List of longest gaps between studio albums

The following page lists the longest gaps of time between the release dates of consecutive studio albums from artists. For the purpose of this list, the albums shown have been officially released at least a decade (to the day) after their predecessor.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

ArtistPrevious albumRelease date (previous)Subsequent albumRelease date (subsequent)Total time between releases
The SonicsIntroducing the Sonics1967This is the Sonics27 March 2015[7]48 years
Casa das MáquinasCasa de RockDecember 1976Brilho nos Olhos2020[8]44 years
Linda PerhacsParallelograms1 April 1970The Soul of All Natural Things4 March 201443 years, 11 months
Shuggie OtisInspiration InformationOctober 1974Inter-FusionApril 201843 years, 6 months
Strawberry Alarm ClockGood Morning StarshineMay 1969Wake Up Where You AreMay 201243 years
GryphonTreason1977ReInventionDecember 201841 years
Jim Van Buskirk / Avant GardeHot August Rendezvous18 July 1981The Shellers31 July 202039 years, 13 days
The VaporsMagnets15 December 1981Together15 May 202038 years, 5 months
Chuck BerryRockitAugust 1979Chuck9 June 2017 [lower-alpha 1]37 years, 10 months
ParliamentTrombipulation5 December 1980Medicaid Fraud Dogg22 May 201837 years, 5 months, 17 days
William ShatnerThe Transformed Man1968Has Been5 October 200436 years
Mike LoveLooking Back with Love8 October 1981Unleash the Love17 November 201736 years, 1 month, 9 days
The Pop GroupFor How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder?21 March 1980Citizen Zombie23 February 201534 years, 11 months, 2 days
Vashti BunyanJust Another Diamond DayDecember 1970Lookaftering17 October 200534 years, 10 months
The StoogesRaw Power7 February 1973The Weirdness6 March 200734 years, 27 days
Madam XWe Reserve the Right1984Monstrocity31 August 201733 years
PossessedBeyond the Gates31 October 1986Revelations of Oblivion10 May 201932 years, 6 months, 10 days
Rock GoddessYoung and Free1987This Time22 February 201932 years
BlackfootVertical Smiles15 October 1984Southern Native5 August 201631 years, 10 months, 10 days
Acid ReignObnoxious6 April 1990The Age Of Entitlement27 September 201929 years, 5 months, 21 days
EvildeadThe UnderworldJune 1991United States of Anarchy30 October 202029 years, 4 months
The Psychedelic FursWorld Outside30 July 1991Made of Rain31 July 2020
Silver ApplesContact23 February 1969The Garden199829 years
Michel PolnareffKâmâ Sutrâ23 February 1990Enfin!30 November 201828 years, 5 months, 26 days
EaglesThe Long Run24 September 1979Long Road Out of Eden30 October 200728 years, 1 month, 6 days
Paul StanleyPaul Stanley18 September 1978Live to Win24 October 200628 years, 1 month, 6 days
Larry LesserAfterglowMarch 1992Sparks4 February 202027 years, 11 months
Black FlagIn My HeadOctober 1985What The...5 November 201327 years, 1 month
Van der Graaf GeneratorThe Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome2 September 1977Present25 April 200527 years, 7 months, 23 days
ExhorderThe Law15 March 1992Mourn the Southern Skies20 September 201927 years, 6 months, 5 days
Femme FataleFemme FataleNovember 1988One More for the RoadMay 201627 years, 5 months
The LilacsThe Lilacs Rise Above the Filth1992The Lilacs Endure16 August 201927 years
Xhey Zeus!8 June 1993Alphabetland22 April 202026 years, 10 months, 14 days
ChicChic-ism3 March 1992It's About Time28 September 201826 years, 6 months, 25 days
Angel WitchFrontal Assault6 April 1986As Above, So Below12 March 201225 years, 11 months, 6 days
Gene SimmonsGene Simmons18 September 1978Asshole8 June 200425 years, 8 months, 20 days
EpitaphDanger Man1982Remember the Daze200725 years
Roger WatersAmused to Death1 September 1992Is This the Life We Really Want?2 June 201724 years, 8 months, 29 days
