20 Favorite Sophomore Albums

[@barrykrakovsky756]

As always, a solid list. In the early 1980's I was in grad school in upstate New York. I was playing the Byrds album you mentioned. The song, "Lay Down Your Weary Tune," was playing. At the same time, a voice was singing the lyrics, in unison with the record, from outside of my apartment, and that voice was getting louder. I opened the door to see my very happy mail carrier. He gave me my mail, saying nothing, other than continuing to sing as he exited the building.

[@tomrobinson5776]

That is a cool story. 😊

[@roygoad2870]

As usual the great English band Family gets completely ignored, Family Entertainment is magnificent, give it a listen 👂 please 🙏. Can definitely add Led Zeppelin, Free, Jethro Tull, Ten Years After, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Jefferson Airplane, Little Feat, Mothers of Invention, Grateful Dead, Black Sabbath, The Band, Carole King, Van Morrison, Nirvana, Love, Fairport Convention, Pentangal, Moody Blues and oh who could forget The Zombies-Odyssey and Oracle, wow that’s 20 second albums 😅

[@tomrobinson5776]

All great choices. I need to check out Family. One of those bands I’ve heard of forever, but never explored their music. Thanks for the tip.

[@anabltc]

Sound of Silver by LCD Soundsystem Nailed me to the floor when I first heard it. I remember listening to the CD for days, at home, at work, in the car. Approaching the parking spot, but "Get Innocuous" still playing and me making some more rounds just so I don't have to stop the song. That same summer I went to see them in Barcelona and the gig was all I was hoping for and more 🔥

[@tomgrych]

Waay excellent list, dude! Never been a big Hendricks fan (I know, ban me now), but love all the others. Here's ten more, in no particular order: "Pieces of the Sky", Emmy-lou Harris, "Back to the Night", Joan Armatrading, "Wild Planet", B-52's, "Pirates", Rickie Lee Jones, "For Everyman", Jackson Browne, either, self-titled or "Excitable Boy", Warren Zevon, "Abandoned Luncheonette", Hall and Oates, "Sailin' Shoes", Little Feat, and "How Will the Wolf Survive", Los Lobos. And, and, and...keep up the good and fun work.

[@tomrobinson5776]

Thanks 😉

[@drbluzer]

