To celebrate ABBA making it into this chart, here are the 50 longest gaps between studio albums, according to Wikipedia. Which is the best / just discuss / etc.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest_gaps_between_studio_albums
The Sonics - Introducing the Sonics 1967 / This is the Sonics 27/03/15 - 48 years
Casa das Máquinas - Casa de Rock 01/12/76 / Brilho nos Olhos 2020 - 44 years
Linda Perhacs - Parallelograms 01/04/70 / The Soul of All Natural Things 04/03/14 - 43 years, 11 months
Shuggie Otis - Inspiration Information 01/10/74 / Inter-Fusion 01/04/18 - 43 years, 6 months
Strawberry Alarm Clock - Good Morning Starshine 01/05/69 / Wake Up Where You Are 01/05/12 - 43 years
Emitt Rhodes - Farewell to Paradise 1973 / Rainbow Ends 26/02/16 - 43 years
Gryphon - Treason 1977 / ReInvention 01/12/18 - 41 years
ABBA - The Visitors 30/11/81 / Voyage 05/11/21 - 40 years
Madder Lake - Butterfly Farm 01/04/74 / World 2013 - 39 years
The Vapors - Magnets 15/12/81 / Together 15/05/20 - 38 years, 5 months
Comus - To Keep from Crying 1974 / Out of the Coma 13/04/12 - 38 years
Chuck Berry - Rockit 01/08/79 / Chuck 09/06/17 - 37 years, 10 months
Danny Elfman - So-Lo 11/11/84 / Big Mess 11/06/21 - 36 years, 7 months
William Shatner - The Transformed Man 1968 / Has Been 05/10/04 - 36 years
Parliament - Trombipulation 05/12/80 / Medicaid Fraud Dogg 22/05/18 - 37 years, 5 months, 17 days
Mike Love - Looking Back with Love 08/10/81 / Unleash the Love 17/11/17 - 36 years, 1 month, 9 days
The Pop Group - For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder? 21/03/80 / Citizen Zombie 23/02/15 - 34 years, 11 months, 2 days
Vashti Bunyan - Just Another Diamond Day 01/12/70 / Lookaftering 17/10/05 - 34 years, 10 months
The Stooges - Raw Power 07/02/73 / The Weirdness 06/03/07 - 34 years, 27 days
Madam X - We Reserve the Right 1984 / Monstrocity 31/08/17 - 33 years
Possessed - Beyond the Gates 31/10/86 / Revelations of Oblivion 10/05/19 - 32 years, 6 months, 10 days
Chris Squire - Fish Out of Water 07/11/75 / Chris Squire's Swiss Choir 03/12/07 - 32 years, 26 days
Rock Goddess - Young and Free 1987 / This Time 22/02/19 - 32 years
Blackfoot - Vertical Smiles 15/10/84 / Southern Native 05/08/16 - 31 years, 10 months, 10 days
Acid Reign - Obnoxious 06/04/90 / The Age Of Entitlement 27/09/19 - 29 years, 5 months, 21 days
Evildead - The Underworld 01/06/91 / United States of Anarchy 30/10/20 - 29 years, 4 months
The Psychedelic Furs - World Outside 30/07/91 / Made of Rain 31/07/20 - 29 years, 1 day
Silver Apples - Contact 23/02/69 / The Garden 1998 - 29 years
The Free Design - There Is a Song 1972 / Cosmic Peekaboo 2001 - 29 years
Game Theory - Two Steps from the Middle Ages 1988 / Supercalifragile 2017 - 29 years
Michel Polnareff - Kâmâ Sutrâ 23/02/90 / Enfin! 30/11/18 - 28 years, 5 months, 26 days
Eagles - The Long Run 24/09/79 / Long Road Out of Eden 30/10/07 - 28 years, 1 month, 6 days
Paul Stanley - Paul Stanley 18/09/78 / Live to Win 24/10/06 - 28 years, 1 month, 6 days
Black Flag - In My Head 01/10/85 / What The... 05/11/13 - 27 years, 1 month
