The White Stripes, “De Stjil”
Fastball, “All the Pain that Money Can Buy”
Metric, “Live it Out”
Coheed and Cambria, “In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth:3″
The Decemberists, “Her Majesty The Decemberists”
Weezer, “Pinkerton”
Sufjan Stevens, “Greetings From Michigan”
Immortal Technique, “Revolutionary Vol. 2″
KANYE WEST, “LATE REGISTRATION”!
Franz Ferdinand, “You Could Have It So Much Better”
Ben Kweller, “On My Way”
BRIGHT EYES, “LIFTED”!
Beastie Boys, “Paul’s Boutique”
By the way, I got “What’s the Story Morning Glory” yesterday, and it really didn’t mean that much to me. I’ve heard way better albums from much better bands.

Ummm, “Lifted” by Bright Eyes is not their 2nd album, it’s their third. Just thought I’d let you know cause I was gonna put that and realized it wasn’t their second.

Madonna – Like A Virgin

Totally agree w/ Paul’s Boutique…

A few I thought of:
Radiohead – the Bends (thought this would be an obvious pick…)
My Bloody Valentine – Loveless
Primal Scream – Screamadelica
Public Image LTD. – 2nd Edition (aka Metal Box)
Spoon – A Series of Sneaks
The Breeders – Last Splash
Neutral Milk Hotel – In the Aeroplane over the Sea
The Dandy Warhols – …Come Down
Al Green – …Gets Next to You
Fleetwood Mac – Rumours (the 2nd album of the band’s 2nd incarnation…)

BTW, James Taylor has, does, and will suck on any album…his second or seventieth.

Uh… are all of you really forgetting Nirvana ‘Nevermind?’ Yes, it was their second album, not the first. That would be ‘Bleach,’ you ignorant morons.

The Tragically Hip – ‘Up to Here’, Our Lady Peace – ‘Naveed’, Sam Roberts – ‘Chemical City’ (Don’t count ‘Inhuman Condition’ and ‘We Were Born In A Flame’ as two albums. The first was a short disc rushed to market to back Brother Down and Don’t Walk Away Eileen. The second includes the same tracks and more, making it their full-length debut), Alexisonfire – ‘Watch Out!’, Pilate – ‘Sell Control for Life’s Speed’ (not really a lot better than their firse, but check it out), Best debut album, Barenaked Ladies – ‘Gordon’ Nobody makes better rock than Canadians!

I agree with 9 of the 10 on the list. I usualy hate lists like this, but if you are are a music fan, you will do well to make sure you have these albums. Sorry Christian, the Oasis album is indeed great.

Thanks for putting Pearl Jam and Tool on the list, but what about Kanye’s Late Registration? I loved the College Dropout, but Registration was an improvement musically and lyrically. Also, I would also put A Perfect Circle’s Thirteenth Step.

White Light/White Heat
Fun House
Meat Puppets II

Metallica’s second album blows compared to Metal up your Arse!!!!!

Oasis should be removed from any List that has anything to do w/ music period.

dude kanye west is terrible

What about Radiohead’s “The Bends”? That album really rocks, and it’s one that you can just push play and let it go.

The bends by Radiohead, Whats the Story Morning Glory by Oasis and I`m not sure if Smell like teen spirit was Nirvana`s second or not but if it was that`ll be right up there. Rush of blood to the head by Coldplay.

The Doors – Strange Days

Simply the best album on acid, the 60’s, and Jim’s best lyrics. For sure a classic, and the best second album by an artist ever.

Hate to be cliche but since I’m only 26 and wasn’t around fpr it I think it’s ok: With the Beatles.

Just listened to it… ok I could do without till there was you but the rest kicks a$$

Duran Duran’s “Rio”

Metallica-Ride the Lightning
Pantera- Vulgar Display
Alice in Chains- Dirt
SoundGarden- Badmoterfinger

Wasn’t Odelay Beck’s 2nd album? If so, that should definatly be on there.

