The album's cover, which " shows lying on his back in bed with his ravishing wife's ample posterior in full view and one of her legs coyly draped over his private parts ," was considered to be too suggestive for most retailers, many of which were reluctant to stock the album.

Waits beatboxes on the opening track, " Top of the Hill ", and most of the album's songs begin with Waits's " vocal percussion " improvisations.

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.

Warriors ( 1983 ) further developed Numan's jazz-influenced style and featured contributions from avant-garde musician Bill Nelson ( who fell out with Numan during recording and chose to be uncredited as the album's co-producer ) and saxophonist Dick Morrissey ( who would play on most of Numan's albums until 1991 ).

The album's third single, " Just Like Heaven " was the band's most successful single to date in the US, being their first to enter the Billboard Top 40.

Finally in 1980, the album's title track, which still remains one of their most popular songs to date reached No. 17.

Over the years since the album's original release it has been recognized as a punk classic and one of the most influential punk records ever made by appearing on a number of " best of " lists by punk fans and critics alike.

Due to lack of promotion and Brown's desire to write and produce most of the tracks, the album tanked and the album's only single, " Feeling Inside ", was not successful.

1972 ), a mere 36 minute album with " Doin ' Time in the USA ," as the album's most familiar cut.

Because Vandals full-time drummer Josh Freese was involved with other musical projects at the time of the album's recording, a number of fill-in drummers were recruited to play most of the drum tracks on the album: Brooks Wackerman of Infectious Grooves and Suicidal Tendencies, Erik Sandin of NOFX, and Rat Scabies of The Damned.

Lowery has been quoted in interviews as saying that, although the entire band ( save for Fichter ) played on the basic tracks, Greg Lisher was the only other member to have contributed significantly to the album's recording, with most of the overdubbing and studio polishing having been done by Lowery, Lisher and producer Dennis Herring.

Lisher's distinctive psychedelic lead guitar playing is arguably the album's most distinctive instrumental feature, although the band's use of violin also has a great influence on the sound of the record.

Original guitarist Mark Kanabrocki, who had written most of the first album's songs, left the band before it was recorded and appears only on the record release issued from CBGB called Off the Board.

It took over two years to complete, but before it was released, DJs in the Cincinnati area began playing " I Believe ", which would become the album's most popular single.

Despite having problems with manager Paul Ahern, being caught in the middle of a fight between Ahern and his business partner Charles McKenzie, and doing most of the recording work alone, Scholz completed the second Boston album two years after the debut album's release.

The album's lead single, " A Perfect Day Elise ," was moderately successful in the United Kingdom, peaking at number 25 on the UK Single Chart, her most successful single to date.

Having worked in the studio while Voices was at its peak in popularity, the two had already recorded most of their material and felt there was no need to repeat the previous album's formula.

Guitarist Mike Campbell, best known for his work with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, collaborated with Zander on most of the album's tracks.

While the lead-off single " Scent of A Woman " was typical Cheap Trick fare, most of the album's tracks were acoustic-based.

The album's influence on music, including jazz, rock, and classical music, has led music writers to acknowledge it as one of the most influential albums ever made.

Perhaps to assuage the pianist's feelings, and also to take advantage of Kelly's superior skills as both bluesman and accompanist, Davis had Kelly play instead of Evans on the album's most blues-oriented number, " Freddie Freeloader ".

U-Roy's success continued throughout the 1970s, perhaps most famously with the album Dread in a Babylon, produced by " Prince " Tony Robinson and propelled by the album's skank smash hit " Runaway Girl ".

His ' rubato ' classical opening sequence to the album's opener, " Knocking at Your Back Door " ( complete with F-Minor to G polychordal harmony sequence ), gave Lord the chance to do his most powerful work for years, including the song " Perfect Strangers ".

The album's most well-known single was " Such Great Heights ", which is featured in advertisements for UPS and Kaiser Permanente.

The album's first two singles were successful on rock radio in " So Hott " and " Amen ".

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After the album's release, the band embarked on the successful Kissing Tour.

In 1956 Holly's band ( then known informally as Buddy and the Two Tones ( meaning Buddy Holly with Sonny Curtis and Don Guess ), posthumous releases refer to The Three Tunes ) recorded an album's worth of rockabilly numbers in Nashville, Tennessee for Decca ; the records were no more than mildly successful, and the band didn't hit pay dirt until 1957, when producer and recording engineer Norman Petty hosted Holly's sessions in Clovis, New Mexico.

" Malibu " was the album's second successful single, making it to number 3 on the Modern Rock Tracks.

" Calling All Angels " was successful in various countries and a huge hit in Brazil, however it was " Lady " that became the album's surprise hit, making the US Top 30 and propelling Baptism to gold status.

Nonetheless, the record was critically acclaimed and fairly successful commercially, with The Move covering the album's " Hey Grandma " ( a Miller-Stevenson composition ) on their eponymous first album.

The album's four singles —" Good Fortune ," " A Place Called Home ," " This is Love " and " You Said Something "— were moderately successful.

The successful release of the singles bolstered the album's sales, eventually selling over eight million copies in the United States, gaining eight-time platinum certification by the RIAA.

It was moderately successful, but the album's other two singles – " Never Again ( The Dancer )" and " Remember David " – did not make any headway.

The album's first single " Ha " and later " Back That Azz Up ", both became very successful songs charting on the Billboard Hot 100 and the Hot R & B / Hip-Hop Songs chart.

Bad Religion released their second full-length, Into the Unknown, in 1983, but were less successful, due to the album's poor production.

" The album's first single, " Seven Nation Army ", was the band's most successful.

Despite the success of the album's lead single, " Step Up ," the album was not nearly as successful as Sinner.

" My Band ", the album's first single, was also successful reaching number one in Australia, New Zealand and the U. S. rhythmic top forty, the top five in the UK and Germany, and the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100.

The Seventh One became the band's most successful release since Toto IV and, according to David Paich, the record was supposed to be their comeback record, but personnel changes at the record company resulted in the album's promotion and advertising money being pulled.

The album's debut single " I Believe In Love " was initially not a success but was remixed by producer Jonathan Peters into a successful dance song.

The album's lead single " What It's Like " proved to be his most popular and successful song, although the follow-up single, " Ends ", also reached the U. S. rock top 10.

However, the album's third single, " Suds in the Bucket ," was the most successful single ; it became Evans ' third Number One hit on the Hot Country Songs chart and was also her fifth Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100.