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chittychitty Posts: 609
edited April 2007 in Other Music
Ok, after reading a Spin article on Bloc Party and Kaiser Chiefs attempting to create a 2nd album as good as their first, I had a question. What band has created a 2nd album that exceeded their first?
When answering, only give one answer.
My answer:
The Tea Pary: Edges of Twilight

It is obscure b/c I can't think of many great 2nd albums
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  • CM1847CM1847 Posts: 577
    The list isn't very long for bands who's first album I actually enjoyed but still made a better second album...

    I will go with Arcade Fire, I think "Neon Bible" is a better album than "Funeral"
  • JulienJulien Posts: 2,457
    incubus
    arcade fire
    pearl jam

    as far as Kaiser chiefs i concerned, I must say I prefer the 2nd than the 1st...
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  • chimpatchimpat Posts: 590
    Pearl Jam
    Arcade Fire
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  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    Hole
    Stone Temple Pilots
    Ozzy Osbourne
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  • Dick JonesDick Jones Posts: 777
    Fuckin Neon Bible is one of the most hyped cd's in a long time.



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  • reeferchiefreeferchief Posts: 3,569
    Pearl Jam
    STP
    Soundgarden
    Alice In Chains
    RHCP
    Cypress Hill
    Eleven
    Metallica
    Incubus
    Korn
    Gomez
    Rancid
    Foo Fighters
    QOTSA
    Black Sabbath
    Stone Roses
    Supergrass
    Idlewild
    Pantera
    Audioslave
    The Pixies
    Marilyn Manson

    I'm still undecided on The Arcade Fire, I'm loving both albums equally at the moment.:)
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  • The VacantThe Vacant Posts: 271
    Black Crowes
    Black Sabbath
    Neil Young
    Alice In Chains
    Bob Dylan
    Clutch
    Local H
  • reeferchiefreeferchief Posts: 3,569
    The Vacant wrote:

    Local H
    Good one forget about Local H.

    Smashing Pumpkins.
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  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    Nirvana
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  • BrainofdzBrainofdz Posts: 1,617
    Modest Mouse
    The Pixies
    The Dismemberment Plan
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  • Pearl Jam and toastPearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
    Beck - odelay
    pearl jam - Vs
    radiohead - the bends
    smashing pumpkins - siamese dream
    the beatles - hard day's night (that was second right?)
    bob dylan - I believe his second was 'the times they are a changing' ahead of that mostly covers album he did.. or maybe it was the freewheeling... dunno.. either way..
    alice in chains - dirt
    kings of leon - aha shake heartbeat
    nirvana - nevermind
    blind melon - soup
    neil young - harvest (that was second right?... I get my 60s chronology confused sometimes)
    pixies - surfer rosa
    modest mouse - lonesome crowded west (def. on those last two brainofdz)

    that's just what comes to mind.
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  • BinauralBinaural Posts: 1,046
    TOOL - Aenima kills Undertow (which is amazing though)
    Pearl Jam - Vs just fuckin rocks
    Nine Inch Nails
    Metallica

    Can;t think of any mor at the minute
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  • lucylespianlucylespian Posts: 2,403
    led zeppelin
    metallica
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  • faithful227faithful227 Posts: 352
    Weezer. Pinkerton is the shit.
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    Good thread :)
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  • pearlzepfanpearlzepfan Posts: 456
    The Band "The Band"


    The greatest second album ever recorded
    "I'm a thief, and I dig it"
  • gleemonexgleemonex Posts: 848
    My favourite second album that blows away the band's first is Stone Temple Pilots' Purple. That's a fantastic album that really brings the band away from the Pearl Jam ripoff tag they earned with Core. Meatplow, Vasoline, Interstate Love Song, Pretty Penny, Big Empty and Silvergun Superman kick ass. In fact, I'm gonna listen to it now.
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  • direwolf74direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    pearlzepfan wrote:
    The Band "The Band"


    The greatest second album ever recorded


    Couldn't agree more!
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    -Tom Waits
  • The VacantThe Vacant Posts: 271
    Pearl Jam and toast wrote:
    bob dylan - I believe his second was 'the times they are a changing' ahead of that mostly covers album he did.. or maybe it was the freewheeling... dunno.. either way..

