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Post by JesusLooksLikeMe on Jul 13, 2006 12:48:49 GMT -5
luke, Speak for yourself on Showbiz. I loved that album before OOS was released.
I totally agree though - there are countless great second albums out there and we could all list thousands of 'em. The real feat is following a classic debut with a second album just as great. Avoiding Stone Roses sydrome.
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Post by skvorisdeadsorta on Jul 13, 2006 12:53:34 GMT -5
Two words for you: Joy Division. Classic one/two punch right there.
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Post by phil on Jul 13, 2006 12:56:37 GMT -5
Best sophomore album of all time
is The Band eponyme album
which followed "Music From Big Pink" ...
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Post by Paul on Jul 13, 2006 12:57:12 GMT -5
I saw 'Adventure' on here by Television....I've only heard it once, a long time ago, and while partying, so I don't really remember it....Anyway, how does it fair against the excellent 'Marquee Moon'?
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Post by Paul on Jul 13, 2006 12:59:09 GMT -5
luke, Speak for yourself on Showbiz. I loved that album before OOS was released. I totally agree though - there are countless great second albums out there and we could all list thousands of 'em. The real feat is following a classic debut with a second album just as great. Avoiding Stone Roses sydrome. Or Guns N' Roses....Use Your Illusion 1 & 2 would've made for a killer single album, but two albums was a bit much IMO, and made it impossible to follow the superior 'Appetite For Destruction' (which may be one of rock's best debuts ever IMO). |
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Post by rockysigman on Jul 13, 2006 13:01:46 GMT -5
I saw 'Adventure' on here by Television....I've only heard it once, a long time ago, and while partying, so I don't really remember it....Anyway, how does it fair against the excellent 'Marquee Moon'? It doesn't stack up well against Marquee Moon, but few albums do. If Television's first album wasn't so fucking brilliant though, Adventure would probably be much more highly regarded. Taken on it's own, it's very, very good, just not the classic that it followed. |
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Post by kmc on Jul 13, 2006 13:06:21 GMT -5
Isn't Anything, by My Bloody Valentine. So good, people forget that there was an album before that.
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Post by kmc on Jul 13, 2006 13:07:10 GMT -5
You Forgot It In People, by Broken Social Scene.
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Post by skvorisdeadsorta on Jul 13, 2006 13:07:25 GMT -5
Every Fugazi record.
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Post by Paul on Jul 13, 2006 13:08:34 GMT -5
Nice! I haven't listened to In On The Kill Taker since last summer...May be time to dig that one out. |
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Post by skvorisdeadsorta on Jul 13, 2006 16:46:48 GMT -5
An even better one two punch are the first two PIL records.
Also Classic Sophmore albums:
1. REM-Reconing
2. PJ Harvey-Rid of e
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Post by Ryosuke on Jul 13, 2006 19:37:53 GMT -5
luke, Speak for yourself on Showbiz. I loved that album before OOS was released. Yeah, I'm no Muse fan, but Showbiz did get quite a buzz over here, if I remember correctly. I even bought the damn thing too. |
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Post by luke on Jul 14, 2006 9:59:01 GMT -5
Well then, maybe Showbiz was a bad example, because I was pretty much oblivious to the guys until folks started touting OOS, and didn't realize they'd ever had any hype until then. And if they did, I was too busy in 1997 going to the shady little record store in the middle of the local ghetto to get the latest batch of illegal posthumous Tupac bootlegs to have really paid attention to much going on with rock hype regarding bands I wasn't familar with.
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Post by kmc on Jul 14, 2006 10:53:23 GMT -5
Return To Cookie Mountain by TV on the Radio fits the bill.
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Post by skvorisdeadsorta on Jul 14, 2006 11:04:59 GMT -5
That is definitely better than the first record. Amazing album!
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