However, that sort of creative risk-taking statistically leads to a “sophomore slump,” where an artist’s second album drastically underperforms the first. Personally, I think this is because artists want to say something other than, “We’re a band. Usually, a band’s first or third album will be self-titled, but almost never the second. There arent any hard and fast rules against it, it just doesn’t happen very often. Ironically, it isn’t very common that an artist’s second album is self-titled. Many bands choose to make self-titled albums so they can do something different, without confusing their fans. Having a self-titled album as a debut ensures that there is no confusion between the album title and the artist’s name because they’re one and the same. If you’re scrolling through Spotify and you find an album you’ve never heard of before called, “The 1975 - The 1975”, it’s easy to understand, “Oh, this band is probably called The 1975.”
This is who we are,” it’s easier to just have one name on the album cover, instead of two.Īrtists continue this tradition because the same reasoning applies to streaming services. In an effort to quickly explain, “This is our band name. Probably stemming from kids digging through records, cassettes, and CDs at music stores, many bands understand they only have one shot to explain who they are to someone who has never heard of them before.Įstablishing who you are quickly and effectively is an important part of convincing someone to buy your album, instead of someone else’s.
Having a self-titled album as a debut ensures that there is no confusion between the album title and the artist’s name because they’re one and the same.įirst impressions are always important.
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