FAVORITE SOPHOMORE ALBUMS : @00:30 : HOWLIN' WOLF : HOWLIN' WOLF (ROCKING CHAIR ALBUM) @01:25 : BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD : "BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD AGAIN" @02:45 : X : "WILD GIFT" @03:35 : JAMES GANG : "JAMES GANG RIDES AGAIN" @04:40 : JAMES TAYLOR : "SWEET BABY JAMES" @06:00 : JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE : "AXIS BOLD AS LOVE" @07:10 : BIG STAR : "RADIO CITY" @08:10 : ROD STEWART : "GASOLINE ALLEY" @09:05 : PAUL SIMON : "THERE GOES RHYMIN' SIMON" @09:45 : NEIL YOUNG : "EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS IS NOWHERE" @10:45 : STOOGES : "FUNHOUSE" @11:30 : NICK DRAKE : "BRIGHTER LATER" @12:25 : PROCOL HAREM ; "SHINE ON BRIGHTLY" @12:40 : ELVIS COSTELLO : "THIS YEAR'S MODEL" @13:05 : BYRDS : "TURN TURN TURN" @14:00 : BIG BROTHER AND THE HOLDING COMPANY (FEATURING JANIS JOPLIN) : ""CHEAP THRILLS" @14:45 : BOB DYLAN : "THE FREEWHEELING BOB DYLAN" @15:20 : DOORS : "STRANGE DAYS" @16:15 : STEELY DAN : "COUNTDOWN TO ECSTASY" @16:20 : CREAM : "DISRAELI GEARS" HONORABLE MENTION : Z Z TOP : "RIO GRANDE MUD" SANTANA : "ABRAXAS" JEFFERSON AIRPLANE : "SURREALISTIC PILLOW" SPIRIT : "CLEAR" BEATLES : "BEATLES SECOND ALBUM" ( "MEET THE BEATLES "?) ROLLING STONES : "12 X 5" ELVIS PRESLEY : "ELVIS PRESLEY" GRAND FUNK RAILROAD : "GRAND FUNK" J. GEILS BAND : "THE MORNING AFTER" FOGHAT: "ROCK AND ROLL" (ALBUM COVER SHOWS A ROCK AND A ROLL ON THE FRONT)" EMERSON , LAKE , AND PALMER : "TARKUS" LED ZEPPELLIN: "LED ZEPPELLIN II" BLACK SABBATH : "PARANOID" KING CRIMSON : "IN THE WAKE OF POSEIDON"" PAUL MCCARTNEY : "RAM" WINGS (WITH PAUL MCCARTNEY) : "BAND ON THE RUN" JETHRO TULL : 'STAND UP" BEACH BOYS : "SURFER GIRL" MOODY BLUES : "DAYS OF FUTURE PASSED" VAN HALEN : "VAN HALEN II " PINK FLOYD ; "A SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS" TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS : "YOU'RE GONNA GET IT !" CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL : "BAYOU COUNTRY" WISHBONE ASH : "PILGRIMAGE" ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND : "IDLEWILD SOUTH" DOOBIE DROTHERS : "TOULOUSE STREET" YES : "TIME AND A WORD"" YARDBIRDS : "FOR YOUR LOVE" ( "HAVING A RAVE UP" ?) MONKEES : "MORE OF THE MONKEES" IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY : "MARRYIN' MAIDEN" MOUNTAIN : "NANTUCKET SLEIGHRIDE" YOUNG RASCALS : "COLLECTIONS" CHICAGO (TRANSIT AUTHORITY) : "CHICAGO II" KISS : "HOTTER THAN HELL" BLOOD SWEAT AND TEARS : "BLOOD SWEAT AND TEARS"% CROSBY , STILLS , NASH , AND YOUNG :"DEJA VU" LITTLE FEAT : "SAILIN' SHOES" ELTON JOHN : "TUMBLEWEED CONNECTION" WHO : "A QUICK ONE" SIMON AND GARFUNKEL : "PARSLEY , SAGE , ROSEMARY , AND THYME" SLADE : "SLAYED?"

[@steffiknicks]

Another great list. So of course here's my 2 cents worth...Jefferson Airplane-Surrealistic Pillow, Bruce Springsteen-The Wild, The Innocent and the E Street Shuffle (my favorite of his hands down), Badfinger -No Dice, Paul Mccartney-Ram,finally Cowboy-5'll Getcha Ten

[@tomrobinson5776]

I’ve never heard anyone mention Cowboy’s 5’ll Getcha Ten. I haven’t heard that in decades. I need to spin that asap. Thanks for the reminder. 😉

[@ApoplecticDialectics]

Girl You Know It's True, the second Milli Vanilli album. No, wait, that's a lie. Nevermind that, I was gripped by madness for a moment. STARTING OVER. Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow Joni Mitchell - Clouds CSNY - Deja Vu Dar Williams - Mortal City (sort of second) Phil Ochs - I Ain't Marching Anymore Mazzy Star - So Tonight That I Might See Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed Ben Harper - Fight For Your Mind Tricky - Pre-Millennium Tension (sort of second) Michelle Shocked - Short Sharp Shocked (sort of second) New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies The Godfathers - Birth School Work Death Bob Geldof - The Vegetarians of Love Indigo Girls - S/T Warren Zevon - S/T George Winston - Autumn Laurie Anderson - Mister Heartbreak Richard Shindell - Blue Divide The Tragically Hip - Up to Here Pink Floyd - A Saucerful of Secrets

[@ricjan58]