Badmotorfinger is SG’s Third Album. try again.

Elvis Costello, “This Year’s Model”
Elliot Smith, “Elliot Smith”
Led Zeppelin, “Led Zeppelin II”
Nirvana, “Nevermind”
The White Stripes “De Stijl”
The Breeders “Last Splash”

“Everybody knows this is nowhere” is Neil Youngs second album and is a definate step up from his first – though you could argue its the first Neil Young and Crazy Horse album…
Bob Dylans “Freewheelin’” is worth a mention too…

Hey people i think your forgetting the best album ever, Foo Fighters, Colour and the Shape, that was a great album man. And dont forget Purple by STP.

Hey RS, Aenima is Tool’s 3rd album, following Opiate and Undertow….hello, aren’t you the experts?

i got worried when i didnt see pearl jam on the first list, also a perfect circle’s sophmoric album deserves a little credit, and ive been readin all these comments and i havent seen one talk about Toxicity!

Nine Inch Nails – The downward Spiral
foo fighters – colur and shape
system of a down – toxicity
a perfect circle – thirteenth step
Incubus – SCIENCE

Nine Inch Nails – The downward Spiral
foo fighters – colur and shape
system of a down – toxicity
a perfect circle – thirteenth step
Incubus – SCIENCE
the mars volta – frances the mute

The Pogues “Rum, Sodomy and the Lash”

The Streets “A Grand Don’t Come for Free”

Public Enemy “It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold us Back”

De La Soul “De La Soul Is Dead”

Jane’s Addiction “Nothing Shocking”

Wasn’t Elton John’s second album in the U.S. Tumbleweed Connection. Empty Sky was not released until 1975 in the U.S. Tumbleweed Connection is perhaps his finest.

Tim was right on-The Bends-Radiohead

Room on Fire-The Strokes
Coldplay-Rush of Blood to the Head
I agree with a lot of the other peoples comments and suggestions on best second album but dont feel like writing them all out when they have already been said.

Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain. By Pavement.

ABCs Beauty Stab.

Blondie Plastic Letters.

Roxy Music For your Pleasure.

DMB-under the table and draming
Ramones-Leave Home
Morphine-Cure for pain
Live-throwing Copper
Pixies-surfer rosa (if you can count come on pilgrim) if not
Pixies-doolittle
Cream-D israeli gears
Jackson Browne-for everyman
the Cars-candy o
fountains of wayne-utopia pkwy

Kanye West: “Late registration”
Alanis Morissette: “Supposed former infatuation junkie” (ok, let’s forget those two incredibly horrible two pop albums made in Canada).
Tori Amos: “Under the pink” (again, let’s forget about Y Kant Tori Read).
Garbage: “Version 2.0″ (I’m surprised nobody talked about this album).
Björk: “Post” (again, nobody talked about this one).
Regina Spektor: “Songs” (even though it was not released on the usa).
Pj Harvey: “Rid of me” (c’mon!!! and you think that “What’s the story (morning glory)” is a good album???).
Paula Cole: “This fire”.

must agree with “crooked rain, crooked rain” by pavement

radiohead “the bends”
weezer “pinkerton”
nirvana “nevermind”
the hives “tyranosaurus hives”
bob dylan “the freewheelin’ bob dylan”
dr dre “the cronic 2001″ (i think that was his second)
no doubt “tragic kingdom”
beck “one foot in the grave”

i hope all of these are actually second albums (i might be wrong), and i’m sure i forgot a bunch of good stuff.

Where’s Kerplunk (Green Day)?

Right on about Candy O and Meat Puppets II.

2nd Franz Ferdinand crushes the first.

Bayou Country by Creedence? Born on the Bayou, dude! Proud Mary! Bootleg!

“Rumours”- Fleetwood Mac.
If you count the Buckingham/Nicks lineup as the only lineup of the Mac and skip the Peter Green-blues era Mac, than this would qualify as a sophmore release. If so it is easily the best sophmore album of all time, no doubt about it, perhaps the best album of all time. Lindsey Buckingham has to be the most underated guitar player of all-time, and who doesn’t like such awsome songs as “The Chain”, “Go Your Own Way”, and “Goldust Woman”.

