The album's cover features a withered starving African child's hand being held and dwarfed by a white man's hand.

The album's lead single, " She's Every Woman " peaked at number-one on the Billboard Country Chart, however its follow-up single, " The Fever " ( a cover of an Aerosmith song ) only peaked at number 23, becoming Brooks's first released Country single to not chart on the Top 10.

The album's lead single was a cover of Bad Company's " Feel Like Makin ' Love ".

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

When being photographed for the album's cover, Potger was replaced by Ray – his day job with the Australian Broadcasting Commission ( ABC ) as a radio producer barred him from involvement in a commercial enterprise.

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.

The album's cover has the four main actors on the cover and the back cover has some background information about the four actors, information about the five month shooting schedule, some information about Albee and a brief synopsis of the film.

Hipgnosis's first Genesis album cover was for The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, which featured a male model, credited simply as " Omar ", portraying the album's protagonist " Rael ".

The album's cover photograph – which showed the three band members posing with their shirts unbuttoned, on a tropical beach – engendered no small amount of ridicule, with Palmer complaining the group looked like disco stars the Bee Gees.

Dressed on the cover all in leather, the album's singles " A Little More Love " ( No. 3 Pop, No. 94 Country, No. 4 AC ), " Deeper than the Night " ( No. 11 Pop, No. 87 Country, No. 4 AC ), and the title track ( No. 52 Pop ) all demonstrated a more aggressive and uptempo sound for Newton-John.

The album's cover and in-sleeve photos were taken from the film, Tiger Bay, which starred Hayley Mills.

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

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 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.

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.

John Lennon complained to EMI Australia at a meeting about the changes, but the cover remained the same until the album's release on compact disc in 1988.

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.

A painting of the band by " Patrick " ( John Byrne ) was at an earlier point under consideration to be used as the album's cover.

" The album's singles — the Bruce Johnston-produced original " Bluebirds Over the Mountains " ( Billboard # 64 ) and the Carl Wilson-produced cover of The Ronettes ' " I Can Hear Music "— won lukewarm attention, with the latter reaching # 24 on the Billboard single chart in April 1969 ; the lead track, the Wilson / Love-authored " Do It Again ", an unabashed throwback to the band's earlier surf hits, had been an international hit in the summer of 1968, reaching # 20 in the US charts and # 1 the UK while also scoring well in other countries.

Two weeks after the album's release, Martin was featured on the cover of Time with the title " Latin Music Goes Pop!

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.

Five of the album's tracks were Neil's solo compositions and two were by Hester, the exuberant " Italian Plastic ", which became a crowd favourite at concerts and the hidden track " I'm Still Here ".

The album's three new songs, which were released as singles, were " Instinct ", " Not the Girl You Think You Are " and " Everything Is Good for You ", which featured backing vocals from Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder.

" The album's sound, which the singer identified as " plastic soul ", constituted a radical shift in style that initially alienated many of his UK devotees.

The extent to which drug addiction was now affecting Bowie was made public when Russell Harty interviewed the singer for his London Weekend Television talk show in anticipation of the album's supporting tour.

The album's final single was " Blue Jeans and a Rosary " which was a minor country hit at No. 50.

The album's success allowed Linkin Park to form another Projekt Revolution, which featured other bands and artists including Mudvayne, Blindside, and Xzibit.

She previously dated actor Owen Wilson ; her album C ' mon C ' mon ( 2002 ) featured the song " Safe and Sound ", which was dedicated to him and which, according to the album's liner notes, was an autobiographical account of their relationship.

The album, which was produced and arranged by former Lovin ' Spoonful member Jerry Yester, received positive reviews, but Waits did not gain widespread attention until a number of the album's tracks were covered by more prominent artists.

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.

Skylarking spawned the controversial track " Dear God ", which was originally issued as the B-side of the album's first single, " Grass ".

This was in part due to the Triple A chart success of the album's lead single, " Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out With Me " which was used in the television show Californication.

The band complied and Albarn wrote " For Tomorrow ", which became the album's lead single.

After recording an album's worth of punk-influenced demo tapes ( released in 1984 asThe Plan ), he was signed by Beggars Banquet Records in 1978 and quickly released two singles, " That's Too Bad " and " Bombers ", neither of which charted.

