Sequels to debut albums that were better.

Hello,
 
Just wanted to know what artists out there have sequels to their debuts that are better than the debut. I know it's a weird question but you always hear: "His/her/their debut was so much better..." and a lot of times that's true. 
-It can be based on personal preference or just popular opinion
-It has to be the artist's second album, following the debut album only
-exceptions can be made if they work on side projects (such as my first example)
 
1.much better than his debut, it was his second solo album, he worked on 36 chambers before this with his fellow clan members who make numerous appearances on liquid swords.

Metallica had a fairly sharp upward trend at the beginning of their careers. "Ride the Lightning" is better than "Kill 'em All." And "Master of Puppets" is better than "Ride the Lightning." 
 
Also "The Man Who Sold the World" was a lot better than "The Rise of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars." David Bowie, of course.

Trivium - Ember to Inferno < Acsendancy
Gallows - Orchestra Of Wolves < Grey Britain
Fall Out Boy - Evening Out With Your Girlfriend < Take This To Your Grave

Silversun Pickups: "Swoon" was better than "Cranavas" 
Vampire Weekend: "Contra" was better than the S/T 
The Killers "Day and Age" was better than "Hot Fuss" and "Sam's Town" 

1. Alice in Chains second album "Dirt", it pains me to say such a thing because every song by AIC is equaly godly, but Dirt had "Would" "Dam that River" "Rain when i die" & "Them Bones" so yea.
 
 
2. Deftones - Around the fur. 
 
 
Although the same can be said about every album they've put out, it seems with each album put out not only is it better than the previous but the newest one also gets even better ratings. well except for that self titled "Deftones" one but even that one had godly songs.    They've had a successful upward trend. 
 
By ratings the albums go like Diamond Eyes (2010) > Saturday Night Wrist (2006) >  White Pony (2000) > Deftones (2003) > Around The Fur (1997) > Adrenaline (1995) so yea they've pretty much had a success streak with their albums and ive just noticed that shit just now !

 Mer De noms = amazing album.
 Thirteenth Step the best album i ever heard.
 
But yeah i wouldnt call albums "sequels". 

Biffy Clyro's Vertigo of Bliss was better than Blackened Sky. Then they got progressively worse, but still good. Not as good as Vertigo though.

Radiohead - The Bends.  They should have quit there.

Demon Hunter's "Summer of Darkness" was better than their self-titled debut album. 
 
The Showdown's "Temptation Come My Way" was way better and more diverse (but with a different sound) than their debut album "A Chorus of Obliteration". 
 
It's arguable and many would say that Flyleaf's debut self-titled album is superior to their second "Memento Mori". 
 
P.O.D.'s second album on Atlantic Records "Satellite" is FAR superior to their Atlantic debut "The Fundamental Elements of Southtown". 
 
With Faith or Flames second album, "A Conquest Triumphant", is superior to their debut "Beneath the Heel of Oppression" IMHO.

The Marshall Mathers LP by Eminem was better than The Slim Shady LP. Ride the Lightning was better than Kill 'Em All. Gods of the Earth by The Sword is better than their first album, Age of Winters. Sublime's 40 oz. to Freedom is better than their first album Robbin' the Hood, although their major label debut "Sublime" was the best of all.

System of a Downs debut album was dominated by the follow up Toxicity.

Hey actually, yeah David Bowie. Space Oddity is much better than...whatever he did first...that hippie childish stuff is interesting, but not really good music.

Nice post. There should be a music division of Whiskey media.

Not a sequel but Blink 182 - Enema of the State. I personally think that's their best album.

" @DrPockets000:  
 
...Day and Age is not better than Hot Fuss and Sam's Town. I would choose "Read my Mind" over anything from Day and Age. 
 

" @Undeadpool said:

" Also "The Man Who Sold the World" was a lot better than "The Rise of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars." David Bowie, of course. "

 Now hold up there, Ziggy is a classic. also, MWSTW was the 3rd Bowie album, coming out 2 albums BEFORE Ziggy.
@rabbitinthemoon said:

" Radiohead - The Bends.  They should have quit there. "

Yes, Pablo Honey is a pile of pointless, but I think the music nerds all want to kill you now. "

" @DrPockets000:  
 
But it was like, ugh, so forgettable for me! I liked "Spaceman" a lot, but after a week I didn't even remember the album existed. I wish they were a more consistent band :(  
 

@FourWude:   Yeah, I'm still listening to good music. Still being a twat no one cares about? "

