Bands/artists who never topped their debut album.

[Dave78]

Jimi Hendrix
The Doors
Montrose (already mentioned, but worth mentioning again)
Boston (already mentioned, but worth mentioning again)
The Cars
David Gilmour (solo)
Bob Welch
The B52's
David Lee Roth (CFTH EP)
Pearl Jam
Candlebox
Bush
Hootie & The Blowfish
Dishwalla
Visual Audio Sensory Theater
Shinedown

 

[LOU/REALM]

Led Zeppelin

 

[SanguineRemedy]

Jimi Hendrix
The Doors
Montrose (already mentioned, but worth mentioning again)
Boston (already mentioned, but worth mentioning again)
The Cars
David Gilmour (solo)
Bob Welch
The B52's
David Lee Roth (CFTH EP)
Pearl Jam
Candlebox
Bush
Hootie & The Blowfish
Dishwalla
Visual Audio Sensory Theater
Shinedown

Great list composed of all artists who, in fact, never topped their debut album releases.

 

[recgord27]

Led Zeppelin

You're right. Zeppelin went on to make really great albums, but they never matched the power and atmosphere of the debut

 

[recgord27]

Fiona Apple

 

[Aero]

Boston

You're probably right, but I think they came damn close with Third Stage.

Like the debut album, there's not a bad song on that record either.

 

[Needs More Cowbell]

Meatloaf
Elvis Costello
Carole King

 

[SanguineRemedy]

Led Zeppelin

Yes, my favorite Zep album.

 

[mysticman52]

• King Crimson
• Juicy Lucy
• Captain Beyond

 

[Hydrazoic Acid]

Bad Company
DIO
Badlands
Sonata Arctica
W.A.S.P.
Guns N’ Roses
Thunder
Wolfmother
Bad English
Giant
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Harem Scarem
House Of Lords