Age to Age became the first Christian album by a solo artist to be certified gold ( 1983 ) and the first Christian album to be certified platinum ( 1985 ).

Tim Blake ( synthesiser player on Planet Gong ) produced a solo album called " Blake's New Jerusalem ", including a 20 minute track with lyrics from Blake's poem.

In 1987, Andersson released his first solo album Klinga Mina Klockor (" Chime, My Bells ").

A second solo album followed: November 1989.

In 2006, Love started recording what was going to be her second solo album, How Dirty Girls Get Clean, collaborating with again with Perry and Billy Corgan in the writing and recording.

Nobody's Daughter featured a great deal of material written and recorded for Love's aborted solo album, How Dirty Girls Get Clean, including " Pacific Coast Highway ", " Letter to God ", " Samantha ", and " Never Go Hungry ", although they were re-produced with Larkin.

Her later work was more introspective in its lyrics as opposed to aggressive ; Hole's Celebrity Skin and Love's solo album, America's Sweetheart, focused more on celebrity life, Hollywood, and drug addiction, while also carrying on past themes of vanity and body image, and Nobody's Daughter was lyrically reflective of Love's past relationships and her struggle to sobriety, with the majority of its lyrics having been written while Love was in rehab in 2006.

Tim Finn had resumed his solo career after leaving the group in 1992 and he also worked with Neil on a second Finn Brothers album, Everyone Is Here, which was released in 2004.

In 2001 he released a solo album, Nada Sonata.

It was on Hessie's Shed that Finn, Hester and Seymour last shared a stage, on an episode filmed as part of Finn's promotion for his solo album Try Whistling This in 1998.

Matt Sherrod, Dublin, 2007. In 2006 Neil Finn asked Nick Seymour to play bass on his third solo album.

As the recording sessions progressed it was decided that the album would be issued under the Crowded House band name, rather than as a Neil Finn solo album.

* Chimera, a 1983 solo album by Bill Nelson

The Jacksons ( previously The Jackson 5 ) did many disco songs from 1975 to 1980, including " Shake Your Body ( Down to the Ground )" ( 1978 ), " Blame it on the Boogie " ( 1978 ), and " Can You Feel It " ( 1980 )— all sung by Michael Jackson, whose 1979 solo album, Off the Wall, included several disco hits, including the album's title song, " Rock with You ", " Workin ' Day and Night ", and his second chart-topping solo hit in the disco genre, " Don't Stop ' til You Get Enough ".

Bowie contributed backing vocals to Lou Reed's 1972 solo breakthrough Transformer, co-producing the album with Mick Ronson.

During the same period, Iggy Pop, with Bowie as a co-writer and musician, completed his solo album debut, The Idiot, and its follow-up, Lust for Life, touring the UK, Europe, and the US in March and April 1977.

His final solo album of the decade was 1987's Never Let Me Down, where he ditched the light sound of his previous two albums, instead offering harder rock with an industrial / techno dance edge.

Tin Machine began work on a second album, but Bowie put the venture on hold and made a return to solo work.

Tin Machine toured again, but after the live album Tin Machine Live: Oy Vey, Baby failed commercially, the band drifted apart, and Bowie, though he continued to collaborate with Gabrels, resumed his solo career.

Also, in the wake of Devo's demise, Bob Mothersbaugh attempted to start a solo career with The Bob I Band, recording an album that was never released.

* Since 1972 – Josh Freese's solo album

His second solo album, Davy Jones ( 1971 ) was notable for the song " Rainy Jane ", which reached # 52 in the Billboard charts.

Five of the album's tracks were Neil's solo compositions and two were by Hester, the exuberant " Italian Plastic ", which became a crowd favourite at concerts and the hidden track " I'm Still Here ".

Parton's first solo single for RCA, " Just Because I'm a Woman ", was released in the summer of 1968 and was a moderate chart hit, reaching number seventeen.

Carlotta amuses everyone with a tale of how her dramatic solo was cut from the Follies because the audience found it humorous, but somehow the number works when she sings it today (" I'm Still Here ").

