List of musicians with multiple self-titled albums
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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)
- Cheap Trick
- Cheap Trick (1977)
- Cheap Trick (1997)
- Bo Diddley
- Bo Diddley (Chess Records, 1958)
- Bo Diddley (Checker Records, 1962)
- Duran Duran
- Duran Duran (1981)
- Duran Duran ("The Wedding Album", 1993)
- Fleetwood Mac
- Fleetwood Mac (1968)
- Fleetwood Mac (1975)
- Peter Gabriel
- Peter Gabriel ("car" cover, 1977)
- Peter Gabriel ("scratch" cover, 1978)
- Peter Gabriel ("melt" cover, 1980)
- Peter Gabriel (released in U.S. as Security, 1982)
- The Hollies
- Hollies (1964)
- Hollies (some sources list the title as Hollies '74 to avoid confusion, but the official title is just Hollies), (1974)
- The House of Love
- The House of Love (1988)
- The House of Love (1990)
- Whitney Houston
- Whitney Houston (1985)
- Whitney (1987)
- La Toya Jackson
- La Toya Jackson (1980)
- La Toya (1988)
- Janis Ian
- Janis Ian (1967)
- Janis Ian (1978)
- Jimmy Eat World
- Jimmy Eat World (1994)
- Jimmy Eat World (changed from Bleed American after September 11, 2001 attacks), (2001)
- Karat
- Karat (1978)
- Karat (1991)
- Killing Joke
- Killing Joke (1980)
- Killing Joke (2003)
- Kylie Minogue
- Kylie (1988)
- Kylie Minogue (1994)
- Kylie Minogue (1998; UK title only; released as Impossible Princess elsewhere, but retitled due to the 1997 death of Diana, Princess of Wales)
- Mike + The Mechanics
- Mike + The Mechanics (1986)
- Mike + The Mechanics (1999)
- Ricky Martin
- Ricky Martin (1991)
- Ricky Martin (1999)
- Ricky Nelson
- Ricky (United Artists Records, 1957)
- Ricky Nelson (Imperial Records, 1958)
- NRBQ
- NRBQ (Columbia Records, 1969)
- NRBQ (Rounder Records, 1999)
- Elvis Presley
- Elvis Presley (RCA Records, 1956)
- Elvis (RCA Records, 1956)
- Elvis (RCA Victor Records, 1973)
- Puhdys
- Die Puhdys (1, 1974)
- Puhdys (2, 1975)
- Red House Painters
- Red House Painters (aka Rollercoaster, May 1993)
- Red House Painters (aka Bridge, October 1993)
- Stefanie Sun (Chinese Name: Sun Yanzi)
- Thalía
- Thalia (1993)
- Thalia (2002)
- Thalia (English language album, 2003)
- Tindersticks
- Tindersticks (1993)
- Tindersticks (1995)
- Weather Report
- Weather Report (1971)
- Weather Report (1982)
[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.
