Disappointing follow-up albums

1. Dedalus: Dedalus/Materiale Per Tre Esecutori E Nastro Magnetico (those who know, know)
2. Comus: First Utterance/To Keep From Crying
3. Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band: Clear Spot/Unconditionally Guaranteed
5. Swans: Children of God/The Burning World
6. Robert Wyatt: Rock Bottom/Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard
7. Curved Air: Air Cut/Midnight Wire
8. Blue Öyster Cult: Fire of Unknown Origin/The Revölution by Night
9. Klaus Schuze: "X"/Dune
10. Tangerine Dream: Force Majeure/Tangram (sorry, it just bores me)

Steve Wyzard wrote: You know how it goes (or should I say: how it went?). One of your favorite bands/artists releases an album that exceeds all expectations or returns them to the media spotlight. You wait/waited with baited breath for the follow-up (or sequel), only to be...well, if not dumbstruck, at the very least disappointed with the drop in quality. How could they let you down like this, when you just knew one more outstanding album would surely lead to world domination? Then, when asked about it, the band/artist says something like, "The producer ruined it/You have to try 'new things'/We decided to go 'back to basics'." If this has happened to you, please list the albums you loved and the disappointing follow-ups. Off the top of my head, here's mine: 1. YES - 90125/Big Generator 2. YES - Going for the One/Tormato 3. RUSH - Signals/Grace Under Pressure 4. E.L.P. - Black Moon/In the Hot Seat 5. LED ZEPPELIN - Physical Graffiti/Presence 6. QUEEN - News of the World/Jazz 7. STYX - Pieces of Eight/Cornerstone 8. ALAN PARSONS PROJECT - Eye in the Sky/Ammonia Avenue 9. PETER GABRIEL - I (Car)/II (Scratch) 10. SAGA - Heads or Tales/Behaviour 11. BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST - Ring of Changes/Victims of Circumstance 12. THE WHO - Quadrophenia/By Numbers

You know how it goes (or should I say: how it went?). One of your favorite bands/artists releases an album that exceeds all expectations or returns them to the media spotlight. You wait/waited with baited breath for the follow-up (or sequel), only to be...well, if not dumbstruck, at the very least disappointed with the drop in quality. How could they let you down like this, when you just knew one more outstanding album would surely lead to world domination? Then, when asked about it, the band/artist says something like, "The producer ruined it/You have to try 'new things'/We decided to go 'back to basics'."