Cream: Disraeli Gears (1967)
  • 2014: Creedence Clearwater Revival Cosmo’s Factory (1970)
  • 1999: Crosby, Stills & Nash Crosby, Stills & Nash (1969)
  • 2012: Crosby, Stills & Nash/Neil Young Déjà Vu (1970)
  • 2025: J.D. Crowe & the New South J.D. Crowe & the New South (1975)

D
  • 1982: Miles Davis Birth of the Cool (recorded 1949-50, released 1957)
  • 2014: Miles Davis Relaxin’ (1956)
  • 2019: Miles Davis Round About Midnight (1957)
  • 1994: Miles Davis & Gil Evans Miles Ahead (1957)
  • 2004: Miles Davis Milestones (1958)
  • 2000: Miles Davis & Gil Evans Porgy and Bess (1958)
  • 1997: Miles Davis & Gil Evans Sketches of Spain (1960)
  • 2016: Miles Davis Miles Smiles (1966)
  • 1999: Miles Davis Bitches Brew (1970)
  • 1998: Claude Debussy (composer)/Walter Gieseking (performer) Préludes (24) for Piano, Books I & II, L117/123 (classical ballet, composed 1909-13; performed 1953-55)
  • 2024: De La Soul 3 Feet High and Rising (1989)
  • 2020: Devo Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo (1978)
  • 2018: Dr. Dre The Chronic (1992)
  • 2021: Dr. John In the Right Place (1973)
  • 1998: Antonin Dvorák (composer)/Pablo Casals/George Szell (conductor)/Czech Philharmonic Orchestra (performer) Cello Concerto in B minor (classical, composed 1895; performed 1938)
  • 2006: Bob Dylan Bringing It All Back Home (1965)
  • 1999: Bob Dylan Blonde on Blonde (1966)
  • 2016: Bob Dylan & The Band The Basement Tapes (archives, recorded 1967-68, released 1975)
  • 2015: Bob Dylan Blood on the Tracks (1975)

E
  • 2000: Eagles Desperado (1973)
  • 2008: Eagles Hotel California (1976)
  • 2004: Earth, Wind & Fire That’s the Way of the World (soundtrack, 1975)
  • 2007: Edward Elgar (composer)/London Symphony Orchestra (performer) Violin Concerto (classical, composed/performed 1932)
  • 2004: Duke Ellington At Newport (live, 1956)
  • 1999: Duke Ellington Far East Suite (recorded 1966, released 6/67)
  • 2007: Bill Evans Trio Portrait in Jazz (1959)
  • 2011: Bill Evans Trio Sunday at the Village Vanguard (live, 1961)
  • 1998: Bill Evans Trio Waltz for Debby (recorded 1961)
  • 2000: Bill Evans Conversations with Myself (1963)

F
  • 2000: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book (covers, 1956)
  • 1999: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers and Hart Songbook (covers, 1956)
  • 2016: Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong Ella & Louis (1957)
  • 1999: Ella Fitzgerald In Berlin (1960)
  • 2010: Ella Fitzgerald & Count Basie Ella and Basie! (1963)
  • 2019: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook (1959)
  • 2016: Roberta Flack First Take (1972)
  • 2012: Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs Foggy Mountain Jamboree (1957)
  • 2013: Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs Foggy Mountain Banjo (1961)
  • 2016: Fleetwood Mac Fleetwood Mac (1975)
  • 2003: Fleetwood Mac Rumours (1977)
  • 2020: Peter Frampton Frampton Comes Alive! (live, recorded 1975, released 1976)
  • 2009: Aretha Franklin I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You (1967)
  • 1999: Aretha Franklin Amazing Grace (live, 1972)
  • 1999: Stan Freberg Presents the United States of America (comedy, 1961)

G

H
  • 2017: Merle Haggard Okie from Muskogee (1970)
  • 2007: Marvin Hamlisch & Edward Kleban (composers) A Chorus Line (cast recording, stage debut: 1975)
  • 1999: Herbie Hancock Maiden Voyage (1999)
  • 2009: Herbie Hancock Head Hunters (1973)
  • 2025: Emmylou Harris Wrecking Ball (1995)
  • 2012: Roy Harris (composer)/Serge Koussevitzy (conductor)/Boston Symphony Orchestra (performer) Symphony No. 3 (classical, composed 1939, performed 1940)
  • 2014: George Harrison All Things Must Pass (1970)
  • 2021: Isaac Hayes Hot Buttered Soul (1969)
  • 1999: The Jimi Hendrix Experience Are You Experienced? (1967)
  • 2006: The Jimi Hendrix Experience Axis: Bold As Love (1967)
  • 2018: Jimi Hendrix Band of Gypsys (live, recorded 12/31/69 to 1/1/70, released 1970)
  • 2024: Lauryn Hill The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998)
  • 1998: The Hi-Lo’s The Hi-Lo’s and All That Jazz (1958)
  • 2017: Billie Holiday The Lady Sings the Blues (1956)
  • 2000: Billie Holiday Lady in Satin (1958)
  • 2013: Whitney Houston Whitney Houston (1985)

I-J
  • 2008: Michael Jackson Off the Wall (1979)
  • 2008: Michael Jackson Thriller (1982)
  • 1999: Harry James Trumpet Blues and Cantabile (1942)
  • 2011: Keith Jarrett The Köln Concert (live, 2011)
  • 2025: Jay-Z Reasonable Doubt (1996)
  • 1999: Jefferson Airplane Surrealistic Pillow (1967)
  • 1998: Gordon Jenkins Manhattan Tower (1956)
  • 2007: Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Tompall Glaser, & Jessi Colter Wanted! The Outlaws (1976)
  • 2008: Billy Joel The Stranger (9/29/77)
  • 2013: Elton John Elton John (1970)
  • 1973: Elton John Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973)
  • 2008: Etta Jones Don’t Go to Strangers (1960)
  • 2010: Janis Joplin Pearl (1971)

