Agreed, but I recall a RollingStone article that summed up the problem with the two follow-ups after “Excitable Boy”: that Warren had invented a new song structure for pop that had finally ran the last tire treads over The Eagles, but New Wave from the UK (think Elvis Costello) had contemporaneously stolen all that “Crush-70s-AOR” energy/paradigm shift. “Lawyers, Guns, and Money” is just farging brilliant.
Grab some of Warren’s later albums, “My Ride’s Here,” “Sentimental Hygiene,” Learning to Flinch,” “Life’ll Kill Ya.” Lots of farging brilliance on them as well. Happy listening!