    Freewheeling Bob Dylan came after the s/t album of covers. The Times They Are A-Changin' is album #3.
    Pearl Jam and toast wrote:
    neil young - harvest (that was second right?... I get my 60s chronology confused sometimes)

    Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere was Neil's second album, and first with Crazy Horse backing him. Harvest was album #4. After The Goldrush was between the two. His first album was self titled.
  • TwatayTwatay Posts: 64
    isis - oceanic
    lagwagon - trashed
    mastodon - leviathan
    thursday - full collapse
  • pearlzepfanpearlzepfan Posts: 456
    can't forget Neutral Milk Hotel's "In The Aeroplane Over The Sea"

    and

    The Stooges "Fun House"

    both better than the debuts
    "I'm a thief, and I dig it"
  • iamrockmusiciamrockmusic Posts: 443
    black crowes, for sure... southern harmony and musical companion is brilliantly written, produced and performed...
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  • direwolf74direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    Radiohead- The Bends
    Nirvana- Nevermind
    The Tragically Hip- Up to Here
    Wilco- Being There
    Pearl Jam- Vs.
    Led Zeppelin- II
    The Black Crowes- Southern Harmony and Musical Companion
    The Weakerthans- Left & Leaving
    Sloan- Twice Removed
    Sam Roberts- Chemical City
    Foo Fighters- The Color and the Shape

    ...just to name a few.
    "I try my best to chug, stomp, weep, whisper, moan, wheeze, scat, blurt, rage, whine, and seduce. With my voice I can sound like a girl, the boogieman, a Theremin, a cherry bomb, a clown, a doctor, a murderer. I can be tribal. Ironic. Or disturbed. My voice is really my instrument."

    -Tom Waits
  • brain of cbrain of c Posts: 5,213
    smash mouth.


    really.
    d'oh!!!!!!

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  • bladworth116bladworth116 Posts: 344
    Blind Melon-Soup
    Josh Joplin-Useful Music
    The Verve Pipe-Villains
    Catherine Wheel-Chrome
    I'll make an argument that R.E.M.'s Reckoning can at times rival Murmur even though Chronic Town was the first release (EP)
  • bigmuzzbigmuzz Posts: 299
    hmm, im tryin to think of ones that havent been posted yet...

    Oasis - Whats the Story Morning Glory........their 2nd and greatest album!

    You Am I - Hi Fi Way....although Sound as Ever was a great 1st album, Hi Fi Way is still one of their best!

    Cake - Fashion Nugget.....still one of my fave albums from the 90's.

    The Offspring - Ignition was a great album, back in their pre-pop days......

    Black Sabbath - Paranoid....tho my fave Sabbath album is still Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, Paranoid beats their debut album for the first side alone, containing War Pigs, Paranoid, Planet Caravan, and Iron Man.....throw in Electric Funeral and Fairies Wear Boots and you've got a fucken AWESOME album!

    Radiohead - The Bends.....still remains my fave radiohead album

    ah, thats about all i can think of right now........great thread!!!!!
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  • superdeluxesuperdeluxe Posts: 119
    chitty wrote:
    Ok, after reading a Spin article on Bloc Party and Kaiser Chiefs attempting to create a 2nd album as good as their first, I had a question. What band has created a 2nd album that exceeded their first?
    When answering, only give one answer.
    My answer:
    The Tea Pary: Edges of Twilight

    It is obscure b/c I can't think of many great 2nd albums

    Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream.

    Although I think their 3rd is better than their 2nd.
  • UKDaveUKDave Posts: 5,557
    I'll go with:

    Pearl Jam - Vs
    Radiohead - the bends
    Kings of Leon - Aha Shake
    Killers - Sam's Town
    Faith No More - Real Thing (not sure if this was 2nd album though...)
    Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking
    Queen - Queen II
    Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime

    edit: don't agree with the Arcade Fire, Black Crowes comments... Funeral & Shake Your Moneymaker!!!!
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  • RicsardRicsard Posts: 1,943
    I do agree:

    Vs.
    Siamese Dream
    The Bends
    Purple (STP)
    Throwing Copper
    Dirt

    etc

    +


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    DEFTONES - Around The Fur
    MUSE - Origin Of Symmetry
    KEANE - Under The Iron Sea
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    PLACEBO - Without You I'm Nothing
    SUPERGRASS - In It For The Money
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  • hendrix78hendrix78 Posts: 507
    Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me
  • chittychitty Posts: 609
    Totally forgot about STP myself. Has to be my favourite. Purple is unbelievable.

    I thought the Killers second album was pretty much crap. Expecting way more after their first.
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