K
  • 2008: John Kander/Fred Ebb (composers) Cabaret (soundtrack, 1972)
  • 1991: Jerome Kern (music) & Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics) Show Boat (cast, 1927)
  • 1999: Aram Khachaturian (composer)/Wlliam Kapell with Serge Koussevitzky (conductor)/Boston Symphony Orchestra (performer) Concerto for Piano & Orchestra (classical, composed 1936, performed 1943)
  • 1999: Albert King Born Under a Bad Sign (1967)
  • 2006: B.B. King Live at the Regal (live, recorded 1964, released 1965)
  • 1998: Carole King Tapestry (1971)
  • 2008: Erich Wolfgang Korngold (composer)/Jascha Heifetz with Alfred Wallenstein (conductors)/Los Angeles Philharmonic (performer) Violin Concerto (classical, composed 1945)
  • 2015: Kraftwerk Autobahn (1974)
  • 2014: Kris Kristofferson Kristofferson (aka “Me and Bobby McGee”) (1970)
  • 2025: Fela Kuti Zombie (1977)

L
  • 1998: Lambert, Hendricks & Ross Sing a Song of Basie (1957)
  • 1998: Burton Lane (composer) Finian’s Rainbow (cast, 1947)
  • 1998: Huddie “Leadbelly” Ledbetter Negro Sinful Songs (1939)
  • 2004: Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin I (1969)
  • 1999: Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin IV (1971)
  • 2009: Mitch Leigh & Joe Darion (composers) Man of La Mancha (cast, 1965)
  • 2011: Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe (composers) Brigadoon (cast, 1947)
  • 1977: Alan Jay Lerner/Frederick Loewe (composers) My Fair Lady (cast, 1956)
  • 1998: Alan Jay Lerner/Frederick Loewe (composers) Gigi (soundtrack, 1958)
  • 2006: Frederick Loewe/Alan Jay Lerner (composers) Camelot (cast, 1960)
  • 2008: Franz Liszt (composer)/Vladimir Horowitz (performer) Piano Sonata in B Minor (classical, composed 1853, performed 1932)
  • 2013: Little Richard Here’s Little Richard (1957)
  • 1998: Frank Loesser (composer) Guys and Dolls (cast, 1950)
  • 2012: Los Panchos Mexicantos (1945)
  • 2008: Love Forever Changes (1967)

M
  • 2006: Galt MacDermot (music) with Gerome Ragni & James Rado (lyrics) Hair (cast, 1967)
  • 2020: Taj Mahal Taj Mahal (1968)
  • 1999: Gustav Mahler (composer)/Dimitri Mitropoulos (conductor)/Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra (performer) Symphony No. 1 in D major (“Titan”) (classical, composed 1884-88, performed 1941, performed 1963)
  • 2008: Gustav Mahler (composer)/Otto Klemperer (conductor)/Philharmonia Orchestra (performer) Symphony No. 2 in C minor “Resurrection” (classical, composed 1894)
  • 1998: Gustav Mahler (composer)/George Solti (conductor)/Chicago Symphony (performer) Symphony No. 8 in E Flat major (The Symphony of a Thousand) (classical, composed 1907, performed 1972)
  • 1981: Gustav Mahler (composer)/Bruno Walter (conductor)/Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra/Kathleen Ferrier/Julius Patzak (performers) Das Lied Von Der Erde (The Song of the Earth) (classical, composed 1909, performed 1952)
  • 2002: Gustav Mahler (composer)/Leonard Bernstein (conductor)/New York Philharmonic/London Symphony (performers) The Complete Symphonies (10) (classical, composed 1887-1910, performed 1967)
  • 1998: Henry Mancini The Music from Peter Gunn (soundtrack, 1959)
  • 2010: Bob Marley & the Wailers Catch a Fire (1973)
  • 2006: Bob Marley & The Wailers Exodus (1977)
  • 2021: John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton (1966)
  • 1998: Curtis Mayfield Superfly (soundtrack, 1972)
  • 2013: Paul McCartney & Wings Band on the Run (1973)
  • 1998: Felix Mendelssohn (composer)/Fritz Kreisler/Leo Blech (conductor)/Berlin State Opera Orchestra (performer) Concerto for Violin in E Minor (classical, composed 1838-45, performed 1926)
  • 2012: Sergio Mendes Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 (1966)
  • 2013: Charles Mingus Ah Um (1959)
  • 1999: Charles Mingus Mingus Dynasty (1960)
  • 2020: Joni Mitchell Clouds (1969)
  • 1999: Joni Mitchell Blue (1971)
  • 2004: Joni Mitchell Court and Spark (1974)
  • 2003: Thelonious Monk Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 1 (recorded 1947, released 1951)
  • 2003: Thelonious Monk Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 2 (1952)
  • 1999: Thelonious Monk Brilliant Corners (1956)
  • 2007: Thelonious Monk & John Coltrane Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane (1957)
  • 1999: Wes Montgomery The Incredible Jazz Guitar of… (1960)
  • 2000: Lee Morgan The Sidewinder (1963)
  • 2009: Ennio Morricone (composer) The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (soundtrack, 1968)
  • 1999: Van Morrison Astral Weeks (1968)
  • 1999: Van Morrison Moondance (1970)
  • 1980: Ferdinand “Jelly Roll” Morton Library of Congress Recordings: The Saga of Mr. Jelly Lord (1950)
  • 1978: Edward R. Murrow/Fred W. Friendly I Can Hear it Now, Vols. 1-3 (radio news broadcasts, 1933-45)
  • 1998: Modest Mussorgsky (composer)/Rafael Kubelik (conductor)/Chicago Symphony Orchestra (performer) Pictures at an Exhibition (Tableaux d’une Exposition) (classical, composed for piano in 1874, reworked for orchestra in 1922, performed 1951)
  • 1999: Modest Mussorgsky (composer)/Vladimir Horowitz (performer) Tableaux d'une Exposition (Pictures at an Exhibition) (classical, composed for piano in 1874, reworked for orchestra in 1922, performed 1951)

