Dork Age - Arguably, Tales Don't Tell Themselves and Memory & Humanity.
Epic Riff - "Roses For The Dead", "Recovery", "Serpents in Solitude", and "Spinning Over The Island".
Magnum Opus / First Installment Wins - Casually Dressed & Deep in Conversation remains their most critically acclaimed and popular album.
There are also a number of people who believe that their first or second EP is this trope, due to considering the band to have sold out by removing the screaming on the rerecorded Juno.