Why do bands struggle with dodgy 2nd album syndrome?

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  1. Dan

    Dan Well-Known Member

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    I've nver understood this.

    Bloc Party's 1st album was awesome, yet their 2nd album is way short of average.

    Why do bands struggle to release decent material the 2nd time around?
     
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    RE: because they believ their own hype and think any old crap will sell.

    or they think a good 1st album gives them a licence to be more creative/experimental.

    or they've just run out of ideas and are not as good as people think.


    see Kaiser Chiefs, Franz ferdinand, Strokes, the thrills, zutons etc etc
     
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    The first album can be years in the making

    A band can spend years playing pubs and clubs, honing their sound, writing then disregarding songs until they've got a quality set of 10 or 11 songs written from the heart. The second album is banged out in a few months with the only the thought of cashing in on the success fuelling the creative juices.
     
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    RE: The first album can be years in the making

    That can work the other way two. A band could have 10 years to create 25 decent songs. 2 albums
     
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    all your life to to write your first album

    12 months to write your second !

    plus the weight of expectation is usually greater if the first album received plenty of hype...
     
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    also most of the music out today is pure rubbish. nt
     
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    One thing you fail to point out is:

    I'd like to shoot my filthy load all over the breasts of that bird out of the Zutons.

    Just thought you'd like to know.
     
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    a no wat tha saying as tha erd chas n daves. Its shocking
     
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    Bit like sex with bird syndrome. One night stand is great, but revisiting the scene of the crime............
    Unless she either makes a great breakfast, shows no sign of emotional attachment, or shows you a positive test result, in which case the normal rules change.
     
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    Oh the lovely Abbie, got to be one of fittest birds in Rock N Roll nt
     
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    WOW !

    See what I did there? (blaze)
     
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    Bandwagonesques by Teenage Fanclub- classic 2nd album.
     
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    FAO scruffy tyke...kaisers second album isnt out yet...

    neither is the zutons...

    kaisers first was s**t so im not holding out much on their new one anyway!
    i'm a fan of bloc partys new album think its alot different to the first one

    buy little man tates album its brilliant!!!
     
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    RE: FAO scruffy tyke...kaisers second album isnt out yet...

    Zutons 2nd albums been out about 10 months or so.
     
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    RE: FAO scruffy tyke...kaisers second album isnt out yet...

    i forgot..ive got it as well!!!! (doh)
     
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    Little Man Tate?

    The two songs I have heard so far have been identical!</p>

    I hope for their sake all the tracks aren't identical.</p>
     
    La Dent de Crolles, Feb 10, 2007
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