N-O

P-Q
  • 1989: Charlie Parker Ornithology (1946)
  • 1988: Charlie Parker Bird with Strings (1950)
  • 2021: Dolly Parton with Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris Trio (1987)
  • 2019: Jaco Pastorius Jaco Pastorious (1976)
  • 2021: Pearl Jam Ten (1991)
  • 2019: Tom Petty Full Moon Fever (1989)
  • 1999: Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
  • 2008: Pink Floyd The Wall (1979)
  • 2009: The Police Synchronicity (1983)
  • 1998: Cole Porter (composer) Kiss Me, Kate (cast, 1949)
  • 2016: Pretenders Pretenders (1979)
  • 1999: Louis Prima & Kelly Smith The Wildest (1957)
  • 2008: Prince 1999 (1982)
  • 2011: Prince & the Revolution Purple Rain (1984)
  • 2017: Prince Sign ‘O’ the Times (1987)
  • 2015: John Prine John Prine (1972)
  • 2009: Sergei Prokofiev (composer/performer)/Pierro Coppola (conductor)/London Symphony Orchestra (performer) Piano Concerto No. 3 (classical, composed 1921, performed 1932)
  • 2009: Sergei Prokofiev (composer)/Serge Koussevitzky (conductor)/Boston Symphony Orchestra (performer)/Richard Hale (narrator) Peter and the Wolf (classical, composed 1936, performed 1939)
  • 2013: Richard Pryor That Ni**er’s Crazy (comedy, 1974)
  • 2020: Public Enemy It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988)
  • 2000: Giacomo Puccini (composer)/Sir Thomas Beecham (conductor)/de Los Angeles/Bjöerling/Merrill/Tozzi/Amara (performers) La Bohème (The Bohemian Life) (opera, composed 1896, performed 1956)
  • Giacomo Puccini (composer)/Victor DeSabata (conductor)/Orchestra & Chorus of Teatro Alla Scala et al (performers) Tosca (opera, composed 1900, performed 1953)

Q
  • 2018: Queen A Night at the Opera (1975) li>1995: The Quintet (Charlie Parker/Dizzy Gillespie/Bud Powell/Charles Mingus/Max Roach) Jazz at Massey Hall (1953)

R
  • 2004: Sergei Rachmaninov (composer/pianist)/Leopold Stowoski (conductor)/Philadelphia Orchestra (performer) Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor (classical, composed 1901, performed 1929)
  • 2004: Sergei Rachmaninov (composer)/Eugene Ormandy (conductor)/Vladimir Horowitz/Philharmonic Orchestra (performer) Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor (classical, composed 1909, performed 1978)
  • 1979: Sergei Rachmaninov (composer/performer)/Leopold Stokowski (conductor)/Philadelphia Orchestra (performer) Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (classical, composed/performed 1934)
  • 2015: Bonnie Raitt Nick of Time (1989)
  • 2007: Ramones Ramones (1976)
  • 2008: Maurice Ravel (composer)/Charles Munch (conductor)/Boston Symphony Orchestra (performer) Daphnis et Chloé (ballet, composed 1912, performed 1955)
  • 1992: Maurice Ravel (composer/conductor)/Lamoreux Orchestra (performer) Boléro (ballet, composed 1928, performed 1937)
  • 2021: Maurice Ravel (composer)/Leonard Bernstein & the Philharmonia Orchestra of London (conductor/performers) Piano Concerto in G Major (classical concerto, composed 1931, performed 1948)
  • 1999: Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks 2000 and Thirteen (comedy, 1973)
  • 2020: Joshu Rifkin Piano Rags by Scott Joplin (1970)
  • 1980: Paul Robeson Ballad for Americans (1940)
  • 1976: Richard Rodgers/Oscar Hammerstein II (composers) Oklahoma! (cast, 1944)
  • 1998: Richard Rodgers (music) & Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics) Carousel (cast, 1945)
  • 1987: Richard Rodgers/Oscar Hammerstein II (composers) South Pacific (cast, 1949)
  • 2000: Richard Rodgers/Oscar Hammerstein II (composers) The King and I (cast, 1951)
  • 1998: Richard Rodgers/Oscar Hammerstein II (composers) The Sound of Music (soundtrack, 1965)
  • 1999: The Rolling Stones Beggars Banquet (1968)
  • 2005: The Rolling Stones Let It Bleed (1969)
  • 1999: The Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers (1971)
  • 2012: The Rolling Stones Exile on Main Street (1972)
  • 1999: Sonny Rollins Saxophone Colossus (1956)
  • 2015: Sonny Rollins The Bridge (1962)
  • 2018: Linda Ronstadt Heart Like a Wheel (1975)
  • 2021: Linda Ronstadt Canciones de Mi Padre (Songs of My Father) (1987)

