David Sinclair, of the London Times, described in his book The Story of ZZ Top how Linden Hudson drew Billy's attention to the possibility of using a drum machine for the final recording of the Eliminator album.

Billy decided to go for it and recorded most of the Eliminator album at that tempo.

Despite not selling as many copies as Eliminator, 1985's Afterburner was still as successful commercially, becoming their highest-charting album, and racking up sales of 5 million units.

The Eliminator Collector's Edition CD / DVD, celebrating the 25th anniversary of the band's iconic RIAA Diamond Certified album, was released September 10, 2008.

* " Thug ", a song by ZZ Top from Eliminator ( album ).

" Trippin " sounds like it was an outtake from the " Eliminator " album that was excised because its guitar was a little too daring to fit the highly commercial ( and freaking brilliant ) " Eliminator.

* The song " Eliminator Jr ." from Sonic Youth's album Daydream Nation ( 1988 ) is about the Chambers case.

* 1987 Comanche Thunderchief: This vehicle was put into production later as the Comanche Eliminator

Eliminator was a critical and commercial success, selling more than 10 million copies, and several music videos were in regular rotation on MTV.

The first two were released in 2006 and use the original mixes free from echo and drum machines, while Eliminator was released in 2008.

Swamp Rat XIV was however so successful that in 1971, Garlits won two of his next three Top Fuel Eliminator titles ( the Winternats and Bakersfield ), plus a runner-up at Lions, all in the new car.

Additionally, fellow Director Peter Beale was accused of installing a software application called Evidence Eliminator, which may have destroyed documentation relevant to the investigation.

Starting with the fourth season, the final event before The Eliminator, was labeled " Crunch Time ", and was played for more points.

The Eliminator was the final event played in each episode, and determined which contender would win that day's competition.

One of the female officers, the LAPD's Angela Shepard, was a season three contender who participated in the preliminary round during the second half of the season and was injured during her Eliminator run.

The Eliminator was the new top-of-the-line performance model of the Cougar lineup.

The Eliminator package was dropped, but the Ram Air option remained.

Ford also prepared two high-performance concept-only versions ; one dubbed the " Eliminator ", which was a supercharged version built with aftermarket available parts, and the other the " Cougar S ", which featured new body work, all-wheel drive and a 3. 0-L Duratec engine.

Danger Route was a film version of Christopher Nicole's ( writing as Andrew York ) 1966 spy novel The Eliminator, directed by Seth Holt.

* This serial introduces the Master's signature weapon, the Tissue Compression Eliminator – though the device itself was not named until Time-Flight.

At the end of the 2011 season, Top Eliminator was removed for future development.

Eliminator, released in March 1983, featured two Top 40 singles (" Gimme All Your Lovin '" and " Legs "), four Mainstream Rock hits ( including " Got Me Under Pressure " and " Sharp Dressed Man "), and " Legs " peaking at No. 13 on the Club Play Singles chart.

And, despite continued denials by the band, it settled a five-year legal battle with Hudson, paying him $ 600, 000 after he proved he held the copyright to the song " Thug " which appeared on Eliminator.

David Blayney further described, in his book, the role Linden played in the process of planning and preparing Eliminator.

This move did not entirely suit the fan base that Eliminator and Afterburner had built up, and while Recycler did achieve platinum status, it never matched the sales of Eliminator and Afterburner.

The Eliminator re-release also features a collector's edition version containing a DVD featuring several videos and additional live tracks.

Five of these special Mustangs made their competition debut at the 1965 NHRA Winternationals, where they qualified in the Factory Stock Eliminator class.

The classes contested at NHRA Divisional races include Snowmobile, Motorcycle Classes, Super Street, Super Gas, Stock Eliminator, Super Stock, Competition Eliminator, Super Comp, Top Sportsman, Top Dragster, Top Alcohol Funny Car and Top Alcohol Dragster.

Meanwhile, " Evidence Eliminator " software installed by Mr Beale deleted documents which were likely to have been relevant to the investigation.

On 7 January 2010, Star Inc. announced that it had won a contract from Navy / SPAWAR for a feasibility study of the application of the ElectroDynamic Debris Eliminator ( EDDE ).

The Doctor then surprises the Master and the Rani, who are lurking at the edge of the Dell, and takes them prisoner with the Master's own Tissue Compression Eliminator.

Jones played a role of a professional killer in a Kazakhstani movie called Ликвидатор (" Eliminator "), 2011.

Team Eliminator, crew chief and designer Jack Barr, driver Lynnel McClellan, achieved victory with a time of 27. 160 in the 70th ( 2007 ) All-American Soap Box Derby Ultimate Speed Challenge.

A version with Alicia Keys was included in Charles ' 2005 duets album Genius & Friends.

Woolfson, a songwriter and composer, was working as a session pianist ; he had also composed material for a concept album idea based on the work of Edgar Allan Poe.

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.

The song " The Raven " featured lead vocals by the actor Leonard Whiting, and, according to the 2007 remastered album liner notes, was the first rock song to use a digital vocoder, with Alan Parsons speaking lyrics through it.

1987's Gaudi was the Project's last release, though they planned to record an album called Freudiana next.

Although the studio version of Freudiana was produced by Parsons ( and featured the regular Project backing musicians, making it an ' unofficial ' Project album ), it was primarily Woolfson's idea to turn it into a musical.

Arista's refusal to release the album had two known effects: the negotiations led to a renewed contract and the album was never released.

Tales of Mystery and Imagination was first remixed in 1987 for release on CD, and included narration by Orson Welles which had been recorded in 1975, but arrived too late to be included on the original album.

The opening instrumental was largely done away with by 1980 ; no later Project album except Eye in the Sky featured one ( although every album includes at least one instrumental somewhere in the running order ).

* The New Wave band Missing Persons ' best-selling album was called Spring Session M.

Her producer was present and suggested she include a version of it on her 1970 album Whales & Nightingales.

DiFranco was one of the first independent artists to own her own label, which has allowed her a considerable degree of creative freedom over the years, including, for example, providing all instrumentals and vocals and recording the album herself at her home on an analog 8-track reel to reel, and handling much of the artwork and packaging design for her 2004 album Educated Guess.

ABC is Jin's fourth overall album, which was released on February 20, 2007

In 2010, the Australian a cappella Quartet The Idea of North was nominated for an ARIA for their seventh studio album, " Feels Like Spring ", bringing a cappella music back into pop culture.

When Heart in Motion was released in 1991, many fans were surprised that the album was so clearly one of contemporary pop music.

The album was a multi-platinum success and produced the pop hit " Lucky One " ( No. 18 pop and No. 2 AC ; No. 1 on Radio & Records ) as well as the title track ( a duet with country music star and future husband Vince Gill ) ( No. 37 pop ) and a cover of Joni Mitchell's frequently covered " Big Yellow Taxi " ( No. 67 pop ) ( in which she changed the line " And they charged the people a dollar and a half just to see em " to " And then they charged the people 25 bucks just to see em ").

Although " Takes A Little Time " was a moderate hit single, the album failed to sell like the previous two albums, which had both gone multi-platinum.

The album was certified Gold in 2000.

He was awarded the World Music Award for Best Selling Middle Eastern Artist three times: 1998 for album " Nour El Ain ", 2002 for album " Aktrr Wahed Byhbak 2001 " and 2007 for album " El Lillady ".