Van der Graaf Generator - The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome 02/09/77 / Present 25/04/05 - 27 years, 7 months, 23 days
Exhorder - The Law 15/03/92 / Mourn the Southern Skies 20/09/19 - 27 years, 6 months, 5 days
Femme Fatale - Femme Fatale 01/11/88 / One More for the Road 01/05/16 - 27 years, 5 months
The Lilacs - The Lilacs Rise Above the Filth 1992 / The Lilacs Endure 16/08/19 - 27 years
X - hey Zeus! 08/06/93 / Alphabetland 22/04/20 - 26 years, 10 months, 14 days
Chic - Chic-ism 03/03/92 / It's About Time 28/09/18 - 26 years, 6 months, 25 days
Angel Witch - Frontal Assault 06/04/86 / As Above, So Below 12/03/12 - 25 years, 11 months, 6 days
Gene Simmons - Gene Simmons 18/09/78 / Asshole 08/06/04 - 25 years, 8 months, 20 days
Epitaph - Danger Man 1982 / Remember the Daze 2007 - 25 years
Roger Waters - Amused to Death 01/09/92 / Is This the Life We Really Want? 02/06/17 - 24 years, 8 months, 29 days
Sanctuary - Into the Mirror Black 27/02/90 / The Year the Sun Died 06/10/14 - 24 years, 7 months, 7 days
Michael Romeo - The Dark Chapter 01/04/94 / War of the Worlds, Pt. 1 27/07/18 - 24 years, 3 months, c. 27 days
The Who - It's Hard 04/09/82 / Endless Wire 30/10/06 - 24 years, 1 month, 26 days
Budgie - Deliver Us from Evil 23/10/82 / You're All Living in Cuckooland 07/11/06 - 24 years, 15 days
The Sea Nymphs - The Sea Nymphs 1992 / On the Dry Land 04/11/16 - 24 years
The Cars - Door to Door 25/08/87 / Move Like This 10/05/11 - 23 years, 8 months, 16 days
Poll Results
Option | Votes |
Vashti Bunyan - Just Another Diamond Day 01/12/70 / Lookaftering 17/10/05 - 34 years, 10 months | 4 |
Silver Apples - Contact 23/02/69 / The Garden 1998 - 29 years | 3 |
The Sea Nymphs - The Sea Nymphs 1992 / On the Dry Land 04/11/16 - 24 years | 3 |
Mike Love - Looking Back with Love 08/10/81 / Unleash the Love 17/11/17 - 36 years, 1 month, 9 days | 2 |
The Psychedelic Furs - World Outside 30/07/91 / Made of Rain 31/07/20 - 29 years, 1 day | 2 |
The Sonics - Introducing the Sonics 1967 / This is the Sonics 27/03/15 - 48 years | 1 |
The Pop Group - For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder? 21/03/80 / Citizen Zombie 23/02/15 - 34 years, 11 mon | 1 |
The Stooges - Raw Power 07/02/73 / The Weirdness 06/03/07 - 34 years, 27 days | 1 |
X - hey Zeus! 08/06/93 / Alphabetland 22/04/20 - 26 years, 10 months, 14 days | 1 |
Roger Waters - Amused to Death 01/09/92 / Is This the Life We Really Want? 02/06/17 - 24 years, 8 months, 29 days | 1 |
Femme Fatale - Femme Fatale 01/11/88 / One More for the Road 01/05/16 - 27 years, 5 months | 1 |
Van der Graaf Generator - The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome 02/09/77 / Present 25/04/05 - 27 years, 7 months, 23 days | 1 |
Parliament - Trombipulation 05/12/80 / Medicaid Fraud Dogg 22/05/18 - 37 years, 5 months, 17 days | 1 |
Game Theory - Two Steps from the Middle Ages 1988 / Supercalifragile 2017 - 29 years | 1 |
Angel Witch - Frontal Assault 06/04/86 / As Above, So Below 12/03/12 - 25 years, 11 months, 6 days | 1 |
Linda Perhacs - Parallelograms 01/04/70 / The Soul of All Natural Things 04/03/14 - 43 years, 11 months | 1 |
