Best Second Album

jill_valentine

lol@Mansun. Ah, reminds me of The Chart Show....

And you know, I am alone in all the world in not entirely getting Neutral Milk Hotel.

Neon Bible, I feel, would have been better loved if it hadn't had Funeral to live up to.

Whichever one was DJ Shadow's 2nd. Private Press I think?

tech77

tony 2 tone wrote: »

Troublegum - Therapy? If you count Pleasure Death and Baby Teeth as EPs.

+1.
Gem of an album.
Norn Iron's finest anger merchants.

Dudess

jill_valentine wrote: »

Neon Bible, I feel, would have been better loved if it hadn't had Funeral to live up to.

I prefer Neon Bible by an ever so narrow margin.

noby

Placid_Casual wrote: »

Pulp - Different Class

That belongs on the 'Best Fifth Album' thread.

KnifeWRENCH

Most of the ones I though of have already been mentioned: Siamese Dream, White Light/White Heat, Show Your Bones and The Bends all definitely qualify.

Last Splash is brilliant but I think I prefer Pod (very little to choose between them though. My absolute favourite Breeders album is Mountain Battles.)

One I'd like to add is M.I.A. - Kala. Way better than Arular imo.

The Swordsman

If you consider 'Wanted Dead or Alive' to be Warren Zevon's debut then his self titled album is the best 2nd album. If you dont, then 'Excitable Boy' is the best.

Honourable mention are Steely Dan 'Countdown to Ectasy' and Lloyd Coles 'Easy Pieces'

ShaneU

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

TheNumpty

Can't believe no one has mentioned The Prodigy - Music for the Jilted Generation. For shame!

Quigs Snr

+1 for Prodigy, Music for Jilted Generation. Although many would disagree, I liked Funeral for a Friends "Hours" also. You could say too that Metallica's "Ride the Lightning" was a significant step up too. Some would disagree of course !

showry

Saint Etienne - So Tough
The Housemartins - The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death
Madness - Absolutely
Carter USM - 30 Something
Billy Bragg - Brewing Up with Billy Bragg
Microdisney - We Hate You South African Bastards

+1 for Bizarro as well

HalloweenJack

Prince - Prince
Funkadelic - Free Your Mind And Your Ass Will Follow
Ice Cube - Death Certificate
Basement Jaxx - Rooty
Roisin Murphy - Overpowered

Placid_Casual

noby wrote: »

That belongs on the 'Best Fifth Album' thread.

My bad . His n Hers was the only previous album I was aware of - I was ever so slightly wrong.

discobeaker

I dont think its been mentioned yet but Rage against the machine's Evil Empire is fantastic in my eyes.

JerryHandbag

Doves - The Last Broadcast
Radiohead - The Bends
Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun
New Order - Power Corruption and Lies
Editors - An End Has A Start
Rory Gallagher - Deuce
David Kitt - The Big Romance
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Hot Chip - The Warning

God I love these lists

Nailz

Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?
QOTSA - Rated R
Black Sabbath - Paranoid (nothing beats Master Of Reality though)
Nirvana - Nevermind
Down - ... A Bustle In Your Hedgerow
Tool - Ænima
Stone Roses - Second Coming
Rage Against The Machine - Evil Empire
Happy Mondays - Bummed
Pendulum - In Silico
Offspring - Smash!
Foo Fighters -The Colour And The Shape
Limp Bizkit - Significant Other
Coal Chamber - Chamber Music

delbertgrady

a-ha: Scoundrel Days
Tori Amos: Under the Pink
The Blue Nile: Hats
Kate Bush: Lionheart
Camel: Mirage
Duran Duran: Rio
Fairport Convention: What We Did On Our Holidays
Fountains of Wayne: Utopia Parkway
PJ Harvey: Rid of Me
Horslips: The Táin
Queen: Queen II
Roxy Music: For Your Pleasure
Bruce Springsteen: The Wild, the Innocent and the E-Street Shuffle
Wilco: Being There

thebigcheese22

hmmmm...

Vs. by Pearl Jam
Dirt by Alice in Chains
Purple by Stone Temple Pilots
The Colour and the Shape - Foos
Rated R - QOTSA
The Bends - Radiohead