S
  • 2012: Santana Santana (1969)
  • 1999: Santana Abraxas (1970)
  • 2025: Supernatural (1999)
  • 2007: Arnold Schoenberg (composer)/Leopold Stokowski (conductor)/Philadelphia Orchestra (performer) Gurre-Lieder (classical, composed 1900-10, performed 1932)
  • 2021: Arnold Schoenberg (composer) / Kolisch String Quartet (performers) Four String Quartets (classical, composed 1905-1937, performed 1937)
  • 2011: Robert Schumann (composer)/Sergei Rachmaninov (performer) Carnaval Op. 9 (classical, composed 1834-35, performed 1929)
  • 1999: Pete Seeger We Shall Overcome: Complete Carnegie Hall Concert (live, 1963)
  • 1998: Andreas Segovia (composer) Music of Albéniz & Granados (classical, 1944)
  • 1999: Andreas Segovia (composer) An Evening with… (classical, 1954)
  • 2015: The Sex Pistols Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols (1977)
  • 2014: Richard M. Sherman/Robert B. Sherman (composers) Mary Poppins (soundtrack, 1964)
  • 2007: Dmitry Shostakovich (composer)/Leonard Bernstein (conductor)/New York Philharmonic (performer) Symphony No. 5 in D minor (classical, composed 1937, performed 1959)
  • 2003: Dmitry Shostakovich (composer)/David Oistrakh/Dimitri Mitropoulos (conductor)/New York Philharmonic (performer) Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 99 (classical, composed 1948, performed 1956)
  • 2008: Dmitry Shostakovich (composer)/Eugene Ormandy (conductor)/Philadelphia Orchestra et al (performers) Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, No. 1 in E-flat, Op. 107 (classical, composed 1959, performed 1960)
  • 1999: Horace Silver Song for My Father (1964)
  • 1999: Simon & Garfunkel Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme (1966)
  • 2000: Paul Simon Still Crazy After All These Years (1975)
  • 2012: Paul Simon Graceland (1986)
  • 1984: Frank Sinatra In the Wee Small Hours (1955)
  • 2000: Frank Sinatra Songs for Swingin’ Lovers! (1956)
  • 2004: Frank Sinatra Come Fly with Me (1957)
  • 1999: Frank Sinatra Only the Lonely (1958)
  • 1999: Frank Sinatra September of My Years (1965)
  • 2019: Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim Francis Albert Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim (1967)
  • 2015: Sly & the Family Stone Stand! (1969)
  • 1999: Sly & the Family Stone There’s a Riot Goin’ On (1971)
  • 2021: Patti Smith Horses (1975)
  • Stephen Sondheim (music & lyrics) Company (cast, 1970)
  • 1999: Phil Spector (producer)/various artists (performers) A Christmas Gift for You (1963)
  • 2001: Dusty Springfield Dusty in Memphis (1969)
  • 2021: Bruce Springsteen Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. (1973)
  • 2003: Bruce Springsteen Born to Run (1975)
  • 2012: Bruce Springsteen Born in the U.S.A. (1984)
  • 2003: Steely Dan Aja (10/8/77)
  • 2006: Max Steiner (composer) Gone with the Wind (soundtrack, 1939)
  • 2025: Cat Stevens Tea for the Tillerman (1970)
  • 2004: Leopold Stokowski (conductor)/Philadelphia Orchestra (performer) Fantasia (soundtrack, 1940)
  • 2008: Richard Strauss (composer)/Serge Koussevitzky (conductor)/Boston Symphony Orchestra (2008) Also Sprach Zarathustra (classical, composed 1896, performed 1935)
  • 2008: Richard Strauss (composer)/Robert Heger (conductor)/Vienna State Opera Chorus/Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra et al (performers) Der Rosenkavalier (The Knight of the Rose) (classical, composed 1911, performed 1933)
  • 2008: Richard Strauss (composer)/Herbert von Karajan (conductor)/Philharmonia Orchestra et al (performers) Der Rosenkavalier (The Knight of the Rose) (classical, composed 1911, performed 1957)
  • 1999: Igor Stravinsky (composer)/Ernest Ansermet (conductor)/L’Orchestre de La Suisse Romande (performer) Pétrouchka (aka “Petrushka”) (ballet, composed 1910-11, performed 1950)
  • 2000: Igor Stravinsky (composer/conductor)/Columbia Symphony Orchestra (performer) Pétrouchka (aka “Petrushka”) (ballet, composed 1910-11, performed 1961)
  • 1993: Igor Stravinsky (composer)/Pierre Monteux (conductor)/Boston Symphony (performer) The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre Du Printemps) (ballet, composed 1913, performed 1951)
  • 2000: Igor Stravinsky (composer/conductor)/Columbia Symphony Orchestra (performer) The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre Du Printemps) (ballet, composed 1913, performed 1961)
  • 2006: Barbra Streisand The Barbra Streisand Album (1963)
  • 2000: Jule Styne (composer) Bells Are Ringing (cast, 1957)
  • 1998: Jule Styne (music) & Stephen Sondheim (lyrics) Gypsy (cast, 1959)
  • 2004: Jule Styne/Bob Merrill (composers)/Barbra Streisand (performer) Funny Girl (cast, 1964)

T
  • 1978: Art Tatum Then Geinus of…Vols. 1-13 (1955)
  • 1998: Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky (composer)/Vladimir Horowitz/Arturo Toscanini (conductor)/NBC Orchestra (performer) Piano Concerto No. 1 (classical, composed 1875, performed 1943)
  • 2002: Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky (composer)/Van Cliburn/Kiril Kondrashin (conductor)/RCA Symphony Orchestra (performer) Piano Concerto No. 1 (classical, composed 1875, performed 1958)
  • 1998: Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky (composer)/Antal Dorati/Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra (performer) 1812 Overture/Capriccio Italien (classical, composed 1880, performed 1956)
  • 1999: Traffic Mr. Fantasy (1967)
  • 2021: A Tribe Called Quest The Low End Theory (1991)
  • 2013: Lennie Tristano Crosscurrents (1949)

