RANT- No Sophomore Slump Here...Classic 2nd albums!
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- Опубликовано: 20 сен 2024
- Join host Pete Pardo of Sea of Tranquility for another 'rant', as he looks at some stellar sophomore albums that were perhaps as good, if not better than their incredible debuts.
The Best 2nd album of all time ..and one of the Greatest albums period Rainbow - Rising
Yes i agree with.you
Oh shit
Your right
Agreed
Yes i agree with you
As a serious Purple fan, I was considerably p*ssed when Ritchie departed. Rainbow's debut was a good effort. I bought Rising solely on the strength of the brilliant cover, which was beautifully painted on a classy Goldwing motor bike. As soon as Tarot Woman kicked in I was happy that Ritchie moved on. All 6 songs are crafted high class. One of the greatest 2nd albums for sure. Camel's Mirage, Led Zeppelin 2, Black Stone Cherry; Folklore and Superstition, Black Country Communion 2, ELP; Tarkus, Genesis; Trespass, Black Sabbath; Paranoid. There's a lot of very good 2nd albums 🎶👍
My favorites are:
Boston - Don't Look Back
The Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed
The Cars - Candy-O
Foreigner - Double Vision
Led Zeppelin - II
Tubeway Army (Gary Numan) - Replicas (Electronic/Punk music)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping
Electric Light Orchestra - ELO II (Roll Over Beethoven)
Bad Company - Straight Shooter
Captain Geech and the Shrimp Shack Shooters - What's For Dinner?
Waited until the end for LZ II and was, um, disappointed.
Forgot Zeppelin II!!!!
YOU FORGOT ZEPPELIN II!!! LOL! :-p
Nowhere near as good as the debut.
As like the first album, material ripped off from others and claimed as their own.
@@jamesrudd8705 if you think about it all that blues/rock is taken from others ,ripped off perhaps .But i dont know how old you are but to be 17,18 back in 68-69 when Zepplin came out . With thoes albums ...It was new and different.a ripp off who gives a shit ...i saw them at MSG in 1970 WOW what a show....
@@limomangeno
Dude, we are talking literally doing cover versions. Exact same music, exact same lyrics. Are you really not aware of this?
Really?
It's as if I put a band together and we did songs like Do You Feel Like We Do, Sweet Home Alabama, Detroit Rock City, Jet Airliner, and others and claiming we wrote those songs. That is what Zep did. They literally stole those songs, all previously recorded, and claimed they wrote them.
Correction: Exodus' 'Pleasures of the Flesh' is the album I meant to discuss here.
Tesla - Great Radio Controversy, Def Leppard - High n Dry, Zebra - No Tellin' Lies
Definitely Def Lepp for me...totally forgot that one!
"Gretchen Goes To Nebraska" by King's X gets my vote.
that's still their best
This is the one I immediately thought of when I saw the subject. King's X is planning to put an album out this year.
NO DOUBT!!! "Gretchen" is the shit!!!
You are so right, it is a great album!
Exodus I agree!!! The Toxic Waltz!!!!!!!
Trespass from Genesis gave the band it's true progressive sound - I enjoy their first album, but their second one with The Knife is fantastic
Led Zeppelin II is one of the greatest sophomore albums of all time. Better than anything on this list thus far.
Also Ride the Lightening is the greatest thrash, metal albums.
you're right. Led Zeppelin 2 stomps all over their debut.
Best sophomore album ....... Ride The Lightning
Kerry Livgren wrote the lyrics to Song for America while on a flight to LA. He never took music lessons & couldn't read or write music. So he composed all those complex prog songs in his head & taught them to the band in the studio. Wow! Obviously my favorite musician and a great man.