Michael RomeoThe Dark ChapterApril 1994War of the Worlds, Pt. 127 July 201824 years, 3 months, c. 27 days
The WhoIt's Hard4 September 1982Endless Wire30 October 200624 years, 1 month, 26 days
BudgieDeliver Us from Evil23 October 1982You're All Living in Cuckooland7 November 200624 years, 15 days
The CarsDoor to Door25 August 1987Move Like This10 May 201123 years, 8 months, 16 days
Psychotic WaltzBleeding1 July 1996The God-Shaped Void14 February 202023 years, 7 months, 13 days
Giorgio MoroderForever Dancing12 March 1992Déjà Vu12 June 201523 years, 3 months
The ZombiesOdessey and Oracle19 April 1968New WorldApril 199123 years
QuicksandManic Compression28 February 1995Interiors10 November 201722 years, 8 months, 13 days
PixiesTrompe le Monde23 September 1991Indie Cindy19 April 201422 years, 6 months, 27 days
That DogRetreat from the Sun8 April 1997Old LP4 October 201922 years, 5 months, 26 days
HumDownward Is Heavenward27 January 1998Inlet23 June 202022 years, 4 months, 27 days
SlowdivePygmalion6 February 1995Slowdive5 May 201722 years, 2 months, 29 days
The MotelsShockAugust 1985Clean Modern and ReasonableSeptember 200722 years, 1 month
David GilmourAbout Face5 March 1984On an Island6 March 200622 years, 1 day
Johnny Hates JazzTall StoriesJune 1991Magnetized24 May 201321 years, 11 months
Liquid Tension ExperimentLiquid Tension Experiment 215 June 1999Liquid Tension Experiment 326 March 202121 years, 9 months, 11 days
Mission of BurmaVs.11 October 1982ONoffON4 May 200421 years, 6 months, 23 days
The VaselinesDum-DumJune 1989Sex with an X14 September 201021 years, 3 months
RideTarantula11 March 1996Weather Diaries16 June 201721 years, 3 months, 5 days
My Bloody ValentineLoveless4 November 1991MBV2 February 201321 years, 2 months, 29 days
Pink FloydThe Division Bell28 March 1994The Endless River10 November 201420 years, 7 months, 13 days
Cro-MagsRevenge18 January 2000In the Beginning19 June 202020 years, 5 months
Spandau BalletHeart Like a Sky18 September 1989Once More19 October 200920 years, 1 month, 1 day
DevoSmooth Noodle MapsJune 1990Something for Everybody15 June 201020 years
Ace FrehleyTrouble Walkin'13 October 1989Anomaly15 September 200919 years, 11 months, 2 days
Zakk WyldeBook of Shadows18 June 1996Book of Shadows II8 April 201619 years, 9 months, 20 days
Black GrapeStupid Stupid Stupid10 November 1997Pop Voodoo4 August 201719 years, 8 months, 25 days
L7Slap-Happy24 August 1999Scatter the Rats3 May 201919 years, 8 months, 9 days
Charlotte GainsbourgCharlotte for EverDecember 19865:5528 August 200619 years, 8 months
The MonkeesJustus15 October 1996Good Times!27 May 201619 years, 7 months, 12 days
Louise RedknappElbow Beach31 July 2000Heavy Love17 January 202019 years, 5 months, 18 days
Blue Öyster CultCurse of the Hidden Mirror5 June 2001The Symbol Remains9 October 202019 years, 4 months, 4 days
DusterContemporary Movement22 August 2000Duster13 December 201919 years, 3 months, 21 days
At the GatesSlaughter of the Soul14 November 1995At War with Reality28 October 201418 years, 11 months, 14 days
The Jesus and Mary ChainMunki2 June 1998Damage and Joy24 March 201718 years, 9 months, 22 days
Soft CellThis Last Night in SodomMarch 1984Cruelty Without Beauty8 October 200218 years, 7 months
A Tribe Called QuestThe Love Movement29 September 1998We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service11 November 201618 years, 1 month, 3 days
Arjen Anthony LucassenPools of Sorrow, Waves of Joy1994Lost in the New Real23 April 201218 years
Black SabbathForbidden20 June 19951310 June 201317 years, 11 months, 21 days
Faith No MoreAlbum of the Year3 June 1997Sol Invictus19 May 201517 years, 11 months, 16 days
WolfsbaneWolfsbaneFebruary 1994Wolfsbane Save the World9 January 201217 years, 11 months
