Bands with great second albums

Mothers of Invention- Absolutely Free
Pink Floyd- Saucerful of Secrets 
Velvet Underground-White Light White Heat
Doors-Strange Days
Free-Free

Salisbury / Uriah Heep

Get Ready / Rare Earth

John Lennon - Imagine 

bdp, my issue with leave home isn't the musicianship but the songs, which are just a little less inspired than the debut and sound just slightly contrived. by the time of their classics, rocket to russia and road to ruin, they were essentially a pop band, where studio craft (and a better drummer) really did matter.now, for another disappointing second album i'd throw out give em enough rope by the clash, which is surprisingly flat compared to the classics that preceded and followed it. likewise the stone roses, who get hilariously namedropped in "shaun of the dead"