Bands That Peaked With Their First Commercial Album

[epdaws]

A number of posters lately have referred to bands who have gone downhill of late. It got me thinking about why this happens; is it akin to a solid writer who produces a brilliant work, gets hired to pump out a bunch of books, and the rest are mediocre or suck?

Regardless, I think there are some interesting examples of bands that have declined this their first commercial hit.

I'll start with Counting Crows. I think Duritz's lyrics on that album were chilling, and I don't think he's touched that level since.

Others?