Which reasonably well-known, well-respected artist has the smallest repertoire?

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Well?

― fred shed, Wednesday, 15 September 2004 14:07 (twenty-one years ago)

Blue Nile.

― Jimmybommy JimmyK'KANG (Nick Southall), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 14:11 (twenty-one years ago)

Jeff Buckley.

― Jimmybommy JimmyK'KANG (Nick Southall), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 14:11 (twenty-one years ago)

Stone Roses.

― Jimmybommy JimmyK'KANG (Nick Southall), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 14:11 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't know Blue Nile but Stone Roses and Jeff Buckley must have at least 30 songs to their name, surely? There must be someone out there who only ever did ten or something. Rodriguez, who's not well known in the UK or US but who was massive in Australasia and South Africa only ever did one album I think and probably only wrote about 15 songs.

― fred shed, Wednesday, 15 September 2004 14:15 (twenty-one years ago)

Bobby Fuller Four? Big Bopper?

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 14:16 (twenty-one years ago)

Robert Johnson

― jedidiah (jedidiah), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 14:18 (twenty-one years ago)

M/A/R/R/S only did two songs.

― frankE (frankE), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 14:19 (twenty-one years ago)

or how about the La's?

― frankE (frankE), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 14:19 (twenty-one years ago)

steinski with or without mass media.

― mark e (mark e), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 14:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Blue Nile have done 24 or 27 (can't remember off-hand) in 25 years, across four albums.

― Jimmybommy JimmyK'KANG (Nick Southall), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 14:33 (twenty-one years ago)

m/a/r/r/s, the normal

― scott pl. (scott pl.), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 14:34 (twenty-one years ago)

the nerves

― peter smith (plsmith), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 14:39 (twenty-one years ago)

george michael.

― piscesboy, Wednesday, 15 September 2004 14:42 (twenty-one years ago)

M/A/R/R/S only did two songs

As "artists" they've all done a lot more though, innit

― DJ Mencap0))), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 14:43 (twenty-one years ago)

Norah Jones. It's the same song over and over and over and over and zzzzzzzzzzzzz......

― mottdeterre, Wednesday, 15 September 2004 23:11 (twenty-one years ago)

tintern abbey

― the surface noise (slight return) (electricsound), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 23:16 (twenty-one years ago)

Plone?

― dog latin (dog latin), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 23:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Neil Young -- "It's all one song!!!"

― dr. phil (josh langhoff), Thursday, 16 September 2004 01:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Fiona Apple

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 16 September 2004 01:14 (twenty-one years ago)

1000 homo dj's!

― todd swiss (eliti), Thursday, 16 September 2004 01:59 (twenty-one years ago)

gotta be the strokes. altho who knows what "well-respected" constitutes.

― drew, Thursday, 16 September 2004 02:17 (twenty-one years ago)

In NZ the easy answer is Darcy Clay. A top 10 chart hit, NZ music award for 'Most promising new artist' in 1998, and a grand total of 6 recorded songs, one of which was a cover (Dolly Parton's 'Joelene'). He self-recorded the single 'Jesus i was evil' as a demo for student radio, found himself at the top of the charts, released the 6 song ep of the same name and was asked to play support for Blur at their single NZ show.
He was found dead just a couple weeks later, with the Blur support show (one of only 5 actual live performances) released as a post-humous ep - the same set as the studio ep. all 10 recorded tracks were later compiled into an anthology.

― chris andrews (fraew), Thursday, 16 September 2004 02:37 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm one of those artless mopes who discount demos, outtakes, "lost gems" and other such scrapings, even if the artist is alive in many cases
Nick Drake and Biggie haven't been mentioned, so I assume I'm in the minority.

― tremendoid, Thursday, 16 September 2004 03:47 (twenty-one years ago)

xpost

How'd Darcy Clay die?

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Thursday, 16 September 2004 03:49 (twenty-one years ago)

The United States of America.

― Ian c=====8 (orion), Thursday, 16 September 2004 03:50 (twenty-one years ago)

---fiona apple---

far from it

― reo, Thursday, 16 September 2004 03:50 (twenty-one years ago)

young marble giants

― Symplistic (shmuel), Thursday, 16 September 2004 04:04 (twenty-one years ago)

NEW RADICALS!

*ducks*

― supercub, Thursday, 16 September 2004 04:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Frankie Goes to Hollywood.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Thursday, 16 September 2004 06:39 (twenty-one years ago)

The Sex Pistols.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Thursday, 16 September 2004 06:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Derrick May!

― Jacob (Jacob), Thursday, 16 September 2004 08:19 (twenty-one years ago)

Boston.

― John Fredland (jfredland), Thursday, 16 September 2004 08:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Jeff Buckley? the live at sin'e expanded set has 21 songs. Add in the 'sweetheart the drunk' set and that's quite a lot...

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 16 September 2004 08:43 (twenty-one years ago)

There are plenty of reasonably well-known artists who only recorded one album. Are there any who didn't even get that far, who only recorded one or two singles or one EP? I don't count MARRS because it was just a side project for a bunch of people who have significant bodies of work.

― fred shed, Thursday, 16 September 2004 08:58 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm not sure about the 'respected' part.. but Crosby Stills and Nash have been milking two records for 30 years.

― dave225 (Dave225), Thursday, 16 September 2004 09:09 (twenty-one years ago)

The Monks

― holojames (holojames), Saturday, 25 September 2004 17:49 (twenty-one years ago)

shyne

― peter $.., Saturday, 25 September 2004 17:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Nick Nicely.

― noodle vague (noodle vague), Saturday, 25 September 2004 19:27 (twenty-one years ago)

richard hell

― dan (dan), Saturday, 25 September 2004 22:50 (twenty-one years ago)

Tonton Macoute had seven tracks on their one&only LP.

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Saturday, 25 September 2004 23:01 (twenty-one years ago)

Minor Threat?

Boston has 4 or 5 albums. They're not even in competition. (Only 1.5 good ones I'm guessing from their live show but that doesn't count, does it?)

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Saturday, 25 September 2004 23:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Dammit, Tonton Macoute are hardly "reasonably well-known" or "well-respected" :(

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Saturday, 25 September 2004 23:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Slint

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Saturday, 25 September 2004 23:25 (twenty-one years ago)

If we're counting the quantity/respect ratio, then surely Joy Division wins.

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Sunday, 26 September 2004 00:02 (twenty-one years ago)

How'd Darcy Clay die?

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shot himself in the head..

― chris andrews (fraew), Sunday, 26 September 2004 20:08 (twenty-one years ago)

If we're counting the quantity/respect ratio, then surely Joy Division wins.

-- joseph cotten (josephcotten@yahoo.com ), September 26th, 2004.

but they had like 50+ recorded songs, including 2 full charting albums.. doesn't really conform to the 'smallest repetoire' element of the q

― chris andrews (fraew), Sunday, 26 September 2004 20:09 (twenty-one years ago)

george michael

wtf?

― daavid (daavid), Sunday, 26 September 2004 20:11 (twenty-one years ago)

Op Ivy.

― smirky, Sunday, 26 September 2004 22:50 (twenty-one years ago)

scott walker
(i mean bad-demograph scott walker, the S.Engel stuff ?)

howard devoto "the orson welles of punk" also springs to mind

i'll try to think of more less-well-known

― george gosset (gegoss), Sunday, 26 September 2004 22:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Big L

― Jacob (Jacob), Monday, 27 September 2004 01:19 (twenty-one years ago)

don't mission of burma have two albums proper to show for their 20+ year career?

― f ath, Monday, 27 September 2004 02:06 (twenty-one years ago)

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