01) Rainbow - Rising
02) The Band - The Band
03) The Jimi Hendrix - Axis Bold is Love
04) The Doors - Strange Days
05) Black Sabbath - Paranoid
06) The Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Next
07) ELP - Tarkus
08) The Beatles - With The Beatles
09) Queen - Queen II
10) The Black Crows - Southern Harmony and the Musical Companion
My Top 60 sophomore albums (I don't consider EP's as debut albums):
Def Leppard - High 'N' Dry (MY #1 BY FAR)
Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny
Iron Maiden - Killers
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Metallica - Ride the Lightning
Billy Idol - Rebel Yell
Voodoo Hill - Wild Seed Of Mother Earth (GLENN HUGHES on vocals)
Megadeth - Peace Sells, But Who's Buying
Nirvana - Nervermind
Led Zeppelin - II
Motley Crue - Shout At the Devil
Dio - Last In Line
Bruce Dickinson - Balls To Picasso
Aerosmith - Get Your Wings
Queensryche - Rage For Order
Manowar - Into Glory Ride
Blaze - Tenth Dimension
Kiss - Hotter Than Hell (CRIMINALLY UNDERRATED)
Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
Anvil - Metal On Metal
Radiohead - The Bends
Halford - Crucible
Sepultura - Beneath The Remains
Saxon - Wheels of Steel
Tool - Aenima
ACDC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
Van Halen - II
Iced Earth - Night Of The Stormrider
Live - Throwing Copper
Mastodon - Leviathan
The Cult - Love
Meat Puppets - Meat Puppets II
Anthrax - Spreading The Disease
Ozzy Osbourne - Diary Of A Madman
Bad Company - Straight Shooter
The Police - Reggatta De Blanc
Rush - Fly By Night
Budgie - Squawk
Depeche Mode - A Broken Frame
Dream Theater - Images And Words
Alice In Chains - Dirt
Ramones - Leave Home
Lenny Kravitz - Mama Said
Scorpions - Fly To the Rainbow
ZZ Top - Rio Grande Mud
Korn - Life Is Peachy
Black Flag - My War
Accept - I Am A Rebel
Danzig - II
Slayer - Hell Awaits
Silverchair - Freak Show
Primus - Sailing The Seas Of Cheese
Tears For Fears - Songs From The Big Chair
Queen - Queen II
Rage Against The Machine - Evil Empire
Rainbow - Rising
Crowbar - Crowbar
Dark Angel - Darkness Descends
Linkin Park - Meteora
Diamond Head - Borrowed Time
The Tea Party - The Edges Of Twilight (INCREDIBLE CANADIAN POWERHOUSE TRIO)
Badmotorfinger is actually Soundgarden's third album.
Some GREAT pics there, and more than a few I overlooked which are no brainers like VH, ZZ Top, Danzig, Police, Anthrax, Zeppelin, Tool, and Def Leppard. WAY TOO many good ones to choose and fit on one show!
Dan Maler well done! I like the diversity of bands too.
Spend a little more time before you reply! Lol
Thank you for pointing out High and Dry. Im not a fan of any Leppard after Pyromania but High and Dry is a masterpiece. Another not mentioned is Tommy Bolin Private eyes. Incredible 2nd album.
The Doors "Strange Days" / Neil Young "Everybody Knows..." / Dylan's "Freewheelin'" / Peter Green's FM "Mr Wonderful"
The Doors-Strange Days, Led Zeppelin-Led Zeppelin II, Boston-Don't Look Back, Ozzy Osbourne-Diary of a Madman, Aerosmith-Get Your Wings, Jimmi Hendrix- Axis Bold As Love, Rush-Fly By Night, Black Sabbath-Paranoid, Metallica-Ride The Lightning, Cream-Diserali Gears, Queen-Queen II, Pink Floyd-A Saucer Full of Secrets, ACDC-TNT, Paul Mccartney-RAM. I could go on.
Please don't ever stop making videos. These are amazing.
Iron Maiden Killers, my favorite
I scanned the comments before I threw this one out. Glad to see another with good taste...up the irons!
The Doors and Alice In Chains are two of my favorite bands of all time, I really wasn't expecting you to choose them! Great video!!
We could be besties lol😂
How about Mahavishnu Orchestra's Birds of Fire ? Rory Gallagher's Deuce?
Thanks for the show, lot's of music for meto discover!
Absolutely! That Mahavishnu album kills!
