Bands whose first album ruled but second album sucked.

[LostInAnomie]

I say Primer 55. "Introduction to Mayhem" was damn good, but "The New Release" sucked a dead hobo's balls.

[mvd]

1. I liked Norah Jones's Come Away With Me, but..

Feels like Home bored me. The more artistic she gets IMO, the less her voice seems suited for the material.

I can think of lots of opposites - better second albums.

[Archae]

2. Boston.

Their first album ROCKED, dude!

Second album stunk on ice.

[SPKrazy]

5. I Agree!

first Boston was the best

2nd was stinky

:puke:

[mvd]

7. I somewhat like Boston's debut, but I agree..

that their second turned bombastic. The debut's "More Than A Feeling" influenced the song "He's Enough Reason" by Hope 7, so the song gets points for that. I can't agree with the Led Zeppelin comment below, though.

Night, all! :hi:

[zappa_parappa]

3. The obvious choice is of course the Stone Roses

First album kicked much ass second album sucked much ass

[Starbucks Anarchist]

4. Not second album, but third, if that's okay:

DJ Shadow's "The Outsider," particularly considering how great "Entroducing..." and "The Private Press" were.

[NNadir]

6. Led Zepplin.

I was able to listen to their first album but everything thereafter was unlistenable.

[The_Casual_Observer]

8. Television

[Buddyblazon]

9. Live...

Their first album (mental jewelry) in like '91 was THE album for me and all my friends....and though they've become more recognized...I just couldn't dig anything they've released since then.

And I mean...nothing...since that first album.

[hellbound-liberal]

38. I agree 100% about Live and Mental Jewelry although a lot of people have told me

they prefer Throwing Copper. Either way, I can't listen to anything else they have done either. Didn't they have some major personnel changes?

[anti-everything]

10. Beck

[XemaSab]

11. That's a bold statement

You don't know Beck until you have listened to Mutations all the way from Sacramento to Tucson. Good times. :D

[gmoney]

12. what is Beck's second album?

I don't think Pure Gold was his first... may have been his second, no?

[Buddyblazon]

13. I think you mean Mellow Gold.

And I may be wrong...but wasn't Odelay his second?

[anti-everything]

14. Mellow Gold was his second album

but I decided that people would get my point. Everything he did after that was crap.

[Buddyblazon]

15. I'm so so on Beck...

He's one of those artists where a like a few of his songs...

but not his overall work.

[gmoney]

16. Mellow Gold... my bad...

it's late. :)

Anyway, guess the second is when he started to hit his stride... Loser is still my favorite of his, with Devil's Haircut a very close second

[REP]

18. 'Stereopathetic Soul Manure' Was His First

"Modesto" (also known as "Satan Gave Me a Taco") is pretty funny.

[Alexander]

17. Van Halen

[Forkboy]

19. Death Angel

Their first one,The Ultra-Violence,was incredible.The second one,Frolic Through The Park,was about as exciting as the name.It was complete and utter shash!

[gmoney]

20. The Elvis Brothers...

One of the "skinny leather tie" bands to get signed in the wake of the Knack, their first album "Adventure Time" was just tremendous. Even had a minor MTV hit (Fire in the City). Guessing some record company exec decided to mess with their look (think 3 male Cindi Laupers), their sound, and apparently they used up most of their good songs on the first album, as the second record is really pretty dreadful with the exception of one or two cuts.

Nevertheless, I saw them live a couple times and they were phenomenal, both musically and the rapport with the audience. I should dig that record out today...

[Lethe]

21. Guns N Roses, A Perfect Circle, NIN

loved their first albums, blah on the rest

[unpossibles]

22. I will second Guns & Roses

must suck to jump the shark right out of the gate.

[Little Wing]

23. The Crystal Method

3 was even worse

[bigwillq]

24. Hootie and the Blowfish

Not sure if the album I'm talking about was their first album.

"Cracked Rear View", which was a huge commerical hit, I thought was a good album.

Their next one, can't think of the name although I owe it, sucked.

[fudge stripe cookays]

25. Teenage Fucking Fanclub

Bandwagonesque was brilliant. I got a promo for the second one-- don't even remember the name. It sucked donkey balls it was so boring.

[fidgeting wildly]

33. I'm going to geek-out here, but only because I'm a TF fan.

They had a couple of albums on Matador, so Bandwagonesque was actually their third album. You are right about the album that came after though. It was called Thirteen and it was not good. They recovered nicely though and put out a couple of good albums after it.

[fudge stripe cookays]

37. Thanks for the correction.

I'm usually a music geek, but hadn't been familiar with them before that third album. Thanks for the validation on 13 though. Blegh.

[bif]

26. MC5

[fla nocount]

27. R.E.O. Speedwagon and the album of the same name circa 1971n/t

[Tyrone Slothrop]

28. The Stone Roses and Pearl Jam are the first two that come to mind

Second Coming...ugh...literally, only one good song on that album (Love Spreads).

And I always though Pearl Jam's follow-up to Ten was nearly unlistenable.

What's the aphorism about debuts vs. followups? "You spend the first 25 years of your life making your first album...and then you have to churn out the second one in 18 months" or something to that effect.

[genie_weenie]

29. To blazes with you for posting the name Pearl Jam in a thread

which contains the S-word! Vs. was a fantastic follow-up. And anyway Ten was a "second" album following up Temple of the Dog and Mother Love Bone!

Pearl Jam!

[Mad_Dem_X]

34. Vs. is a *great* album!

Sacrilidge!

[Initech]

30. Audioslave!!!!

[leeroysphitz]

31. Judybats. NT

[Javaman]

32. Asia. nt

[kwassa]

35. Macy Gray

[skygazer]

36. The Cars

Boston
Van Halen

and while I wouldn't say Foreigner's first album "ruled", it was sure better than the rest of the tripe they've put out since.