Everyone gets that second album syndrome.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The second album is the hardest to write. It's nothing like the first album.
Don't get me wrong, I love my first two albums a lot.
Having a successful first album is one thing, but a successful third is another.
I struggled with the pressure of having the successful record after the first record. Second album syndrome. I'm living proof; it's very real.
There's always pressure on the second album - this one has to be the big one.
The hardest thing about writing my second album is that I had 20 years to write my first album.
Albums take a lot out of you.
I'm so embarrassed by that album. I don't even own it myself.
What I was going for in the first two albums I didn't necessarily achieve. Because I was young and because it was my first time out. And the second album was such a 'quickie' sort of 'Let's just get it over with!' But the kind of music I make, there's a lot of subtlety in it. And I think it takes a couple of listens to actually really get it.
It's a shame in a way that people come and go with one album.