The dB'sParis Avenue4 October 1994Falling Off the Sky12 June 201217 years, 8 months, 8 days
SurvivorToo Hot to Sleep3 October 1988Reach25 April 200617 years, 6 months, 22 days
Alison KraussForget About It3 August 1999Windy City17 February 201717 years, 6 months, 14 days
Neneh CherryMan2 September 1996Blank Project25 February 201417 years, 5 months, 23 days
Little StevenBorn Again Savage30 November 1999Soulfire19 May 201717 years, 5 months, 19 days
CarcassSwansong10 June 1996Surgical Steel13 September 201317 years, 3 months, 3 days
The NetworkMoney Money 202030 September 2003Money Money 2020 Part II: We Told Ya So!4 December 202017 years, 2 months, 4 days
The MonkeesChangesJune 1970Pool It!August 198717 years, 2 months
The Go-Go'sTalk Show19 March 1984God Bless the Go-Go's15 May 200117 years, 1 month, 26 days
American FootballAmerican Football28 September 1999American Football21 October 201617 years, 23 days
Martha DavisPolicyNovember 1987...So the Story GoesOctober 200416 years, 11 months
X-Ray SpexGermfree Adolescents10 November 1978Conscious Consumer28 September 199516 years, 10 months, 18 days
BlondieThe HunterMay 1982No Exit23 February 199916 years, 9 months
KraftwerkElectric Café10 November 1986Tour de France Soundtracks4 August 200316 years, 8 months, 24 days
RefusedThe Shape of Punk to Come27 October 1998Freedom29 June 201516 years, 8 months, 2 days
At the Drive-InRelationship of Command12 September 2000in•ter a•li•a5 May 201716 years, 7 months, 23 days
Shed SevenTruth Be Told7 May 2001Instant Pleasures10 November 201716 years, 6 months, 3 days
SoundgardenDown on the Upside21 May 1996King Animal13 November 201216 years, 5 months, 23 days
CustardLoverama14 June 1999Come Back, All Is Forgiven6 November 201516 years, 4 months, 24 days
FlipperAmerican Grafishy12 January 1993Love19 May 200916 years, 4 months, 7 days
Gang StarrThe Ownerz24 June 2003One of the Best Yet1 November 201916 years, 4 months, 7 days [lower-alpha 1]
BrujeriaBrujerizmo17 May 2000Pocho Aztlan16 September 201616 years, 3 months, 30 days
TerrorizerWorld Downfall13 November 1989Darker Days Ahead22 August 200616 years, 3 months, 9 days
BraidFrame & Canvas7 April 1998No Coast8 July 201416 years, 3 months, 1 day
Celtic FrostVanity/Nemesis11 April 1990Monotheist29 May 200616 years, 1 month, 18 days
The Desert SessionsVolumes 9 & 1023 September 2003Volumes 11 & 1225 October 201916 years, 1 month, 2 days
Paulo MiklosVou Ser Feliz E Já Volto2001A Gente Mora no Agora11 August 201716 years
BerlinCount Three & Pray13 October 1986Voyeur20 August 200215 years, 10 months, 7 days
Dr. Dre200116 November 1999Compton7 August 201515 years, 8 months, 22 days
LeftfieldRhythm and Stealth20 September 1999Alternative Light Source8 June 201515 years, 8 months, 18 days
The AvalanchesSince I Left You27 November 2000Wildflower1 July 201615 years, 7 months, 4 days
BjörkBjörk18 December 1977Debut5 July 199315 years, 6 months, 17 days
John PetrucciSuspended Animation1 March 2005Terminal Velocity28 August 2020[9]15 years, 5 months, 27 days
GlassjawWorship and Tribute9 July 2002Material Control1 December 201715 years, 4 months, 22 days
St GermainTourist30 May 2000St Germain9 October 201515 years, 4 months, 10 days
Don HenleyInside Job23 May 2000Cass County25 September 201515 years, 4 months, 2 days
The PoorWho Cares13 June 1994Round 1October 200915 years, 4 months
CynicFocus14 September 1993Traced in Air17 November 200815 years, 2 months, 3 days
George HarrisonCloud Nine2 November 1987Brainwashed19 November 200215 years, 17 days
Guns N' Roses"The Spaghetti Incident?"23 November 1993Chinese Democracy23 November 200815 years
SleepDopesmoker22 April 2003The Sciences20 April 201814 years, 11 months, 28 days
The BanglesEverything18 October 1988Doll Revolution9 September 200314 years, 10 months, 22 days
