Those albums came out when just about every prog group was putting out pop/rock stuff anyway or if they didn`t they were dying.
I don`t know what prog era Genesis fans were complaining about anyway! They could`ve listened to Marillion, whose debut album "Script For A Jesters Tear" turned back the clock 10 years anyway and sounded like Gabriel era Genesis.
Kings of Convenience for sure, that Tenacious D album is overall really stupid, and for harmonies I pick KOC too because I just like the voices better.
Never really cared for Modest Mouse, and I recently DL's Perfect From Now On on a recommendation from Rickenbacker. It's a pretty decent album for sure.