Biggest drop-off between debut and second record?

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Razorlight

(I like the debut a lot)

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ma$e

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Jay-Z, from Reasonable Doubt to In My Lifetime (maybe?)

dont know fan views well enough to be sure on this, but RD absolutely nailed the gangster rap vibes on the first attempt, peerless album - then Lifetime seems a lot lighter, not as replayable, but not all that important to his legacy overall looking back

not bad, just a dip for someone who peaked high and would get back to those levels a few albums later too

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Weezer

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Nas

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Sorry, but no.

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I absolutely love In My Lifetime Vol 1. Might even prefer it to Reasonable Doubt but they are both great. Not so keen on Vol 2.

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Murmur is the sound of a promising band messing around and making something decent, 7/10, dont @me

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Murmur has most of their best songs on.

I’m afraid this is a fact.

The more polished they became the shitter they got.

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the strokes

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Nirvana. Quite the drop-off from their debut to In Utero.

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Aphex Twin

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wow

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Nah. Two great records, just great in very different ways.

People just don’t like the fact that he confounded the expectations of the first album with the path he followed on the second.

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Absolutely not. Love SAW II.

I’m going for Million Dead. A Song to Ruin is an absolutely belting punk album but Harmony No Harmony is a big disappointment. Ditto for Yourcodenameis: Milo from Ignoto to They Came From The Sun.

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yes, because one of them is boring!

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Radiohead

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We’ll have to agree to disagree on this one.

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soccer mommy, sadly

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Couple of 70s ones spring to mind:

Patti Smith
Television

In both cases the less regarded second albums are actually pretty good, but dwarfed by the quality of the debuts.

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