Yeah, I was thinking of MO - Birds of Fire was the 1st LP of theirs I bought, but after hearing it ran out & bought Inner Mounting Flame sight unseen (or unheard?). I might also include the 11th House. Their eponymous debut was good, but Level One blew me away. Also Weather Report - the sophomore LP had Unknow Soldier & Crystal, really spacey stuff leaving Earth jazz behind.....
@@lesnyk255 level one and birds of fire top notch
My choices would include (no particular order):
Led Zeppelin - LZ II
Radiohead - The Bends
Jimi Hendrix - Axis Bold As Love
Neil Young - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Nirvana - Nevermind
Rush - Fly By Night
Midnight Oil - Head Injuries
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (Scratch)
Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
David Bowie - David Bowie (AKA Man of Words/Man of Music)
The National - Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers
Iron Maiden - Killers
Pink Floyd - A Saucerful of Secrets
Lord Huron - Strange Trails
Jethro Tull - Stand Up
The Who - A Quick One
The Rolling Stones - 12 x 5
Def Leppard High'N'Dry !
I think Astral Weeks was Morrison's third album.
@@markhunter8554 Don't think so...I think Moondance (his first album released in the 70s) was the third album. Astral Weeks was released in 1968, one year after the 1967 debut, Blowin' Your Mind!, which contained "Brown-Eyed Girl."
@@MrDuneedon You are correct. Should have consulted my copy of Encyclopedia of Rock before I posted. Ps Bang Records released a best of album after Blowin but that doesn't count.
Def Leppard, On Through The Night then High N Dry.
Thanks for introducing me to early Chicago Pete. Those first two albums had passed me by, but amazing band thanks dude, love the channel
I would add "Queen II" In some ways still my fave Queen LP. As close to prog as they got and a big leap fro their great debut.
Missing out here would be bands like: Judas Priest, MSG, Saxon, Death Angel, Testament, King's X, Van Halen, Helloween, Tool, Flotsam & Jetsam, Magnum, Def Leppard, Candlemass, and many more....
Don’t forget Motörhead either
Especially Tool. Opiate was an Ep, so Aenima was technically their second album; arguably the best album released in the 90’s.
Great picks. Nice you included Uriah Heep.
Thanks VT! Salisbury is vastly underrated Heep!
1st..thanks for recognizing Song For America. One of the best albums of all time. Also, Black Country Communion and Chicago 2 . Totally agree!!
I would choose Traffic’s second (self-titled) album, and Spooky Tooth “Spooky Two” as significant sophomore releases.
Grand Funk Red Album!
Motley Crue : Shout at the Devil , Sad Wings of Destiny - Judas Priest, Van Halen II , Black Sabbath - Paranoid , Iron Maiden - Killers....to name a few of my fave sophomore albums.
My favorite Sophomore albums
1- Dairy of a madman - Ozzy
2 - Sad wings of Destiny - Priest
3 - Hotter then Hell - KISS
4 - Rising - Rainbow
5 - Last in Line - DIO
6 - Shout at the Devil - Mötley Crüe
7 - Paranoid - Black Sabbath
8 - Van Halen ii - Van Halen
9 - Tooth and nail - Dokken
10 - Cant stop rock and roll - Twisted Sister
( This isn't in order )
SWLABR is an acronym for She Walks Like A Bearded Rainbow
As I went through my album collection, I gave up when I got to around 62 sophomore albums and as I did that, it began to occur to me that actually, the norm seems to have been that the sophomore should actually be an improvement on the debut, even if the debut was a barnstormer. There are all kinds of theories about sophomores and I think life and history is more nuanced than theorists often give credit for.
Also, in my life, when I was getting certain discographies together, I rarely heard a band's material in the sequence in which they were released, which may also affect the way I'd see a sophomore or, for that matter, a debut. For example, I was well into Mahavishnu Orchestra's "Birds of fire" for a good 6 years before I heard "Inner mounting flame" and as much as I think the debut is a stunner, the sophomore was so ingrained in my love that it would be difficult to be supplanted, even though there are a couple of songs on the debut that are superior to anything on "Birds."
Of course, it doesn't always work that way but it does on so many occasions.
Yes! Abigail! That, and Don't Break the Oath.
"In The Wake Of Poseidon" by King Crimson!
