Хөгжмийн салбарт амжилттай дебют хийсний дараа гаргасан хоёр дахь цомог нь хүлээлтэд хүрэхгүй байх үзэгдлийг “sophomore slump” буюу хоёр дахь цомгийн уналт гэж нэрлэдэг.
Анхны цомгийн амжилтыг давтах гэсэн уран бүтээлчдийн дарамт нь зарим тохиолдолд бүтээлийн чанарт сөргөөр нөлөөлдөг. Энэ нь сонсогчдын хувьд ч сэтгэл гонсойлгосон туршлага болдог бөгөөд уг жагсаалтад тухайн үедээ төдийгүй өнөөдрийг хүртэл чанараа алдсаар буй цомгуудыг багтаажээ.
Гэсэн хэдий ч бүх уран бүтээлч энэ уналтад сөхөрдөггүй. Тухайлбал, U2, KISS, Bon Jovi зэрэг хамтлагууд шүүмжлэлийг даван туулж, дараа дараагийн уран бүтээлээрээ амжилт олсон байдаг. Харин The Stone Roses, B.o.B., Jet зэрэг уран бүтээлчдийн хувьд хоёр дахь цомгийн дараах өсөлт нь тийм ч тод байгаагүй юм.
Зарим цомог анх гарахдаа хүлээлтэд хүрээгүй ч хожим нь үнэлэгдэж, сонсогчдын талархлыг хүлээсэн тохиолдол байдаг. MGMT хамтлагийн Congratulations болон Weezer-ийн Pinkerton цомгууд нь энэ ангилалд багтаж буй тул уг жагсаалтад оруулаагүй болно.
Live Music Editor Паоло Рагусагийн бэлтгэсэн уг жагсаалтад цаг хугацааны шалгуурыг давж чадаагүй, хамгийн их урам хугалсан 20 цомгийг нэрлэжээ.
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The term “sophomore slump” was originally coined as campus language for the dip in motivation, direction, or performance some students experience in their second year of high school or college. In music, it’s less a descriptor of depression and more a cautionary tale. The pressure to replicate the success of a debut album can be debilitating; some acts buckle, returning with an album that pales in comparison.
Sophomore slumps are brutal realities for many musical acts, but they’re also a bummer for the audience; many of us have had the experience of loving a new artist’s debut, feeling giddy at the announce of a second album, and eagerly sitting to give it a spin, only to find that none of the songs are really that good. In some cases, it was worse — these songs were bad, risks that were not paying off.
Still, even with a sophomore dud, not all flops lead to the same outcome of eternal damnation. Plenty of acts survive the slump and go on to make their best work — bands like U2, KISS, and Bon Jovi all powered through the criticism and continued to provide ample reasons to be a fan. Some acts, though — like The Stone Roses, B.o.B., and Jet — never really graduated onto bigger and better things.
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There are also sophomore records that were panned or divisive with fans upon release, but have since been reappraised and have become beloved or respected; that includes MGMT’sCongratulations, which was once derided but is now celebrated, as well as Weezer’sPinkerton, which at first received mixed reviews but has since been regarded as a classic, and even landed on our list of the 100 Best Sophomore Albums of All Time. We’ve opted to not include these albums for this list, instead attempting to round up the sophomore records that didn’t hold up then and still don’t hold up now.
Read on for our roundup of the 20 most disappointing sophomore albums of all time.
—Paolo Ragusa
Live Music Editor
