the difficult second Lp

Who could forget Use your illusion I/II...bloated, overproduced 9 min drivel ballads...and those were the good tunes. The Darkness and Wolfmother also laid eggs on sophomore releases.

Kate Bush's first two albums are the exception. "The Kick Inside" and "Lionheart" are equally magnificent.

Also, Pat Metheny's 2nd release "Watercolors" was a strong album.

Abraxas

the clash, give em enough rope--to my ears a weakish, overtly commercial followup to the classic debut--i just don't think the songs are there.

doors, strange days--vastly inferior to the debut; "when the music's over" sounds like a watery retread of "the end,", albeit without a theme. the next couple were even weaker, but they're the odd band who regenerated creatively towards the end and finished as strong as they started.

as for "adventure", i agree with both phase and clio--it's not as groundbreaking or essential as marquee moon, but vg on its own terms--"glory" and "foxhole" are great songs.

Boston's "Don't Look Back" stood up pretty well after their 1st record masterpiece.

"Deadringer" crashed and burned after Bat out of Hell's debut.