Fleetwood Mac’s actual second album, Mr. Wonderful, is really good, although it’s arguable whether it’s better than their debut album. According to my research, “Relish” by Joan Osborne was actually her second album, and deserves mention. Also, Paul Simon’s first solo album after S&G broke up, is actually his second solo album. He recorded a solo album in England around ‘64 or ‘65. Finally, Lou, I agree that Tumbleweed Connection is a great album and probably Elton’s best. It was his second U.S. album.

Actually, Aenima is Tool’s 3rd album. Although it is amazing

Also, what about Nirvana’s Nevermind? Or Led Zeppelin II? 311’s Grassroots? Or Queens of the Stone Age- depending on how you classify it. Their second album is either Rated R or Songs for the Deaf. Great call on Vs. and Ride the Lightening

It won’t be released until next Tuesday, but you can go ahead and add Los Lonely Boys’ “Sacred” to the top of the list.

“Nevermind” was not Nirvana’s follow-up. “Bleach” was the follow-up to “Ansecticide,” (1986 or 1988).

what about hendrix’s AXIS BOLD AS LOVE?

BLONDIE – Eat To The Beat
RAMONES – Half Way to Sanity
The Breeders – Last Splash
RHCP – Californication
The Cars – Candy O
B-52’s Cosmic Thing

Your Gonna Get It – Tom Petty

Astral Weeks – Van Morrison(which is on many lists as one of the best of all time)
Piano Man – Billy Joel
The Freewheelin’ . . . – Bob Dylan
Space Oddity – David Bowie
Straight Shooter – Bad Company
Get Your Wings – Aerosmith
Couldn’t Stand the Weather – SRV Peter Gabriel II – Peter Gabriel

Just a few that come to mind.

Coldplay…Rush of Blood to the Head. Took them to the top of the music world.

Surprised that Rolling Stone didn’t mention Nevermind or the Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan… but if I could add some to the list, it would be

1. Ramones – Leave Home
2. Radiohead – The Bends
3. Led Zeppelin – II
4. Dr. Dre – 2001
5. Eminem – Marshall Mathers LP
6. Coldplay – Rush of Blood to the Head

Dude, Big, Californication is not even close to the Chili Pepper’s second album.

This ones EASY !!!
The best second albumof all time is “Drag queeens and Limosines” by Mary Gauthier, it is quite simply the most complete, moving and thought provoking album……….havent heard it ? WHATS WRONG WITH YOU ? CORRECT this oversight POST HASTE !.

X-Wild Gift!

Why isn’t INXS listed? Every album they’ve put out has been incredible. What about Kick, X, Elegantly Wasted their last album with Michael is amazing.

One more thing..Who are Oasis? Is that the band that stole their sound from the Beatles? Just sayin’

In Color Cheap Trick
Sandbox Guided By Voices
Being There Wilco
Chris Isaak
Electric Version New Pornographers
This Year’s Model Elvis Costello
Kiln house Fleetwood Mac
For Your Pleasure Roxy music

I know this is politically incorrect but Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “second helping comes to mind.

Finally, somebody mentions ‘Paul’s Boutique’ Best 2nd ever.

being british id hav 2 say adi singh has made a great litl list.altho many of you are missing the point.the album has tobe a SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT on the artist’s first album.what the story is good but definitely maybe was voted best album EVER by Q readers.
coldplays ‘rush of blood’ sent them to world leaders status.
ian.h-1.ITS CALLED INSECTICIDE and 2.THAT WAS THEIR 3RD ALBUM.TWAT!
cupl more suggestions:-
LOSTPROPHETS-st art something
GORILLAZ-demon days
ATHLETE-tourist
LIMP BIZKIT-significant other
one last thing-eminems first album was INFINITE (look it up) and the slim shady EP was his second.then slim shady lp, then marshall mathers lp!easy mistake tho lol

