2nd Best Album?

[Tha1ChiefRocka]

Most of the time, attention is given to what is considered the "best" album by a particular artist. So, if they made more than one, what is their "second" best album.

I recently listened to this for the first time,

10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 by Midnight Oil

and I've enjoyed it even more than their classic "Diesel and Dust".

[bobbyb5]

I wouldn't know where to begin deciding which artist to pick, but I really want to do this because I think it's fun. So I'm just going to list my current top 10 artists and albums that are currently at the top of my top 100.

The Orb...Orblivion-----2nd best...Orbus Terrarum
Kraftwerk... Trans Europe Express------2nd best... The Man Machine
Beatles... Abbey Road------2nd best... Magical Mystery Tour
David Bowie....Diamond Dogs------2nd best... Low
Psychedelic Furs... Talk Talk Talk------2nd best.... Psychedelic Furs
Harry Nilsson... Nilsson Schmilsson------2nd best.... Aerial Balllet
Carole King... Tapestry-------2nd best... Writer
Chemical Brothers... Come With Us-------2nd best... Surrender
Rolling Stones... Hot Rocks------2nd best...... Aftermath
Joni Mitchell... Court and Spark------2nd best...... Hissing of of Summer Lawns

[Fischman]

In alpha order by artist:

Black Sabbath (Dio): Mob Rules running a very close second to Heaven and Hell
Black Sabbath (Ozzy): Paranoid running second behind Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath
Miles Davis: Jack Johnson running a very close second to In a Silent Way
Genesis: Selling England by the Pound running second to The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
Herbie Hancock: Takin’ Off running a very close second behind Maiden Voyage
Iron Maiden: Seventh Son of a Seventh Son running a very close second behind Piece of Mind
Jethro Tull: Aqualung running a very close second to Thick as a Brick
Kinks: Lola vs. Powerman and the Moneygoround running second to The Village Green Preservation Society
Lacuna Coil: Dark Adrenaline running a distant second behind Karmacode
Led Zeppelin: II running second to III
Metallica: Ride the Lightning running second to Master of Puppets
Moody Blues: To Our Children’s Children’s Children running a very close second to Days of Future Passed
Pink Floyd: the underrated Animals running just behind the impossible to break tie between Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here.
Rolling Stones: Beggar’s Banquet running second to Sticky Fingers
Rush: 2112 running second to Moving Pictures
Santana: Caravanserai running second to Abraxas
Within Temptation: The Heart of Everything running second to The Unforgiving
Yes: The Yes Album running a very close second to Fragile

[hereforashortime]

Green Day: Warning (Best: American Idiot)
Bob Dylan: Bringing it all back home (Best Highway 61 Revisited)
David Bowie: Hunky Dory (Best: Ziggy Stardust)
Semisonic: Great Divide (Best: Feeling Strangely Fine)
Simon & Garfunkel: Sounds of Silence (Best: Bridge over troubled water)
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[JOSweetHeart]

We get to hear my late beautiful precious Steve Sanders do the leading on four of this album's songs and I love them all.



God bless you and his family always!!!

Holly
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[PurpleHazel]

I decided to only list 2nd best albums where my choice for best matches the general consensus:

Lick My Decals Off, Baby - Captain Beefheart
White Light/White Heat - Velvets
Tommy - The Who
Mingus Presents Mingus - Charles Mingus
Live at the Village Vanguard - John Coltrane
Adam's Apple - Wayne Shorter (Speak No Evil usually considered his best)
Free For All - Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers (Moanin')
Free Your Mind and Your Ass Will Follow - Funkadelic
The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein - Parliament
Talking Book - Stevie Wonder

[rkm]

[rkm]

Tom Waits... I don’t really like his #1 Rain Dogs or #2 Swordfish Trombones, but really like Closing Time and most of his 70’s output, and Mule Variations And Bone Machine In The 90’s.

[glynspsa]

The Beatles- White album
Love- Da Capo
Bob Dylan- Blonde on Blonde
Zappa- Weasels Ripped My Flesh
CCR- Willy and the Poor Boys
Elton John- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Prince- 1999
Funkadelic- one Nation Under A Groove
Betty Davis- Nasty Girl
Phish- Hoist
Rolling Stones- Exile On Main Street
Talking Heads- Remain In Light
Captain Beefheart- safe as milk
Joe Cocker- Joe Cocker
Notorious BIG- life After Death
2Pac- Don killuminati (Makaveli)
Ice Cube- Anerikkka's Most Wanted
Brian Wilson- Bambu
Sly Stone- There's A Riot
Time- Ice Cream Castles
Miles Davis- Sketches Of Spain
Kendrick Lamar- Pimp A Butterfly
Led Zeppelin- III
Michael Jackson- Thriller
Marvin Gaye- Trouble Man
Velvet Underground- White Light White Heat
Nico- Desert Shore

[saltysurprise]

Computer Love- Kraftwerk
Kid A- Radiohead
Led Zeppelin II- Led Zeppelin
The Wild, The Innocent, and The E Street Shuffle- Bruce Springsteen
Turnstiles- Billy Joel
Warning- Green Day
Oracular Spectacular- MGMT
Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneyground, Part One- The Kinks
Sticky Fingers- The Rolling Stones
Wish You Were Here- Pink Floyd
Hunky Dory- David Bowie
Teens of Denial- Car Seat Headrest
Court and Spark- Joni Mitchell
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy- Kanye West
The Eminem Show- Eminem
My Aim is True- Elvis Costello
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