Surely the ultimate sophomore album:
Your Favourite Sophomore Albums (that eclipsed their debut)?
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Sinead O’Connor I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got
Morcheeba Big Calm
Hole Live Through This
Slowdive Souvlaki
My Bloody Valentine Loveless
Morcheeba Big Calm
Hole Live Through This
Slowdive Souvlaki
My Bloody Valentine Loveless
Five Star - Silk and Steel
I wouldn't count the Spanish record or her Christmas album. I would count Stripped as her 2nd original album as the Spanish one had reworkings of her English language album and Christmas albums just should not count outside of that context surely. Stripped was fully original material.
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Was just coming to post this!
Other favourites of mine:
Nirvana - Nevermind
PJ Harvey - Rid of Me
Breeders - Last Splash
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
Cranberries - No Need to Argue
Heather Nova - Oyster
Laura Marling - I Speak Because I Can
Shakespears Sister - Hormonally Yours
Definitely Hormonally Yours. Impossible to top.
Anita Baker's Rapture.
Roxette's Look Sharp!, too.
Bananarama's self-titled album was a great improvement, Deep Sea Skiving as a whole was all over the place IMHO.
And although I wouldn't count All Over The Place as a bad album, The Bangles' Different Light had a stronger set of singles (although I prefer Everything myself).
Anita Baker's Rapture.
Roxette's Look Sharp!, too.
Bananarama's self-titled album was a great improvement, Deep Sea Skiving as a whole was all over the place IMHO.
And although I wouldn't count All Over The Place as a bad album, The Bangles' Different Light had a stronger set of singles (although I prefer Everything myself).
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They/Them
Whether or not you count Alanis Morrissette's pop albums, both her "second" albums are better than the first.
Now Is The Time >>> Alanis
Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie >>>>>>>> Jagged Little Pill
Now Is The Time >>> Alanis
Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie >>>>>>>> Jagged Little Pill
En Vogue - Funky Divas
Brandy - Never Say Never
Shola Ama - In Return (in terms of quality, not commercial success)
Destiny's Child - The Writing's On The Wall
Nick Lachey - What's Left Of Me
Will Young - Friday's Child
The Killers - Sam's Town (weaker singles but stronger album overall IMO)
Savage Garden - Affirmation
Brandy - Never Say Never
Shola Ama - In Return (in terms of quality, not commercial success)
Destiny's Child - The Writing's On The Wall
Nick Lachey - What's Left Of Me
Will Young - Friday's Child
The Killers - Sam's Town (weaker singles but stronger album overall IMO)
Savage Garden - Affirmation
It’s technically their 3rd album, but I’ve always viewed Beacon Street as a collection of demos and unfinished material... however if it wasn’t for that record we probably wouldn’t have had this one.
ABBA's Waterloo album was great progress for the group. They got better and better with each album release.
Waterloo had obviously Waterloo but also Honey, Honey, Hastana Manana, Gonna Sing You My Love Song and my favourite My Mama Said.
Waterloo had obviously Waterloo but also Honey, Honey, Hastana Manana, Gonna Sing You My Love Song and my favourite My Mama Said.
I know this a year old but I had a look at her Wikipedia page and it is counting Stripped as her fourth album!?! That’s ridiculous, I remember when it was released it it was called her second album and up until recently I have always seen it referred to as her second album. What a ridiculous way for stans to bloat an album count.
