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Acts who could never match up to their debut albums
I'm just wondering who other forum members think failed to live up to the promise of their first release. The obvious selection for me are Oasis. A stunning debut, with a fine follow-up.
However, after that they became a pale shadow of themselves. So, who are your nominees?
However, after that they became a pale shadow of themselves. So, who are your nominees?
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Counting Crows
Guns N' Roses
Nas
Wu-Tang Clan
Van Halen
KT Tunstall - Eye to the telescope
Amy Macdonald - This is the life
Cheryl Cole - Three words
Oasis had a great follow up album to their debut so it's weird that you choose them as an example.
Well, even Noel says they never topped Definitely Maybe. As I said in my original post, their follow-up was a fine album. However, What's The Story (Morning Glory)? is not AS good.
Nas is a great example!
Definitely not for me, I don't think there's a huge gap in quality between any of their first 4 albums, and even after that they've never made a bad album. Commercially maybe, but then 'Vs.' sold incredibly well too.
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I like them, but nothing quite grabbed me like Ten.
Then again I could say the same about Manic Street Preachers.
Difficult for me to think as a lot of bands I like have done 2 or 3 good albums.
Maybe Cheap Trick, not an overly liked band in the UK but their first LP is great.
It was always going to be a near impossible task to follow this up and so it proved. I still really liked Once Upon A Time In The West but their debut remains a masterpiece.
That's Noel's opinion. To me, he's wrong.
Agree with this one, the first album is great, second album ok but after that it tails off dramatically.
They are/were absolutely awful live as well.
You can also apply the above statement to Coldplay and The Killers.
Kings of Leon have had a gradual decline, Youth and Young Manhood and Aha-Shake Heartbreak are good, the third is OK, then they released the one with Sex On Fire on and instantly became crap.
Interesting choice - personally I'd say she was the complete opposite of the thread title. 'Debut' for me is a good album but one where she is yet to fully reach her potential and define her sound like she would on her next few releases - 'Post', 'Homogenic' and 'Vespertine' are all absolute classics in my eyes, and 'Selmasongs' isn't far behind. Also, 'Debut' sounds pretty dated to me now, with all the early 90s house influences, whereas her others still sound pretty fresh overall.
Do you think? Life in a Beautiful Light is my favourite by far.
No where near the same quality, unfortunately.
They spent forever recording it too which is never a good sign for any album.
Catherine Wheel released a brilliant debut album with Ferment, but then tried and failed to go heavy metal. They later released the first Coldplay album before Coldplay even existed.
Marion released the brilliant This World And Body, but then released a patchy follow-up, which admittedly still had a few superb tracks on it.
Many people will argue that Suede never bettered their first album.
I thought the first Roxy Music album was the best they ever made before becoming a middle-of-the-road cabaret act.
I totally disagree with this, out of all of their albums (minus Bring Me To Life) I actually rate this album as their least best (I wouldn't say "worst" because it's a good album), but the music in the next two albums showed great progression and their self titled latest album in my opinion is their best yet.