Led Zeppelin guitarist and producer Jimmy Page explained that part of the reasoning for the album's release related to the popularity of unofficial Led Zeppelin recordings which continued to be circulated by fans:

This was exemplified during live performances of Gabriel's last Genesis album, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, during which he appeared on stage as various characters in the album's lyrics.

Right after their album's release, the band went on tour with Primus and Buckethead, a tour which lasted for the remainder of the year.

The album's first single, " Never There ", hit number 1 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks, and was followed by " Let Me Go " in 1999, which hit number 30.

In later years, Lennon stated that the album's title track was a sincere cry for help ; he regretted changing it from a downbeat, piano-driven ballad to an uptempo pop song, which was done only as a result of commercial pressures.

In February 2011, she announced that she would embark on the Better Day World Tour on July 17, 2011, with shows in northern Europe and the U. S. The album's lead-off single, " Together You and I ," was released on May 23, 2011, and Better Day was released on June 28, 2011.

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.

Throughout the 1980s, the band would use the album's opening track, " Rockin ' the Paradise " ( charted at No. 8 on Top Rock Tracks Chart ) to open their shows.

Audio samples from both films / shows and European Vacation are featured in several of the album's tracks, namely " Don't Make Me Ill " and " High School Football Hero ".

The last shows of the tour took place in London's Brixton Academy on 27 – 28 September 2010, coinciding with the release of the last album's Redux Edition.

The album's ensuing tour was critically acclaimed — the Chili Peppers commonly performed shows with over twenty thousand in attendance.

The band included some of their hits in these shows, but also included an album's worth of songs written specifically for the occasion, and the new songs were released as Open Heart Symphony that year.

The album's sales have been driven not only by its popularity with Hawaiian audiences but by its popularity in the mainland United States and around the world, particularly the track " Over the Rainbow / What a Wonderful World ," which has been licensed for use in movies ( Finding Forrester, Meet Joe Black, 50 First Dates, Fred Claus, Hubble 3D, Son of the Mask ) television shows ( ER, Cold Case, Jon & Kate Plus 8, Life On Mars, Glee ), and commercials ( eToys ).

Following the album's release, Fleshcrawl played a few shows around central Europe with bands such as Carnal Forge, Dismember, Enslaved, and Jungle Rot, and also played several metal festivals including the Protzen and Queens of Metal Open Air festivals.

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 ".

The album's success allowed them to tour with well-known acts such as The Bloodhound Gang, Goldfinger, and Reel Big Fish, and later to headline shows with up-and-comers such as New Found Glory and Freakdaddy frequently opening for them.

The album's cover shows them jumping over hurdles on the same track in the same outfits.

The album's theme compared present day rap music and the music industry to the minstrel shows of the late 19th century.

Possibly motivated by the album's failure to bring the band back into the limelight they once held, Motor Ace announced at the end of September 2005 that they would officially disband by the year's end, playing farewell shows in Melbourne and Perth during December.

The promotional video for the track shows the coming to life of the album's cover.

( The album's cover photograph, which shows a young couple going to see a fictional movie, " Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only The Piano Player, starring Elton John ", also includes a movie poster of the Marx Brothers ' " Go West ", though whether this was an intentional subtle tribute to Groucho is uncertain ).

The shows included several renditions of the band's best known songs, and an entire album's worth of songs written specifically for the symphony shows.

The album's artwork features black and white photographs of the band being fitted for suits at Timothy Everest's atelier in London ; the front cover shows guitarist Neil Fraser.

" Whilst the band made the best of Revelations raw, live sound during the album's promotion, as well as the fact that the recording of the album took less than a month to complete ( the marketing literature said it was in order to best convey the energy apparent from their live shows ), after the split they claimed that they could have made it a better album had they been given more time by their label.

After the album's release, the band launched their second tour of Asia which ended in late 1996, which was followed by another tour of Indonesia, Thailand, and Japan in February 1997, including several sold out shows.

The band had debuted three new tracks at the Bonnaroo Music Festival, but did not play any more live shows before the album's release, due to fears of internet distribution and wanting to play the songs to the right audience.

Erlewine said of the album's content, " there's nothing new, but there doesn't need to be ", and Country Standard Time said that the album " shows that he's still got the talent that took him to stardom in the first place.