Bands with great second albums

i think "translate slowly" was the debut, but it's a great record--curiously unavailable on spotify, so i found the disc and it really does hold up well. their later records aren't as good.

i'll also throw out dwight twilley "twilley don't mind"--not sure if it's got better songs than "sincerely," though it's certainly better-produced. also, "meat puppets ii", a timeless classic which was a huge evolutionary leap from their noisy debut.

+1 Warren Zevon "Excitable Boy" I didn't realize that was his second, great album.

It wasn't. Was officially his third album. The self titled Album was his 2nd Album. Superb Album and better than Excitable Boy.

Kathleen Edwards "Back To Me"