which bands' second album was their best?

[herman]

Selecter- Celebrate the Bullet

 

[siarc]

come on pilgrim is an ep to my mind

 

[WasGeri]

come on pilgrim is an ep to my mind

On what basis is it an EP? It has 8 tracks.

 

[BadlyDrawnGirl]

On what basis is it an EP? It has 8 tracks.

Mini-LP to me, although I find it hard to decide whether these count in totals of acts' albums, which makes calculating The Fall's quota highly frustrating.

And then there's the quandry concerning what qualifies as a mini-LP and what qualifies as a full-length LP. I believe that 'Come On Pilgrim' and 'Slates' by The Fall - both de facto minis - have longer running times than 'Pink Moon' by Nick Drake, which was always considered a bona fide full-length album.

Anyway, IMO Pixies' second album was 'Surfer Rosa' and 'Doolittle' the third. And I was there and bought them on vinyl first time round in 1988/9 etc. etc. etc. blahblahblah...

 

[WasGeri]

In the old days it was very easy to decide.

33 rpm = LP.
45 rpm = EP.

 

[BadlyDrawnGirl]

It's pretentious arteestes, artfully knobbing around with playing speeds (a la "we're releasing our new album on three sides that play at 45rpm and two that play at 78 for better sound quality and greater prestige within the art rock firmament) that have confused everything.

I love it.

 

[BadlyDrawnGirl]

Plus, somewhere I have a 6-track 7" ep compilation of Alvin Stardust's first six hits - which plays at 33rpm.

 

[easy g]

I reckon that's cos most people probably hae the CD with Surfa Rosa and Come on Pilgrim on together, and hence think of them as one album...

then they'd be bloody ignoramuses

 

[strummerville]

The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy and the Lash - their best album by a mile.