Led Zep II is probably the best 2nd album ever. I'm an Aussie and local band Midnight Oil, their 2nd album "Head Injuries" is my favourite.

Dirt by Alice in Chains is an amazing 2nd album .. Especially after how great Facelift was ....

Fly by Night comes immediately to mind as a great second album and a point of major change in the band's lineup.

Queen II, Chicago II, Led Zeppelin II - some II's off the top of my head. All fantastic albums.

The Black Crowes "Southern Harmony" was their finest moment. I still listen to that record fairly often and it still gets played on 11

Reggatta de Blanc was a great example of a better second album, The Police at their best as a band, in sync, not pressed for time to produce, the groove on that album is killer, and *I feel* that on the song Walking On the Moon we started to really hear what The Police sound was

For me, the best second record is Candy-O by The Cars. It was just its own unique sound and beat. It helped to support the new wave movement as well. I don't think it was better than their first album, but just different and a classic second album for sure.

I think Hendrix's Axis: Bold as Love is one of the greatest second albums in rock history. It's one of a few times in which an artist's creativity was fully in bloom at their second record. I think Radiohead is another great example for another reason. Their first album was only really known for their breakthrough single 'Creep,' and they could very easily have been thought of (and probably were thought of) as a one hit wonder, but their second album The Bends was very interesting in that they were a band still ascending, and that album forever dispelled any thought that they would fade and leave the scene early. And then of course there was OK Computer, which was another level entirely.

"Who needs new music ! Everybody knows music reached perfection in 1978" - Homer Simpson

Fly By Night - 2nd Album. Lee/Lifeson/Peart - 2nd version of band (OBTW FBN was their 1st album). The Warning - first time I've felt the depth of emotion for a band since I became a Rush convert after hearing 2112 for the first time in 1976 as a sophomore in high school. DPA have single-handedly rekindled this 62-year old's love of straight ahead hard rock and given me hope for the future of that genre. OBTW DPA are just slightly younger than LLP were when Rush cut FBN :).

Linkin Park’s second album Meteora is a phenomenal maturing of their early sound; there isn’t a single bad song on that record.

Imagine dropping the needle on Zep II for the first time wondering if they were able to capture the energy and aggression of their first album and then whole lotta love starts

Queen 2, one of the greatest 2nd albums. Masterpiece

Great 2nd records: Rush - Fly By Night The Cars - Candy O Foreigner - Double Vision

I love this conversation and I love this channel. I was at a party over the weekend and someone brought up KZfaq channels. Three other people beside myself mentioned Rick Beato and all agreed that he has the best channel. We are of various ages and musical tastes. That was a fun discovery. Rick's channel is a uniting force for music lovers

Queen II is the second studio album by the British rock band Queen in 1974. Set in stone the future of the bands sound and vision.

Some of the best 2nd albums that come to mind: Led Zeppelin- II Black Sabbath- Paranoid Metallica- Ride the Lightning Iron Maiden- Killers Judas Priest- Sad Wings of Destiny Slipknot- Iowa Mastodon- Leviathan Aerosmith- Get Your Wings Nirvana- Nevermind Alice in Chains- Dirt Stone Temple Pilots- Purple Pearl Jam- Vs. The Black Crowes- The Southern Harmony & Musical Companion Live- Throwing Copper I Mother Earth- Scenery and Fish The Tragically Hip- Road Apples The Tea Party- Splendor Solis or Edges of Twilight (Depending on what you consider their first) Kiss- Hotter Than Hell Tool- Aenima RATM- Evil Empire Oasis- Whats the Story? (Morning Glory) Rush- Fly By Night Jimi Hendrix- Axis: Bold as Love The Doors- Strange Days Cream- Disraeli Gears

Music From Big Pink is fantastic of course, but The Band (their self-titled second album, the one with the brown cover) is PERFECTION.

Nirvana Nevermind absolutely needs to be on this list. It's always forgotten about as far as great 2nd albums.

Duran Duran's Rio is a highly underrated album. Great second album.

