List of musicians with multiple self-titled albums

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This is an incomplete list of albums, which can or may never satisfy any subjective standard for completeness. Revisions and additions are welcome.

This is a list of musicians who have released multiple albums named after themselves. Numbered albums (such as Van Halen II or Chicago XIV) are not included.

  • David Bowie
    • David Bowie (1967)
    • David Bowie (1969; released in the US as Man of Words / Man of Music; 1972 reissue was renamed Space Oddity, which has been retained for all subsequent reissues)
  • Bo Diddley
    • Bo Diddley (Chess Records, 1958)
    • Bo Diddley (Checker Records, 1962)
  • The Hollies
    • Hollies (1964)
    • Hollies (some sources list the title as Hollies '74 to avoid confusion, but the official title is just Hollies), (1974)
  • Janis Ian
    • Janis Ian (1967)
    • Janis Ian (1978)
  • Karat
    • Karat (1978)
    • Karat (1991)
  • Ricky Nelson
    • Ricky (United Artists Records, 1957)
    • Ricky Nelson (Imperial Records, 1958)
  • NRBQ
    • NRBQ (Columbia Records, 1969)
    • NRBQ (Rounder Records, 1999)
  • Puhdys
    • Die Puhdys (1, 1974)
    • Puhdys (2, 1975)
  • Ratt
    • Ratt EP (Time Coast, 1983)
    • Ratt (Sony/Portrait, 1999)
  • Seal
    • Seal (Seal as A of SEAL on cover, 1991)
    • Seal (Seal with arms outstretched on cover, 1994)
    • Seal (also known as Seal IV, 2003)
  • Stefanie Sun (Chinese Name: Sun Yanzi)
    • Yan Zi (After her first name in Mandarin, 2000)
    • Stefanie (After her English name, symbolising the renewal of her contract, 2004)

[edit] Musicians and groups who change their name

New Zealand band Shihad released a self titled album in 1996. After the September 11, 2001 attacks, the band changed their name to Pacifier (due to similarity between Shihad and the Arabic word jihad.) With the new name, they released another self titled album. Technically the same band has had two self-titled albums, but with different band names.

The U.S. band Chicago is well known for its long string of numbered albums, none of which is strictly a self-titled album. However, the band's first album Chicago Transit Authority was a self-titled album, as this was the band's name at the time of the album's release in 1969. The band then shortened its name to Chicago, and its second album in 1970, Chicago was thus also self-titled; however, it was later rereleased as Chicago II.

Similarly, Australian band Icehouse were originally known as Flowers. Icehouse was the title of their first album. Later, when they discovered another band with a prior claim to the name Flowers, the band and album swapped names.

[edit] See also

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