This album is way too similar to their debut. A man a city sounds like a cliche of 21st century schizoid man, and the title track sounds alot like Epitaph. That album was not a step forward for this band. Only Cat food - which is more like a musical joke - sounds really fresh. Lizard was much more interesting and innovative album than the second one.
"Closer" by Joy Division is a damn masterspiece, and was influential as hell!
"With" by The Beatles, rough, punky album was a times stronger than their girly, puppy-poppy debut.
"Louder than Love" by Soundgarden was HUGE masterspiece. It cought me with seconds. They never repeated it.
Love the channel. A few I would add. Springsteen's Wild Innocent and E Street Shuffle is a masterpiece in my opinion. Dire Straits Communique is superb. Graham Parker and The Rumours sophomore album is brilliant..as were as his albums in the 70s. Pearl Jam Versus is amazing...to me their best album. Dirty South by Drive By Truckers is southern rock classic. This Years model by Elvis Costello and The Attractions is another classic.
Brilliant , love your enthusiasm ,you must eat,sleep,drink,breathe music a guy after my own heart How much time do you set aside listening to music ? Your hifi must be worn out !!! Anyway I just love your rants & reviews ,the great thing is that after I've watched one of them it makes me want to rummage & dig out my own stuff Amazing keep up the good work
Thanks for the kind words Brian! Yep, music has been my passion for 45+ years! Between listening to music while I work, in the car, at the gym, and while cooking dinner, I easily get in a few hours a day.
Very true about Tull -- a completely different band from when they started (that I liked!) but "Stand Up" may very well be their greatest album. I believe "One Way or Another" was Cactus' third release. And when I saw the title I immediately thought of two that I can't believe you missed ! Zeppelin II, and YES, A Time and a Word.
What about:
The James Gang: The James Gang, and Rides Again.
Boston: Boston, Don't Look Back
Badfinger: No Dice, Straight Up
Steely Dan: Can't Buy a Thrill, Countdown to Ecstasy
This is My List
Black Sabbath: Paranoid
The Who: A Quick One
Pink Floyd: A Saucerful of secrets
The Doors: Strange Days
Boston: Don't look back
Journey: Look into the Future
Iron Maiden: Killers
Judas Priest: Sad Wings of Destiny
Syd Barret: Barret
PanterA: Projects in the Jungle
Megadeth: Peace Sells... but who's buying?
Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin II
Deep Purple: The Book of Taliesyn
Cream: Disraeli Gears
Saxon - Wheels of Steel
Uriah Heep - Salisbury
Genesis - Trespass
Styx - Styx II
Def Leppard - High N Dry
Kansas - Song For America
Jethro Tull - Stand Up
King Crimson - In the Wake of Poseidon
Yes - Time and a Word
Dream Theater - Images and Words
ELO - ELO II
Scorpions - Fly To The Rainbow
Metallica - Ride The Lightning
Grand Funk Railroad - Grand Funk
Rainbow - Rising
Rush - Fly By Night
Santana - Abraxas
REO Speedwagon - 2
Queen - Queen II
America - Homecoming
Soundgarden - Louder Than Love
ZZ Top - Rio Grande Mud
Motorhead - Overkill
Overkill - Taking Over
Slayer - Hell Awaits
Blue Oyster Cult - Tyranny and Mutation
Kiss - Hotter Than Hell
Thin Lizzy - Shades Of A Blue Orphanage
Foo Fighters - The Colour and The Shape
CCR - Bayou Country
Trapeze - Medusa
Paranoid is one of the Greatest Second Albums of all time.
I think I see "Bloodrock Live" CD in the background on the shelf 2 my left.
I can't renember if you mentioned The Black Crowes Southern Harmony and Musical Companion album.... That was even bigger and better than their debut!
Yes, Helluva Band" rules. Love the first, but this is the one. What are they? Many things, but also heavy metal. That is what we called it in the 70's. Plus "Cream," "Circus," "Rolling Stone," & Playboy." Heavy metal was all over the airwaves, magazines, & people's descriptions in the 70's." Shows my age, but the term heavy metal was widely used since 1973, & really since, "Hendrix's time." We did not call it "proto metal." But that is a whole new argument...
