A question which I have recently thought of. Why, and why not?

[Will Bozarth]

We all know that a band's first album is called their "debut". We also know that their second album is called their "sophomore effort". Why is it that their third album is not called their "junior support"? Why is it that their fourth album is not called their "senior work"? Even with this being so, why did they skip the freshman year? You can't be a sophomore without ever being a freshman. That is, unless you are quite smart and skipped a few grades. If the band goes past the four albums, then what? You had the debut and the sophomore. There really is no name for third or fourth, other than what they really are. Their third and fourth records/releases. What the hell?

*4 more*

 

[Chromatose]

because sophomore is referring to the word sophomore, not the school year which uses the same word.......

 

[Will Bozarth]

sophomore, according to one of my previous teachers, means "lackadaisical, idiotic"... maybe the definition is off

 

[LORD_RED_DRAGON]

I Dont Really Give A Ratz Ass What The Fuck The Album Is Called As Long As It Sounds Coool!!!

 

[Will Bozarth]

im talkin in general, calm down ahhah

 

[Chromatose]

well sophomore in the adjective sense (i.e. sophomore effort) means second

i think the etymology is from greek, and part means wise, and part means foolish, so maybe it means, a little more mature, but still a ways to go in learning, and that would make sense in applying it to schools.

 

[LORD_RED_DRAGON]

When I Was Still In High School I Was A Freshman For 3 Years Before I Got Kicked Out 4 Using The School Computers To Write Erotica

 

[a guy...]

I'm not surprised.

Dragon thanks for giving the all caps a rest, but every word doesn't need to be capitalized!

 

[neal]

We all know that a band's first album is called their "debut". We also know that their second album is called their "sophomore effort". Why is it that their third album is not called their "junior support"? Why is it that their fourth album is not called their "senior work"? Even with this being so, why did they skip the freshman year? You can't be a sophomore without ever being a freshman. That is, unless you are quite smart and skipped a few grades. If the band goes past the four albums, then what? You had the debut and the sophomore. There really is no name for third or fourth, other than what they really are. Their third and fourth records/releases. What the hell?

*4 more*

you are insane.
-neal

 

[PlatypusJesus]

Wouldn't it really be a little too much to give every release a special name. Some bands go on and do 20 or 30 albums. The first two are just very important for a band, because the first is supposed to represent the very beginning of the band and the second is supposed to represent their coming into their own. The third and after is just them taking the music a step further every time.

 

[Captain Beard]

I ignore the debut and sophomore shit. Only album, First album, second album...

 

[neal]

The third and after is just them taking the music a step further every time.

not always.
-neal

np:skyfire - mind revolution

 

[Lies and Perfidy]

If you were to measure albums by grade years, Motörhead would have flunked like sixty classes.

It's just pretentious criticspeak.

 

[PlatypusJesus]

Yeah, not always, but that is just what the critics think that the musicians should do.

 

[IOfTheStorm]

why some bears cannot fly ...

 

[neal]

becuase they dont have wings and bears are like 500lbs or somthing.
-neal

 

[Crown]

Yeah, whats wrong with 2nd album, or second release?

Blabbermouth always use that sophomore word. I dont know why, it doesnt make them more intelligent

 

[Titus_Andronicus]

you have way too much spare time on your hands

 

[Ihreil Junkenstein]

But some bands release on amazing album and then nothing ever again.
What do you call them?
And why is my foot twitching?

 

[PlatypusJesus]

Masterpieces and I don't know why your foot is twitching.