Best Second Album

exiot

xOxSinéadxOx wrote: »

that's not great really! nothing compared to the first anyway

its a great album, they made two top notch albums. You never hear of a band recording an album written about them breaking up
oh and to add

Weezer - Pinkerton

Captain Darling

Doves: Last Broadcast
Led Zeppelin II
Smashing Pumpkins: Siamese Dreams

Pighead mentioned Shed Seven earlier.

/token insertion of a fuppin brilliant track

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1thW_UHL82E&feature=related

nlgbbbblth

Quite a few titles mentioned are not 'second albums'.

Pixies - Doolittle
Their third. First album is Come On Pilgrim, second Surfer Rosa

My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Their fourth after This Is Your Bloody Valentine, Ecstasy*, Isn't Anything

* not Ecstasy and Wine

Therapy? - Troublegum
Again their fourth after Babyteeth, Pleasure Death and Nurse.

Labelling some of the above as 'EPs' is problematic.

All sold for album prices here at the time
All featured in the independent album charts. There is no EP chart, just singles or albums.
All have a sufficient number of tracks deemed to qualify the work as an album.
i.e.
Come On Pilgrim - 8
This Is Your Bloody Valentine - 7
Ecstasy - 7
Baby Teeth - 7
Pleasure Death - 6

Slint's Spiderland has six tracks. Nobody has ever disputed its album status. That's an amazing second album.

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Cocteau Twins - Head Over Heels
Chicago - Chicago (aka Chicago II)
The Fall - Dragnet
Slowdive - Souvlaki
The Jimmy Cake - Dublin Gone, Everybody Dead
Felt - The Splendour Of Fear
Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure
Elton John - Elton John

Sútalún

Joy Division, Interpol and Radiohead. I sound like such a happy person! :pac:
All cracking second albums though.

loyatemu

bottlerocket wrote: »

Blur - Modern Life Is Rubbish

+1

"Leisure" is rubbish bar 2 tracks - "Modern Life..." is an amazing turnaround, they completely revamped their sound and image and kicked off Britpop into the bargain. A great great record:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F156egcVGp0

xOxSinéadxOx

exiot wrote: »

its a great album, they made two top notch albums. You never hear of a band recording an album written about them breaking up
oh and to add

Weezer - Pinkerton

personally, I can't really listen to the whole think, I skip a song here and there or whatever. plus mumbling carl singing what katie did?

Ryaller

loyatemu wrote: »

+1

"Leisure" is rubbish bar 2 tracks

"Sing" and "She's So High"?

"Modern Life Is Rubbish" and "Dog Man Star" are the two that I immediately thought of when I read the thread title, good to see both mentioned a couple of times already. Blur really should have got the attention for this one, rather than Parklife. They then went on to disappear up their own arseholes with "The Great Escape". And came back out again for "Blur".

"Dog Man Star" is perfect Suede. Should be on anyone's top 10 list. Of course it all went pear-shaped for them after.

eviltimeban

Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
Red House Painters - Red House Painters (aka Rollercoaster)
Jane's Addiction - Ritual De Lo Habitual
Neil Young - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Charlotte Gainsbourg - 5.55
Jimi Hendrix - Axis: Bold As Love
Pearl Jam - Vs
Lou Reed - Transformer
Stone Temple Pilots - Purple
Lemon Jelly - Lost Horizons
Pixies - Surfer Rosa
Daft Punk - Discovery
Tom Waits - The Heart Of Saturday Night
Stina Nordenstam - And She Closed Her Eyes

PaulByrne'sBald

power, corruption and lies by New Order

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=xDysZ_-87F4&feature=related

yerayeah

The Bends, Seperation Sunday by the Hold Steady, Antics, Aha Shake Heartbreak, Origin of Symmetry for me.

judas101

Aridstarling wrote: »

Turn Off The Bright Lights.

isnt it turn on the bright lights?

AdultSlashChild

Pavement - Crooked Rain.

No Survivors!

Kwl

The Strokes - Room on Fire (Good Album, but not as good as their 1st)
Muse - Origin of Symmetry (Muse's best?)

My opinions anyways

tailgunner

Feeder - Yesterday Went Too Soon
Elliott Smith - Elliott Smith
Nine Inch Nails - Broken

eZe^

Tool - Aenima
Soulwax - Much Against Everyone's Advice
Interpol - Antics
65daysofstatic - One time for all time
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient works
Daft Punk - Discovery
Brand New - Deja Entendu
Biffy Clyro - Vertigo of Bliss
At The Drive In - In casino out
Deftones - Around the Fur
Between The Buried And Me - Alaska
Explosions in the Sky-Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Forever
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
Dredg - El Cielo
Nas - It was Written
Rakim - The Master
KRS ONE - Krs One
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II


I know that's a mix of all different genre's, but meh, a good 2nd album is a good 2nd album! Missed out on loads there too...

keane2097

eZe^ wrote: »

Tool - Aenima
Soulwax - Much Against Everyone's Advice
Interpol - Antics
65daysofstatic - One time for all time
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient works
Daft Punk - Discovery
Brand New - Deja Entendu
Biffy Clyro - Vertigo of Bliss
At The Drive In - In casino out
Deftones - Around the Fur
Between The Buried And Me - Alaska
Explosions in the Sky-Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Forever
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
Dredg - El Cielo
Nas - It was Written
Rakim - The Master
KRS ONE - Krs One
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II


I know that's a mix of all different genre's, but meh, a good 2nd album is a good 2nd album! Missed out on loads there too...

