joni
― dc, Monday, 30 May 2016 00:45 (seven years ago) link
I only just heard some of that early Underworld stuff recently and was surprised how much I liked it. I mean, I liked it in a completely different way than I like their more well-known stuff but it was pretty decent pop music for that era.
― I Have A Hot Dog Stuck To My Neck (Old Lunch), Monday, 30 May 2016 01:13 (seven years ago) link
electrelane
― like $500 billion in stuffed fart sales and I have an idea (contenderizer), Monday, 30 May 2016 01:22 (seven years ago) link
Germany
― sarahell, Monday, 30 May 2016 01:23 (seven years ago) link
with the addition of Hitler to the German line-up, their 2nd album (literally) blew millions away for several years straight!!!
― sarahell, Monday, 30 May 2016 01:24 (seven years ago) link
an Imperial Phase like none other!
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 30 May 2016 01:26 (seven years ago) link
Birthday Party if you count Door, Dor as the first. Though that one is even better RSH side over preRSH side innit?
Grateful Dead? Though s/t may be the 1lp the more garage focused can palate. I think Anthem heads off in a load of new directions.
Trying to think how far into the lp sequence Magma become themselves.
Fairport Convention? Though I do love s/t. But Sandy Denny don't arrive before Holidays.
― Stevolende, Monday, 30 May 2016 01:29 (seven years ago) link
Surrealistic Pillow is an album that ought to belong--quantum leap in visibility, two signature hits, new singer--but I love the first Airplane LP.
― clemenza, Monday, 30 May 2016 02:02 (seven years ago) link
Dinosaur You're Living All Over Me
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Monday, 30 May 2016 02:39 (seven years ago) link
^ only because it's true
― like $500 billion in stuffed fart sales and I have an idea (contenderizer), Monday, 30 May 2016 02:42 (seven years ago) link
don't know much about bands that improved significantly between their first and second albums, but if you're talking people who improved significantly between their first and second sexual encounters with me, i know the answer, which is your mom.
― map, Monday, 30 May 2016 02:48 (seven years ago) link
Tortoise
― a man a plan alive (man alive), Monday, 30 May 2016 02:50 (seven years ago) link
Definitely Fairport Convention.
Talk Talk is another one I don't think has been mentioned yet.
― Austin, Monday, 30 May 2016 04:13 (seven years ago) link
but if you're talking people who improved significantly between their first and second sexual encounters with me
tough call between your mom and hitler. perhaps we should poll it
― sarahell, Monday, 30 May 2016 05:09 (seven years ago) link
oh I've polled both of them already, plenty of times
― a man a plan alive (man alive), Monday, 30 May 2016 05:10 (seven years ago) link
lana del rey
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Monday, 30 May 2016 05:40 (seven years ago) link
Steely Dan
― it's sort of a layered stunt (sheesh), Monday, 30 May 2016 05:51 (seven years ago) link
Rainbow
― it's sort of a layered stunt (sheesh), Monday, 30 May 2016 05:56 (seven years ago) link
Duncan Browne
― it's sort of a layered stunt (sheesh), Monday, 30 May 2016 06:02 (seven years ago) link
second to third:
the first Underworld album was great though
(obv no dub nob ass, but I caned that cassette)
― glandular lansbury (sic), Monday, 30 May 2016 06:34 (seven years ago) link
Lady Gaga, assuming The Fame Monster counts as her second album.
― Tim F, Monday, 30 May 2016 08:21 (seven years ago) link
funny that nobody has mentioned PRINCE here
― wizzz! (amateurist), Monday, 30 May 2016 08:41 (seven years ago) link
(a one-man band)
― wizzz! (amateurist), Monday, 30 May 2016 08:42 (seven years ago) link
The Genius/GZAThe Coup
― Tuomas, Monday, 30 May 2016 09:21 (seven years ago) link
Blur for sure: reports of how bad they were on their first US tour are not exaggerated.
― Three Word Username, Monday, 30 May 2016 09:33 (seven years ago) link
tim buckley
― Sgt. Coldy Bimore (rushomancy), Monday, 30 May 2016 11:39 (seven years ago) link
Orbital
Cocteau Twins
(though I like both debuts)
Mobb Deep and Gang Starr are supposed to be examples of this but in both cases I've never even heard the first album.
― Tim F, Monday, 30 May 2016 11:47 (seven years ago) link
warren zevon had an abortive, not-very-good debut album years before he released the self-titled one everyone likes
― wizzz! (amateurist), Monday, 30 May 2016 12:09 (seven years ago) link
xxp yeah Blur are the classic example imo; they were just-about-bearable when i saw them summer 1991, 2 *years* later they were pretty much one of the best live bands in the world and everyone said as much. like a lot of people i've warmed to much of the stuff they made around the debut album, but MLIR it isn't.