@nintendoeats: OK, I'll give you that.  Some of their lyrics fucking suck.  Nothing takes the cake like "Somebody Told Me" though. "

" @DrPockets000 said:  

@nintendoeats: OK, I'll give you that.  Some of their lyrics fucking suck.  Nothing takes the cake like "Somebody Told Me" though. "

I actually love their first album, and don't mind most of the lyrics. Its quite alot like U2s war really...and just like U2, after that something went horribly wrong... "

" @FourWude:   Aw, so whadd'ya prefer Twat-O-Saurus Rex? A nice good ol' mainstream band like Zeppelin or ACDC?   If all independent muzak is pretentiouz then that makez none of it pretentiouz. "

" @nintendoeats said:

" @DrPockets000 said:  

@nintendoeats: OK, I'll give you that.  Some of their lyrics fucking suck.  Nothing takes the cake like "Somebody Told Me" though. "

I actually love their first album, and don't mind most of the lyrics. Its quite alot like U2s war really...and just like U2, after that something went horribly wrong... "

Never have been a fan of U2 at all....I didn't dig their "LOOK AT US WE'RE ACTIVISTS" slant. "

For me, I think that Sound of Silver by LCD Soundsystem is somehow a large improvement on the still-excellent debut album. "

Oh, the Police. Regatta De Blanc beats the living dandies out of Outlandos D'amour.
 
They both have shit titles though.

" @VinceNotVance said:  

For me, I think that Sound of Silver by LCD Soundsystem is somehow a large improvement on the still-excellent debut album. "

This. "

@FourWude: And why don't you tell us what YOUR taste in music is? "

I am a big fan of The Odd Couple by Gnarls Barkley.  Leaps and bounds better than their awesome debut.
 
Also, Proof of Youth by The Go! Team and It's Not Me, It's You by Lily Allen.

just a few
 
Gorillaz - Demon Days > Gorillaz
Hot Hot Heat - Elevator > Make Up The Breakdown
M.I.A. - Arular > Kaya
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones > Fever To Tell
The White Stripes - De Stiji > The White Stripes
Kanye West - Late Registration > College Dropout
 
And Sam's Town > Hot Fuss> Day & Night
 
Also, no offense, but I can't stand people saying "Anything not Lil' Wayne." It is said so much that it is now just a generic phrase with no meaning and usually a poorly informed basis.

" Radiohead - The Bends.  They should have quit there. "

" @rabbitinthemoon said:

" Radiohead - The Bends.  They should have quit there. "

After Pablo Honey, the Bends is right behind Hail to the Thief as their worst album. Kid A is prefect. "

Ys - Joanna Newsom (went from an odd but intriguing freak folker, to releasing one of the greatest albums of the last decade)
Yellow House - Grizzly Bear  
The Bends - Radiohead 
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel 
Andorra - Caribou (not technically his second, but his second album that people cared about) 
Sound of Silver - LCD Soundsystem 
Space Oddity - David Bowie 
 
The ones off the top of my head.

MGMT's second album was far better, less hipstery.
Mars Volta's Frances the Mute is a billion times better than De-loused.
LCD Soundsystem's Silver was better too.

Cassidy's "I'm A Hustler" was so much better than his first album.

Muse:
Black Holes & Revelations > Absolution > Origin of Symmetry > Showbiz
 
Only one not there is their most recent, The Resistance, because it's clearly not better than Black Holes & Revelations.

"For me, I think that Sound of Silver by LCD Soundsystem is somehow a large improvement on the still-excellent debut album. "

I'm sure no one will agree with me but --
 
Interpol - Antics  
 
Despite what most people say, I enjoy it far more then Bright Lights. 

There are lots out there:
 
Bob Dylan's The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Lou Reed's Transformer

Neil Young's Everybody Knows This is Nowhere

The Stooges' Funhouse

Blur's Modern Life is Rubbish 
 
My Bloody Valentine's Loveless
 
New Order's Power, Corruption & Lies

Spacemen 3's The Perfect Prescription 
 
 The Brian Jonestown Massacre's Their Satanic Majesties' Second Request  
 
Roxy Music's For Your Pleasure
 
Cream's Disraeli Gears

Van Morrison's Astral Weeks
 
Happy Mondays' Bummed
 
Teenage Fanclub's Bandwagonesque

 
Bob Dylan's The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

" I'm sure no one will agree with me but -- Interpol - Antics   Despite what most people say, I enjoy it far more then Bright Lights.  "

Blur's Modern Life is Rubbish