D'AngeloVoodoo25 January 2000Black Messiah (with The Vanguard)15 December 201414 years, 10 months, 20 days
Shania TwainUp!19 November 2002Now29 September 201714 years, 10 months, 10 days
The ChameleonsStrange Times1 September 1986Why Call It Anything1 July 200114 years, 10 months
TribalistasTribalistas28 October 2002Tribalistas25 August 201714 years, 9 months, 28 days
Lita FordBlack14 February 1995Wicked Wonderland6 October 2009 (North America)14 years, 7 months, 22 days
2 October 2009 (Europe)14 years, 7 months, 18 days
TLC3D12 November 2002TLC30 June 201714 years, 7 months, 18 days
AcceptPredator15 January 1996Blood of the Nations20 August 201014 years, 7 months, 5 days
Rational YouthHeredityMarch 1985To the Goddess ElectricityOctober 199914 years, 7 months
The MovielifeForty Hour Train Back to Penn25 February 2003Cities in Search of a Heart22 September 201714 years, 6 months, 28 days
The ChicksTaking the Long Way23 May 2006Gaslighter17 July 202014 years, 1 month, 24 days
SwansSoundtracks for the Blind22 October 1996My Father Will Guide Me up a Rope to the Sky23 September 201013 years, 11 months, 1 day
Alice in ChainsAlice in Chains7 November 1995Black Gives Way to Blue29 September 200913 years, 10 months, 22 days
Van HalenVan Halen III17 March 1998A Different Kind of Truth7 February 201213 years, 10 months, 21 days
BuzzcocksA Different Kind of TensionSeptember 1979Trade Test Transmissions2 June 199313 years, 9 months
Stormtroopers of DeathSpeak English or Die30 August 1985Bigger than the Devil18 May 199913 years, 8 months, 19 days
EyehategodConfederacy of Ruined Lives19 September 2000Eyehategod26 May 201413 years, 8 months, 17 days
Lynyrd SkynyrdStreet Survivors17 October 1977Lynyrd Skynyrd 199111 June 199113 years, 7 months, 25 days
A Perfect CircleEmotive1 November 2004Eat the Elephant20 April 201813 years, 5 months, 19 days
Tool10,000 Days2 May 2006Fear Inoculum30 August 201913 years, 3 months, 28 days
UltrasoundEverything Picture19 April 1999Play for Today24 September 201213 years, 5 months, 5 days
MotograterMotograter24 June 2003Desolation11 August 201713 years, 1 month, 18 days
The ZombiesNew WorldApril 1991As Far as I Can See...5 May 200413 years, 1 month
EchobellyGravity Pulls4 May 2004Anarchy and Alchemy26 May 201713 years, 22 days
BustedA Present for Everyone17 November 2003Night Driver25 November 201613 years, 8 days
VixenLive & Learn6 November 2006 (U.S.)5th album to be titled2020 or 202113 years
30 January 2007 (UK/Europe)
Garth BrooksScarecrow13 November 2001Man Against Machine11 November 201412 years, 11 months, 29 days
GodfleshHymns23 October 2001A World Lit Only by Fire7 October 201412 years, 11 months, 15 days
Peter CrissCat #116 August 1994One for All23 July 200712 years, 11 months, 7 days
Jane's AddictionRitual de lo Habitual21 August 1990Strays22 July 200312 years, 11 months, 1 day
Aphex TwinDrukqs22 October 2001Syro22 September 201412 years, 11 months
Crazy TownDarkhorse12 November 2002The Brimstone Sluggers28 August 201512 years, 9 months, 16 days
PulleyMatters 6 April 2004No Change in the Weather18 November 201612 years, 7 months, 12 days
98°Revelation26 September 20002.07 May 201312 years, 7 months, 11 days
Suicidal TendenciesFree Your Soul and Save My Mind12 September 20001326 March 201312 years, 6 months, 14 days
Nuclear AssaultSomething Wicked23 February 1993Third World Genocide30 August 200512 years, 6 months, 7 days
Men Without HatsSideways30 April 1991No Hats Beyond This Point4 November 200312 years, 6 months, 5 days
DescendentsCool to Be You23 March 2004Hypercaffium Spazzinate29 July 201612 years, 4 months, 16 days
Blind MelonSoup15 August 1995For My Friends22 April 200812 years, 4 months, 7 days
Atari Teenage Riot 60 Second Wipe Out 11 May 1999 Is This Hyperreal? 7 June 2011 12 years, 27 days