Great list. For me, I gotta add:
High n Dry Def Leppard
Surfing w the Alien Satch
Don't Look Back Boston
Tooth and Nail Dokken
Pornograffitti Extreme
The Great Radio Controversy Tesla
Paranoid - sabbath
Zep 11
Space oddity - bowie
Pilgrimage - wishbone ash
Stand up -tull
Skynyrd’s Second Helping has got to be towards the top of the heap (Axis: Bold As Love, LZ II and Disraeli Gears are there as well).
My two favourite Marillion albums are Script and Fugazi. Fugazi takes it ever so slightly but it's insanely close. LOVE the other two Fish era ones as well, but those are my top 2 favs.
Love your Queensryche inclusion and logic. Couldn't agree more
Chris Markert RFO their best work imo
Armored Saint's Delirious Nomad. Hot damn.
"Love " from The Cult
I love Budgie 🎸🎸👍👍
Hanoi rocks - oriental beat .... great 2nd album. Enjoyed the episode. Cheers
Regarding Cream and Disreali Gears. The song SWLABR is an acronym. Its stands for 'She Was Like A Bearded Rainbow'.
Thanks for giving King some love. One of the biggest underrated singer/songwriters ever.
Great stack of Sophmore albums! Some I never heard of, yet I wanna check out asap.
That's what I dig about your show Pete. You educate me and get me into cool bands/albums.
Zeppelin 2 and Van Halen 2 are in this conversation.
Zep 2 in particular. Zep debut is incredible. Killer track listing, many classic songs on there but same goes for Zep 2. The difference is 2 is wayyy dirtier, gritier, heavier uninhibited more variety more more more. I mean the opener Whole Lotta Love alone is a perfect example and sets the tone for the rest of the record. Very influential album too.
Three Dog Night(debut), Suitable for Framing (second) ?
agree on Axis Bold as Love and BTO II... I would add Absolutely Free by the Mothers of Invention, Sailor by the Steve Miller Band, Procol Harum's Shine on Brightly, Steppenwolf's The Second, For Your Pleasure by Roxy Music, Fun House by the Stooges, and the Ramones Leave Home.
Great rant! Here's my list of favorite sophomore albums:
"Led Zeppelin II"
The Allman Brothers "Idlewilde South"
"Bachman Turner Overdrive II"
Billy Joel "Piano Man"
Bruce Springsteen "The Wild, The Innocent, and The E Street Shuffle"
Dixie Dregs "What If"
Doobie Brothers "Toulouse Street"
The Doors "Strange Days"
Elton John self titled 2nd LP
Emerson, Lake and Palmer "Tarkus"
Jethro Tull "Stand Up"
Kansas "Song for America"
Steve Hackett "Please Don't Touch"
Ted Nugent "Free for All"
Talking Heads "More Songs About Buildings and Food"
This was a really tight,diverse and outstanding list of 2nd albums. I'd also include Boston's (Don't Look Back), STORIES (About Us)(1973),Ramones (Leave Home), Little Feat (Sailin Shoes), Saxon (Wheels Of Steel), Cheap Trick (In Color), King's X (Gretchen Goes To Nebraska), Motorhead (Overkill), The Cars (Candy O), Twisted Sister (You Can't Stop Rock N Roll), Whitesnake (Trouble or Love Hunter depending if you count the E.P), DEF LEPPARD (High N Dry), MOTLEY CRUE (Shout At The Devil), VAN HALEN (II), CAMEL (Mirage), DANZIG (Lucifuge), W.A.S.P (The Last Command), TESLA (The Great Radio Controversy), Night Ranger (Midnight Madness), Ted Nugent (Free For All),Dokken (Tooth And Nail), MAX WEBSTER (High Class In Borrowed Shoes), ZZ TOP (Rio Grande Mud), JOE SATRIANI (Surfing With The Alien), ALAN PARSONS PROJECT (I Robot), SAGA (Images At Twilight), Triumvirat (Illusions On A Double Dimple), OINGO BOINGO (Nothing To Fear),DIXIE DREGS (Free Fall), HEART (Little Queen), STARZ (VIolation),MOXY (II), FORBIDDEN (Twisted Into Form), UNCLE SLAM (Will Work For Food), and finally KING CRIMSON (In The Wake Of Poseidon). Sorry for the long list but I thought about how great these also were for 2nd albums. Keep up the great work :)
King's X and Galactic Cowboys come to mind. Both had great debut albums, but even better Sophomore records.
