Did the difficult third album work or not

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- Westlife world of our own
  
  0
- Seal human being
  
  1
- Charlatons up to our hips
  
  0
- Kylie Minogue rhythm of love
  
  1
- Ash free all angels
  
  0
- Madonna true blue
  
  1
- Bjork homogenic
  
  1
- Macy Gray the trouble with being myself
  
  0
- Travis the invisible band
  
  0
- Supergrass supergrass
  
  0
- Louise elbow beach
  
  0
- The Corrs in blue
  
  1
- Muse hullabaloo
  
  0
- Robbie Williams sing when your winning
  
  0
- Oasis be here now
  
  0
- Alanis Morissette under rug swept
  
  0
- Sheryl Crow the global sessions
  
  0
- Britney Spears britney
  
  3
- Pink try this
  
  1
- Annie Lennox bare
  
  0
- Craig David the story goes
  
  2
- Sugababes three
  
  0
- Girls Loud chemistry
  
  3
- Will Young keep on
  
  0
- Sophie Ellis Bextor trip the light fantastic
  
  0
- Spice Girls forever
  
  1
- Take That nobody else
  
  0
- All Saints studio one
  
  4
- McFly motion in the ocean
  
  2

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Posted April 13, 200817 yr

Many people reckon the third album of someones carrer is so important as usually the first album can be a big success the 2nd not as successful and the third album usually helps give ustaying power or may finsih you career

who from this list went wrong with the third album of there career

Edited April 13, 200817 yr by Shameless

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April 13, 200817 yr

I do recall Seal becoming a complete nobody with 'Human Being'. Not sure why though...

The Spice Girls also warrant a vote, although I don't know if that was down to the album as such, or just the bands popularity having been watered down a tad by the five solo careers swamping the market.

All Saints...yes it bombed, but I'm not sure whether it was the album or just their fanbase having disappeared over the 6 year gap.

Quality-wise I think The Corrs went wrong. The songs weren't BAD as such and there were some genuine gems (I LOVED Hurt Before, Give Me A Reason and the revamped Radio), but there was a noticable move from the charming Celtic tracks to the generic MOR radio fodder.

As with your other polls, a lot of odd choices there. The Sugababes for example...Three sold very well and spawned four top 10 singles; their only album to have done so, and was generally well received by critics. What exactly was 'difficult third album' about it?

Sophie Ellis-Bextor...I'm pretty sure this actually OUTPERFORMED her second album, so I'm not sure it could be seen as a failure.

April 13, 200817 yr

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my question is did the third album make the career better or not and in sugababes case it helped them as it was a success

April 13, 200817 yr

Sophie Ellis-Bextor...I'm pretty sure this actually OUTPERFORMED her second album, so I'm not sure it could be seen as a failure.

Wrong sadly, despite the much better chart run, it only sold half as many as her second album. :(

Muse shouldn't count in this list, as that's a live/b-sides album...

April 13, 200817 yr

Homogenic was a legend album. Pretty much assured that Bjork would be around for a long time.

April 13, 200817 yr

Craig David's third album, although it had decent tracks, was a commercial flop.

April 13, 200817 yr

Wrong sadly, despite the much better chart run, it only sold half as many as her second album. :(

Muse shouldn't count in this list, as that's a live/b-sides album...

Seriously? That really surprised me to be honest, Shoot From The Hips only reached #19 didn't it?

April 13, 200817 yr

Yes, but it must have stuck around outside of the Top 75 for a lot longer; Shoot sold 80k and Trip sold 35k.

I voted The Corrs. In Blue is stunning. ^_^ (Borrowed Heaven is better still.. :P)

April 13, 200817 yr

I think Britney's third album helped her career gain an older audience, and ultimately lead her away from teen pop, and to more mature music.

April 13, 200817 yr

All Saints... Well most of the others are still together (Even if it is reuniting) or have had a greatest Hits Collection at the least but All Saints dont have either! lol

April 13, 200817 yr

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mc fly as its sold far less than previous 2 albums,it charted lower and flew out of the charts

April 13, 200817 yr

I think Britney's third album helped her career gain an older audience, and ultimately lead her away from teen pop, and to more mature music.

On the contrary, I think Britney is the only album of her career which she could have missed out entirely and it wouldn't have impacted on her status in any way. It produced no huge hits, it didn't have huge sales, and I'd say it's easily the album that the least people would go with as favourite. I just think it made no real impact on her career, whereas all her others did - ...Baby set the ball rolling and put Britney in the public eye, Oops! established her as a major idol who was sure to be around for years to come, In The Zone proved she'd grown up once and for all and could make sophisticated but fun dance-pop appealing to a huge audience, and Blackout showed the public that she wasn't over the hill when many had or were on their way towards writing her off. What did Britney really do? Nothing... :heehee: Just my opinion of course.

All Saints... Well most of the others are still together (Even if it is reuniting) or have had a greatest Hits Collection at the least but All Saints dont have either! lol

AS have had a GH! It came out after Saints & Sinners. :P Obviously far too early into their career to be of any use though.