Kate BushThe Red Shoes2 November 1993Aerial7 November 200512 years, 5 days
BlurThink Tank5 May 2003The Magic Whip27 April 201511 years, 11 months, 22 days
Primus Antipop 19 October 1999 Green Naugahyde 12 September 2011 11 years, 10 months, 25 days
De La SoulThe Grind Date5 October 2004And the Anonymous Nobody...26 August 201611 years, 10 months, 21 days
AcceptancePhantoms26 April 2005Colliding by Design24 February 201711 years, 9 months, 29 days
CherLiving Proof26 February 2002 (U.S.)Closer to the Truth24 September 201311 years, 6 months, 29 days
ExodusForce of Habit17 August 1992Tempo of the Damned2 February 200411 years, 5 months, 16 days
Static-XCult of Static17 March 2009Project Regeneration Vol. 110 July 202011 years, 3 months, 23 days
Take ThatNobody Else15 August 1995Beautiful World28 November 200611 years, 3 months, 13 days
The Raconteurs Consolers of the Lonely 25 March 2008 Help Us Stranger 21 June 2019 11 years, 2 months, 27 days
BostonCorporate America5 November 2002Life, Love & Hope3 December 201311 years, 28 days
WhitesnakeRestless Heart26 March 1997Good to Be Bad21 April 200811 years, 26 days
KissPsycho Circus22 September 1998Sonic Boom6 October 200911 years, 14 days
FergieThe Dutchess19 September 2006Double Dutchess22 September 201711 years, 3 days
The LillingtonsThe Too Late Show10 October 2006Stella Sapiente13 October 201711 years, 3 days
EloyOcean 2: The Answer1998Visionary18 November 200911 years
AnnieDon't Stop19 October 2009Dark Hearts16 October 202010 years, 11 months, 27 days
The Wonder StuffConstruction for the Modern Idiot4 October 1993Escape from Rubbish IslandSeptember 200410 years, 11 months
Kim WildeNow & Forever30 October 1995Never Say Never8 September 200610 years, 10 months, 9 days
GrandaddyJust Like the Fambly Cat9 May 2006Last Place3 March 201710 years, 9 months, 22 days
Stars in BattledressSecrets and Signals6 October 2003In Droplet Form16 June 201410 years, 8 months, 10 days
Brendan PerryEye of the Hunter4 October 1999Ark7 June 201010 years, 8 months, 3 days
Belinda CarlisleVoila5 February 2007Wilder Shores29 September 201710 years, 7 months, 24 days
GabrielleAlways1 October 2007Under My Skin17 May 201810 years, 7 months, 16 days
Living ColourStain2 March 1993Collideøscope7 October 200310 years, 7 months, 5 days
PortisheadPortishead29 September 1997Third28 April 200810 years, 6 months, 30 days
DodgyReal Estate23 July 2001Stand Upright in a Cool Place20 February 201210 years, 6 months, 28 days
Stevie WonderConversation Peace21 March 1995A Time to Love18 October 200510 years, 6 months, 27 days
SuedeA New Morning30 September 2002Bloodsports18 March 201310 years, 5 months, 18 days
Bark PsychosisHexFebruary 1994///Codename: Dustsucker26 July 200410 years, 5 months
HardlineDouble Eclipse28 April 1992II23 September 200210 years, 4 months, 26 days
Belinda CarlisleA Woman and a Man11 September 1996 (Japan)Voila5 February 200710 years, 4 months, 25 days
23 September 1996 (UK)10 years, 4 months, 13 days
16 October 1996 (Australia)10 years, 3 months, 20 days
CastBeetroot30 July 2001Troubled Times2 November 201110 years, 3 months, 3 days
BurzumHliðskjálf7 December 1999Belus8 March 201010 years, 3 months, 1 day
Bloodhound GangHefty Fine27 September 2005Hard-Off18 December 201510 years, 2 months, 21 days
Carole KingLove Makes the World25 September 2001A Holiday Carole1 November 201110 years, 1 month, 7 days
CandleboxHappy Pills21 July 1998Into the Sun22 July 200810 years, 1 day
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Notes
  1. Posthumous album

References
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  3. Paul McCartney, Santana & More: Artists With Longest Gaps Between Top 10 Hits
  4. How Often Should Artists Release Albums?
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