AAAAAAHHHHH!!!! ALL MY HEROES IN ONE ROOM!! December 6th 2021 I contracted COVID at age 43. Spent 82 days in ICU. 33 day coma. Lost 51lbs. Complete organ failure. Encephalopathy. Pneumonia. completely fully disabled now just shy of my 45th birthday. THANK YOU FOR YOUR VIDEOS!! You both truly love every waking moment and it shows. Truly incredible MEN!! I hope I have the privilege of meeting you all someday!! Funny, I joined the AVIATION CLUB & STARTED PLAYING GUITAR AT AGE 12!!! Stay safe

Siamese Dream by the Smashing Pumpkins is a quantum leap ahead of their debut! 😀

My friend's mom had a huge 8 track stereo and a Columbia Records subscription. She let him pick one album and he chose Van Halen II. That first listen of EVH was magical. I was immediately hooked and that album became the soundtrack of my life that summer and on into my freshman year in high school. Van Halen played most of that album at Oakland Coliseum that summer and that one show still lives on in my mind as Legend. VH II really takes the killer attitude and live feel of the first album, kicks up the swagger to 11 and slams it home with a vengeance. I'm biased as hell but I think it's a great second album and was the perfect musical landscape for that period of my life. 🤘🎸 (As I was writing this, I just listened to the 2015 re-master and it's still soooo good😊)

"Can't Buy A Thrill"--incredible first album. "Countdown To Ecstasy"--even better second album.

I am so grateful to be able to listen to smart, passionate people talk about music. Please have more of these discussions.

Paul’s Boutique by Beastie Boys was a truly groundbreaking sophomore album.

2nd Foo Fighter album is great. 3 songs that people absolutely love, and 'Everlong' pops into the download rankings all the time, 26 years after its release.

If this is a test run for a new series I vote “yes”. I absolutely love listening to the “Inside the baseball “ type conversations.. awesome production..

Fran is the best. Please get this group together for more podcasts!

The self titled Collective Soul album from 1995 (their 2nd) is absolutely awesome.

I always felt like the Get your Wings album by Aerosmith was a fantastic second record. Took the blueprint from their debut and made a quantum leap into there distinct blues rock sound imo. It has the classic songs like Train kept Rollin’ and Same old Song and Dance, but even better deep cuts such as Season of Wither, Lord of the Thighs, etc.

Reggatta de Blanc is one mighty fine 2 album.

If you're looking for a second album that represents a great leap forward for the band, then you can do no better than "The Bends", by Radiohead!

G'day from downunder! Whilst I appreciate your main channel of tuition & analysis, THIS DISCUSSION means more to me than anything you have done. You see, you 4 guys are just me and my mates sitting around having a beer 30 years ago, listening to albums and talking music. The only difference is each of us would have a beer and there would be someone going to the record player and putting on an album every so often and telling us to "listen to this!!". Sadly, now, a few of my mates are ghosts around the campfire but the memories of those conversations are brought back, each time I play one of those albums. Rock on Rick!

Old Dudes! Great post Rick! I'm 70 and I grew up on all the icons! The music of your youth is what stays with you the longest! It will always transfer you to the place in time when it first blew your mind!

1993 was loaded with great 2nd albums. The Smashing Pumpkins’ Siamese Dream, Swervedriver’s Mezcal Head, the Catherine Wheel’s Chrome, Pearl Jam’s Vs. All were great guitar oriented alternative rock albums. And Ward is right, DIIV is great. Lots of great newer bands if you have an open mind and get away from the radio.

AC/DC's second album, "T.N.T" often gets overlooked in this discussion because Atlantic released a compilation of their first 2 albums as their debut international release. What many people outside of Australia know as "High Voltage" is really their second album: It's a Long Way to the Top... Rock 'n' Roll Singer... The Jack... Live Wire... T.N.T.... Rocker... Can I Sit Next to You, Girl... High Voltage... School Days...

A couple of great second albums that come to mind are Throwing Copper by Live and In Search of Space by Hawkwind.

That was more than wonderful! Thank you!

