Shortly before I skipped the country for a couple of weeks over summer, I had the pleasure of sitting down and talking music again with Geoff Stephen for the third series of his 1002ndalbum podcast.

This time we talked about our ‘must hear’ second albums, no sophomore slump on these lists. Having whittled my long list down to a slightly shorter and then final list, it was amusing to see that when Consequence coincidentally dropped their 100 Best Sophomore Albums list, many of our choices (and alternates) made their list too.

Should you be so inclined, you can check it out here – or over on Spotify – and be sure follow the1002ndalbum podcast wherever you usually get your great music-related podcast content for some brilliant takes from other guests on other themes.

Here’s one from the long-list that didn’t make my final five…