Better 2nd album?

iamrockmusic

black crowes, for sure... southern harmony and musical companion is brilliantly written, produced and performed...

direwolf74

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.

brain of c

smash mouth.


really.

bladworth116

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)

bigmuzz

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!!!!!

superdeluxe

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.

UKDave

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!!!!

Ricsard

I do agree:

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

etc

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THE VERVE - A Northern Soul
DEFTONES - Around The Fur
MUSE - Origin Of Symmetry
KEANE - Under The Iron Sea
STEREOPHONICS - Performance & Coctails
R.E.M. - Reckoning
PLACEBO - Without You I'm Nothing
SUPERGRASS - In It For The Money
TRAVIS - The Man Who

hendrix78

Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me

chitty

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.

FinsburyParkCarrots

Van Morrison - Astral Weeks. It's so good, most people think it was his solo debut. (His actual debut was his first post-Them album, for Bang! records, Blowin' Your Mind!)

norm

Axis: Bold As Love - Jimi Hendrix

Although I don't think it's better that Experienced it's an equal.

Pearl Jam and toast

cutback wrote:

Axis: Bold As Love - Jimi Hendrix

Although I don't think it's better that Experienced it's an equal.

You can only equal albums as good as those 2.

norm

Pearl Jam and toast wrote:

You can only equal albums as good as those 2.

True dat.

There are very few artists that can equal their first three albums. Besides our own PJ of course.


(sorry didn't mean to hijack...continue on...)

norm

Reggatta De Blanc - The Police

Blind Melon

Personally, I think that first albums of most bands aren't that good. Usually you can tell if that band is good or not by their second album, at least that's how I tell. So I'd technically say every band that I listen to...