This round table was outstanding, Rick! Huge fan of Ward’s, too! Definitely looking forward to your next discussion. Please don’t wait too long 😁👍🏼 Greetings from Fort Lauderdale 🌴

CandyO. Best second Album behind arguably the best debut album by The Cars.

Rush - Fly By Night; the change to Peart as drummer and lyricist was huge.

Rick, thx so much for this post!!! It hit on so many different subjects that are relevant to me. I really appreciate all of the work that you do!

Suede’s second album Dog Man Star was an amazing album after a brilliant debut album that defined the 90’s britpop sound

Jethro Tull "Stand Up" was their second album and still stands the test of time. An amazing album, just amazilng, recorded in 1969.

I love this format of organic dialog about music in general. So. Much. Fun. Would love to listen more of these kinds of conversations.

Nevermind has to be one of the greatest second albums. Every Nirvana album is absolutely amazing IMO. My favorite band ever.

Rick Beato is the “producer of the people”. Just how accessible he has made himself with his channel. His insights and instructions are wonderful, and his interviews and stories are a great listen. Like Anthony Bourdain gleefully regaling his times in the kitchen, Beato does the same with his stories in bands, studios, etc. Imagine the stories of producers we all know. Imagine the tea the likes of Martin Birch, who is sadly dead, could say about Deep Purple, Maiden, and Sabbath. What about Flemming Rasmussen and tales of Blackmore and Metallica. Did Joe Lynn Turner’s wig ever fall off? What about Lange and Jones and their stories? Thank you Mr Beato. You are a music-philes companion. Osiris speed, sir.

Van Halen 2 is my favorite 2nd album. While it's not as great as their debut it is still INCREDIBLE and a joy to listen too! 🤘🎸

Loved this conversation and group of personalities. Great stuff.

Black Sabbath’s second album Paranoid set them up for life. It was done in roughly a week or so. 😅

Can you still love music like you did when you did when you were young? A: at 42 years old I discovered Porcupine Tree, which led of course to Steven Wilson. I went on a multi year track to absorb every drop. Now of course he's remastering all of my old heroes' music. So, yes, Rick - you can!

Queen II is probably the most overlooked great second album because it wasn't commercially successful

Great conversation Rick. Bring everyone back for another show

Fly By Night is an amazing 2nd album.

Absolutely the best 41:17 I've spent in a long time. What a great discussion about recordings and formats and artists. Bravo. By the way, one of my favorite 2nd albums is Def Leppard High-N-Dry. By far their best album, and one of the best albums of the day. Ozzy Diary of a Madman is also pretty stellar. Just sayin.

Seeing @WardCarroll on Beato is my heaven. Fighter Jets and Gibsons. I’m so happy.

Santana's debut album released on the heels of their historic Woodstock performance was an amazing first album and sonically different from rock albums of that time. Their second album Abraxas completely eclipses it. Their sound matured from the Afrocentric sound of the first to the Afro Latino and some jazz moods of Abraxas. Even the black and white cover art of the first reflected the jump in the incredibly colorful cover of Abraxas. 💖✨🔥⚡🚀🤘🏽

I'm 52 and I find new and amazing music all the time. Anyone who says there's no new good music is not trying to find it. I play drums and Bass so that's what I'm generally looking for.

One of the top selling albums of all time (top 80 all time which is quite an accomplishment when you think about it) is What’s The Story Morning Glory? by Oasis. As second albums go, to me this crushes most. It topped their debut and made their very solid third album appear as a disappointment. A sneaky classic.

Lynyrd Skynyrd Second Helping definitely great follow up album

Showing my age: "The Band" (followed "Music From Big Pink") "Buffalo Springfield Again" (followed "Buffalo Springfield") "Surrealistic Pillow" (followed "Jefferson Airplane Takes Off")

I’m glad Ward brought up Genesis. It took me 40 years to fall in love with the Peter Gabriel era. I didn’t even know that Peter (big fan, just saw him in Denver) was in Genesis until many years after I became a fan of the band starting with the video “Turn It On Again”. I think I had to mature musically to appreciate that prog era. ‘The Lamb Lies Down..’ started me down that rabbit hole. I missed out on all that great music for almost 4 decades. Now I can honestly say that I LOVE ALL versions of Genesis!

