10 Best Sophomore Albums of a Given Lineup

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

No. 2

Yes - Close to the Edge



Back in the 70s Yes were the biggest prog band in the world, and the central core of Anderson, Howe and Squire were ever presents, and Bruford (69-71) and White (72 onwards) were on drums. But keyboards seemed to change regularly and the second to take the seat was Rick Wakeman, probably the best known of their ivory twiddlers, who joined for the great album Fragile in '71.

Close to the Edge followed in '72 and there is a very good reason why this one winds its way to the top of the lists of best prog albums, it's amazing, the four musicians are right at the top of their game, and Anderson has rarely sounded better. Only 3 songs on the album, the side long title track followed on side 2 by two lengthy songs And You and I and what is quite possibly my favourite Yes song Siberian Khatru.

[Zzzptm]

#2

DEEP PURPLE - FIREBALL



Purple had a rocky start but once they found a guy called Ian Gillan things fell into place and things got goooood! Their second outing Fireball had a bit of a different sound to In Rock but it worked brilliantly. The title track was fast and furious and the epical Fools started off really soft before exploding into a proto-heavy metal tune! Anyone's Daughter was a real oddball of a song written tongue firmly in cheek which made it excellent! No One Came was the first ever rap metal song, but better. No weak points on this album...

Ditto. Literally, ditto. Even the same image link.

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

I have a sneaking suspicion that No.1 might appear on more than 1 of our lists!

[Zzzptm]

Then I'll get the drop on you guys! Merry Christmas means we do two today!

Number One for me is...



2nd album from Black Sabbath after getting a replacement for Ozzy... and WOW what a replacement Dio was! OK, so the drummer is also different on this one, but it's the singer I'm looking at here. I love this album, start to finish, bottom to top, back to front, just about any way you present it.

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

^^^
It's also one of the greatest album covers too.

But to steel a phrase from Zs...

"Ditto. Literally, ditto."

But just to add I marginally prefer this to Heaven and Hell but also prefer Dehumanizer, but there are miniscule amounts between them.

Best Tracks: Turn Up The Night, Sign of the Southern Cross, Country Girl, Falling Off the Edge of the World

[Charger]

Well okay then! Sign me up to the Mob train!

#1

BLACK SABBATH - THE MOB RULES


The BEST album of THE BEST line up of THE BEST Band! Simple as that.
Not a single weak song on it. The Sign Of The Southern Cross is an absolute masterpiece. There are very few album in the whole history that even come close to this one....it really is THAT good.

[Zzzptm]

Mobby Rulesmas, everyone!

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

I was wondering about what to do next, a couple of ideas that sprung to mind were:

10 great songs from acts we otherwise don't care about

Best 10 4th track off of an acts 4th album.

I was thinking about female singers but I'm not sure what form it would take.

Anyone got other ideas?

[Vyn]

I like your, "10 great songs from acts we otherwise don't care about," or some variation thereof.

[Charger]

That could work I think...I am not sure though that I can find 10 songs from 10 different bands but there might be some bands that would have 2 songs...that would require a lot of thinking.