A marvelous list, Tom. I'm not going to repeat any on your list but I will throw a bunch of artists out there, all with great second albums, in my opinion: Aerosmith, Alice in Chains, Allman Bros., Bad Co., Badfinger, Band, Beach Boys, Beatles, Beau Brummels, Jeff Beck, Blue Cheer, Blue Oyster Cult, Jackson Browne, Tim Buckley, Paul Butterfield, Chicago, Joe Cocker, Creedence, Dire Straits,Donovan, Doobie Brothers, Eagles, ELP, Fairport Convention, Grand Funk, Grateful Dead, Humble Pie, Jefferson Airplane, Jethro Tull, Kansas, Kinks, Love, Lovin' Spoonful, Lynryd Skynyrd, Paul McCartney, Steve Miller, Moody Blues, Mountain, Harry Nilsson, Nirvana, Elvis Presley, Quicksilver, Rascals, REM, Rolling Stones,Santana, Simon and Garfunkel, Sly and the Family Stone, Soundgarden, Spirit, Spooky Tooth, Springsteen,Steven Stills, Stone Temple Pilots, Traffic, Robin Trower, Who, Wishbone Ash, Yardbirds, Yes, Zombies.

[@javiermora5046]

Led Zeppelin (the Brown Bomber) Black Sabbath (Paranoid) The Police (Reggata de Blanc) Santana (Abraxas) The Doors (Strange Days) Rush (Fly by Night) Cream (Disraeli Gears)...

[@DaveGoldShow]

I like Led Zeppelin 11 as a great sophomore album! Whole Lotta Love, Heartbreaker......

[@TheGamecock366]

Some of my favorite sophomore albums are With the Beatles, Strange Days by The Doors, Van Halen II, Free for All by Ted Nugent, and Crimes of Passion by Pat Benatar.

[@painless465]

Outstanding choices! A few others; Second Helping; lynyrd Skynyrd Sailin Shoes;Little Feat Heat Treatment; Graham Parker Paranoid; Black Sabbath Taking Tiger Mountain; Eno For Your Pleasur; Roxy Music Crooked Rain,Crooked Rain; pavement The Bends;Radiohead More Songs about Buildings and Food; Talking Heads Separation Sunday;Hold Strady Chairs Missing; Wire

[@ozmonaut1]

Heaven up Here by the Bunnymen, Secondhand Daylight by Magazine, Power Corruption and Lies by New Order

[@russellcampbell3274]

Hi Tom. Somebody beat me to Warren Zevon, my favourite singer- songwriter. Here are some of my favourites. The Incredible String Band, "The 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion." Sheer genius! Terry Allen, "Lubbock on Everything." - Perhaps my favourite double album. Joe Ely, "Honky Tonk Masquerade." John Prine, "Diamonds in the Rough." Van Morrison, "Moondance." (It can be argued that this is his 3rd album but he didn't consider "Blowin' Your Mind" to be a proper album as it was compiled and released without his consent. Itf "Moondance" is considered his 3rd album I'll go with "Astral Weeks.")

[@mordantfilms]

I have a label I give a lot of great sophomore albums on my channel. I call it "the second album sweet spot". There is just something about some 2nd albums from great bands. I think it has something to do with hitting a kind of stride that wasn't there on the debut, regardless of how good the debut might be. Then, even if the third album is amazing, there's just some kind of balance that was found on the second LP. Some of mine include: Soft Machine- Volume Two A.R. & Machines- Echo Wire- Chairs Missing Dinosaur- You're Living All Over Me Funkadelic- Free Your Mind and Your Ass Will Follow The 360's- Supernatural Amon Düül II- Yeti Harmonia- Deluxe Eno- Taking Tiger Mountain Hüsker Dü- Zen Arcade Bola Sete & Vince Guaraldi- From All Sides Idaho- This Way Out Magazine- Secondhand Daylight Terry Callier- Occasional Rain Genesis- Tresspass I have more, but those are some off the top of my head.

[@Fastnbulbous1969]

Here's my 13, a few of the same picks: 1. The Stooges - Fun House (Elektra, 1970) 2. Van Morrison - Astral Weeks (WB, 1968) 3. Black Sabbath - Paranoid (Vertigo/WB, 1970) 4. Big Star - Radio City (Argent, 1974) 5. Elvis Costello - This Year's Model (Columbia, 1978) 6. Joy Division - Closer (Factory, 1980) 7. Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me (SST, 1987) 8. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold As Love (Reprise, 1967) 9. Public Image Ltd. - Metal Box/Second Edition (Virgin, 1979) 10. Wire - Chairs Missing (Restless, 1978) 11. Iggy Pop - Lust For Life (Virgin, 1977) 12. Can - Tago Mago (Spoon/Mute, 1971) 13. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II (Atlantic, 1969)

[@syater]

About half of your choices would have to be on my list, but I'd also add: Jefferson Airplane : Surrealistic Pillow Tom Petty : You're Gonna Get It Ry Cooder : Into the Purple Valley Wilco : Being There Grateful Dead : Anthem of the Sun Stereolab : Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements (That's all I can think of right now.)