Whether I'm writing solo stuff, electronic stuff or material for Mötley, I just write to write.

In 1981, he released a 45 rpm single, his first solo record (" I'm Not Your Steppin ' Stone " b / w " Higher And Higher ") and did some club performances and live television appearances, including taking part in a " Win A Date With Peter Tork " bit on Late Night with David Letterman.

It included the title track and his first solo chart hit, " I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby ", which also rose to # 1 on the Billboard R & B charts as well as # 3 on the Billboard Pop charts in 1973 and stayed in the top 40 for many weeks.

Lennon returned to the subject in the lyrics of three of his subsequent songs: in the 1968 Beatles song " Glass Onion " he sings " now here's another clue for you all — the walrus was Paul ", ; in the third verse of " Come Together " he sings the line " he bag production, he got walrus gumboot ", and in his 1970 solo song " God ", admits " I was the walrus, but now I'm John.

The band broke up in 1972 following the release of another political concept album, For Ladies Only, and Kay went on to an inconsistent solo career, scoring a minor solo hit in 1972 with " I'm Movin ' On " from his album Forgotten Songs and Unsung Heroes.

The Henningsens wrote and recorded the song " Gun ", which mentions Joliet-" I'm singing solo in my cell in Joliet ".

James himself had thirteen charting solo singles, with the three highest-charting being 1971's " Draggin ' the Line " (# 4 ), 1980's " Three Times in Love " (# 19 ), and 1971's " I'm Comin ' Home " (# 40 ).

A decade later they released a long-awaited self-titled follow-up, while in the meantime the group's frontman and sole remaining original member, Evan Dando, issued his first official solo album, 2003's Baby I'm Bored ( a live album and EP were released in Australia two years earlier ).

In 2010, it was reported that Yorke would be covering Peter Gabriel's song " Wallflower ", from Gabriel's fourth solo album Peter Gabriel 4 ( Security ), with Gabriel claiming, " Thom wanted to do a version of Wallflower, which I'm very curious to hear.

Chou has come out with 3 solo albums, Make a Wish ( 2002 ), Remember I Love You ( 2004 ), and I'm not F4 ( 2007 ), and has acted in at least one drama series every year since 2001, with the exception of 2003.

" I'm scared of Steven Berkoff " is a line in the lyrics of " I'm Scared " ( 1992 ), by Queen's guitarist Brian May, released on his first solo album Back to the Light ( 1993 ).

Pleasure first gained popularity singing Jefferson's vocalese classic " Moody's Mood for Love ", based on a James Moody saxophone solo to " I'm in the Mood for Love ".

" Trice also addresses the shooting in the song " Pistol Pistol " from the album Eminem Presents: The Re-up claiming he's after revenge, " I solemnly swear on my daughters tears / The nigga that got him in the head will feel it before the year ends / Hope you inconspicuous my friend / ` Cause once the word get back ya in a world of sin / Bullets will hurtle at him for tryin to murder what been determined as the first solo african " and later " I'm so sincere you seein ' a hearse this year / it's not a verse it's curse for burstin ' what's on ya person ".

While with this label, Payne released two solo singles " Chasing Me Into Somebody Else's Arms " and " Pure Energy " ( co-written by Payne ), as well as covers of two Diana Ross tunes, " Ain't No Mountain High Enough " and " I'm Still Waiting ".

Scherrie performed Supremes ' classics like ' Stoned Love ' and ' My World Is Empty Without You ' as well as a couple of her own solo hits ' I'm Not In Love ' and ' Another Life From Now '.

In 1991, he launched a solo career as Kazik with what may be the first Polish rap album " Spalam się " (" I'm burning " or " I'm getting stoned ").

*" I'm a Lonely Stranger ", 1964, solo, re-recorded in 1965

In the mid-70s, she pursued a solo career, and immediately achieved Outlaw status after she scored a # 1 country hit, that also reached # 4 on the pop charts, titled " I'm Not Lisa ", which was penned by Colter herself.

Murry Hammond's solo album, I Don't Know Where I'm Going But I'm on My Way, was released April 21, 2008.