CSNY "Deja Vu"
Ben Rogers - *Heart - Magazine* album (released unfinished) on Mushroom Records was released before CBS/Portrait records *Little Queen* album. Heart sued Mushroom to get that album recalled so they can finish it. So *Magazine* was their *TRUE SECOND ALBUM.* Sophomore jinx got 💓 2.
My alltime favorite metal album: Queensryche-Rage for Order
My list (not all):
Dio - The Last in Line
Queen - Queen II
Yngwie - Marching Out
Cream - Disraeli Gears
Venom - Black Metal
Skid Row - Slave to the Grind
Dream Theater - Images and Words
Savatage - Power of the Night
KISS - Hotter Than Hell
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of a Madman
Def Leppard - High 'n' Dry
Motley Crue - Shout at the Devil
Dokken - Tooth and Nail
Ratt - Invasion of Your Privacy
Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny
Death - Leprosy
Metal Church - The Dark
Rainbow - Rising
Tears for Fears - Songs from the Big Chair
Scorpions - Fly to the Rainbow
Madonna - True Blue
Darkthrone - A Blaze in the Northern Sky
Candlemass - Nightfall
Motorhead - Overkill
MSG - MSG
AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
Outside - Never in Security (underground German Metal band)
Adele - 21
Justin Timberlake - FutureSex/LoveSounds
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys, Part 1
Dark Angel - Darkness Descends
Atrophy - Violent by Nature
Stryper - Soldiers Under Command (if you consider Yellow and Black Attack as the first album)
Icon - Night of the Crime
I may be missing a couple.
that's a very strong list!!!
Def Leppard, first album was less than average in song quality but did show small flashes of brilliance in places . . . . but their 2nd Album "High N' Dry" totally knocked it out of the park and permanently put them on the map (. . . . and their 3rd album "Pyromania" would change everything, but we're not talking about 3rd albums - so I won't go there)
Black Crowe’s southern harmony and musical companion🎸🎸🎸
How about MSG's second album? Another one I should have considered here! Night Ranger too.
You can't name them all. The dark from Metal Church it's pretty good as well, but my personal favoriete second album of all time is 'The big Price' by Honeymoon Suite.
Led Zeppelin - II
Bad Company - Straight Shooter
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Rainbow - Rising
Kansas - Song For America
ELP -Tarkus
DIO - The Last In Line
Rush - Fly By Night
Ozzy Osbourne - Diary Of A Madman
Dream Theater - Awake
Whitesnake - Lovehunter
BCC - II
Axis: Bold as Love is my go-to album for Hendrix by far
Skid Row - Slave to the Grind
Motley Crue - Shout at the Devil
Ratt - Invasion of your Privacy
Cinderella - Long Cold Winter
Bloodgood - Detonation
Children of Bodom - Hatebreeder
Devildriver - Fury of our Maker's Hand
Dissection - Storm of the Light's Bane
Fear Factory - Demanufacture
Hatebreed - Perseverance
Motorhead - Overkill
System of a Down - Toxicity
Tesla - Great Radio Controversy
My "excellent sophomore albums" list...
Paranoid -- Black Sabbath
Shout At The Devil -- Motley Crue
Killers -- Iron Maiden
Hotter Than Hell -- Kiss
Abraxas -- Santana
Van Halen 2 -- Van Halen
Diary Of A Madman -- Ozzy Osbourne
Ride The Lightning -- Metallica
The Last Command -- W.A.S.P.