[@toddhill7483]

I knew X was a foregone conclusion on your list, and for good reason. Some of my favorites, in no particular order. X Wild Gift Sparklehorse Good Morning Spider Oingo Boingo Nothing to Fear Suede Dog Man Star The Cars Candy O The Sound From the Lion's Mouth The Doors Strange Days Led Zeppelin II Camel Mirage Cheap Trick In Color The Church The Blurred Crusade Talking Heads More Songs About Buildings and Food The Cure Seventeen Seconds Gentle Giant Acquiring the Taste Duran Duran Rio King Crimson In the Wake of Poseidon Big Star Radio City Billy Nayer Show The Villain that Love Built Pixies Doolittle Depeche Mode A Broken Frame The Police Regatta De Blanc Lydia Lunch 13.13 Pink Floyd A Saucerful of Secrets Wall of Voodoo Call of the West Magazine Secondhand Daylight

[@tomrobinson5776]

I totally forgot about Doolittle. Love that album.

[@MsPcent]

Are You Experienced was one of the most unique and influential records ever made. But I couldn’t agree with you more that Axis rose to an even higher level above that. David Schroeder, director of the Steinhardt School Of Jazz Studies at NYU, did a magnificent interview with Jack DeJohnette a few years ago in which Jack called Mitch Mitchell one of his favorite drummers because of his playing on Up From The Skies. It’s tough to argue with Jack. And Leon Hendrix called Think I Better Wait Till Tomorrow his favorite song by his late brother, for obvious reasons. I was 10 when Jimi died, but 54 years later I still feel the pain and disbelief at the loss of this titan, and all that could have been had this tragedy not occurred. While Jimi definitely relished the fast lane life style that he was living, and the substances of that time, it was actually insomnia that killed him. He just wanted to get some sleep and took too many of Monika Danneman’s sleeping pills, which were much stronger than the ones he was used to. Two lame brain paramedics lashed him down to a gurney, he vomited and couldn’t breath, and that was it. His loss is just beyond cmprehension to this day. Thanks, Tom, for not only mentioning, but singling out this monumental masterpiece. Chris

[@seed_drill7135]

#1 for me is always going to be Jethro Tull / Stand Up. In no particular order on some others: 2. Jefferson Airplane/Surrealistic Pillow 3. The Mothers of Invention/Absolutely Free 4. Blood Sweat and Tears s/t 5. Chicago s/t 6. R.E.M. / Reckoning 7. Black Sabbath / Paranoid 8. Ozzy Osbourne / Diary of a Madman 9. Elton John s/t 10. Gram Parsons / Grievous Angel (does it count if he was already dead) 11. Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper / Get Out Of My Way 12. With the Beatles (UK) 13. Fairport Convention / What We Did On Our Holidays 14. Clannad 2 15. Nirvana / Nevermind 16. Lou Reed / Transformer 17. There Are But Four Small Faces 18. The Moody Blues / Days of Future Past 19. Led Zeppelin II 20. The Band s/t

[@maheiherp]

One of the best channels on YT! But seriously, folks.....(Joe Walsh)...

[@GabrielSoma5899]

Hi I will add Goodbye Jumbo by World Party, Karl’s second solo album. RIP Karl Wallinger who died this week. The other second solo album is Gerry Rafferty’s City to City - is so much more than Baker St and Right Down the Line.

[@tomrobinson5776]

Always a fan of World Party. Loved the singles Ship Of Fools, Way Down Now, Is It Like Today, All Come True.

