Top Ten Less Successful Follow-Ups to Very Successful Albums

The Top Ten
1 Insomniac - Green Day (follow-up to Dookie)
2 In Utero - Nirvana (follow-up to Nervermind)
3 Let It Be - The Beatles (follow-up to Abbey Road)

This album was still successful but was a big step down from the 2nd best selling Beatles album (behind Sgt Peppers).

4 Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd (follow-up to Dark Side of the Moon)

I like this album better than Dark Side.

5 The Eminem Show - Eminem (follow-up to The Marshall Mathers LP)

Shouldn't count. This album was hugely successful. And I'm not even an Eminem guy.

6 Take Off Your Pants and Jacket - Blink-182 (follow-up to Enema of the State)
7 Bad - Michael Jackson (follow-up to Thriller)

Also shouldn't count. I mean, was he suposed to make an album to outsell the biggest album of all time? Also, in many ways Bad was more successful than Thriller. 5 number 1 songs to just 2 for Thriller. Bad has more hit songs than the track list of Thriller.

Yes it is less sucessful than Thriller but Bad sold more than 30 million copies which is impressive. Plus, it got 5 no. 1 song.

8 Houses of the Holy - Led Zeppelin (follow-up to Led Zeppelin IV)
9 For Those About to Rock We Salute You - AC/DC (follow-up to Back in Black)
10 Load - Metallica (follow-up to Metallica)
The Contenders
11 Smoke and Mirrors - Imagine Dragons (Follow Up to Night Visions)

Admittedly it did top the billboard 200 unlike it's predecessor but it did not have the same lasting popularity.

12 Tusk - Fleetwood Mac (Follow Up to Rumours)

Sold 6,600,000 which by itself is a great number but it's pretty tame put up against 35,000,000 for Rumours.

13 21st Century Breakdown - Green Day (follow-up to American Idiot)
14 Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys - My Chemical Romance (follow-up to The Black Parade)
15 The Long Run - Eagles (Follow-Up to Hotel California)
16 Little Queen - Heart (Follow-Up to Dreamboat Annie)
17 Ultraviolence - Lana Del Rey (Follow-Up to Born to Die)
18 Two Hot Minutes - Red Hot Chili Peppers (Follow-Up to Blood Sugar Sex Magik)

Don't you mean One Hot Minute?

19 Return of Dragon - Sisqo (Follow-Up to Unleash the Dragon)
20 Compton - Dr. Dre (Follow-Up to 2001)
21 Speak Now - Taylor Swift (Follow Up to Fearless)
22 Dead Ringer - Meat Loaf (Follow Up to Bat Out of Hell)
23 Harmonium - Vanessa Carlton (follow-up to Be Not Nobody)
24 Kid A - Radiohead (follow-up to OK Computer)
25 Folklore - Nelly Furtado (follow-up to Whoa, Nelly!)
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