The album's most famous single, however, is " High School Confidential " ( b / w " Grade B Movie ", True North TN4-159 ), which was intensely controversial for its explicitly sexual lyrics, which include references to lesbianism.

The band's name was discreetly embossed slightly below the middle of the album's right side, and the cover also featured a unique stamped serial number, " to create ," in Hamilton's words, " the ironic situation of a numbered edition of something like five million copies.

" " You Don't Pull No Punches, But You Don't Push the River ", one of the album's side closers, exemplifies the long, hypnotic, cryptic Morrison with its references to visionary poet William Blake and to the seemingly Grail-like Veedon Fleece object.

Her side project's name ( Monade ) and its first album's title ( Socialisme ou Barbarie ) are also references to the work of Castoriadis.

At the time this was considered a long gap between albums, but Scholz still considered Don't Look Back to be a rush job and was unhappy with the album's second side in particular.

The album's working name was " Back to Back ", a play on each band having a side of the album and the fact the bands were back together again.

The band's second LP Ars Longa Vita Brevis featured an arrangement of the Intermezzo from the Karelia Suite by Jean Sibelius and the album's second side was a suite which included an arrangement of a movement from J. S.

" The album's second side contained a mix of original songs and covers, the latter being Screamin ' Jay Hawkins ' " I Put a Spell on You " and James Brown's " I've Got Money.

" The album's format reflected a compromise between Brown and the band's producer / manager Kit Lambert ; Brown's original intent was to produce an album-long rock opera incorporating the material included on side one, while Lambert wanted to produce a more overtly commercial record, including cover material from the band's stage act.

" Albini himself later considered the album's first side as Big Black's best output.

The record containing side 1 would then automatically drop onto the turntable, and the tone arm containing the stylus needle would automatically play the album's side 1.

On the DVD side, most record companies ( with the notable exception of Sony Music: see below ) provided the album's music in both high-resolution, 24-bit DVD-Audio ( typically at a sample rate of 96 or 192 kHz for stereo and 48 or 96 kHz for surround sound ) and lower-resolution, 16-bit Dolby Digital sound ( typically sampled at 48 kHz ).

The record featured two songs on the first side, and an etching of the album's promotional logo ( a coiled centipede ) on the second side.

Brian Wilson himself barely contributed to the album's sessions, distracted by his personal demons and various side projects, although he did collaborate on the writing of three songs and singing of some backing vocals.

The album's front cover photo was taken while Ono was bedridden at Queen Charlotte's with Lennon by her side, while the back cover was a news photo of Lennon and Ono leaving Marylebone Police Station, after their arrest for hashish possession on 18 October 1968.

During and after the album's recording, additional material featuring Kool Keith and Godfather Don was created for the Cenobites side project.

" If 6 Was 9 ", the last song on side one, is the album's longest track and arguably the most psychedelic ; Gary Leeds ( from The Walker Brothers ) and Graham Nash use their feet during the outro to make some stomping.

The album's other side, featuring songs, written by Baez, Mimi Fariña and Hoyt Axton, was recorded in Nashville in January 1973.

On vinyl, " Milanó " is featured on the single-sided 10 " included with the set and is labelled as the final side, effectively moving " Milanó " to the end of the album, after " Heysátan " ( indicated by the label which has the album's last tracks on side 2B but features " Milanó " on side 3A.

Although the group does not perform on the album, they appeared in the video for the album's title track, as well as on the bonus features on the video side of the album's Dual Disc.

The Smiths members Morrissey and Johnny Marr shared an appreciation for Smith's Horses, and reveal that their song " The Hand That Rocks the Cradle " is a reworking of one of the album's tracks, " Kimberly ".

Rolling Stone summed up the album's myriad styles this way: " Everything from sleazy strip-show blues to cheesy waltzes to supercilious lounge lizardry is given spare, jarring arrangements using various combinations of squawking horns, bashed drums, plucked banjo, snaky double bass, carnival organ and jaunty accordion.