Although “Infinite” was Eminem’s first full-length, it was not a major-label release and sold horribly. The Mars Volta’s “Frances the Mute” was an improvement over “De-Loused in the Comatorium”, though both are fantastic. Fair point about “Lifted”, Chris. RS Fan, everyone’s entitled to their opinions, but Oasis is a very boring band, their lyrics are dreadfully cheesy, and without “Champagne Supernova” and “Wonderwall” the album would be worthless. I don’t believe “Loveless” was My Bloody Valentine’s second album, though I wouldn’t be too upset if I was wrong.

yeah, downward spiral, color and the shape, kerplunk (yeah, it does count), pinkerton, paul’s boutique, loveless etc. bleach, stuff like that.

Bad Religion Suffer ;

Can’t argue at all with most of those picks, especially Pearl Jam’s ‘Vs’. And someone has mentioned Radiohead’s ‘The Bends’. I am surpirsed nobody has said A Tribe Called Quest’s ‘The Low End Theory’. Unless I missed it…it was a long list of comments.

Can’t argue with most of the picks, especially Pearl Jam’s ‘Vs’. And someone did mention Radiohead’s great ‘The Bends’. However, did anybody mention A Tribe Called Quest’s ‘The Low End Theory’? I may have missed that one…after all, that’s a lot of posts to read at work.

i know this isn’t a fav of most hip-hop fans, and many would claim that “Straight Outta Compton” is the better album of the two, but I say bollocks. “Efil4zaggin” is an amazing piece of work that is so beyond the condensing label of “gangsta rap.” In terms of the nihilism exhibited on this record, i would call it the hip-hop eqivalent of “the Downward spiral.” in my opinion, “Efil4zaggin” compares to “Straight Outta Compton” like “OK Computer” compares to “Pablo Honey.”

The Allman Brothers Band-”Idlewild South”
Led Zeppelin-”Led Zeppelin II”
Jethro Tull-”Stand Up”
The Black Crowes-”The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion”
The Marshall Tucker Band-”A New Life”
The Dave Matthews Band-”Under the Table and Dreaming”

Fear by Toad the Wet Sprocket

Clumsy by Our Lady Peace

Couldn’t Stand the Weather by Stevie Ray Vaughn

Lies by GNR

The Colour and the Shape by Foo Fighters

Thirteenth Step by A Perfect Circle

Dirt by Alice In Chains

To everyone who is dissing Oasis being on the list….they are an incredible band and What’s The Story Morning Glory was a great album. If you are a true music lover, you will appreciate their sounds.

Albums that weren’t listed:

Garbage; Version 2.0
Coldplay; A Rush of Blood to the Head
Tears for Fears; Songs from the Big Chair
The Eurythmics; Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Bjork; Post
Belle and Sebastian; If You’re Feeling Sinister
Travis; The Man Who

Jethro Tull — Stand Up
Joe Jackson — I’m the Man
Eels — Electro-Shock Blues
Genesis — Trespass
The The — Soul Mining
The Smiths — Meat is Murder
World Party — Goodbye Jumbo
CCR — Bayou Country
Steely Dan — Countdown to Ecstasy
Luna — Bewitched
The Jayhawks — Hollywood Town Hall
Queen — Queen II
R.E.M — Reckoning (or Murmur if you want to count the EP as an album)
Squeeze — Cool for Cats
Traffic — Traffic
The Knack — But the Little Girls Understand (okay, just kidding about this one

Radiohead- The Bends
Kanye West- Late Registration
Weezer- Pinkerton
Coldplay- A Rush of Blood To The Head

All of these are about a million times better than anything the White Stripes ever did.

1. Ride the lightning (Metallica)
2. The freewheeling Bob Dylan (Bob Dylan)
3. A saucerful of secrets (Pink Floyd)
4. Killers (Iron Maiden)
5. Strange Days (Doors)