[@bowenjaybee]

Excellent subject! Had a look through my collection for some of my fave sophomore albums that easily stand up against or better their debut R.E.M. - Reckoning Pixies - Dolittle The Wedding Present - Bizzaro The Sundays - Blind Nirvana - Nevermind The Specials - More Specials Adam and The Ants - Kings Of The Wild Frontier Enya - Watermark Cocteau Twins - Head Over Heels Radiohead - The Bends The Verve - A Northern Soul The Smiths - Meat is Murder Led Zeppelin II The Doors - Strange Days The Cult - Love Genesis - Trespass Joy Division - Closer The Police - Reggatta De Blanc Moody Blues - Days Of Future Past Hendrix - Axis Bold As Love

[@tomrobinson5776]

Great list. Almost put a half dozen of these on my list. Didn’t want the video to surpass the 30 minute mark. 😉

[@kingofallmediums2123]

Grand Funk self-titled is excellent!

[@WayneScank]

One of my first albums. I believe I was in 5th grade.

[@tomrobinson5776]

That is a kick ass record.

[@simonagree4070]

I've been trying to come up with some examples of my own, but I think you have it pretty well covered (I was going to rake you over the coals if you forgot Disraeli Gears). Hey, the second Firesign Theatre album, How Can You Be In Two Places At Once? is a big improvement on the first, Waiting For The Electrician. 😆 And the second Tom Waits album, Heart Of Saturday Night, is just a monster of a record! On the other hand, the sophomore offerings of both The Clash and Television were very disappointing. Anyway, thanks for reminding me of how beautiful the jacket of Wild Gift is -- I have one of those record-sized picture frames, and that needs to go up on my wall.

[@tomrobinson5776]

Those first 3 Tom Waits albums are excellent. Nighthawks At The Diner is an all time fave.

[@skewiff11]

Faces - Long Player, Roxy Music- For Your Pleasure, Dexy's- Too Rye Aye, Argent- Ring of Hands, Rory Gallagher- Deuce, to name a few. methinks the sophomore slump was over exaggerated, lots of amazing albums.

[@tomrobinson5776]

Indeed. Long Player is excellent. Sweet Lady Mary is a gorgeous tune.

[@edwardgonczy3170]

roygoad2870 hits all mine except I still like "Music From Big Pink" the best. And I'm still on the fence about whether "Happy Trails" by QMS is better than the debut. "Spooky Two" by Spooky Tooth would be one not mentioned.

[@willieluncheonette5843]

On the punk tip....Ramones Leave Home, The Undertones Hypnotized, Stiff Little Fingers Nobody's Hero, Bad Brains Rock Fir Light, GBH City Baby Attacked By Rats, Discharge Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing, Clash Give Em Enough Rope, Minor Threat Out of Step, Joy Division Closer, DOA Something Better Change, The Saints Eternally Yours. Those are a few off the top of me head.

[@akulinamackenzie4492]

💕 beau brummels 🙋‍♀️🇫🇷

[@davidtraube7921]

You hit several I'd include. Others on my list: 10cc - Sheet Music; Ben Folds Five - Whatever and Ever Amen; Cheap Trick - In Color; Crowded House - Temple of Low Men; Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Tarkus; Foo Fighters - The Colour & The Shape; Black Crowes - The Southern Harmony & Musical Companion; Radiohead - The Bends;

[@tomrobinson5776]

The Bends is awesome.

[@mirandak3273]

Just saw this and before I watch it thought I’d share some of my favorite albums that are sophomore albums. “With The Beatles” by the Beatles “Surrealistic Pillow” by Jefferson Airplane “Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere” by Neil Young “Led Zeppelin II” by Led Zeppelin “Deja Vu” by CSN&Y “Chicago” by Chicago “Ram” by Paul McCartney “Imagine” by John Lennon “Countdown to Ecstacy” by Steely Dan “Building the Perfect Beast” by Don Henley “Nevermind” by Nirvana “Siamese Dream” by Smashing Pumpkins “Version 2.0” by Garbage “After The Disco” by Broken Bells

[@tomrobinson5776]

@@mirandak3273 Nice picks 😉

[@jimalaimo8467]

Santana- Abraxas .

[@tomrobinson5776]

Their best album IMO. Excellent from start to finish.

