Give examples of artists avoiding the sophomore slump

[zeb]

There are a ton.

I feel like it's a bit of a myth.

Yeah.

[E.H. Ruddock]

why does no one agree with me on the Beastie Boys?

[BurtReynolds]

apples vanguard

[tommymtcom]

why does no one agree with me on the Beastie Boys?

I'm not familiar with their work, but I trust your judgement.

[epilogue]

why does no one agree with me on the Beastie Boys?

I did agree. I said I was including all the others that had been mentioned so far in my post, yo.

[godeatgod]

APPLES VANGUARD

[Norah]

Tom Waits
The Beatles
They Might Be Giants
St. Vincent
Dixie Chicks
Garth Brooks
Green Day
The Decemberists
Radiohead
Muse
Led Zeppelin
Eagles
CSN
Eminem
Fiona Apple
Band of Horses
The White Stripes (All the Jack White bands, really)
Pink Floyd
Martin Sexton


And all the artists mentioned previously...


There are a ton.

I feel like it's a bit of a myth.

Can't believe you forgot this one...

Spoiler: show

[Norah]

The Beastie Boys

[Alex]

why does no one agree with me on the Beastie Boys?

i do

[epilogue]

Tom Waits
The Beatles
They Might Be Giants
St. Vincent
Dixie Chicks
Garth Brooks
Green Day
The Decemberists
Radiohead
Muse
Led Zeppelin
Eagles
CSN
Eminem
Fiona Apple
Band of Horses
The White Stripes (All the Jack White bands, really)
Pink Floyd
Martin Sexton


And all the artists mentioned previously...


There are a ton.

I feel like it's a bit of a myth.

Can't believe you forgot this one...

Spoiler: show

What an asshole I turned out to be. Fuck.

[BigRedLedbetter]

Smashing Pumpkins

!!!!

[LoathedVermin72]

Every artist in this thread, probably: http://forums.theskyiscrape.com/viewtop ... f=6&t=4396

[Brett]

I think some of you guys are misconstruing what a sophomore slump really means. To have the potential for said slump, I would think that an artist's debut album would require some sort of widespread acclaim. Thus a case like Sigur Rós, for example, wouldn't work since I don't think Von was or is really all that highly regarded outside of maybe a small subset of people (of which I guess I am one, since I think it's good, just not so much as the rest of their discography). And then of course, the second album has to be highly regarded as well, which I think is where LV's reference to that other thread makes sense.

[Alex]

let's talk about which albums avoided the junior jeers

[Kevin Davis]

I think some of you guys are misconstruing what a sophomore slump really means. To have the potential for said slump, I would think that an artist's debut album would require some sort of widespread acclaim. Thus a case like Sigur Rós, for example, wouldn't work since I don't think Von was or is really all that highly regarded outside of maybe a small subset of people (of which I guess I am one, since I think it's good, just not so much as the rest of their discography). And then of course, the second album has to be highly regarded as well, which I think is where LV's reference to that other thread makes sense.

You're right, but I don't think the phenomenon applies only to artists with widely acclaimed debuts. Unprecedentedly successful records are hard to follow up at any point in an artist's career; with new artists people just don't have any frame of reference for what ebb-and-flow looks like in that particular case, so by default it just kind of ends up looking like the artist had one big statement to make before losing the plot.

I would agree that it's a bit of a myth; some artists' best records just happen to be their first.

[bodysnatcher]

The Strokes, somehow.

[tommymtcom]

Would Interpol count? Their second album is good, but they really peaked with TOTBL.

[Alex]

Would Interpol count? Their second album is good, but they really peaked with TOTBL.

no, they don't count

[malice]

Jeff Buckley

[BigRedLedbetter]

The new Field Report album is really good. Not as good as their debut album but they avoided the Sophomore slump. LOVE this band.