The Most Agonizing Waits Between Albums

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Revisiting the delays

Astralwerks;BMG; EPIC Records Group

Country-pop icon Shania Twain returns Friday with NOW, her first album in 15 years. Last week, Fergie ended an 11-year solo absence of her own when she released her second LP, Double Dutchess. Hiatuses like these put “long” gaps like the one Frank Ocean ended with 2016’s Blonde in perspective. Read on for more of the most agonizing waits between albums.

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Shania Twain's NOW (2017)

Mercury Nashville

Released 15 years after 2002’s Up!

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Dr. Dre's Compton (2015)

Aftermath

Released 16 years after 1999’s 2001

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D'Angelo's Black Messiah (2014)

Sony Legacy

Released 14 years after 2000’s Voodoo

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My Bloody Valentine's m b v (2013)

My Bloody Valentine

Released 22 years after 1991’s Loveless

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A Tribe Called Quest's We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service (2016)

EPIC RECORDS GROUP

Released 18 years after 1998’s The Love Movement

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Guns N' Roses' Chinese Democracy (2008)

Geffen

Released 15 years after 1993’s “The Spaghetti Incident?”

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Steely Dan's Two Against Nature (2000)

Giant/Reprise

Released 20 years after 1980’s Gaucho

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The Avalanches' Wildflower (2016)

Astralwerks

Released 16 years after 2000’s Since I Left You

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Aphex Twin's Syro (2014)

Warp Records

Released 13 years after 2001’s Drukqs

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Sleater-Kinney's No Cities to Love (2015)

Sub Pop Records

Released 10 years after 2005’s The Woods

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De La Soul's and the Anonymous Nobody (2016)

A.O.I. Llc

Released 12 years after 2004’s The Grind Date

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Fergie's Double Dutchess (2017)

BMG

Released 11 years after 2006’s The Dutchess

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Black Sabbath's 13 (2013)

Republic

Released 18 years after 1995’s Forbidden

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The Rolling Stones' Blue & Lonesome (2016)

Interscope

Released 11 years after 2005’s A Bigger Bang

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David Bowie's The Next Day (2013)

Sony Legacy

Released 10 years after 2003’s Reality

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The 15 Most Agonizing Waits Between Albums

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Revisiting the delays

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Shania Twain's NOW (2017)

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Dr. Dre's Compton (2015)

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D'Angelo's Black Messiah (2014)

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My Bloody Valentine's m b v (2013)

6 of 17

A Tribe Called Quest's We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service (2016)

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Guns N' Roses' Chinese Democracy (2008)

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Steely Dan's Two Against Nature (2000)

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The Avalanches' Wildflower (2016)

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Aphex Twin's Syro (2014)

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Sleater-Kinney's No Cities to Love (2015)

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De La Soul's and the Anonymous Nobody (2016)

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Fergie's Double Dutchess (2017)

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Black Sabbath's 13 (2013)

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The Rolling Stones' Blue & Lonesome (2016)

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David Bowie's The Next Day (2013)

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The 15 Most Agonizing Waits Between Albums

1 of 17

Revisiting the delays

2 of 17

Shania Twain's NOW (2017)

3 of 17

Dr. Dre's Compton (2015)

4 of 17

D'Angelo's Black Messiah (2014)

5 of 17

My Bloody Valentine's m b v (2013)

6 of 17

A Tribe Called Quest's We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service (2016)

7 of 17

Guns N' Roses' Chinese Democracy (2008)

8 of 17

Steely Dan's Two Against Nature (2000)

9 of 17

The Avalanches' Wildflower (2016)

10 of 17

Aphex Twin's Syro (2014)

11 of 17

Sleater-Kinney's No Cities to Love (2015)

12 of 17

De La Soul's and the Anonymous Nobody (2016)

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Fergie's Double Dutchess (2017)

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Black Sabbath's 13 (2013)

15 of 17

The Rolling Stones' Blue & Lonesome (2016)

16 of 17

David Bowie's The Next Day (2013)

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