U-V
  • 2014: U2 The Joshua Tree (1987)
  • 2025: Luther Vandross Never Too Much (1981)
  • 1999: Sarah Vaughan Sarah Vaughan (1954)
  • 2021: Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble Texas Flood (1983)
  • 2008: Velvet Underground & Nico Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)
  • 2008: Giuseppe Verdi (composer)/Arturo Toscanini (conductor)/NBC Symphony et al (performers) Otello (opera, composed 1887, performed 1953)
  • 2003: Antonio Vivaldi (composer)/Louis Kaufman (performer) The Four Seasons (classical, composed 1725, performed 1949)

W
  • 1988: Richard Wagner (composer)/Wilhelm Furtwängler (conductor)/Philharmonia Orchestra et al (performers) Tristan Und Isolde (opera, composed 1857-59, performed 1953)
  • 2003: Richard Wagner (composer)/George Solti (conductor)/Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra et al (performers) The Ring Cycle (Der Ring Des Nibelungen) (opera, composed 1848-1874, performed 1958-67)
  • 2014: Doc Watson Doc Watson (1964)
  • 2011: Weather Report Heavy Weather (1977)
  • 1998: The Weavers At Carnegie Hall (live, 1957)
  • 1994: Kurt Weill (composer)/Theatre De Lys Production with Lotte Lenya (performers) Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera) (opera, composed 1928, performed 1954)
  • 2013: Kurt Weill/Maxwell Anderson (composers) Lost in the Stars (cast, 1949)
  • 2008: Junior Wells with Buddy Guy Hoodoo Man Blues (1965)
  • 1998: The Who Tommy (1969)
  • 2007: The Who Who’s Next (1971)
  • 2007: John Williams (composer) Star Wars IV: A New Hope (soundtrack, 1977)
  • 2020: Mary Lou Williams Zodiac Suite: Town Hall Concert (live, 1945)
  • 1998: Meredith Willson (composer) The Music Man (cast, 1957)
  • 1999: Stevie Wonder Talking Book (1972)
  • 1999: Stevie Wonder Innervisions (1973)
  • 2002: Stevie Wonder Songs in the Key of Life (1976)

X-Y-Z

Various Artists

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First posted 1/20/2020; last updated 2/13/2025.

Thursday, May 13, 2021

Some of the Longest Waits Between Albums

Albums:

Some of the Longest Waits

This list was originally posted on my Dave’s Music Database Facebook page (Some of the Longest Waits Between Albums) on 2/5/2012 and has been updated several times since.

Here’s a little history about this list. In March 2012, I penned an article for PopMatters.com (“I Heard You Missed Us – We’re Back!”) on bands who’d had long breaks between albums. At the time, I’d waited five years for a new album from Fish, one of my favorite acts. That month Van Halen ended a 14-year silence and in recent years Guns N’ Roses received a lot of press for its 15-year delay between albums. I ended up with an extensive list of acts who have tried the patience of their fans to the max.

Note: I’m only looking at album’s worth of new studio material. That includes “specialty” releases of new material for that act such as covers collections or Christmas recordings, but does not include live albums, compilations, remixes, or other reissues of previously released material. Thanks to DMDB fans who contributed to this list!

I also recommend checking out the list by camara_azteca at Rate Your Music: “Longest Gaps Between Albums: Artists Who Waited Over 35 Years to Release a Follow-Up” since I have not integrated that list here. There’s a lot of artists there with whom I’m unfamiliar.


Some of the Longest Waits:
  • 38 years: Chuck Berry Rock It (1979), Chuck (2017)
  • 38 years: John Lodge Natural Avenue (1977), 10,000 Light Years Ago (2015)
  • 36 years: The Yardbirds Little Games (1967), Birdland (2003)
  • 35 years: Vashti Bunyan Just Another Diamond Day (1970), Lookingafter (2005)
  • 35 years: The Sonics Sinderella (1980), This Is the Sonics (2015)
  • 34 years: The Stooges Raw Power (1973), The Weirdness (2007)
  • 32 years: New York Dolls Too Much Too Soon (1974), One Day It Will Please Us to Remember Even This (2006)
  • 30 years: Magazine Magic, Murder and the Weather (1981), No Thyself (2011)
  • 28 years: Eagles The Long Run (1979), Long Road Out of Eden (2007)
  • 28 years: The Slits Return of the Giant Slits (1981), Trapped Animal (2009)
  • 28 years: Cat Stevens Back to Earth (1978), An Other Cup (2006)
  • 27 years: Big Star Third/Sister Lovers (1978), In Space (2005)
  • 27 years: Dexy’s Midnight Runners Don’t Stand Me Down (1985), One Day I’m Going to Soar (2012)
  • 25 years: Bauhaus Burning from the Inside (1983), Go Away White (2008)
  • 25 years: Levon Helm Levon Helm (1982), Dirt Farmer (2007)
  • 25 years: Throbbing Gristle Journey Through a Body (1982), Part Two: The Endless Not (2007)
  • 25 years: Roger Waters Amused to Death (1992), Is This the Life We Really Want? (2017)


  • 24 years: The Cars Door to Door (1987), Move Like This (2011)
  • 24 years: Steve Perry For the Love of Strange Medicine (1994), Traces (2018)
  • 24 years: The Who It’s Hard (1982), Endless Wire (2006)
  • 23 years: The Zombies Odessey and Oracle (1968), New World (1991)
  • 22 years: Jeff Lynne Armchair Theatre (1990), Long Wave (2012)
  • 22 years: Mission of Burma Vs. (1982), ONoffON (2004)
  • 22 years: My Bloody Valentine Loveless (1991), MBV (2013)
  • 22 years: The Soft Boys Underwater Moonlight (1980), Nextdoorland (2002)
  • 21 years: The Vaselines Dum-Dum (1989), Sex with an X (2010)

