The album's cover artwork was photographed and designed by Cal Schenkel and shows Van Vliet wearing the raw head of a carp, bought from a local fish market and fashioned into a mask by Schenkel.

The album's cover and single artwork were undertaken by graffiti artist Banksy, with the single featuring a spoof image of the British Royal Family, replicated as a mural on the building.

Arguments over which songs to release as singles, the album's artwork, the track sequencing, the slow album sales, and the omission of DeYoung's vocals and keyboards from many of the Shaw / Young tracks fueled the fire.

McJohn was replaced by Andy Chapin on Hour of the Wolf in 1975, though McJohn appeared in artwork for the single to Caroline ( Are You Ready ) and claims that his keyboard work can be heard on many of the album's tracks.

Some of the artwork was seen to take a more explicitly political stance than the album's lyrics.

The album's original cover artwork depicted the Arizona desert, the background behind which the band began.

It was widely reported in the music press that the band wanted to offer fans a higher-quality alternative, but in the book Cobain Unseen, Charles R. Cross writes that Kurt Cobain agreed to the release of this compilation because he was allowed complete control over the album's artwork.

" The album's name was originally slated to be The Kind We Grow in Dixie and the artwork for the album showed a peach.

The album's cover was designed and illustrated by Roger Dean, who had also created the artwork for the band's previous albums Fragile ( 1971 ), Close to the Edge ( 1972 ), and Yessongs ( 1973 ).

The limited edition box set ( only 1, 000 available ) included remastered versions of the album's track listing, extended artwork, handwritten lyrics, unreleased photos, guitar picks, a commemorative tour laminate, all encased in an intricate Swiss army knife case.

The album's artwork was designed by band members Jon King and Andy Gill, typical of their DIY approach.

The album's artwork featured a composite image of the faces of all the band members to create a new person.

In March the album's cover artwork was revealed ; in April it was revealed that " Hellions on Parade " would be the lead single from Carver City and that a music video directed by Bam Margera ( for what was eventually revealed to be " A # 1 Roller Rager ") was to be recorded on April 20 with fan involvement ; and on May 19 the album was released in North America.

A single, " I Am So Ordinary ", was released with a black and white video that reflected the album's artwork.

Released in New Zealand in September 1996 on the Wildside Records label, it is sometimes known as " the fish album "-a reference to the fish that feature in the album's artwork.

The album's artwork, which depicts scenes from each song, was painted by Paul Whitehead.

The album's artwork depicted recreated scenes from Jean-Luc Godard's 1967 film Weekend.

The photography throughout the album's artwork, with the exception of live shots, was done by Tom Keeley's uncle, Dennis Keeley.

Another interpretation of the album's artwork alludes to the fall of Rome.

Delays with the album's artwork pushed the release back an additional month, and the album was released in Europe under the Peaceville / Snapper label on 18 October 1999.

Thrussell disowned this later release due to the incorrect title, changes made to the artwork, and the fact that the tracks were in the wrong order, destroying the album's continuity.

The remastered CD's booklet features all of the original album's artwork and complete lyrics.

" He criticized the scatological humor of " Enjoy ", " Orgofart ", and the album's artwork, and called the heavy metal-styled " Days Are Blood " and " Orgo 51 " " disposable ", but noted the similarly heavy " Hürtin ' Crüe " as an exception worthy of its inclusion on the band's best-of album Somery.

Sundazed Records reissued Torrence's Save for a Rainy Day in 1996 in CD and vinyl formats, as well as the collector's vinyl 45 " companion EP, " Sounds For A Rainy Day ," featuring four instrumentals versions of the album's tracks.

The album's second single, " Now I'm Here ", a more traditional hard rock composition, was a number eleven hit in Britain, while the high speed rocker " Stone Cold Crazy " featuring May's uptempo riffs is a precursor to speed metal.

The announcement of the album's release included a press photo featuring the phrase " British Image 1 " spraypainted behind the band ( who were dressed in a mixture of mod and skinhead attire ) and a mastiff-breed dog.