[@derekroberts6654]

My favorite sophomore album, is really sophomore solo album by Paul Mccartney…RAM! “Too Many People”, “Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey”, “Back Seat Of My Car”…ALL CLASSICS.. His first solo album sounded incomplete..it had some great complete songs but overall it had like tiny little fillers that sounded like demos… “Ram” was more complete..

[@javiermora5046]

Jethro Tull (Stand Up) Jefferson Airplane (Surrealistic Pillow)

[@javiermora5046]

Queen (Queen 2) Genesis (Trespass) ELP (Tarkus) Jimi Hendrix (Axis: Bold as Love)

[@paulgoldstein2569]

Interesting subject. As for The Byrds, their second album was musically a repeat of their first. It was their third album 5D where they hit their artistic peak, apart from one track Captain Soul. My favorite of their pre-5D tracks is their vast 1964 demos that were on their double CD compilation Preflyte. As for The Doors' second album, most of it's tracks they already recorded live earlier in 1867 which were not then released, but are now on their official double CD Live At The Matrix. Those earlier versions sound rawer, but less polished. I preferred them, but they were barred by their uneven sound quality, like the rest of the tracks. The title track Strange Days, they originally recorded live in May 1966, again not then released, but is now on their Live At The London Fog CD, but recorded in California. It was a great version, only to be barred by it's unfortunate sound quality, like the rest of the tracks there. Another track, My Eyes Have Seen You, they first recorded as one of six demos in 1965, and I preferred that version. As for a further track, Moonlight Drive, the version on Strange Days was their fifth recorded version, but their first released. They first recorded it among their 1965 demos, then they did two outtakes of it during the sessions for their first album which are now among the few bonus tracks on the CD reissue of that album, then they re-did it live, the live version being on their Live At The Matrix double CD. The only two tracks on Strange Days that they did not already seem to have recorded elsewhere were Love Me Two Times, which was not their best, but was ironically also on a single, and the virtual non-track Horse Latitudes, which only lasts about a minute, but just consists of silly noises. When deciding on their second album, they already had most of the songs made.

[@drewgeraci8434]

I find myself agreeing with you a lot more than not. Great show. Rush's sophomore album when Neal Peart took command with magnificent lyrics and drumming

[@mattrobbins2268]

Not much to add to such a comprehensive list but here's a few: Reckoning--REM Absolutely Free--the Mothers of Invention What We Did On Our Holidays--Fairport Convention White Light/White Heat--The Velvet Underground Anthem of The Sun--The Grateful Dead Being There--Wilco The Ballad of Todd Rundgren Nazz Nazz A Quick One--the Who The Wild, the lnnocent, and the E Street Shuffle--Bruce Springsteen H.P. Lovecraft ll Repercussion--the dBs Wow. I DID get a bit of a list going, there.

[@tomrobinson5776]

Great selection.

[@patriceleformal3047]

Right here i'have only 4 examples : - "I'm the Man" by Joe Jackson : the perfect twin of his debut "Look Sharp" but more nervous with great songs , "On your radio", "Geraldine & John", "Don't want to be like that " and the fantastic "I'm the Man" ! These two albums were released in 1979, great year for Joe Jackson; Graham Maby on bass (playing lead) is part of his success. - "In it for the money" by Supergrass : following in 1997 the Britpop era's "I should coco". This album is completly different than their Pop debut, more Rock with a large 70's influence (Neil Young, Faces, The Who); You should (coco) listen to "Richard III", "Sun hits the sky", "Late in the day" and "G-song" with marvellous guitar solos ! Simply their best album. - "Meat is a murder" by The Smiths (1985) : This second album ("Hatful of Hollow" is a compilation) is much better than the first one, better production with fantastic songs, "The Headmaster ritual" (my favourite...), "That joke isn' t funny anymore", "How soon is now" (announcing Madchester and the real masterpiece "Well i wonder" ! - "Transformer" by Lou Reed : following the poor and terrible debut, "Transfomer" is a terrific album (better, in my opinion, than "Berlin"...) with the help of 2 english gentlemen David Bowie & Mick Ronson; "Vicious", "Satellite of love", "Perfect day", "Goodnight Ladies" and "Walk on the wild side" ! Released in 1972 like "Ziggy Stardust", a great album for a great year ! PS : Led Zeppelin II (1969) the same year than the first one, pushes the limits of Heavy Rock, Blues, Folk and Rock : about "Bring it on home" Benoît Feller, a french Rock journalist wrote that the Blues part is the end of the 60's and after the drum break the 70's started.