Loved this conversation. More of this please.

I like this format every now and then. Four older guys that are huge music fans, just having a general conversation about music, artists, etc.

I saw Gensis live the first time they played in Seattle - original band with Gabrial in costumes. There was no warm-up band. They sounded great live. They played the entire Trespass, Nursery Crime, Fox Trot, and Selling England by the Pound albums - it was fantastic, and the sound was great. I also saw the second 'incarnation' of Gensis on their 'Seconds Out' tour - no Gabrial - with Chester Tompson sharing drum set duty with Phil Colins, who also sang lead vocals - that was a great set of albums and concert. The bottom line on Genesis' first two incarnations is that I wouldn't change a thing about them. The album recording styles suited the music compositions perfectly. It is said that Pink Floyds album "Dark Side of the Moon" was in the top 100 bestselling albums list for 15 years and that most people wore out 3 copies of that album, if you've listened to all those Genesis albums (not counting "From Genesis to Revelations",) as much or more than "Dark Side...", you understand that it would have been nonsense to record them like "A Trick of the Tail", "Wind & Wuthering, or "...And Then There Were Three" because the first 6 albums mastering produced a sonic variety that allowed for more than distant vicarious storytelling, they included many levels of dry and reverb, ensemble musical passages, and at times put you right in the action with an almost 3-dimensionality. The more compressed and processed sounds of the next 3-albums were beautiful and great in their own way, they just have nothing to say - one way or other - about the first 6 albums quality. I'm glad that the equipment and effects available after "The Lamb Lies Down..." (1974) for instruments and mastering recordings wasn't available (or wasn't used) for Genesis' first 6 albums.

this was an excellent show…and my first comment…hello Rick, tommy, fellow 63 year old guitarist and lover of all things from our day.. “album covers on the shag carpet” days with headphones after school…absolutely dig your show and respect to your musicianship… tr

Great show Rick! Love the topic & content from your guests . Cheers buddy .

Megadeth's Peace sells but who's buying ? Is a case as is Rush's Fly by night ! The person who mentioned The Police Regatta De Blanc, nailed that, one of the best 2nd albums I can think of . Duran Duran's RIO great 2nd Album, Yes Fragile !

Led Zep II is probably the best second album but my favorite by far is Gretchen Goes to Nebraska by King's X. It made me a fan for life.

Loved this! Great perspectives!

Glad they mentioned it because my favorite 2nd album of all time is Counting Crows’ “Recovering the Satellites.” Of course, I’m biased because they’re my favorite band, and “August and Everything After” is my favorite debut album. They’re actually my favorite 2 albums of all time. They’re so different, but each spoke directly to me and what I was going through emotionally at the times (high school for “August” and college during “Satellites.”

Ward Carol, holy $hit Rick knows Ward. I watch Wards chanel. He's great.

Commenting on the band mentioned @17:05. DIIV the band (formerly known as DIVE) is alive and well. I just saw them open up for Depeche Mode in Philadelphia 4 nights ago. They were terrific. Their sound reminded me of a cross between The Cure and The Pixies.

This was awesome, loved hearing y'all just do the (like friends -off the cuff) compare-contrast and questioning of the how's, what's ,where's, when's of all things experiential of music..... Mahalo : )

So awesome to See Ward Carroll on Ricks Channel!

Queen II and Origin Of Symmetry by Muse would be my choices for the best second albums.

FRAN!!! Love Fran and his channel. And, of course, Rick and his stuff too. Had no idea these guys were all connected. Very 😎.

Wow, been a sub'd viewer of Ward's and Rick for a while. I'm a DE/FF sonar tech vet and a drummer. I alwaze see the gear behind Ward on his videos, but never put 2 & 2 together. Who knew! Rock on sir and keep on updating us on the current situation in the Middle East. A Trick of the Tail era btw w/Bill Bruford helping on percussion...