― piscesx, Monday, 30 May 2016 12:12 (seven years ago) link
Mr Bungle.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Monday, 30 May 2016 12:13 (seven years ago) link
No way, Disco Volante is an unlistenable mess.
― Tuomas, Monday, 30 May 2016 12:16 (seven years ago) link
Beyonce
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 30 May 2016 12:17 (seven years ago) link
New Order
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 30 May 2016 12:26 (seven years ago) link
Surprised that Tuomas knows who Mr Bungle are! I disagree.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Monday, 30 May 2016 12:42 (seven years ago) link
Disco Volante is a nightmarish near-masterpiece, the S/T has aged horribly
― ultros ultros-ghali, Monday, 30 May 2016 13:44 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, they were already accomplished musicians but a lot of it sounds cheesy as fuck these days.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Monday, 30 May 2016 13:46 (seven years ago) link
California is their actual masterpiece, but that's a different thread.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Monday, 30 May 2016 13:47 (seven years ago) link
I considered it, but I think that the jump in quality between Prince and Dirty Mind is much more significant than the one between For You and Prince.
― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Monday, 30 May 2016 13:56 (seven years ago) link
Dirty Mind isn't an improvement so much as a new room in the mansion. From the not good For You to the outstanding Prince is more impressive imo.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 30 May 2016 14:05 (seven years ago) link
Anyone for Squeeze?
― Why You Wanna Treeship Borad? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 30 May 2016 14:40 (seven years ago) link
And yeah, Alfred and amateurist otm.
― Why You Wanna Treeship Borad? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 30 May 2016 14:56 (seven years ago) link
Randy Newman
― Gavin, Leeds, Monday, 30 May 2016 16:06 (seven years ago) link
xpost. Squeeze and Adam Ant kind of occupy the same space. First album is in some ways their best, but 2nd album is a smarter move and leads to a real career. I wouldn't really judge one as better than the other, though I sentimentally cling to the first albums of each.
― dlp9001, Monday, 30 May 2016 16:16 (seven years ago) link
i like In Love from 'For You' better than anything on 'Prince' but hey.
― piscesx, Monday, 30 May 2016 16:24 (seven years ago) link
Prince is definitely a better album than For You, but he's still one album away from being PRINCE, I think. Plus, I'll just say it, "Bambi" is gross.
― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Monday, 30 May 2016 16:26 (seven years ago) link
An opinion!
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 30 May 2016 16:28 (seven years ago) link
For you!
― Why You Wanna Treeship Borad? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 30 May 2016 16:52 (seven years ago) link
I'm trying to think of some answers for this thread, but it seems like for a lot of the bands I like, the huge leap forward came when going from the second album to the third
― silverfish, Monday, 30 May 2016 17:49 (seven years ago) link
Ha, I felt the same way.
― Hi! I'm twice-coloured! (Sund4r), Monday, 30 May 2016 17:49 (seven years ago) link
just thought of one: Super Furry Animals
― silverfish, Monday, 30 May 2016 17:51 (seven years ago) link
GVSB
― Master of Treacle, Saturday, 4 June 2016 01:56 (seven years ago) link
OutKast is another, like Prince, where I think of the jump between albums #1 and #2 as being less dramatic as those between #2 and #3.
― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Saturday, 4 June 2016 01:56 (seven years ago) link
I'd put ATLiens ahead of Aquemini these days.
― Kitchen Person, Saturday, 4 June 2016 01:58 (seven years ago) link
ATLiens is and always has been their best work.
― Austin, Saturday, 4 June 2016 03:40 (seven years ago) link
Hot Chip
I like most of Hot Chip, but as a whole album, I like the first one best.
Girls Aloud
Undoubtedly, but the stuff on the first album by the lineup that did the second album pointed clearly that way.
Cut Copy
If you mean from I Thought Of Numbers to Bright Like Neon Love, sure. If you mean from Bright Like to Ghost Colours, nah. They just learnt how to sound a bit more like '90s New Order.
Outkast
The first four Outkast albums feel more like a group wanting to do different things each time out, and getting more skilled as they leave their teens, than any significant leap in quality overall from any one album to another. (Underscored by the shift from the first album being all Organized Noize, and the second one being nearly half-and-half.)
― glandular lansbury (sic), Saturday, 4 June 2016 04:21 (seven years ago) link
Neutral Milk Hotel
― nicky lo-fi, Friday, June 3, 2016 4:28 PM (6 hours ago)
horse hockey
― the world over the crotch. (contenderizer), Saturday, 4 June 2016 05:36 (seven years ago) link