Music plays a substantial part of my everyday life. From activity to inactivity, it’s like second to the air that I breathe.

Apparently, there’s a thing called “second album syndrome” or the sophomore slump. But this isn’t anything about the literal first-released album of a musician but the first album of that musician you’ve heard of and all the songs in the collection kicked ass.

I noticed this after numerous times I have liked an artist/musician mostly for that one album – the first album that let me discover them. It may have stemmed out from the repetitive playback of that record until it came to mind to try to discover other albums of the same artist but seldom have I liked two in a row.

One (or two) album wonders

Athlete – Tourist

Bon Jovi – These Days

Bon Jovi – Lost Highway

Corrine Bailey Rae – Corrine Bailey Rae

Diana Krall – The Look of Love

Jack Johnson – In Between Dreams

Joanna Wang – Start from Here

Kings of Convenience

KT Tunstall – Eye to the Telescope

Mojave 3 – Spoon and Rafter

Oasis – (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?

Oasis – Be Here Now

Orange and Lemons

Love In The Land Of Rubber Shoes And Dirty Ice Cream

Rachael Yamagata – Happenstance

Starsailor – Love Is Here

Starsailor – Silence Is Easy

The Sundays – Cry

The Thrills – So Much for the City