Invasion Of Your Privacy -- Ratt
Slave To The Grind -- Skid Row
Cherry Pie -- Warrant
Long Cold Winter -- Cinderella
Images & Words -- Dream Theater
Queen 2 -- Queen
Hell Awaits -- Slayer
Pleasures Of The Flesh -- Exodus
You Can't Stop Rock And Roll -- Twisted Sister
Tooth And Nail -- Dokken
1)Black Sabbath-Paranoid; 2)Led Zeppelin-Led Zeppelin 2; 3)Van Halen-Van Halen II; 4)Motley Crue-Shout At The Devil; 5)Dio-The Last In Line; 6)Dokken-Tooth And Nail; 7)Metallica-Ride The Lightning; 8)Queensryche-Rage For Order; 9)Accept-Metal Heart(2nd American release); 10)Loudness-Lightning Strikes(2nd American release); 11)Rush-Fly By Night; 12)Anthrax-Spreading The Disease; 13)Megadeth-Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?; 14)Testament-The New Order; 15)Yngwie Malmsteen-Marching Out; 16)Def Leppard-High 'N' Dry; 17)Stryper-Soldiers Under Command; 18)W.A.S.P.-The Last Command; 19)Helix-White Lace & Black Leather; 20)Accept-Breaker
Breaker is not Accept‘s second album (that would be I‘m a Rebel) and Metal Heart was released in 1985; according to Discogs, all of the 5 previous albums received a US release by 1984.
Good to see badlands
Yes sir! Great band!
Dust - hard attack, zero hour - towers of avarice, Robin trower - bridge of sighs, symphony x- damnation game, dead soul tribe- murder of crows, queen 2, Judas priest- sad wings of destiny, king's x- gretchen goes to Nebraska, dream theater- image and words, budgie- squawk, angel helluva band
Glad you promote Budgie. I discovered them thru a friend and picked up all of their Tony Bourge era albums. Love em all.
A very well thought out, and extensive list, Pete. I was crossing them off from my own list as you mentioned them. (I was sweating out 'Idlewild South' until the end!) Only a few that I might have added including: Tommy Bolin's 'Private Eyes', CCR's 'Bayou Country', The Outlaws 'A Lady in Waiting', and Crosby Stills, and Nash's (This one had Neil on board) 'Deja Vu.'
Song for America was written primarily by Kerry Livgren. But Leftoverture was written entirely by Kerry. Walsh had dried up as a writer. In fact, the album was finished when Kerry came in w/ Carry on Wayward Son. They rehearsed it once, then recorded...history made. What a fabulous songwriter!
Jane's Addiction: Nothing's Shocking.
"Reckoning" by R.E.M.
I like Hotter than Hell better than the debut, which is also great.
Yay! Rage for Order is the Rule of the Law Pete! TY!! ;-)
1,Iron Maiden....Killers. 2, Neil Young....After the Gold Rush. 3, Dog of Two Head....Quo. 4, Straight Shooter....Bad Company. 5, Mr Universe....Gillan. 6, Surfing With the Alien.....Satriani. 7, Passion and Warfare.....Vai. 8, Paranoid....Sabbath. 9, Sad wings of Destiny....Priest. 10, Fireball.....Purple. 11, Fly by Night....RUSH. 11, Tarkus....ELP. 12, 12, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap.....AC/DC. 13, Borrowed Time.....Diamond Head. 14, Corridors of Power....Gary Moore. 15, Dirt.....Alice in Chains. 17, Next.....SAHB.. 18, O.K. Ken.....Chicken Shack. 19, Morningrise.....Opeth. 20, Free.....Free..
Definitely agree with your choices, especially Stand Up. Great album from a great band. Ian Anderson is a genius. Glad you saw the error of your ways missing Zeppelin.
Go Bruins
Good call with Atomic Rooster, BTO, BOC, HEEP, Molly HATCHET, Santana, Wishbone Ash, ELP. Forgot, Led Zepplin, Yes, Capt. Beyond.
Rainbow - Rising, Sabbath - Paranoid, Def Leppard - High n Dry, Zeppelin 2, RUSH - Fly by Night, Boston - Don't Look Back, Savatage - Power of the Night, Saxon - Wheels of Steel, Foreigner - Double Vision, Bad Co.- Straight Shooter, Metallica - Ride the Lightning, Megadeath - Peace Sells
Pleasures of the flesh followed Bonded by blood. It was the first album with Zetro!!