[@tomrobinson5776]

All great choices. I’m a huge fan of those first 2 Joe Jackson albums. Both perfect from start to finish. The Supergrass album is great. The Headmaster Ritual and That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore are two of my all time fave Smiths tracks.

[@akulinamackenzie4492]

👍👍

[@barryheard3778]

Eli and the Thirteenth Confession?

[@tomrobinson5776]

How could I forget about that one? One of my all time faves. I was just yanking albums off the shelf. Need to slow down. 😉

[@kingofallmediums2123]

Actually it was Mitch Mitchell interviewing “Paul Caruso.” 😅😅😅

[@tomrobinson5776]

Ha! Ok that clears that up. 😉

[@stevecowder4774]

I rarely ever send out lists longer than 10, but this is such a great topic that I felt it necessary : ( unranked ) Soft Parade Doors Saucerful of Secrets PF Countdown to Ecstasy SD Disreali Gears Cream Rides Again JG For Your Pleasure RM Candy- O Cars Van Halen II Led Zeppelin II Fly By Night Rush Nevermind Nirvana I Robot APP Grand Funk Self titled Colour and the Shape FF VS. Pearl Jam Ritual De Lo Habitual JA Tarkus ELP Paranoid BS Purple STP Danger Money UK And I’ll kick myself later when I realized I forgot a few 😆.

[@paulgoldstein2569]

Soft Parade was The Doors' fourth album. But it was very underrated as most Doors' fans did not think it was their best, as it was mostly different from their others. But I liked it. Tom mentioned what actually was their second album, Strange Days.

[@stevecowder4774]

Opss ! I actully meant Strange Days. Don't know what I was thinking.

[@tkingsley5761]

Grievous Angel, Gram Parsons; Warren Zevon, Warren Zevon; Give ‘Em Enough Rope, Clash; Desperado, Eagles; Idylwild South, Allman Brothers; The Morning After, J. Geils Band; This Year’s Model, Elvis Costello; Labour of Lust, Nick Lowe; Viva! Los Straitjackets, Los Straitjackets; Hillbilly Deluxe, Dwight Yoakum; Pieces of the Sky, Emmylou Harris; Bayou Country, Creedence Clearwater Revival; Traffic, Traffic; Chicago, Chicago; Moving Waves, Focus; Jonathan Goes Country, Jonathan Richman; Cool for Cats, Squeeze; Tapestry, Carole King; Clouds, Joni Mitchell; Poco, Poco.

[@tomrobinson5776]

Your list proves there are so many great second albums. All excellent. This video could have been 2 hours long. 😉

[@gdtrfb2546]

Cool for Cats is a great album!

[@konradbenz7110]

💕👍👍👍 to me, your best video !

[@tomrobinson5776]

Well thank you. 😉

[@jimmycoleman5853]

Get your wings

[@tomrobinson5776]

Early Aerosmith 👍

[@jackwezesa1081]

@@tomrobinson5776 Hey Tom. The first 2 Aerosmith record sold poorly. Get Your Wings almost went unnoticed. In 75 Toys In The Attic exploded with the Walk This Way single. Dream On reappeared ( slngle & lp )on the charts and Get Your Wings became popular.

[@kevtruth]

Not in an order: X - Wild Gift James Gang Rides Again Elvis Costello - This Year's Model Hendrix - Axis: Bold As Love Talking Heads - More Songs... REM - Reckoning Big Star - Radio City The Band Beck - Odelay Jeff Beck - Beck-Ola Black Sabbath - Paranoid Frank Black - Teenager Of The Year The Cars - Candy-O Pretenders II Cracker - Kerosene Hat Neil Young - Everybody Knows... The Doors - Strange Days Funkadelic - Maggot Brain Steely Dan - Countdown To Ecstasy Jethro Tull - Stand Up The Police - Regatta De Blanc Television - Adventure Springsteen - The Wild, The Innocent... Supergrass - In It For The Money The Zombies - Odyssey And Oracle

[@tomrobinson5776]

I’ve come late to the party on Maggot Brain. Picked it up about a year ago. So good!