20 Years

  • The Del-Lords Lovers Who Wander (1990), Under Construction (EP, 2010)
  • Devo Smooth Noodle Maps (1990), Something for Everybody (2010)
  • The Feelies Time for a Witness (1991), Here Before (2011)
  • Pink Floyd The Division Bell (1994), Endless River (2014)
  • Steely Dan Gaucho (1980), Two Against Nature (2000)


19 Years

  • Del Amitri Can You Do Me Good? (2002), Fatal Mistakes (2021)
  • Grace Jones Bulletproof Heart (1989), Hurricane (2008)

18 Years

  • Black Sabbath Forbidden (1995), 13 (2013)
  • Faith No More Album of the Year (1997), Sol Invictus (2015)
  • Was (Not Was) Are You Okay? (1990), Boo! (2008)


17 Years

  • Blondie The Hunter (1982), No Exit (1999)
  • The Go-Go’s Talk Show (1984), God Bless the Go-Go’s (2001)
  • Kraftwerk Electric Café (1986), Tour de Force Soundtracks (2003)
  • Steve Miller Band Wide River (1993), Bingo (2010)
  • Squeeze Domino (1998), From the Cradle to the Grave (2015)


16 Years

  • The Beach Boys Stars and Stripes Vol. 1 (1996), That’s Why God Made the Radio (2012)
  • The B-52’s Good Stuff (1992), Funplex (2008)
  • Dr. Dre 2001 (1999), Compton (2015)
  • Gang of Four Shrinkwrapped (1995), Content (2011)
  • Gil Scott-Heron Spirits (1994), I’m New Here (2010)
  • Kansas Somewhere to Elsewhere (2000), The Prelude Implicit (2016)


15 Years

  • Camper Van Beethoven Key Lime Pie (1989), New Roman Times (2004)
  • Electric Light Orchestra Balance of Power (1986), Zoom (2001)
  • Roky Erickson All That May Do My Rhyme (1995), True Love Cast Out All Evil (2010)
  • Foreigner Mr. Moonlight (1994), Can’t Slow Down (2009)
  • Guns N’ Roses The Spaghetti Incident? (1993), Chinese Democracy (2008)
  • Don Henley Inside Job (2000), Cass County (2015)
  • Nitzer Ebb Big Hit (1995), Industrial Complex (2010)
  • Alan Parsons A Valid Path (2004), The Secret (2019)
  • The Rainmakers Skin (1996), 25 On (2011)
  • Shania Twain Up! (2002), Now (2017)


14 Years

  • Accept Predator (1996), Blood of the Nations (2010)
  • Alice in Chains Alice in Chains (1995), Black Gives Way to Blue (2009)
  • David Baerwald Here Comes the New Folk Underground (2002), Hellbound Train (2016)
  • Big Country Driving to Damascus (1999), The Journey (2013)
  • Lindsey Buckingham Out of the Cradle (1992), Under the Skin (2006)
  • Crowded House Together Alone (1993), Time on Earth (2007)
  • D’Angelo Voodoo (2000), Black Messiah (2014)
  • Electric Light Orchestra Zoom (2001), Alone in the Universe (2015)
  • Emerson, Lake & Palmer Love Beach (1978), Black Moon (1992)
  • Hooters Out of Body (1993), Time Stand Still (2007)
  • Lynyrd Skynyrd Street Survivors (1977), Lynyrd Skynyrd 1991 (1991)
  • New Kids on the Block Face the Music (1994), The Block (2008)
  • Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark Universal (1996), History of Modern (2010)
  • The Swans Soundtrack for the Blind (1996), My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky (2010)
  • Television Adventure (1978), Television (1992)
  • Van Halen Van Halen III (1998), A Different Kind of Truth (2012)

13 Years

  • Garth Brooks Scarecrow (2001), Man Against Machine (2014)
  • Dennis DeYoung One Hundred Years from Now (2007), 26 East Vol. 1 (2020)
  • Jane’s Addiction Ritual de lo Habitual (1990), Strays (2003)
  • Tool 10,000 Days (2006), Fear Inoculum (2019)
  • The Who Endless Wire (2006), Who (2019)
  • The Zombies New World (1991), As Far As I Can See… (2004)

12 Years

  • Kate Bush The Red Shoes (1993), Aerial (2005)
  • The Go-Betweens 16 Lovers Lane (1988), The Friends of Rachel Worth (2000)
  • Wire The First Letter (1991), Send (2003)
  • Hole Celebrity Skin (1998), Nobody’s Daughter (2010)
  • The House of Love Audience with the Mind (1993), Days Run Away (2005)
  • Billy Idol Cyberpunk (1993), Devil’s Playground (2005)
  • Loretta Lynn Van Lear Rose (2004), Full Circle (2016)
  • Polvo Shapes (1997), In Prism (2009)
  • Styx Big Bang Theory (2005), The Mission (2017)


11 Years

  • Boston Life, Love & Hope (2013), Corporate America (2002)
  • Crowded House Intriguer (2010), Dreamers Are Waiting (2021)
  • ESG ESG (1991), Step Off (2002)
  • Grandmaster Flash Flash Is Back (1998), The Bridge: Concept of a Culture (2009)
  • Heart Desire Walks On (1993), Jupiter’s Darling (2004)
  • Kiss Psycho Circus (1998) Sonic Boom (2009)
  • The Libertines The Libertines (2004), Anthems for Doomed Youth (2015)