+1 for the two in bold - can't believe I forgot them...

ByrdsFan

Jefferson Airplane : Surrealistic Pillow
Grateful Dead : Anthem Of The Sun
Quicksilver Messenger Service : Happy Trails
Spiritualized : Pure Phase
Cream : Disraeli Gears
Santana : Abraxas
The Velvet Underground : White Light / White Heat
Neil Young : Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Love : Da Capo

nlgbbbblth

ByrdsFan wrote: »

Jefferson Airplane : Surrealistic Pillow
Grateful Dead : Anthem Of The Sun
Quicksilver Messenger Service : Happy Trails
Spiritualized : Pure Phase
Cream : Disraeli Gears
Santana : Abraxas
The Velvet Underground : White Light / White Heat
Neil Young : Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Love : Da Capo

great list, love all those LPs

Dudess

Ride - Going Blank Again. It's as good as, perhaps better than, Nowhere. It's certainly very different to it.
The Breeders - The Last Splash (similar story to Ride).

Dudess

Aridstarling wrote: »

I'll echo all that have been mentioned so far and add Arcade Fire's Neon Bible and Interpol's Turn Off The Bright Lights.

I'm a Neon Bible preferer.

Cuddleworthy wrote: »

Joy Division's Closer is a great 2nd Album

+ a zillion

noby wrote: »

Wedding Present - Bizarro

Oooh, I love you!

stevoman wrote: »

the stone roses - the second coming ( i think it was their second album).

Such a disappointment though...

bottlerocket wrote: »

Primal Scream - Screamadelica

'Tis their third.
But thanks for mentioning it anyway as the mere sight of the title makes me happy.

ByrdsFan wrote: »

Jefferson Airplane : Surrealistic Pillow
Grateful Dead : Anthem Of The Sun
Quicksilver Messenger Service : Happy Trails
Spiritualized : Pure Phase
Cream : Disraeli Gears
Santana : Abraxas
The Velvet Underground : White Light / White Heat
Neil Young : Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Love : Da Capo

Oh I love that musical era so much.

keane2097

Having been put onto it here I gave Neutral Milk Hotel's In the Aeroplane Over the Sea a bash and it's absolutely savage...

nlgbbbblth

Dudess wrote: »

Ride - Going Blank Again. It's as good as, perhaps better than, Nowhere. It's certainly very different to it.

yes, I prefer it to Nowhere.

but the third LP, Carnival Of Light RULES.

mr_angry

Placebo - Without You I'm Nothing
Garbage - Version 2.0
Mansun - Six

All from the same post-britpop era, incidentally.

Placid_Casual

The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow
Cathy Davey - Tales of Silversleeve
Grandaddy - The Sophtware Slump
Mansun - Six
Pulp - Different Class
Snow Patrol - When Its All Over We Still Have To Clear Up
Whipping Boy - Heartworm

Dudess

Moved, as this is more general music than alt/indie.

Another one: Hole - Live Through This

Glassheart

Live Through This is great.

Most of the obvious ones have been mentioned.Two that might be a bit of an acquired taste:

Live - Throwing Copper
Stone Temple Pilots - Purple

Dudess

mr_angry wrote: »

Placebo - Without You I'm Nothing
Garbage - Version 2.0

Ooh, brings back serious memories of 98/99. How in the **** can that be 10/11 years ago?!

tech77

Dudess wrote: »

Ooh, brings back serious memories of 98/99. How in the **** can that be 10/11 years ago?!

LOL, it's crazy.
Also whatever happened to Mansun.
Weren't they meant to be HUGE

Edit: "Live through this" is great.

tech77

Black NG-60-90 wrote: »

Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
Nick Drake - Bryter Layter
Pixies - Doolittle
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Radiohead - The Bends
Nirvana - Nevermind (slightly cliched i know!)

Thats all i can think of at the mo

Was going to offer "The Bends" and "Nevermind" as well (obvious enough i suppose) but was "Nevermind" actually their third album?

tech77

Pighead wrote: »

Dog Man Star by Suede. The pressure was on after their critically acclaimed debut album but they delivered in style. Bernie and Brett eat pressure for breakfast. Their best album.

Coming Up is a great Suede album as well tbh.