Their first album, Tales of Mystery and Imagination, including major contributions by all members of Pilot and Ambrosia, was a success, reaching the Top 40 in the US Billboard 200 chart.

In 1966, several rock releases were arguably concept albums in the sense that they presented a set of thematically-linked songs-and they also instigated other rock artists to consider using the album format in a similar fashion: The Beach Boys ' Pet Sounds was a musical portrayal of Brian Wilson's state of mind at the time ( and a major inspiration to Paul McCartney ).

It is not unheard-of, however, for a band to redo old tracks that originally left them displeased for an album re-release on a major label or a second edition.

In 1975, Bowie achieved his first major American crossover success with the number-one single " Fame " and the hit album Young Americans, which the singer characterised as " plastic soul ".

McLean's major break came when Mediarts was taken over by United Artists Records thus securing for his second album, American Pie, the promotion of a major label.

Their follow-up album, 1994's Same as It Ever Was, went gold despite minimal airplay and no major hits.

Several songs from the album received regular airplay on major North American rock stations, with Hatfield's song " My Sister " becoming the biggest hit of her career, with a # 1 placing on the Modern Rock Tracks chart, and the video becoming an MTV staple.

He released " U Don't Know Me " as the first single from the album, but it failed to chart, and the music video received little airplay on major music video channels.

"' Forever Changes ' is also an album that heralds the last days of a golden age and anticipates the growing ugliness that would dominate the counterculture in 1968 and 1969 ... ' Forever Changes ' is inarguably Love's masterpiece and an album of enduring beauty, but it's also one of the few major works of its era that saw the dark clouds looming on the cultural horizon, and the result was music that was as prescient as it was compelling.

Nation of Millions ... was voted Album of the Year by The Village Voice Pazz and Jop Poll, the first hip hop album to be ranked number one by predominantly rock critics in a major periodical.

The first album to come out of this downtown scene was released in November 1975: Smith's debut, Horses, produced by John Cale for the major Arista label.

That November, The Offspring's Americana on the major Columbia label debuted at number two on the album chart.

The Beatles introduced audiences to many of the major elements of the psychedelic sound during this period, with guitar feedback in " I Feel Fine " ( 1964 ), " Norwegian Wood " from their 1965 Rubber Soul album using a sitar, and the employment of reversed audio tapes on their 1966 B-side " Rain ".

A similar path was pursued by the Bee Gees, formed in Brisbane, but whose first album Bee Gees ' 1st ( 1967 ), recorded in London, gave them three major hit singles and contained folk, rock and psychedelic elements, heavily influenced by the Beatles.

* Phoenix ( Emil Bulls album ), his fifth major studio and seventh overall studio album

Despite no major singles, the album initially sold well.

The album comprised a series of original pieces on solo piano, including " Energy Flow " ( a major hit in Japan ) and a frenetic, four-hand arrangement of the Yellow Magic Orchestra classic " Tong Poo.

During this period The Residents were conspicuously less prolific than they previously had been, with only an outtakes compilation Residue of the Residents, a collaborative album with Ralph labelmates Renaldo and the Loaf and a brief edited version of Vileness Fats with a newly recorded soundtrack being the only major releases from this period.

In 1999, They Might Be Giants became the first major label recording artist to release an entire album exclusively in mp3 format.

The band was close to a major label contract, but often alienated label representatives by intentionally performing badly in concert ; their 1985 live album, The Shit Hits the Fans, was an example of their concert performances at the time.

The band admired label head Seymour Stein, who had managed the Ramones, and Stein recruited Tommy Ramone as producer for their first major label album.

Paul C. was also a major contributor to Critical Beatdown, producing " Give The Drummer Some ," and engineering most of the album.

These basic ideas concerning the nature of religion were, Adams believed, some of the major keys to the understanding of history and the movement of society.

The two major newspapers in Providence continued, throughout the crisis, to accuse each other of misrepresenting the facts and attempting to falsify history.

When all has been said, however, the big branch store remains a major break with history in the development of American retailing.

He finished the war as a major general, commanding a full division, and at 25 was the youngest major general in the history of the U.S. Army.

Ayn Rand accredited Aristotle as " the greatest philosopher in history " and cited him as a major influence on her thinking.

Spalding was, however, known to aggrandise his role in the major moments in baseball's history.

Aventinus, whose name was real name is Johann or Johannes Turmair ( Aventinus being the Latin name of his birthplace ) wrote the Annals of Bavaria, a valuable record of the early history of Germany and the first major written work on the subject.

Some scholars believe that the apologetic view of Luke ’ s work is overemphasized and that it should not be regarded as a “ major aim of the Lucan writings .” While Munck believes that purpose of Luke ’ s work is not that clear-cut and sympathizes with other claims, he believes that Luke ’ s work can function as an apology only in the sense that it “ presents a defense of Christianity and Paul ” and may serve to “ clarify the position of Christianity within Jewry and within the Roman Empire .” Pervo disagrees that Luke ’ s work is an apology and even that it could possibly be addressed to Rome because he believes that “ Luke and Acts speak to insiders, believers in Jesus .” Freedman believes that Luke is writing an apology but that his goal is “ not to defend the Christian movement as such but to defend God ’ s ways in history .”

Colangelo ’ s willingness to go into debt and acquire players through free agency had led to one of the quickest free falls in major sports history.

2B Orlando Hudson became the recipient of his second career Gold Glove Award, as announced on November 3 becoming only the sixth infielder in major league history to win a Gold Glove award in both the American and National Leagues.

On December 13, 2001, George W. Bush gave Russia notice of the United States ' withdrawal from the treaty, in accordance with the clause that required six months ' notice before terminating the pact — the first time in recent history that the United States has withdrawn from a major international arms treaty.

Throughout history, the army has played a major role in defending the country's sovereignty.

In the early history of major league baseball, the difference between the number of earned runs given up by a pitcher and the total number of runs given up was much more significant than today.

On August 22, 1982, Glenn Brummer stole home in the bottom of the 12th inning of a tie game, thus accomplishing a walk-off straight steal of home, one of the very few in major league history.

Despite the victory, voter apathy was a major issue, as turnout fell below 60 % for the first time in history, 12 % down on 1997.

As a scientist, he was a major figure in the American Enlightenment and the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity.

The climax of the third book is the account of the Council of Whitby, traditionally seen as a major turning point in English history.

A major modification to Noth's theory was made in 1973 by the American scholar Frank M. Cross, to the effect that two editions of the history could be distinguished, the first and more important from the court of king Josiah in the late 7th century, and the second Noth's 6th century Exilic history, and other scholars have detected many more authors / editors than either Noth or Cross allowed for.

Besieged several times during its history, Barcelona has a rich cultural heritage and is today an important cultural centre and a major tourist destination.

The company's history paralleled many of the major developments in computing.

; Cyclothymia: A history of hypomanic episodes with periods of depression that do not meet criteria for major depressive episodes.

Over 350, 000 objects spanning two million years tells the story of the history of man, from three major continents and many rich and diverse cultures.

Early in the history of the college, there had been some hesitancy on the part of other institutions to accept BJC credits at face value, but by the 1960s, BJU alumni were being accepted by most of the major graduate and professional schools in the United States.