Shuggie Otis - Inspiration Information 01/10/74 / Inter-Fusion 01/04/18 - 43 years, 6 months | 1 |
Eagles - The Long Run 24/09/79 / Long Road Out of Eden 30/10/07 - 28 years, 1 month, 6 days | 0 |
The Cars - Door to Door 25/08/87 / Move Like This 10/05/11 - 23 years, 8 months, 16 days | 0 |
Paul Stanley - Paul Stanley 18/09/78 / Live to Win 24/10/06 - 28 years, 1 month, 6 days | 0 |
Black Flag - In My Head 01/10/85 / What The... 05/11/13 - 27 years, 1 month | 0 |
Exhorder - The Law 15/03/92 / Mourn the Southern Skies 20/09/19 - 27 years, 6 months, 5 days | 0 |
Budgie - Deliver Us from Evil 23/10/82 / You're All Living in Cuckooland 07/11/06 - 24 years, 15 days | 0 |
The Who - It's Hard 04/09/82 / Endless Wire 30/10/06 - 24 years, 1 month, 26 days | 0 |
Michael Romeo - The Dark Chapter 01/04/94 / War of the Worlds, Pt. 1 27/07/18 - 24 years, 3 months, c. 27 days | 0 |
Sanctuary - Into the Mirror Black 27/02/90 / The Year the Sun Died 06/10/14 - 24 years, 7 months, 7 days | 0 |
The Lilacs - The Lilacs Rise Above the Filth 1992 / The Lilacs Endure 16/08/19 - 27 years | 0 |
Epitaph - Danger Man 1982 / Remember the Daze 2007 - 25 years | 0 |
Gene Simmons - Gene Simmons 18/09/78 / Asshole 08/06/04 - 25 years, 8 months, 20 days | 0 |
Chic - Chic-ism 03/03/92 / It's About Time 28/09/18 - 26 years, 6 months, 25 days | 0 |
Michel Polnareff - Kâmâ Sutrâ 23/02/90 / Enfin! 30/11/18 - 28 years, 5 months, 26 days | 0 |
The Free Design - There Is a Song 1972 / Cosmic Peekaboo 2001 - 29 years | 0 |
Strawberry Alarm Clock - Good Morning Starshine 01/05/69 / Wake Up Where You Are 01/05/12 - 43 years | 0 |
Emitt Rhodes - Farewell to Paradise 1973 / Rainbow Ends 26/02/16 - 43 years | 0 |
Gryphon - Treason 1977 / ReInvention 01/12/18 - 41 years | 0 |
ABBA - The Visitors 30/11/81 / Voyage 05/11/21 - 40 years | 0 |
Madder Lake - Butterfly Farm 01/04/74 / World 2013 - 39 years | 0 |
The Vapors - Magnets 15/12/81 / Together 15/05/20 - 38 years, 5 months | 0 |
Comus - To Keep from Crying 1974 / Out of the Coma 13/04/12 - 38 years | 0 |
Chuck Berry - Rockit 01/08/79 / Chuck 09/06/17 - 37 years, 10 months | 0 |
Danny Elfman - So-Lo 11/11/84 / Big Mess 11/06/21 - 36 years, 7 months | 0 |
William Shatner - The Transformed Man 1968 / Has Been 05/10/04 - 36 years | 0 |
Madam X - We Reserve the Right 1984 / Monstrocity 31/08/17 - 33 years | 0 |
Possessed - Beyond the Gates 31/10/86 / Revelations of Oblivion 10/05/19 - 32 years, 6 months, 10 days | 0 |
Chris Squire - Fish Out of Water 07/11/75 / Chris Squire's Swiss Choir 03/12/07 - 32 years, 26 days | 0 |
Rock Goddess - Young and Free 1987 / This Time 22/02/19 - 32 years | 0 |
Blackfoot - Vertical Smiles 15/10/84 / Southern Native 05/08/16 - 31 years, 10 months, 10 days | 0 |
Acid Reign - Obnoxious 06/04/90 / The Age Of Entitlement 27/09/19 - 29 years, 5 months, 21 days | 0 |
Evildead - The Underworld 01/06/91 / United States of Anarchy 30/10/20 - 29 years, 4 months | 0 |
Casa das Máquinas - Casa de Rock 01/12/76 / Brilho nos Olhos 2020 - 44 years | 0 |
― fc_TEFH28mo (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 3 September 2021 09:51 (three years ago)