Our 50 favourite second albums of all time
Those difficult but awesome second albums, 50 years after With The Beatles
- The Smiths 'Meat Is Murder': The Queen Is Dead is often hailed as Morrissey and Marr's masterpiece, but this album is the one the purists will refer you to with this wonderful follow-up to The Smiths.
It's 50 years to the day that The Beatles released their multi-million selling sophomore album, With The Beatles. So to celebrate, we've gathered our favourite second albums of all time.
'The difficult second album' - it's a phrase that's been doing the rounds in music for years, but thankfully there are some acts who make a laughing stock of this by following the the debut with an absolute stormer.
From the day artists can speak and play instruments, they are preparing for their debut. In theory it should be the culmination of years of even decades of artistic output. If this does actually get made there is very little time to write and record the second. It trips a lot of bands up and they fall by the wayside.
As seen here, there are some who rise majestically to the challenge. A lot of bands regarded as the best of all time really hit their stride the second time around. It's can be a sign of longevity, and for all these artists it is definitely a sign of a top quality artist on top of their game.
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