A lot of great choices on here. Nice to see you included Megadeth-Peace Sells which in my opinion is their best album and Slayer-Hell Awaits which in my opinion may be a better overall album than Reign In Blood although Reign has what are two of their most classic songs in Angel of Death and Raining Blood. But the one I'm really glad you included is Armored Saint -Delirious Nomad, it is a criminally underrated album, it is a top 20 album all time for me and possibly even top 10.
Overkill - Motörhead great softmore album
A shout out for Jefferson Airplane's Surrealistic Pillow!
1. kiss. Hotter Than Hell
2 Black Sabbath Paranoid
3. Ted Nugent Free For All
4. Alice In Chains Dirt
5. Jimi Hendrix Axis Bold As Love
6. Pretenders II
7.The Band Self Titled
8. Metalica Ride The Lightning
9. Elvis Costello This Year's Modal
10. Ozzy Osbourne Diary of A Madman
11. Rush Fly By Night
12. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers You're Gonna Get It
13. Black Crows Southern Harmony & Musical Companion
14. Led Zepplin II
15. The Cars Candy O
16. U2 October
17. Police Reggatta De Blanc
18. Bruce Springsteen The Wild, The Innocent & E Street Shuffle
19.Pearl Jam Vs
20. Doors Strange Days
Funny you said nobody wanted an hour long video and I would watch it for 2! I believe that about Kiss too, and Queensryche or King Diamond released like 5 incredible albums in a row.
zeppelin releases their FIRST rock album with II. it's got the fancy song-connect that sgt.peppers and abbey road has. forget that one is good enough, but new yardbirds played some of those songs for a little while. doors strange days is an excellent example. rush fly by nite as well. hey: howabout the jefferson airplane? "takes off," with signe anderson pales in comparison with "surrealistic pillow," with grace slick on vocals.
Cream, Jimi Hendrix & Queen, were just awesome!! Love their music!!
Leave Home, Fun House, Paul's Boutique, Plastic Surgery Disasters, Ride the Lightning come to mind
It's got to be Malice 'License To Kill' from 1987....fairly or otherwise, often referred to as the American Judas Priest. The title track, Sinister Double, Chain Gang Woman, Christine...amazing stuff; a polished but heavy production and one of the best screamers in the business in James Neal. They make a very amusing live-performance appearance in 80's comedy-bodyswap-flick 'Vice-Versa' with Judge Reinhold, on YT. "Party til you puke...love, Malice"
Slave To The Grind by Skid Row is a million times better than the self titled debut.
Big Country: The Crossing (1983) and Steeltown (1984). Both are masterpieces.
Maybe outside the strike zone of the channel, but........ Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral. Not only was it better than its predecessor, but it helped define music in the 90s.
I'm happy you included Killers and Queen II.
But no A Sauceful Of Secrets??
I'm glad you mentioned Hotter Than Hell. Now I'm waiting to see if you mention Motley Crue Shout at the Devil. I think that was a very good second album.
THE SMITHS ,ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN , PREFAB SPROUT , ANITA BAKER , THE GODFATHERS , RAINBIRDS , GÉNESIS, THE CULT , ETC
Great lists for the debut & soph albums. It's a technicality, but Chicago's sophomore album was titled "Chicago", but everyone does indeed refer to it as "Chicago II". Same way as everyone calls it "The White Album" instead of "The Beatles".
Pete Great Job! It's always interesting to listen to someone else's opinions. I had to chime in here, was kinda shocked to hear you stating that ELP's Pictures was actually their second album, it's not. Tarkus is definitely the second. Tarkus released in June of 1971, and pictures released in Nov. 1971. Also Echolyn's As the World was not their sophmore release either, Suffocating the Bloom was, released in 1992, As the World was released in 1995. 4th release.
Ram (Paul McCartney), Nevermind (Nirvana) and Purple (Stone Temple Pilots).
Rio grande mud- z z top 1972. Great cuts: Francine, just got paid, Chevrolet, apologies to pearly, bar b q, and slow blues- sure got cold after the rain fell.