Although deemed thrash metal rather than black metal by today's standards, the album's lyrics and imagery focused more on anti-Christian and Satanic themes than any before it.

Although the children are not shown from the front, the cover was controversial at the time of the album's release.

Although composition credit went to the band as a whole, the album's primary writers were Morrison and Krieger.

Although signs of the failing of Partridge's first marriage were evident as far back as English Settlement ( notably on the album's closing track, " Snowman "), it was some time before the still-married Partridge felt comfortable with Wexler's advances and his mixed feelings about the situation were chronicled in the song " Another Satellite ".

Although it had some progressive rock stylings, it also had a darker edge, suggested by the bedsit squalour on the album's cover.

" Although RCA Victor would not acknowledge Garcia's considerable contributions to the album with a " Producer " credit, he is listed in the album's credits as " spiritual advisor.

Although he did not contribute to Next, lead-vocalist Robert Fleischman joined Journey shortly after the album's release as a songwriter and the group's first dedicated frontman, sharing lead-vocal duties with founding bandmember Gregg Rolie during subsequent live shows.

Although the album showcased the band's sound, contract disputes held up the album's release for several years.

Although the album received generally favorable reviews, some critics found the album's quiet atmosphere " underwhelming.

Although it had been released more than a year earlier, A & M Records realized that they had in their catalog what was essentially a collaboration between Soundgarden and Pearl Jam, who had both risen to mainstream attention in the months since the album's release with their respective albums, Badmotorfinger and Ten.

Although this song and follow-up " If Heaven " were both number 5 hits on the country charts, the album's third single, " This I Gotta See ", stopped at number 58, and the fourth single (" I Never Had a Chance ") failed to chart at all.

Although still not scoring top 40 pop hits, the album's five singles became R & B hits.

Although the album's title track reached Top 10, More ... failed to achieve gold status.

Although Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs ( 1970 ) is now acknowledged as his masterpiece, the album's relatively poor critical and commercial reception was overshadowed by the tragic deaths of Eric Clapton's close friends Jimi Hendrix ( who died while the sessions were underway ) and the subsequent death of Allman himself in October 1971.

Although no credit is given to the performers in the album's liner notes ( except " all songs written by the Vandals unless otherwise noted "), the band's 1989 lineup should be credited with making the original recordings used here, as it differed substantially from their 1999 incarnation.

Although that album's lead-off single ( a cover of Robbie Fulks ' " Let's Kill Saturday Night ") had been released to radio with a peak of number 44, the band parted ways with BNA shortly afterward, and this album was not released.

Although he first claimed that the album and title track were both works of fiction, Petty later admitted that both were inspired by Los Angeles DJ Jim Ladd, although he had already claimed this on Ladd's radio show, prior to the album's release.

Although the band split up again soon after the album's release, the Beau Brummels continued to work in various incarnations from the late 1970s through the mid-1990s, including shows with The Smithereens, and often appeared in tandem with The Dinosaurs, the psychedelic-era " supergroup ".

Although it did not chart, the album's success was sufficient to convince Rough Trade to sign the band, but not before more line-up changes, with Dan Catsis replacing Underwood on bass.

Although the author was initially opposed to the album's release, legal action was evaded on the condition that the band used the words Music Inspired by The Snow Goose on the album's cover.

Although " Stuff ", its first single, barely made Top 40, the album's title track went on to become a Number One single.

Although many of the album's songs bear no resemblance whatsoever to anything in the Beatles catalogue (" California Jam " and " True Life Hero ," for instance ), several other numbers — particularly " Sub-Rosa Subway " — are dead ringers for the Fab Four.

Although both McLachlan and Nettwerk acknowledged that Neudorf was involved in the album's production, both took the position that his contribution had not been primarily in songwriting.

Although it varied in size and color and was at times cropped by the edges of the cover, or briefly rotated 4 degrees, it remained essentially unchanged for nearly three decades.

Although the pre-war establishment had been split by the Civil War, both of the opposing main factions regarded all radical groups as agitators for change, and they are described as such in the Historical Collections of John Rushworth that document events of the early period, and by the Journals of the House of Commons which cover the period of the Republic itself.

Although the London County Council had been created as a London-wide authority covering the County of London in 1889, the county did not cover all the built-up area of London, particularly West Ham and East Ham ; and many of the LCC housing projects, including the vast Becontree Estate, were outside its boundaries.

Although their range covers a small percentage of Africa, gorillas cover a wide range of elevations.

Most of the country has an elevation of fewer than 200 m. Although Hungary has several moderately high ranges of mountains, those reaching heights of 300 m or more cover less than 2 % of the country.

Although winters are generally cold and clear, there are occasional blizzards that do not deposit much snow but cover the grasses with enough snow and ice to make grazing impossible, killing off tens of thousands of sheep or cattle.

Although many respected writers wrote for pulps, the magazines are best remembered for their lurid and exploitative stories and sensational cover art.

Although punks are frequently categorised as having left-wing or progressive views, punk politics cover the entire political spectrum.

Although the RICO laws may cover drug trafficking crimes in addition to other more traditional RICO predicate acts such as extortion, blackmail, and racketeering, large-scale and organized drug networks are now commonly prosecuted under the Continuing Criminal Enterprise Statute, also known as the " Kingpin Statute ".

Although a person's footsteps remain a visible lifeline within a snow-covered landscape, snow cover is considered a general danger to hiking since the snow obscures landmarks and makes the landscape itself appear uniform.

Although there are only a handful of Quaternary supervolcanoes, supervolcanic eruptions typically cover huge areas with lava and volcanic ash and cause a long-lasting change to weather ( such as the triggering of a small ice age ) sufficient to threaten species with extinction.

Although the local distribution of clouds can be significantly influenced by topography, the global prevalence of cloud cover tends to vary more by latitude.

Although first recorded by Italian-American band Sonny Dae and His Knights on March 20, 1954, the more famous version by Bill Haley & His Comets is not, strictly speaking, a cover version.

Although the court ordered more factual development before it could rule definitively on the issue, the court did hold that it was possible for the look and feel of the websites to have trade dress protection if the plaintiff ’ s copyright claims did not already cover those parts.

Although many of the mid to older generations would like to maintain the hills ' natural beauty, housing is already starting to cover the hills.

Although disjointed and scattered when they have to cover a large space, fibroblasts when crowded often locally align in parallel clusters.

) Although Churchill had promised the French that the British would cover their escape, on the ground it was the French who held the line while the last remaining British were evacuated.

Although the LP was released with an identical track listing to the UK version, EMI Australia changed the cover art.

Although the album was not as commercially successful as its predecessor was, it contained three high-charting singles, including the title track, " True Colors " which became Lauper's second song to hit No. 1 on Billboard's Hot 100, " Change of Heart " ( No. 3 ) and a cover of Marvin Gaye's " What's Going On " ( No. 12 ) followed.

Although the money was allocated for 1964, the DRB managed to delay delivery for ten months, forcing McGill to cover salaries in the interim.

Although the books did not have a consistent visual style, the cover designs of early Vertigo series featured a uniform trade dress with a vertical bar along the left side, which included the imprint logo, pricing, date, and issue numbers.

Although migrating predominantly in the day, they sometimes fly in the dark hours particularly in crossings over water and cover on average per day with a maximum of per day.