  • No Doubt Rock Steady (2001), Push and Shove (2012)
  • Portishead Portishead (1997), Third (2008)
  • The Power Station The Power Station (1985), Living in Fear (1996)
  • The Rolling Stones A Bigger Bang (2005), Blue and Lonesome (2016)
  • Bob Seger It’s a Mystery (1995), Face the Promise (2006)
  • The Verve Urban Hymns (1997), Forth (2008)
  • Scott Walker Climate of Hunter (1984), Tilt (1995)
  • Scott Walker Tilt (1995), The Drift (2006)

10 Years

  • American Music Club San Francisco (1994), Love Songs for Patriots (2004)
  • David Bowie Reality (2003), The Next Day (2013)
  • Bush Golden State (2001), The Sea of Memories (2011)
  • Dinosaur Jr. Hand It Over (1997), Beyond (2007)
  • Eurythmics We Too Are One (1989), Peace (1999)
  • Peter Gabriel Us (1992); Up (2002)
  • Gin Blossoms Congratulations I’m Sorry (1996), Major Lodge Victory (2006)
  • The Human League Secrets (2001), Credo (2011)
  • Journey Raised on Radio (1986), Trial by Fire (1996)
  • The Knack Round Trip (1981), Serious Fun (1991)
  • The Lemonheads Car Button Cloth (1996), The Lemonheads (2006)
  • Matchbox 20 More Than You Think You Are (2002), North (2012)
  • Steve Perry Street Talk (1984), For the Love of Strange Medicine (1994)
  • Sade Lovers Rock (2000), Soldier of Love (2010)
  • Suicide Why Be Blue (1992), American Supreme (2002)
  • Supertramp Free As a Bird (1987), Some Things Never Change (1997)
  • Scott Walker We Had It All (1974), Climate of Hunter (1984)
  • Stevie Wonder Conversation Peace (1995), A Time to Love (2005)
  • Yes Magnification (2001), Fly from Here (2011)

9 Years

  • The Allman Brothers Band Brothers of the Road (1981), Seven Turns (1990)
  • The Allman Brothers Band Where It All Begins (1994), Hittin’ the Note (2003)
  • Leonard Cohen The Future (1992), Ten New Songs (2001)
  • Deep Purple Come Taste the Band (1975), Perfect Strangers (1984)
  • Styx Edge of the Century (1990), Brave New World (1999)

8 Years

  • AC/DC Stiff Upper Lip (2000), Black Ice (2008)
  • Aerosmith Honkin’ on Bobo (2004), Music from Another Dimension! (2012)
  • Berlin 4Play (2005), Animal (2013)
  • Blondie The Curse of Blondie (2003), Panic of Girls (2011)
  • Boston Don’t Look Back (1978), Third Stage (1986)
  • Boston Third Stage (1986), Walk On (1994)
  • Boston Walk On (1994), Corporate America (2002)
  • Camper Van Beethoven New Roman Times (2004), virus_installer.exe (2012)
  • Chicago Chicago XXV: The Christmas Album (1998), XXX (2006)
  • Leonard Cohen Dear Heather (2004), Old Ideas (2012)
  • Fleetwood Mac Time (1995), Say You Will (2003)
  • Michael Jackson Invincible (2001); Michael (2010 – released posthumously; Jackson died in 2009)
  • Mick Jagger Wandering Spirit (1993), Goddess in the Doorway (2001)
  • Modest Mouse We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank (2007), Strangers to Ourselves (2015)
  • The Rolling Stones Bridges to Babylon (1997), A Bigger Bang (2005)
  • Rush Test for Echo (1996) Vapor Trails (2002)
  • Sade Love Deluxe (1992), Lovers Rock (2000)
  • Bob Seger Face the Promise (2006), Ride Out (2014)
  • The Smithereens God Save the Smithereens (1999), Christmas with the Smithereens (2007)
  • Stevie Wonder Characters (1987), Conversation Peace (1995)


Still Waiting…
  • 42 years: Led Zeppelin In Through the Out Door (8/15/79) (1979)
  • 28 years: Billy Joel River of Dreams (1993)
  • 24 years: Genesis Calling All Stations (1997)
  • 23 years: Lauryn Hill The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998)
  • 20 years: Mick Jagger Goddess in the Doorway (2001)
  • 19 years: Supertramp Slow Motion (2002)
  • 18 years: The Allman Brothers Band Hittin’ the Note (2003)
  • 18 years: Fleetwood Mac Say You Will (2003)
  • 18 years: Kraftwerk Tour de France Soundtracks (2003)
  • 18 years: Steely Dan Everything Must Go (2003)
  • 17 years: Tears for Fears Everybody Loves a Happy Ending (2004)
  • 16 years: Stevie Wonder A Time to Love (2005)
  • 14 years: Hooters Time Stand Still (2007)

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First posted 2/5/2012; last updated 5/18/2021.

Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Hopefuls

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Note: this list was originally presented October 21, 2011. It has been updated to exclude acts which have subsequently been inducted.

Bashing the Rock Hall has become the quite vogue thing to do. Of course, they have inducted hundreds of deserving artists alongside those who raise many music fans eyebrows. However, fans get outraged this time every year when their favorites get snubbed…yet again.