[@kevtruth]

@@tomrobinson5776 Very cool, Tom. Its a classic. Free Your Mind...might be their sophomore album now that I think about it. Oh well, ha

[@TheAnarchitek]

I don't think Stephen Stills' fingers move that fast any more! Good list, but some classics missing. Some of Rock's greatest albums were sophomore LPs, from the Band, and the Allman Brothers, to the Yardbirds, and Van Morrison. I had to include 25, because I couldn't decide which 5 to cut! They're all good, plus most of the LPs on your list. Best of Sophomore Albums 01 T H E B A N D The Band 02 T R A F F I C Traffic 03 I D L E W I L D S O U T H the Allman Brothers Band 04 S U R R E A L I S T I C P I L L O W Jefferson Airplane 05 L E O N R U S S E L L A N D S H E L T E R P E O P L E Leon Russell 06 D E S P E R A D O The Eagles 07 R A M Paul McCartney 08 G R I E V O U S A N G E L Gram Parsons 09 Y O U ' R E G O N N A G E T I T Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 10 T H E F A M I L Y T H A T P L A Y S T O G E T H E R Spirit 11 A B R A X A S Santana 12 A S T R A L W E E K S Van Morrison 13 C A S S J O H N M I C H E L L E D E N N Y the Mamas and the Papas 14 T U M B L E W E E D C O N N E C T I O N Elton John 15 T H E N A T C H ' L B L U E S Taj Mahal 16 S A I L O R Steve Miller Band 17 P A R S L E Y , S A G E , R O S E M A R Y , A N D T H Y M E Simon & Garfunkel 18 F O R E V E R Y M A N Jackson Browne 19 C O U N T D O W N T O E C S T A S Y Steely Dan 20 S P O O K Y T W O Spooky Tooth 21 S E C O N D H E L P I N G Lynyrd Skynyrd 22 S O U V E N I R S Dan Fogelberg 23 G E T Y O U R W I N G S Aerosmith 24 T H E W I L D , T H E I N N O C E N T , A N D T H E E S T R E E T S H U F F L E Bruce Springsteen 25 B A C H M A N - T U R N E R O V E R D R I V E I I Bachman-Turner Overdrive

[@dannyschneider553]

Fantastic list

[@TheAnarchitek]

I like the flow, the music really works well together.@@dannyschneider553

[@jackwezesa1081]

I wore out that Spirit album !

[@TheAnarchitek]

I did too! 8-track, vinyl, cassette ....@@jackwezesa1081

[@stevecowder4774]

Sorry Tom, I meant “ Strange Days “ , not Soft Parade . What a brain gasser 😆.

[@tomrobinson5776]

All good 😉

[@paulgoldstein2569]

What about sophomore album tracks?

[@tomrobinson5776]

Something to think about…😉

[@randytaylor220]

LZ II *Surrealistic Pillow* Give ‘Em Enough Rope VH II The Band Saucerful of Secrets ( leagues better than the debut) Regatta De Blanc

[@tomrobinson5776]

London Calling was the third Clash Album. Give ‘Em Enough Rope was their second release. 😉

[@randytaylor220]

@@tomrobinson5776 yes that’s right. I actually like Give em enough rope more than than their debut anyhow!

[@WayneScank]

I prefer tracks other than C Girl on Everybody Know This is Nowhere. I am tiring of Neil's extended solos

[@donneumann6546]

💣💥👍

[@EugeneNichols-b4f]

Always liked "Wow" by Moby Grape. Too all-over-the-map for some people, but that's my jam.

[@tomrobinson5776]

That first album is one of my all time faves. A perfect album.

[@jackwezesa1081]

@@tomrobinson5776” Murder In My Heart For The Judge “ ! I was a HUGE Moby Grape fan !

[@tomrobinson5776]

@@jackwezesa1081 Lee Michaels does a great version of that song.

[@jackwezesa1081]

⁠@@tomrobinson5776 I forgot about that! Its on the Barrel record I think?

[@tomrobinson5776]

@@jackwezesa1081 Correct 😉