It's always wonderful to watch the evolution of an artist/band. Here are a couple of freshman/sophomore efforts where I really went ....This is the same group?

Goldfrapp:

From this



TO THIS




Radiohead:

From this:



TO THIS





Both sophomore efforts were grand departures from the first album What sophomore (or even junior/senior) albums kicked your ass?

when neneh cherry's "homebrew" came out, it totally caught me by surprise and kicked my butt. i just thought she was some hip-hop top 40 floozie who'd be a one-hit wonder, then she came out with an album that was part alternative, part hip-hop, part folk, part just about everything. and she was singing about stuff like being a mom and teaching kids sex education in schools. i totally fell in love with that album, and it's still one of my faves.

Anx said:

I haven't listened to that in ages but I agree, excellent!

OK, this actually was a freshman effort but I still was like this



This is that annoying zany kooky chick from "A Different World". I saw it in the bargain bin for $1.99 once and was bored and bought it out of kicks to get a good laugh. I was shocked that it was so great! Seriously, I have bought it full price twice in the last few years to make sure I had it in my collection.

Anx said:

Your signature is a total slowball. Once it sunk in, I was laughing out loud!

I'd take these:



and



funny enough, for me it worked worked the other way around.....when 'Slanted....' came out, I couldn't listen to it, I thought it was a mess.....Then 'Crooked Rain....' came out and I was immediately hooked! After a while it made me check out 'Slanted....' again and came to see why it was one of the greatest rock albums of the 90's!