Bands that had really good first albums that couldn't outdo themselves?

[G On Bass]

I agree with most of your choices, I was gonna add my own and saw your submission.

I'd add...
Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bullocks (well, they only had one album)

And what a great album it was. Though I really wouldn't expect a band like the Sex Pistols to make it to a 25th year anniversary tour...

 

[Yvarg]

I'd have to say Rammstein; their albums after Herzeleid are good, but Herzeleid is really top notch in my opinion. Plus Ollie's bass tone on that album is awesome in my opinion.

 

[JimK]

This seems to happen a lot. I think it's because when a band releases its first album, they've been refining that material probably for many years, and they've distilled it down to some really good stuff. Their second album is usually rushed out to cash in on the first album's success.

I think I agree.
Awhile ago, I went on a "Buying the Debut Album of Bands I Like" kick...

 

[JimK]

Living Color

I thought Living Colour's 2nd one (Time's Up) was a pretty Avant-Rock album. A very good follow-up to Vivid, IMO.

 

[JimK]

Franz Ferdinand: their first album was awesome and I can't think of a song that I didn't really enjoy listening too. Their second album however was thoroughly disappointing and they left out a lot of what made their first album a real treat to listen to.

Approx. 1:50 mniutes into the video, Triumph "interviews" FF-

 

[Austin Manny]

I think I'll be the only one to post a hardcore band but,

No Warning...
Ill Blood was one of my all time favorite albums but Suffer, Survive is way too mainstream Linkin Park-ish for a Hardcore band.

 

[Ampeg SVT]

That was priceless, especially the shower thing.

"Are you gay or are you extremely gay?" XD

 

[fretlessman71]

I thought Living Colour's 2nd one (Time's Up) was a pretty Avant-Rock album. A very good follow-up to Vivid, IMO.

I thought they got better as they went along, really... "Stain" didn't leave my tape deck in my car for 8 months in the early 90's.

 

[GBGLJE]

I'd have to say Rammstein; their albums after Herzeleid are good, but Herzeleid is really top notch in my opinion. Plus Ollie's bass tone on that album is awesome in my opinion.

totally disagree with this one, their best stuff came after this album.

*also, like someone else has already mentioned, Boston's 2nd album, which took years to come out, was a very big dissappointment.

 

[Arpeggiator]

i fully support the metallica statment, kill em all is Flawless. master of puppets still great but not as good and that isnt just because of cliff before anyone mentions that... its because that albums has so many amazing thrash tracks. In my opinion a very underrated album often overshadowed by there latter albums

 

[GregC]

I'm going to be the contrarian on Pearl Jam. Sure, Ten had all the big hits, and some are darn fine songs. But for my money, the more-aggressive and diverse "Vs." is a better album.

It's subtitled "The Rough Mixes" and was released by Bomp! records in 1997 in case you're trying to look it up.

I think it holds up much better than the studio version...

Thanks, man! Ah, Bomp!, there's a name I haven't heard in a while.

 

[plastik-bass[?]]

Huey Lewis and The News' first album was the absolute best of any other material they ever released. )-(

Patrick Bateman: Do you like Huey Lewis and the news?
Paul Allen: They're OK.
Patrick Bateman: Their early work was a little too new wave for my tastes, but when Sports came out in '83, I think they really came into their own, commercial and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. He's been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Huey has a far much more bitter, cynical sense of humour.
Paul Allen: Hey Halberstram.
Patrick Bateman: Yes, Allen?
Paul Allen: Why are their copies of the style section all over the place, d-do you have a dog? A little chow or something?
Patrick Bateman: No, Allen.
Paul Allen: Is that a rain coat?
Patrick Bateman: Yes it is! In '87, Huey released this, Fore, their most accomplished album. I think their undisputed masterpiece is "Hip to be Square", a song so catchy, most people probably don't listen to the lyrics. But they should, because it's not just about the pleasures of conformity, and the importance of trends, it's also a personal statement about the band itself.
[raises axe above head]
Patrick Bateman: Hey Paul!
[Bashes Paul Allen's Head in with axe]

Sorry I couldn't resist, everytime someone mentions Huey Lewis and The News I think of that.

Brownie points if you know the movie

 

[soong]

Red Hot Chili Peppers with BSSM

 

[plastik-bass[?]]

Red Hot Chili Peppers with BSSM

what part of FIRST ALBUM dont you understand?....BSSM wasn't 1st

 

[fretlessman71]

Brownie points if you know the movie

I could care less about the lunatic ravings of some american psycho.

 

[plastik-bass[?]]

I could care less about the lunatic ravings of some american psycho.

ding ding ding we have a winnar!

 

[Planet Boulder]

Stone Roses

 

[GregC]

what part of FIRST ALBUM dont you understand?....BSSM wasn't 1st

If you've been to an RHCP show in the past decade, you'd think BSSM IS their first album.

 

[plastik-bass[?]]

If you've been to an RHCP show in the past decade, you'd think BSSM IS their first album.

yeah prolly... I liked there older stuff better too!!

 

[Unrepresented]

If you've been to an RHCP show in the past decade, you'd think BSSM IS their first album.

If the Chili Peppers hadn't come out with BSSM I think I would've argued that their early demos that finally got released on "Out in LA" was their best stuff. Great energetic stuff that got watered down in the studio before they got help from Rubin.