Worst follow-up album ever?

ruffneck · 14 Aug 2007 at 12:09

Gilly said:
I did just mean the follow-up to the first album (ie, the 2nd) but no biggy

There's been lots of poor follow-ups if we're not just looking at 2nd albums.

Prodigy after Jilted Generation

I could go on...

eh? Fat of the Land was a truly awesome Album! If you'd of said after Fat of the Land, I would agree!

:eek:

Gilly · 14 Aug 2007 at 12:17

ruffneck said:
eh? Fat of the Land was a truly awesome Album! If you'd of said after Fat of the Land, I would agree!

FOTL was shocking. Absolutely shocking. They were ace before it. Such a shame.

ruffneck · 14 Aug 2007 at 12:20

Gilly said:
FOTL was shocking. Absolutely shocking. They were ace before it. Such a shame.

guess we'll have to agree to disagree then

georges · 14 Aug 2007 at 12:47

J.T said:
Audioslave - Out of Exile

I loved their first album, was less than overwhelmed by their second...

That's the one I had in my mind.

Absolute ******.

What were they thinking letting that "solo" in on track 5 (Drown Me Slowly). Tom morello's "Wierd sounds" aren't wierd; they just ruin songs, and annoy the listener to the point of turning off the CD player..

Another guitar abomination on this album came on "The Worm".

I mean, the songs are bad enough with out him trying to act like a guitar god over the top.

edit: Talking of Stadium Arcadium:
http://www.wgmd.com/SOUNDS/FEATURES/051706-petty.mp3

Toryglen-boy · 14 Aug 2007 at 13:05

Gilly said:
Madonna after Like a Prayer

Never had you down as a Madonna man Gilly ...

OOOoooo! shut that door !!

Gilly · 14 Aug 2007 at 13:07

Hate the *****. Can't stand her, but you can't deny that (a long time ago) she had talent.

Looking at her back then she'd well have had it too

escape sanity · 14 Aug 2007 at 13:08

If we are allowed to count albums that were follow-ups to albums that weren't the band's first:

Trivium - The Crusade
Ascendancy was one of the best metalcore albums I have heard. The Crusade is just a bad copy of 80s thrash metal which wouldn't be too bad if the songs were good. They aren't.

And Madonna has always been great just less great at certain points than others

divine` · 14 Aug 2007 at 13:08

Gilly said:
FOTL was shocking. Absolutely shocking. They were ace before it. Such a shame.

I wouldn't say it was 'shocking'. It wasn't a patch on the preceeding stuff but there was still some good stuff on it. Breath and Mindfields are two tracks that spring to mind.

One More Solo · 14 Aug 2007 at 13:09

Gilly said:
I did just mean the follow-up to the first album (ie, the 2nd) but no biggy

There's been lots of poor follow-ups if we're not just looking at 2nd albums.

Radiohead after The Bends
U2 after The Joshua Tree

I could go on...

I agree with most of your choices but the two albums that followed the above are regarded as some of the greatest of all time. :eek:

Toryglen-boy · 14 Aug 2007 at 13:10

Gilly said:
Hate the *****. Can't stand her, but you can't deny that (a long time ago) she had talent.

Looking at her back then she'd well have had it too

ok, you got me .... the like a virgin video had me in the bathroom for ages .... err... combing my hair

escape sanity · 14 Aug 2007 at 13:19

One More Solo said:
I agree with most of your choices but the two albums that followed the above are regarded as some of the greatest of all time.

Doesn't change the fact that OK Computer is poor. It sounds like the kind of album you get into in your mid-late teens to show that you have outgrown pop music and now listen to real artistic stuff :rolleyes:

Deep · 14 Aug 2007 at 13:51

Every album Destiny's Child had after The Writings on the Wall.

Sic · 14 Aug 2007 at 14:10

escape sanity said:
Doesn't change the fact that OK Computer is poor. It sounds like the kind of album you get into in your mid-late teens to show that you have outgrown pop music and now listen to real artistic stuff

but but but....Q Magazine says it's the best album of all time!!!

Wang Computer · 14 Aug 2007 at 14:14

I like OK Computer... The plaudits it received at the time of its release was slightly OTT.

Toryglen-boy · 14 Aug 2007 at 14:17

i thought that 'III sides to every story' was a load of mince compared to 'Pornografitti'

Father Ted · 14 Aug 2007 at 14:23

There does seem to be a tendency for bands to lose the ability to make a decent album after a few releases, may be they just get older and complacent. Examples I can think of are REM - haven't made a good album since Automatic For the People, New Order - haven't made a decent album since 'Technique', U2 haven't made one since 'Achtung Baby'.

One More Solo · 14 Aug 2007 at 14:26

escape sanity said:
Doesn't change the fact that OK Computer is poor. It sounds like the kind of album you get into in your mid-late teens to show that you have outgrown pop music and now listen to real artistic stuff

I think we'll just agree to disagree then.

Father Ted said:
U2 haven't made one since 'Achtung Baby'.

I'd say Pop was one of their best and most complete albums but that's a pretty uncommon opinion.

Hilly · 14 Aug 2007 at 16:15

I love Stadium Arcadium for the record, absolutely adore it.

My worst follow up album was: Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare.

Got it as soon as it came out, and hated it, hated everything about it, from the production to the art cover.

First album was awesome, really really great album, this one, it was inevitable that I wouldn't like it.

j00ni · 14 Aug 2007 at 16:44

Father Ted said:
REM - haven't made a good album since Automatic For the People

I really liked Monster, prob my favourite after Automatic, for me REM's main problem is inconsistency - there are plenty of middling to bad albums preceeding Automatic imo

Emlyn_Dewar · 14 Aug 2007 at 17:14

For me, Gorillaz : Demon Days and also Royksopp : The Understanding.
Just weren't as good as what was out before them.