Second Album Events

1969 Oct 22 Led Zeppelin II is released
Led Zeppelin II is the second studio album by English rock band Led Zeppelin, released 22 October 1969 on Atlantic Records. Recording sessions for the album took place at several location...
1970 Jul 24 Yes release Time and a Word
Time and a Word is the second album by progressive rock band Yes, released in mid-1970 in the UK and November 1970 in the US. This was the last Yes album to feature the group's original l...
1974 Nov 1 Scorpions release Fly to the Rainbow
Fly to the Rainbow is the second studio album by German heavy metal band Scorpions, released in 1974. In support of their Lonesome Crow album, Scorpions appeared as the opening act for th...
1975 Feb 15 Rush release Fly By Night
Fly by Night is the second studio album by the Canadian rock band Rush, released in February 1975. This was the first Rush album to feature drummer Neil Peart. In addition to drumming ...
1978 Nov 10 The Clash release Give 'Em Enough Rope
Give 'Em Enough Rope is the second studio album by the English punk rock band The Clash. It was released on 10 November 1978 through CBS Records. It was their first album released in the ...
1981 Oct 12 U2 releases second studio album, "October"
"I remember the pressure it was made under, I remember writing lyrics on the microphone, and at £50 an hour that's quite a pressure. Lillywhite was pacing up and down the studio... he cope..." —Bono on the challenges encountered recording October after a briefcase full of lyrics was stolen
1983 Bad Brains release Rock for Light
Rock for Light is the second official full-length album by hardcore punk pioneers Bad Brains. It was produced by Ric Ocasek of The Cars. The 1991 reissue was remixed by Ocasek and bassist...
1983 Bad Religion releases Into the Unknown
Into the Unknown is the second album by Bad Religion, which was released in 1983. The album was a major change from their previous style, delving into progressive rock heavy in keyboar...
1984 Feb 28 "Weird Al" Yankovic releases In 3-D
"Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D, is the second studio album by "Weird Al" Yankovic, released in 1984. It features the Michael Jackson parody "Eat It" which made Yankovic internationally famous...
1984 Jul 30 Metallica releases Ride the Lightning
Ride the Lightning is the second album by American heavy metal band Metallica, released on July 27, 1984 by Megaforce Records and re-released by Elektra Records on November 19, 1984. Ride...
1986 Mar 14 Voivod release Rrröööaaarrr
Rrröööaaarrr is the second album by Canadian thrash metal/progressive metal band Voivod. It was released in 1986 on Noise Records.
1986 Nov Kreator release Pleasure to Kill
Pleasure to Kill is the second studio album by German thrash metal band Kreator. The lyrical themes follow those found on their first album Endless Pain. Many death metal bands cite this ...
1988 May 10 Testament Releases The New Order
The New Order is the second album by the thrash metal group Testament, released on May 10, 1988. It is the album that broke Testament into the thrash metal mainstream, with singles "Trial...
1989 Apr The Vandals release Slippery When Ill
Slippery When Ill is the second album by the Huntington Beach punk rock band The Vandals, released jointly in 1989 by Restless Records and Sticky Fingers Records. It was their first album...
1989 Sep 5 NOFX release S&M Airlines
S&M Airlines is the second album by NOFX.
1990 Mar 30 Forbidden releases Twisted into Form
Twisted into Form is the second album from San Francisco, California thrash metal band, Forbidden. It features one line-up change from their debut – 1988's Forbidden Evil – with Tim Calve...
1992 Sep 25 Down By Law releases Blue
Blue is the second full-length album by the punk rock band Down by Law.
1992 Oct 16 The Offspring release Ignition
Ignition is the second studio album by the American punk rock band The Offspring. It was the second Offspring album produced by Thom Wilson, and was released on October 16, 1992, on Epita...
1993 Aug 17 Pennywise releases Unknown Road
Unknown Road is the second album by Pennywise, released on August 17, 1993 through Epitaph Records. After frontman Jim Lindberg briefly left the band during touring in support of its prev...
1993 Oct 19 Pearl Jam releases Vs.
Vs. is the second studio album by the American alternative rock band Pearl Jam, released on October 19, 1993 through Epic Records. After a relentless touring schedule in support of its de...
1994 Jun 7 Stone Temple Pilots release Purple
Purple is the second album released by the American alternative rock band Stone Temple Pilots, on June 7, 1994 on Atlantic Records. It spawned three hit singles — "Big Empty", "Vasoline",...
1994 Jun 14 Rancid releases Let's Go
Let's Go is a 1994 album by the American punk rock band Rancid. Released on the influential indie label Epitaph Records, Let's Go initially achieved little mainstream success, though i...
1994 Aug Sublime release Robbin' the Hood
Robbin' the Hood is the second album by the Southern California ska punk band Sublime. Robbin' the Hood is a Sublime album with noted low production values (the album sleeve boasts of its...
1996 Jan 26 The Bouncing Souls release Maniacal Laughter
Maniacal Laughter is The Bouncing Souls' second full-length album, which includes "The Ballad Of Johnny X," and "Here We Go," the latter of which was featured prominently in the hardcore ...
1996 Sep 24 Weezer release Pinkerton
Pinkerton is the second studio album by American alternative rock band Weezer, released on September 24, 1996. The album was seen as a departure from the band's original power pop soun...
1999 May 25 Anti-Flag releases A New Kind of Army
A New Kind of Army is a punk rock album originally released by Anti-Flag on May 25, 1999. It was reissued by A-F Records on October 19, 2004. A New Kind of Army is easily one of Anti-Flag...
2004 Aug 31 Mastodon releases Leviathan
Leviathan is a concept album by Sludge metal band Mastodon, released in 2004 by Relapse Records. The album is based on the Herman Melville novel Moby-Dick, with the songs: "Iron Tusk", "B...