# What's the Highlander 2 of music albums? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [October 23, 2023, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-highlander-2-of-music-albums/991977 "2023-10-23T21:22:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2023, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-highlander-2-of-music-albums/991977/41 "2023-10-24T17:05:52Z")
> [@bobsmom101](#): > > _In a Metal Mood_: _No More Mr_. _Nice Guy_… I kind of like that album. It goes well with Paul Anka’s [Rock Swings](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Swings). ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2023, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-highlander-2-of-music-albums/991977/42 "2023-10-24T17:22:49Z")
> [@bobsmom101](#): > > Just what audience was this supposed to appeal to? Paul Anka’s _Rock Swings_ was released in 2004 and features covers of Eye of the Tiger, Wonder Wall, and Smells Like Teen Spirit. I bought it and enjoyed it unironically. I think Boone might have just been ahead of the curve on that one. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2023, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-highlander-2-of-music-albums/991977/43 "2023-10-24T17:23:27Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > I kind of like that album. It goes well with Paul Anka’s [Rock Swings](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Swings). I see that you are also a cultured individual with refined tastes! ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2023, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-highlander-2-of-music-albums/991977/44 "2023-10-24T19:00:40Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > Maybe not his best but certainly shouldn’t be ranked along side Dee Dee King. Good points all. and on this at least we can agree. I never really objected to it myself, but my Michigander friend was apoplectic that I would consider playing it. Certainly it doesn’t make it to the Highlander 2 level of the OP’s analogy. > [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > Seger fans loved it and demonstrated that fact at the cash register. I guess I can’t argue they were trying to drown him in dollars… ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2023, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-highlander-2-of-music-albums/991977/45 "2023-10-24T19:04:50Z")
Re: Pat Boone and Paul Anka’s interpretations of rock standards–I wonder what people think about those albums compared to say, McCartney’s _Kisses On The Bottom_, _Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin_ or Rod Stewart’s _Great American Songbook_ series. ---
**Author:** ![JacobSwan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@JacobSwan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JacobSwan)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2023, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-highlander-2-of-music-albums/991977/46 "2023-10-24T20:27:46Z")
I came here to mention ‘Hot Space’ and was beaten to it. So I’ll throw in ‘Kid A’ by Radiohead. I bought the cd and I don’t think I ever listened to it twice. What the hell was that all about? ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2023, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-highlander-2-of-music-albums/991977/47 "2023-10-24T20:34:38Z")
Man do I love that album, my second or third favorite of theirs. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2023, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-highlander-2-of-music-albums/991977/48 "2023-10-24T20:59:34Z")
Mine would be “And Then There Were Three” by **Genesis**. After Steve Hackett left, they should have taken a few years off before reuniting with their three-piece debut “Duke”. (Part of the problem I’ve always had with “ATTWT” is that my vinyl copy sounds like shit, and I’ve never been sure if it was bad production on the album or if I just got a bad pressing.) ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2023, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-highlander-2-of-music-albums/991977/49 "2023-10-24T21:03:16Z")
> [@bobsmom101](#): > > Just what audience was this supposed to appeal to? > > [In a Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy - Wikipedia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_a_Metal_Mood:_No_More_Mr._Nice_Guy) It’s a call back to the start of Boone’s career ‘whitewashing’ ‘race music’. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2023, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-highlander-2-of-music-albums/991977/50 "2023-10-24T21:06:20Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > Throw in Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section and I consider this a solid effort. Maybe not his best but certainly shouldn’t be ranked along side Dee Dee King. Seger fans loved it and demonstrated that fact at the cash register. I’m not a die hard fan but I have to admit that it isn’t a _bad_ album. But mentioning the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section made me realize something, even though it doesn’t have to do with them per se. The only part of Bob Seger’s music that transcends the passably good into the great is the background vocals on Still The Same. ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2023, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-highlander-2-of-music-albums/991977/51 "2023-10-24T22:24:51Z")
_Van Halen III_ released in 1998 and the only one with Gary Cherone (of Extreme) as the lead vocalist is derided by Van Halen fans. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2023, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-highlander-2-of-music-albums/991977/52 "2023-10-24T22:34:12Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > IIRC this was the album that broke the band up (well…saw Waters leave). Waters wanted another theme album akin to The Wall and the rest did not. Waters got his way but that was the end of the band we knew. That is all based on a vague memory though of something I read decades ago. As I remember it described in the _Saucerful of Secrets_ band biography, Waters wanted to make a solo album and CBS Records (I believe) made them publish it under Pink Floyd for sales. But the band was well busted by then and every non-Waters member had minimal participation. I don’t hate it. I also don’t really consider it a Pink Floyd album. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2023, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-highlander-2-of-music-albums/991977/53 "2023-10-24T22:59:36Z")
It can be argued that _The Wall_ was Waters’ first solo album and _The Final Cut_ should have been it’s third disk. (I.E. Roger Waters’ '_My dad died and I never got over it’_ featuring Pink Floyd) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2023, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-highlander-2-of-music-albums/991977/54 "2023-10-24T23:09:46Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Also, Neil, Johnny Rotten was (and is) still alive, it was Sid that burned out and didn’t fade away. _You_ try to come up with lyrics that rhyme with ‘Vicious’! I’m suspicious… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-highlander-2-of-music-albums/991977/55 "2023-10-25T01:19:13Z")
Interesting, I actually saw that Katy Perry residency show in Las Vegas a few months ago. I liked it, but it definitely was kind of weird. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-highlander-2-of-music-albums/991977/56 "2023-10-25T03:42:38Z")
I see that his canonical example is “0304” by Jewel. I might be one of the few people who really likes that album. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-highlander-2-of-music-albums/991977/57 "2023-10-25T03:52:50Z")
Many years ago, my brother was in a record store where they had a copy of MMM available on vinyl for purchase, and he told the clerk, “If this ever gets released on CD, we’ll know the apocalypse is near.” The clerk laughed. It’s since been released on CD. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-highlander-2-of-music-albums/991977/58 "2023-10-25T03:55:03Z")
“On what day did the Lord create Spinal Tap, and why didn’t He rest on that day too?” ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-highlander-2-of-music-albums/991977/59 "2023-10-25T04:06:03Z")
> [@JacobSwan](#): > > So I’ll throw in ‘Kid A’ by Radiohead. I bought the cd and I don’t think I ever listened to it twice. What the hell was that all about? Your mistake was only listening once. Most albums I love took a few listens, or many, to comprehend. Kid A took a few, but it’s a great. Not sure you’ll find many others thinking it is the one Radiohead album to give a pass. Did you like the other Radiohead albums? > [@Maserschmidt](#): > > Man do I love that album, my second or third favorite of theirs. It’s up there for me too. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-highlander-2-of-music-albums/991977/60 "2023-10-25T05:27:54Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > It can be argued that _The Wall_ was Waters’ first solo album and _The Final Cut_ should have been it’s third disk. Except that The Wall has very good music on it. Very few tracks that make me get up and fast-forward to the next \*, let alone skip the rest of the album. Final Cut doesn’t fit that description in the slightest. They may share a conceptual theme but that’s pretty much all they share. - “The Trial” on occasion, and “Another Brick in the Wall Pt 2” due to radio overplay. Can’t think of any others. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-highlander-2-of-music-albums/991977.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-highlander-2-of-music-albums/991977.md?page=4)