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.

The album's most successful single was the title track, " How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye ", a Warwick / Vandross duet, which peaked at # 27 on the Billboard Hot 100.

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 track is " Who Am I ", which received a great deal of exposure through its use in the Wachowski Brothers ' Animatrix project.

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.

Up Off the Floor caused numerous complaints amongst fans about the quality of the album's mastering, as well as complaints that two of the more well-known songs from the album's sessions (" Choir Boy " and " Fame ") were removed and not included in the official release for undisclosed reasons.

The album's first single, " Mean to Me ", reached the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart top 30 in June.

" Locked Out " was the album's first US single and received airplay on MTV and VH1.

As Sherrod and Hart had not participated in the initial sessions, four new tracks were recorded with producer Steve Lillywhite including the album's first single " Don't Stop Now ".

Though it topped the country albums charts, it stalled at No. 71 on the pop albums chart ; the album's single, " Light of a Clear Blue Morning " only reached No. 87 on the Hot 100.

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.

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 first single, " More Than a Memory ", was released to radio on August 27, 2007.

In spite of the changes, the fifth album's first single, " Little L ", reached # 1 in many charts worldwide becoming their best dance hit.

After a slow start, his country-flavored hit " Picture " with Sheryl Crow resurrected the album and it went gold as a single and pushed the album's sales over 5 million.

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

The album's third single " All Summer Long ", became a global hit.

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

The album's lead single was the patriotic " Born Free.

The album's opening track, " Immigrant Song ", was released in November 1970 as a single in the US against the band's wishes, reaching the top twenty on the Billboard chart.

The album's only single, " Zip It!

In January 2000, the album's second single, " All the Small Things ", hit the sixth spot on the Billboard Hot 100.

" Ain't Never Gonna Give You Up " was the album's third and final single.

The album's lead single " Dancing on My Own " was released a few weeks prior to the album's release ; it became a hit single worldwide and brought her a Grammy Award nomination for the category of Best Dance Recording in 2011.

The album's first single, " Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?

Blue Lines was seen widely as the first major manifestation of a uniquely British hip hop movement, but the album's hit single " Unfinished Sympathy " and several other tracks, while their rhythms were largely sample-based, were not seen as hip hop songs in any conventional sense.