Newton-John became a pioneer in the nascent music video industry by recording a video album for Physical featuring videos of all the album's tracks and three of her older hits.

Singles were released in various territories for three of the album's songs, " If You Were Here ", " Things She Said " and " 747 " ( featuring the English version of " Kräm ", entitled " What It Feels Like ").

Described by engineer Earle Mankey as a " frighteningly accurate album " and " sort of like Eraserhead " in comparison to Wilson's lush 1960s oeuvre, the album's playful lyrics ( alternately invoking Johnny Carson, Phil Spector and adolescent interests ) and stark instrumentation ( featuring Moog bass lines and gated reverb-drenched drum patterns reflective of contemporaneous work by David Bowie and Tony Visconti ) failed to impact an audience sated on the ubiquitous Endless Summer sound.

The Beatles and Golden Hits of the Four Seasons, featuring each original album's label, title and catalog number.

Six months later, in November 1972, Uriah Heep's fifth studio album The Magician's Birthday (# 28 UK, No. 31 USA ) came out, with " Sweet Lorraine " released as an American single and the title track ( a multi-part fantasy epic featuring Hensley-Byron vocal duel and Box ' extensive guitar solo in the middle ) being the album's highlight.

In conjunction with the album's release, the group also offered up the track " Come on Down " featuring Flavor Flav for remixing on Sony's Acid Planet website.

The album's first single was " Rising Up " featuring Chrisette Michele and Wale.

Three of the album's songs – " Floyd the Barber ", " Paper Cuts " and " Downer " – were recorded during a previous session at Reciprocal Studios in 1988, featuring Dale Crover on drums.

" It All Belongs to Me " featuring Brandy Norwood will serve as the album's lead single, it was released on February 6, 2012.

The re-release included a bonus enhanced cd with all of the songs left over from the album's recording sessions, as well as a re-recorded version of " Fixation on the Darkness ", featuring Jones on lead vocals, a track of studio outtakes and music videos for " My Last Serenade ", " Fixation on the Darkness ", and " Life to Lifeless ".

The album's offbeat and dark subject material, featuring references to surrealism, Biblical violence, torture and death, contrasts with the clean production sound achieved by the newly hired producer Gil Norton.

Barlow's only lead vocal was on the album's final track, featuring an overdriven, noise-rock backing track and Barlow screaming " Why don't you like me?

Videos for both were made, featuring Phil Collen ( who was not in the band at the time of the album's recording ).

According to the album's liner notes, The Creed was originally a Megadeth demo song, which is on the 2004 remastered edition of the album featuring the then line-up of Megadeth.

The album's first single " The Best of Me ", featuring Jadakiss, under-performed on the charts, not even making it into the pop Top 40.

On May 07, 2012, just over a month after the album's release, Trice released a new song from his upcoming mixtape The Hangover titled " Get Rich Die Tryin " featuring Bilal.

Shortly after the album's recording, Derron Nuhfer left the band ( going on to join Gunmoll and later Escape Grace ; he currently plays bass for Cutman, a Gainesville-based rock band featuring ex members of Escape Grace and Unitas ), and Less Than Jake found a replacement in the ashes of another ska band, this time ex-Spring Heeled Jack U. S. A. saxophonist, Pete Wasilewski.

On March 31, 2008, Pitchfork Media announced that Phair had signed a new deal with ATO Records and that her first release for the label would be a special 15th Anniversary reissue of " Exile in Guyville ", featuring three bonus tracks from the original Guyville recording sessions and an accompanying DVD about the album's creation.

A remixed version of the song, featuring fellow rappers Snoop Dogg, Lloyd Banks and Young Buck, was released as the album's third official single on August 12, 2003, although the remix was not initially part of the tracklisting: it was later added as a bonus track to some digital editions of the album.

" Hips Don't Lie ", featuring Wyclef Jean, was released as the album's second single in February 2006.