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.

He also released two solo albums, titled Mandy Patinkin ( 1989 ) and Dress Casual ( 1990 ).

Smith provides lead vocals on the title track to Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist, Flea's 2012 debut solo EP titled Helen Burns.

" Orbison was given one solo track on the album titled " Not Alone Anymore ".

He began writing songs and collaborating with many musicians from his past and newer fans to develop a solo album titled Mystery Girl.

Dropped by Warner Brothers that same year, Doughty toured as a solo artist for three years in support of a self-released solo CD titled Skittish.

Chris Corner began working on a side project in 2003 and released three solo albums in 2004, 2006, and 2009 under the moniker IAMX titled Kiss + Swallow, The Alternative, and Kingdom of Welcome Addiction.

During her tenure with Epic Records, Amos also released a retrospective collection titled Tales of a Librarian ( 2003 ) through her former label, Atlantic Records ; a two-disc DVD set Fade to Red ( 2006 ) containing most of Amos's solo music videos, released through the Warner Bros. reissue imprint Rhino ; a five disc box set titled A Piano: The Collection ( 2006 ), celebrating Amos's 15 year solo career through remastered album tracks, remixes, alternate mixes, demos, and a string of unreleased songs from album recording sessions, also released through Rhino ; and numerous official bootlegs from two world tours, The Original Bootlegs ( 2005 ) and Legs & Boots ( 2007 ) through Epic Records.

Taylor became the first member of the band to release his own solo album in 1981, titled Fun in Space.

In 1972 Hawn recorded and released a solo country LP for Warner Brothers, titled Goldie.

The Ascension appeared on his second same titled solo album in 1981, Indeterminate Activity of Resultant Masses was released no earlier than 2008 on CD.

His fourth solo album, titled davidenryb ( 1994 ), was a more proper rock record, with Byrne playing most of the instruments on it, leaving percussion for session musicians.

Scott Walker's first three solo albums, titled Scott, Scott 2, and Scott 3, each contain three of the Blau / Shuman translations.

Leigh Nash began work on a solo album titled Blue on Blue with producer Pierre Marchand in the fall of 2005.

In recent years, Brandon Boyd has focused on making fine art, specifically painting, and on September 8, 2008 celebrated the opening of his first solo show, titled " Ectoplasm ," at Mr. Musichead Gallery in Los Angeles, California.

Williams produced a felching-themed solo work in 1975 titled The Nectar of Satan.

* The guitarist Michael Romeo of Symphony X released an instrumental titled " Masque of the Red Death " which appears on his 1994 solo album The Dark Chapter

Her solo show then toured the country and was made into a record album titled On Stage.

In 2005, DeYoung released a CD of re-recorded Styx hits from a solo concert with a symphony orchestra ( titled The Music of Styx-Live with Symphony Orchestra ).

The first release was officially a Danny Elfman solo record in 1984 ( titled So-Lo ); it was actually a group effort released under Elfman's name.

Later that year, Gavin finished recording his first solo record titled Wanderlust, released 3 June 2008.

She has released two solo albums, one in 1999 titled Por Un Mundo Mejor ( For a better world ) and the other in 2001 titled Corazón. com ( Heart. com ).