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The 15 Most Agonizing Waits Between Albums

With both Shania Twain and Fergie ending long absences in September, take a look back at the extended gaps in other artists' catalogs
By Eric Renner Brown September 26, 2017 at 04:21 PM EDT
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Revisiting the delays

Delayed album covers
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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)

Shania Twain 'NOW' album cover
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Released 15 years after 2002's Up!

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Dr. Dre's Compton (2015)

Compton Explicit LyricsDr. Dre Label: Aftermath
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Released 16 years after 1999's 2001

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D'Angelo's Black Messiah (2014)

Black MessiahD'Angelo D'Angelo And The VanguardLabel: Sony Legacy
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Released 14 years after 2000's Voodoo

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My Bloody Valentine's m b v (2013)

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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)

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Released 18 years after 1998's The Love Movement

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Guns N' Roses' Chinese Democracy (2008)

Chinese DemocracyGuns N' Roses Label: Geffen
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Released 15 years after 1993's "The Spaghetti Incident?"

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Steely Dan's Two Against Nature (2000)

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Released 20 years after 1980's Gaucho

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The Avalanches' Wildflower (2016)

Wildflower Explicit LyricsAvalanches Label: Astralwerks
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Released 16 years after 2000's Since I Left You

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Aphex Twin's Syro (2014)

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Released 13 years after 2001's Drukqs

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

No Cities To LoveSleater-Kinney Label: Sub Pop Records
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Released 10 years after 2005's The Woods

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

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Released 12 years after 2004's The Grind Date

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Fergie's Double Dutchess (2017)

Double DutchessFergie Label: BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
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Released 11 years after 2006's The Dutchess

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Black Sabbath's 13 (2013)

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Released 18 years after 1995's Forbidden

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The Rolling Stones' Blue & Lonesome (2016)

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Released 11 years after 2005's A Bigger Bang

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David Bowie's The Next Day (2013)

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Released 10 years after 2003's Reality

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    1 of 16 Revisiting the delays
    2 of 16 Shania Twain's NOW (2017)
    3 of 16 Dr. Dre's Compton (2015)
    4 of 16 D'Angelo's Black Messiah (2014)
    5 of 16 My Bloody Valentine's m b v (2013)
    6 of 16 A Tribe Called Quest's We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service (2016)
    7 of 16 Guns N' Roses' Chinese Democracy (2008)
    8 of 16 Steely Dan's Two Against Nature (2000)
    9 of 16 The Avalanches' Wildflower (2016)
    10 of 16 Aphex Twin's Syro (2014)
    11 of 16 Sleater-Kinney's No Cities to Love (2015)
    12 of 16 De La Soul's and the Anonymous Nobody (2016)
    13 of 16 Fergie's Double Dutchess (2017)
    14 of 16 Black Sabbath's 13 (2013)
    15 of 16 The Rolling Stones' Blue & Lonesome (2016)
    16 of 16 David Bowie's The Next Day (2013)

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