Godfather II Albums
mookie9999
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Many movie critics have agreed that Godfather II is better than Godfather I. To do the opposite of another thread that is open right now, name some sophomore albums that are better than a groups debut. Also, feel free to include later albums as well that are better than debuts. Here are a few, IMO to get things rolling with more of mine to be added later:
Pearl Jam: Vs. amongst others is better than Ten
Black Crowes: Southern Harmony easily better than SYMM
RATM: Evil Empire slightly better than self titled
Beatles: Second Half of their career over first half
How about youse?
Pearl Jam: Vs. amongst others is better than Ten
Black Crowes: Southern Harmony easily better than SYMM
RATM: Evil Empire slightly better than self titled
Beatles: Second Half of their career over first half
How about youse?
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"What's your name?"
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Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People (WAY better than Feel Good Lost)
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible (slightly better than Funeral)
the Decemberists - Picaresque (WAY better than Her Majesty)
Spiritualized - Pure Phase (better than Lazer Guided Melodies)
Slowdive - Souvlaki (WAY better than Just For A Day)
Sloan - Twice Removed (WAY better than Smeared)
Nirvana - In Utero (better than Nevermind)
Alice in Chains - Dirt (WAY better than Facelift)
Rheostatics - Melville (WAY better than Greatest Hits)
Radiohead - the Bends (WAY better than Pablo Honey)
Tool - Aenima (better than Undertow)
Faith No More - Angel Dust (WAY better than the Real Thing - Mike Patton era FNM)
Mr Bungle - Disco Volante (better than s/t)
the Dandy Warhols - Come Down (better than Dandy's Rule OK)
Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (slightly better than Slanted and Enchanted)
Janes Addiction - Ritual de lo Habitual (better than Nothings Shocking)
and they all eat rainbows and pooh butterflies!
I agree with all of yours besides RATM...I think I'm a bit more partial to the first one myself.
Bruce Springsteen-Wild Innocent, & E Street Shuffle was far better than Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ in my opinion. Of course then came Born to Run and that's my all time favorite.
Kings of Leon-Aha Shake Heartbreak blew Y & YMH away
Oasis-What's the Story Morning Glory..prefer it to Definitely Maybe
Strokes-Room On Fire...most will disagree with me on this, but I think it's way better than Is This It?
Radiohead-The Bends..this is one of those follow ups where it's like something in the band suddenly just CLICKED...above and beyond their first album and still my favorite Radiohead album
The Verve-A Northern Soul..better than A Storm In Heaven though it does sort of depend on what mood I'm in. Urban Hymns is easily their best though.
Blur-I'm not sure which album was their second, but whatever it was (I think it was Modern Life is Rubbish) it was far better than Leisure
Gorillaz-Demon Days...much more fully realized and organized than the first album...first had some great songs but this one just blew me away
Arcade Fire-Love Neon Bible while Funeral is half great, half not so great
Oh and about Nirvana, In Utero was their THIRD album, Nevermind was their SECOND, and Bleach was their first. I'm not a huge fan anymore but I'd say Nevermind is definitely better than Bleach.
Some die just to live.
Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me better than Dinosaur
Stooges - Fun House better than self-titled
Hendrix - as great as Are You Experienced is, I'd say Axis: Bold As Love is even better
Black Sabbath - Paranoid better than self titled (although their first album is also great)
Ben Harper - Fight For Your Mind better than Welcome to the Cruel Wrold
Make your life a mission - not an intermission. - Arnold Gasglow
and
Neutral Milk Hotel "In The Aeroplane Over the Sea" is better than "On Avery Island"
What was Floyd's debut? Umma Gumma or some shit? Naturally Dark Side, The Wall, Animals etc... were all better.
I agree with Vs, still my favorite PJ album but I also like Vitalogy more than Ten.
agree with Alice In Chains (Dirt > Facelift) and Nirvana (Nevermind > Bleach)
REM: Automatic for the People and Out of Time -- both are better than any album REM released in the 80s imo (since we're counting later albums as well)
probably lots of others
When you think about it though, don't you want a band to keep producing better and better albums? If they peak with their debut, it's kind of hard to stay together and have a good career.
I started to list Zeppelin, but I decided that the first six Zep albums all rank about equally for me, depending on the mood I'm in.
And FLoyd's first album, Piper at the Gates of Dawn, really shouldn't be compared to their later work, because Syd Barret was their leader on that album, and their sound changed pretty drastically after he left. It's almost a different band.