Every once in a while I run across a really cool question that makes me long for the good ol' days when blogging was still popular and memes were a Big Deal.

This time is was on BlueSky where somebody was asking a music question which, let's face it, is a darn good question because I had to really think about it...

I came up with...

• Pet Shop Boys released Yes 23 years after Please (And Yes is hands-down my favorite PSB album)
• Depeche Mode released Ultra 15 years after Speak and Spell
• Madonna released Ray of Light 15 years after Madonna
• OMD released History of Modern, English Electric, The Punishment of Luxury, and Bauhaus Staircase all 30 (THIRTY!) years and more after Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
• a-ha released Minor Earth Major Sky 15 years after Hunting High and Low (And Minor Earth Major Sky is hands-down my favorite a-ha album)
• Erasure released Nightbird almost 19 years after Wonderland
• Human League released Octopus 15 years after Reproduction
• Heart released Brigade and Desire Walks On 15 and 18 years after Dreamboat Annie
• Fleetwood Mac release Tango in the Night 19 years after Fleetwood Mac
• New Order released Waiting for the Sirens' Call 24 years after Movement
• Elton John released loads of great albums 15 years after Empty Sky

Jester came up with...

• Bonnie Raitt released Luck of the Draw 20 years after Bonnie Raitt
• Aerosmith released Permanent Vacation almost 15 years after Aerosmith
• Prince released Love Symbol almost 15 years after For You (how the heck did I miss frickin' Prince?!?)
• Paul Simon released Graceland 21 years after The Paul Simon Songbook
• Tina Turner released Private Dancer 23 years after The Soul of Ike & Tina Turner
• Genesis released Invisible Touch 17 years after From Genesis to Revelation

Marty (from Banal Leakage) came up with...

• Foo Fighters released But Here We Are 28 years after Foo Fighters
• Duran Duran released Astronaut 23 years after Duran Duran (along with All You Need is Now and Paper Gods, both of which I loved... how I missed Duran Duran on this list, one of my favorite bands, is impossible to comprehend)
• Steely Dan released Two Against Nature 28 years after Can't Buy a Thrill
• Crowded House released Time On Earth 21 years after Crowded House
• Tears For Fears released The Tipping Point 39 years after The Hurting
• Pearl Jam released Dark Matter 33 years after Ten
• The Cars released Move Like This 33 years after The Cars
• The Cure released Songs of a Lost World 45 years after Three Imaginary Boys
• David Bowie released Let’s Dance 16 years after David Bowie (really embarrassed I missed this one)

The biggest shock to me was Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. All these albums I love by the band were released THIRTY YEARS after their first album? How often does that happen?