Despite the album's erratic lyrical content and instrumentation, the latter of which kept it away from mainstream audiences, Boys for Pele is Amos's most successful simultaneous transatlantic release, reaching # 2 on both the Billboard 200 and the UK Top 40 upon its release at the height of her fame.

Although the album's cover features the original line-up of Kool Keith, Ced Gee, Moe Love and TR Love, TR ( along with Tim Dog ) is notably absent.

Retrospectively, " Keep Yourself Alive " is cited as the highlight of the album, and in 2008 Rolling Stone ranked it 31st in the " 100 Greatest Guitar Songs Of All Time ", describing it as " an entire album's worth of riffs crammed into a single song ".

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 album's lead single is " Adolescents " and it was posted on the band's website on April 4, 2011.

He is reputed to have given the album its name by throwing a tomato at a showing of the art used for the album's cover.

The album's first single, " The Distance ", written by Greg Brown, became the band's biggest hit to date and is considered their " ubiquitous " song ; it hit number 5 on the RPM Alternative 30, and entered the Modern Rock Tracks top 5.

Reviews of B-Sides and Rarities were generally good ; Devin Grant of The Post and Courier wrote that " For an album full of odds and ends, this Cake release is every bit as good, and every bit as fun, as the band's previous studio releases ", while Catherine P. Lewis of The Washington Post noted that, although several live tracks reduced the album's strength, " there are still enough charming nuggets to make this album less disposable than the typical rarities compilation ".

The album's five ' acid stamps ' and first track " Ah Feel like Ahcid " may underline this, while ' Smokin ' Stones ' is probably a ' pro comment ' on the contrasting rhythm and blues style of the Rolling Stones.

" 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.

Music critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic said, " It was inevitable that the constant grind of touring, writing, promoting, and recording would grate on the Beatles ," leading to the inclusion of several cover versions after the all-original A Hard Day's Night ; the band's visible weariness on the album's cover is noted by narrator Malcolm McDowell during The Compleat Beatles.

* Tony Palmer, in The Observer, wrote shortly after the album's release: " If there is still any doubt that Lennon and McCartney are the greatest songwriters since Schubert, then ... album The Beatles ... should surely see the last vestiges of cultural snobbery and bourgeois prejudice swept away in a deluge of joyful music making ..."

Some contemporary critics say the album's inclusion of supposedly extraneous material is a part of its appeal.

< blockquote class =" toccolours " style =" text-align: left ; width: 28 %; float: left ; margin: 10px 10px 5px 5px ; padding: 10px ; display: table ;"> Into the Music: " The album's last four songs, " Angelou ", " And the Healing Has Begun ", and " It's All in the Game / You Know What They're Writing About " are a veritable tour-de-force with Morrison summoning every vocal trick at his disposal from " Angelou's climactic shouts to the sexually-charged, half-mumbled monologue in " And the Healing Has Begun " to the barely audible whisper that is the album's final sound.

Additionally, he is one-third of the infrequent, live-only musical extravaganza the Three Terrors ensemble, whose other principal members include 69 Love Songs album's Dudley Klute and LD Beghtol ; past themes of these performances have included: French pop, movie themes ( including the title song from Deep Throat ), intoxication, and New York.

The album's title is taken from William Shakespeare's Sonnet 130.

The album's title is a nickname Parks uses for Johns.

Usually the album's title is made of the main title, genre and maybe issue number ( so albums would include The Best Ibiza Album in the World ... Ever !, The Best Rock Album in the World ... Ever!

The album's story revolved around a junkie who is brainwashed into performing assassinations for an underground movement ; the junkie (" Nikki ") is torn over his misplaced loyalty to the cause and his love of a reformed hooker-turned-nun (" Mary ," vocals by Pamela Moore ) who gets in the way.

The album's cover is a parody of the film Reservoir Dogss promotional poster.

Robbie Allen is credited in the album's liner notes as having performed all of the bass tracks on the album, but by the time of its release original member Joe Escalante had moved from Drums into the bass position.