In the true spirit of Dave’s Music Database, the occasion for a list presented itself. Just who are the biggest Rock and Roll Hall of Fame snubs, those acts which fans most think have been overlooked? 49 lists were consolidated to create the DMDB list of 100 deserving acts. Here we go:

1. The Moody Blues
2. Yes
3. Journey
4. Electric Light Orchestra
5. The Cure
6. The Cars
7. T-Rex
8. Iron Maiden
9. Judas Priest
10. Bon Jovi

11. Def Leppard
12. Motorhead
13. Depeche Mode
14. Pat Benatar
15. The Smiths
16. The Doobie Brothers
17. Roxy Music
18. Joy Division
19. Bad Company
20. Warren Zevon

21. New York Dolls
22. Jethro Tull
23. Todd Rundgren
24. The Replacements
25. Chic
26. The Zombies
27. Boston
28. Peter Frampton
29. Kraftwerk
30. Dire Straits

31. Joe Cocker
32. Emerson, Lake & Palmer
33. The Guess Who
34. Thin Lizzy
35. MC5
36. Devo
37. Duran Duran
38. Foreigner
39. The Monkees
40. Motley Crue

41. King Crimson
42. Janet Jackson
43. Styx
44. Big Star
45. Gram Parsons
46. The B-52’s
47. Dick Dale
48. Three Dog Night
49. Steppenwolf
50. The Scorpions

51. Pixies
52. War
53. Ted Nugent
54. Sonic Youth
55. Jimmy Buffett
56. Slayer
57. Nine Inch Nails
58. Love
59. Soundgarden
60. Captain Beefheart

61. Joan Baez
62. Blue Oyster Cult
63. J. Geils Band
64. Spinners
65. Los Lobos
66. Link Wray
67. Tommy James & the Shondells
68. Grand Funk Railroad
69. Kate Bush
70. Barry White

71. Weird Al Yankovic
72. Little Feat
73. New Order
74. Ozzy Osbourne
75. X
76. Carole King (as a performer)
77. Pantera
78. Nick Drake
79. Black Flag
80. Afrika Bambaataa

81. Procol Harum
82. Mott the Hoople
83. Megadeth
84. Eric B. & Rakim
85. Harry Nilsson
86. Johnny Burnette & The Rock N’ Roll Trio
87. The Flying Burrito Brothers
88. Pearl Jam
89. Television
90. Donovan

91. Brian Eno
92. Dead Kennedys
93. Whitney Houston
94. LL Cool J
95. Badfinger
96. Ben E. King
97. Jim Croce
98. The Runaways
99. The Clovers
100. Eurythmics


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Sunday, July 14, 2013

The Top 50 New Wave Albums of All Time

New Wave:

The Top 50 Albums

“New Wave” is one of the more difficult genres to define, because as AllMusic.com says, it was “a catch-all term for the music that directly followed punk rock” in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s. Even that is misleading, however, because punk and new wave co-existed in that era.

In general, punk was marked by simplistic three-chord music and a D.I.Y. attitude while new wave was artier in style and fashion and typically infused with a dose of electronics. According to Wikipedia, new wave was “first considered the same as punk rock before being identified as a genre of its own right, incorporating aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco, and 1960s pop music.” Wikipedia says the term “new wave” was first used in the early 1970s by critics like Nick Kent and Dave Marsh in defining groups like the Velvet Underground and New York Dolls. In 1976, the term began showing up in UK magazines as a way of defining “music by bands not exactly punk, but related to, and part of the same musical scene.”

As the list below shows, much of new wave falls in other categories, including goth (Joy Division, The Cure), punk (The Clash), new romanticism (Duran Duran, Culture Club), proto-punk (Television), synth-pop (Depeche Mode, Human League, Tears for Fears), and early Britpop (The Smiths). This list was created by aggregating 27 lists (see resources at bottom of page).

Check out other best-of-genre/category lists here.

1. Joy Division Closer (1980)
2. Elvis Costello & The Attractions This Year’s Model (1978)
3. The Cars The Cars (1978)
4. Blondie Parallel Lines (1978)
5. Talking Heads More Songs about Buildings and Food (1978)
6. Pretenders Pretenders (1980)
7. Talking Heads Remain in Light (1980)
8. Devo Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo (1978)
9. Gang of Four Entertainment! (1979)
10. Television Marquee Moon (1977)

11. The Police Outlandos D’Amour (1978)
12. Joy Division Unknown Pleasures (1979)
13. Elvis Costello & the Attractions Armed Forces (1979)
14. The Human League Dare! (1981)
15. New Order Power, Corruption, and Lies (1983)
16. Duran Duran Rio (1982)
17. Joe Jackson Look Sharp! (1979)
18. The Smiths The Queen Is Dead (1986)
19. The Clash London Calling (1979)
20. Elvis Costello My Aim Is True (1977)

21. XTC Drums and Wires (1979)
22. Tears for Fears Songs from the Big Chair (1985)
23. The Pop Group Y (1979)
24. The Jam Sound Affects (1980)
25. Ultravox Vienna (1980)
26. Devo Freedom of Choice (1980)
27. Talking Heads Fear of Music (1979)
28. Public Image Ltd. Metal Box (aka “Second Edition”) (1979)
29. Pere Ubu The Modern Dance (1978)
30. Simple Minds New Gold Dream 81-82-83-84 (1982)

31. The B-52’s The B-52’s (1979)
32. The Police Synchronicity (1983)
33. Nick Lowe Jesus of Cool (1978)
34. New Order Substance (compilation: 1981-87, released 1987)
35. ABC Lexicon of Love (1982)
36. Squeeze Argybargy (1980)
37. The Cure Boys Don’t Cry (1980)
38. The Go-Go’s Beauty and the Beat (1981)
39. Duran Duran Duran Duran (1981)
40. The Cure Dinstinegration (1989)

41. Siouxsie & the Banshees The Scream (1978)
42. U2 Boy (1980)
43. The Slits Cut (1979)
44. Talking Heads :77 (1977)
45. The Police Zenyatta Mondatta (1980)
46. Depeche Mode Black Celebration (1986)
47. Tears for Fears The Hurting (1983)
48. Yazoo Upstair’s at Eric’s (1982)
49. Big Country The Crossing (1983)
50. Talking Heads Speaking in Tongues (1983)


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First posted 7/14/2013.