DCC Archive Biggest letdown for a follow up album...

Thought of a few more...
The Pursuit Of Happiness
One Sided Story -> The Downward Road
Although not a disaster it was rather depressing when compared to it's predecessor

Blood Sweat and Tears
Child Is Father To The Man -> Blood Sweat And Tears
Can't Al Kooper stay with anything for more than two seconds?

The Doors
L.A. Woman -> Other Voices
I wonder how many people thought that they were joking when the news broke that The Doors would make an album without Jim.

Lynyrd Skynyrd
Street Survivors -> Southern By The Grace Of God: Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute Tour
That band has NO business walking near a stage (or studio) WITHOUT Ronnie Van Zandt.

Big Brother And The Holding Company
Yes, they carried on without Janis. Two albums (so forgettable I can't even remember what they were called).

Black Sabbath
Master Of Reality -> Vol. 4
Not horribly bad, just really uneven in comparison... also the first without Roger Bain as producer (coincedence? I think not).

Aerosmith
Rocks -> Draw The Line
Another "Not bad but" album. In this case they realized how famous they really were.

Living Colour
Vivid -> Time's Up
Some good tracks but mainly trying to copy the first.

Rage Against The Machine
Rage... -> Evil Empire
Nothing they released after the first one would match its anger and intensity.

Suzanne Vega
Suzanne Vega -> Solitude Standing
Another good album, but it is rather comercial when compared to her excellent debut.

The Police
"Don't Stand So Close '86"
Gee. Ummmm. Does anyone think that Sting had no interest in The Police at that point?

The Bangles
All Over The Place -> Different Light
The former remains one of the most criminally overlooked albums of all time.

James Brown
Gravity -> I'm Real
Dan Hartman's production on Gravity made James Brown sound, not only still relavent, but downright badass. Full Force (whose only production credit prior is one hit wonders Lisa Lisa And The Cult Jam) made The Godfather Of Soul sound like a cliche of himself.

Now I'll shut up...lol

 

Admittedly, it took Judas Priest's Tom Allom to get the boys to really rock out on the album "Lovin' Every Minute Of It", but songs like "Working For The Weekend" and "The Kid Is Hot Tonight" show that they knew their share of power chords.

Yeah, I consider Survivor and 707 hard rock too, so it's *really* a sliding scale. One man's hard rock is another man's power pop...

At least I didn't call them "heavy metal"

 

van morrison - moondance

first side:
and it stoned me
moondance
crazy love
caravan
into the mystic

(know it by heart)

side two:
couldn't name one tune!