Profilic acts (1970 onwards)

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We are speaking of a minimum of an album a year here, for a period of time, at least. Pre-1970 doesn't count because most major acts were way more profilic back then.

Anyway, starting off with Prince, Frank Zappa, Sufjan Stevens, Ramones and Modern Talking.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 26 December 2005 18:28 (twenty years ago)

Jandek
The Fall

― Brooker Buckingham (Brooker B), Monday, 26 December 2005 18:35 (twenty years ago)

neil young
elvis costello
husker du
ac/dc

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Monday, 26 December 2005 18:37 (twenty years ago)

jay-z

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Monday, 26 December 2005 18:38 (twenty years ago)

elton john

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Monday, 26 December 2005 18:39 (twenty years ago)

ryan adams

― vodkaville, Monday, 26 December 2005 18:45 (twenty years ago)

guided by voices/robert pollard

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Monday, 26 December 2005 18:47 (twenty years ago)

John Zorn!
Tatsuya Yoshida (in his various identities)

― Douglas (Douglas), Monday, 26 December 2005 18:58 (twenty years ago)

the boredoms
merzbow
the tragically hip

― alyosha knect, Monday, 26 December 2005 19:15 (twenty years ago)

Missy Elliott, I guess.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 26 December 2005 19:16 (twenty years ago)

Devendra Banhart

― elgolfo (elgolfo), Monday, 26 December 2005 20:35 (twenty years ago)

Muslimgauze owns this thread.

― sleeve (sleeve), Monday, 26 December 2005 21:15 (twenty years ago)

Atom Heart
Bill Laswell
Venetian Snares

― Alexander (Alexander Buckiewicz-Smith), Monday, 26 December 2005 22:47 (twenty years ago)

Through the early '90s, KISS.

The Jefferson Airplane/Starship maintained a pretty heady pace from '70 through the '80s, too.

Also George Strait, George Jones, and Dolly Parton.

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 06:29 (twenty years ago)

Ahem hehe Geir are you using that spelling on purpose, or is it an honest mistake? I seem to remember the same error led to some spectacular geirbaiting on some thread a couple of years ago... ;)

― The Vintner's Lipogram (OleM), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 12:06 (twenty years ago)

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― Tuomas (Tuomas), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 12:17 (twenty years ago)

An honest answer: Herbie Hancock. He's had a couple of longer breaks, but not counting those he's released an album or more a year ever since 1962.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 12:21 (twenty years ago)

The Residents
People Like Us

― Sasha (sgh), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 13:01 (twenty years ago)

Todd Rundgren - '70 -> '85 or so, solo and Utopia, + production work.

― rocco, Tuesday, 27 December 2005 15:16 (twenty years ago)

two years pass...

The Flower Kings have released 10 albums since their 1995 debut, 4 of which were double. Virtually all of these albums are running for at least 60-70 minutes per CD. Probably makes them one of the most profilic acts of recent times.

― Geir Hongro, Thursday, 3 January 2008 13:49 (eighteen years ago)

I can't believe nobody has mentioned Willie Nelson.

Where do R. Kelly and Lil Wayne fit in?

― xhuxk, Thursday, 3 January 2008 13:53 (eighteen years ago)

Lately, Ghostface Killah.

― mike a, Thursday, 3 January 2008 14:37 (eighteen years ago)

sun city girls

― the galena free practitioner, Thursday, 3 January 2008 16:23 (eighteen years ago)

Billy Childish

― dad a, Thursday, 3 January 2008 16:40 (eighteen years ago)

I think Pearl Jam released, like, 70 live albums in one year, right?

hahah, jk

serious answer, MF Doom comes to mind,.

― stephen, Friday, 4 January 2008 05:21 (eighteen years ago)

As for PJ, didn't take them much extra work. They just recorded every concert at their world tour in its intirety.

― Geir Hongro, Friday, 4 January 2008 09:06 (eighteen years ago)

Think that's easy? Setting up your cassette machine at the back of the hall then dashing back to the stage? And breaking off after 45 mins to turn the tape over?

― Mark G, Friday, 4 January 2008 09:17 (eighteen years ago)

Circle and Acid Mother's Temple, right?

― Nate Carson, Friday, 4 January 2008 09:57 (eighteen years ago)

Rihanna

― I know, right?, Friday, 4 January 2008 10:34 (eighteen years ago)

Van Morrison.

― If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Friday, 4 January 2008 11:17 (eighteen years ago)

Once they got rolling, the Smiths were releasing a single or album about every two months.

― bendy, Friday, 4 January 2008 13:23 (eighteen years ago)

Cecil Taylor has released 60 albums since 1970 (starting in 1973 -- he didn't put anything out between 1970-1972) and eleven since 1995.

I haven't dared to total up Anthony Braxton's output, but it is likely twice that of Taylor's. And pretty much everyone else's.

― Sara Sara Sara, Friday, 4 January 2008 14:08 (eighteen years ago)

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