FRAN!!! Killer guitarist...crazy KZfaq channel...did AMAZING work with The Tom Collins and Butch Walker and The Black Widows, too. Good seeing his mug here.

Old school Talent Buyer / Music Nerd here - WOW! This is one of the best chats I have seen in a long time - Thank you -

(Ritchie Blackmore's) RAINBOW - the second album "Rising". Epic. Monumental....A masterpiece!

I'd listen to 3 hours of these discussions. Please do more.

This roundtable discussion was thoroughly enjoyable. I hope you have the opportunity to do more of these. You always let your guests talk at length and you listen and let the conversation go wherever it leads. You are becoming the Dick Cavett of music interviews! Nuno Bettencourt, Visiting Abbey Road, Yngwie Malmsteen, Andy Summers, Pat Metheny... I am on a bit of binge this weekend enjoying everything.

Doors - Strange Days; My Bloody Valentine - Loveless; Queen - Queen II

I would have to say Candy-O by The Cars and High n' Dry by Def Leppard were both great sophomore efforts.

I really liked this sort of roundtable format. I’d sure watch another one like this.

For Fleetwood Mac there was first Peter Green, then Bob Welch and then Buckingham and Nicks (3ed incarnation)

These guys were all so interesting and knowledgeable. This should be a regular group podcast, but would need a more focused topic, this one covered so many things!

Great second albums: Tool - Aenima Alice in Chains - Dirt Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar Nirvana - Nevermind (personally don't really like it as a Nirvana fan, but definitely a big "second record" in the world) Linkin Park - Meteora Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral Haven't finished watching the vid so maybe these get mentioned, but this is a fun exercise!

OASIS What's the Story Morning Glory? 22 million buyers can't be wrong. Amazing 2nd album!

In regards to the comment at 38:49 , I live in Japan and was driving a very old, low end vehicle a few years back that came stock with a simple radio /cassette and a single speaker on the passenger's door. When I was driving home from work in the evening, NHK radio used to play full, uninterrupted albums at the DJ's whim. Anyway, one night it was "Are You Experienced," the mono version. It sounded phenomenal! Still fresh, violent, and alive. Indeed, the medium changes the message a lot.

Great discussion. All your friends are so cool. Steppenwolf 2 was a great album.

Love Frank Capitanelli! His channel is fun and interesting and his personality is infectious. Great gtr player. The Tom Colllins were legendary...so wish they were heard by more ears.

This is very interesting. Personally love these different perspectives of music in general in longer format. Keep it coming. 👍🏻👍🏻

I felt like I was in the room!!! Thank you guys:)

I'm 48. And I absolutely have been gobsmacked by modern bands the same as when I first discovered Iron Maiden and Metallica in the late 80s. In 2005 I discovered Nightwish and had the same "must devour it all" feeling that I had... and 18 yrs later still feel the same. Then in 2019 I had a triple discovery of 2 bands from Japan, 1 from Mexico, Band-Maid, Lovebites and the Warning. And it was like being a teen all over again. I truly feel sad for most people, who seem to be so locked into their nostalgia of their teens and 20s so many decades ago, that they can't allow themselves to have that same sense of wonder and curiosity about new music. When music stops exciting me like that, I think it will be the correct time for them to unplug my life support.

Ænima, Tool’s second album, is an absolute opus!

Great to hear you youngsters talk about albums.

Very interesting discussion. Please do more of these musical roundtables, Rick. Now, I just really wish people, critics, music lovers, experts who gush about the likes of R.E.M., Steely Dan, Guns N Roses etc. would talk about and acknowledge the sheer brilliance an gross under appreciation of Supertramp and ELO. Both bands are unique, popular, have superior musicians and writing, and amazing albums sound reproduction. Also, they were both fantastic in concert. Their output, mainly in the 1970s, was phenomenal. They should be talked about with the same reverence, or moreso, than most bands, past and present. Supertamp and ELO are admired but should be legendary.