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?

[lippy]

Hootie and the Blowfish
Blues Traveler

[Q8offsuit]

All 3 of the bands mentioned here "peaked" at beyond awful.

[edfurlong]

The Sex Pistols went downhill pretty fast after their first.

[epdaws]

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I never said Counting Crows is a great band, or had a great album. I do, however, think that Duritz's lyrical work on August and Everything After was unique; the first line of Round Here is about as un-cliche a way there is to say someone feels unnoticed.

[bugstud]

let's see. Many years of touring and demos and many songs written ----> contract with label -----> now I gotta make a cd another 14 months later? Aiya

[epdaws]

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Yep, that's the point I was making. Sad to see in many cases.

Another poster in the thread about Christian music mentioned Switchfoot, but I have not heard their new stuff.

[MattSuspect]

August and Everything After is a great album.

[samjjones]

Boston

[LionelHutz00]

Nirvana (remember that it's commercial album- so we're looking at Nevermind, not Bleach)
Weezer
Dave Matthews Band
Sublime
Guns n Roses
Jimi Hendrix
Incubus