The album's sound is a mixture of sample-based tunes ( loops of Raymond Scott's " Powerhouse " on " Bus to Beelzebub ", Toots & the Maytals, Howlin ' Wolf, The Andrews Sisters, and The Roches on " Down To This ," and a loop of sampler player Mark De Gli Antoni's orchestral horns on " Screenwriters Blues " among others ), guitar based tunes like " Janine ," " Moon Sammy ," and " Supra Genius.

In the album's notes, Zappa describes The Yellow Shark as one of the most fulfilling projects of his career, and as the best representation of his orchestral works.

Mingus has called the album's orchestral style " ethnic folk-dance music ".

The album's subject matter was largely centered on Love's tumultuous life between 2003 and 2007, and featured a polished folk-rock sound with much more acoustic work than previous Hole albums.

" 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.

According to Gerald Casale, the album's sound was inspired by reviewers calling them " fascist clowns " in articles.

The album's rich acoustic sound initially received mixed reactions, with critics and fans surprised at the turn from the primarily electric arrangements of the first two albums, fuelling further hostility to the musical press.

The album's sound resembled the folk-rock of The Byrds more than punk, and some of the group's fans accused Meat Puppets of sounding dangerously like hippies and abandoning their punk roots.

While still fast and loud, the album's country leanings were evolving and its raw punk sound was channeling raw guitar power chords.

Like Ain't Love Grand, the album's sound was fairly far removed from the band's punk origins, yet featured a punchy, energetic, hard-rocking roots rock sound that in many ways represented a more natural progression from their earlier sound than the previous record had.

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Many fans were reminded of the band's 1970s sound largely because of Khoroshev's classically oriented approach, though White also brought in world music influences with Latinesque arrangements, and with multi-instrumentalist Randy Raine-Reusch contributing to the album's textures.

Numan stated " think of Jagged and Pure, but faster, with bigger choruses, more energy, and more aggression " to describe the album's intended sound.

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.

Despite the concerns about the album's uncommercial sound, Pornography became the band's first UK Top 10 album, charting at number eight.

< 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.

The album's sound marked a drastic change from their previous outings, oriented more in the direction of glam rock and psychedelic music than that of the hard rock / grunge sound that propelled them to popularity ; critical reception, at the time, was mostly mixed.

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 album's sound differed from Dummy, characterised as " grainy and harsher.

The " Synthanorma " controlled the band ’ s Minimoog creating the album's rhythmic sound.

This led to a change in the album's sound to electronic New Wave.

He was the sound engineer on Robin Trower's album Bridge of Sighs, and credited by both Trower and producer Matthew Fisher for that album's acclaimed sound.

) With Martin's guidance, the album's style was very different from America's first three efforts, as he enhanced America's acoustic sound with strings and brass.

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

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 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 release was followed by news that there would be no tour to promote the LP, that drummer Bevan was now playing drums for Black Sabbath and that bassist Kelly Groucutt had left the band.

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

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.

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

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.

While this album's diversity was seen then as perversity, now it seems like a rich smorgasbord.

The album's track " Jim's Blues ", with Plant on harmonica, was the first studio track to feature all four members of the future Led Zeppelin.

After the album's completion, the band were forced to change their name after Dreja issued a cease and desist letter, stating that Page was only allowed to use the New Yardbirds moniker for the Scandinavian dates.

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.

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

While the album had been recorded in early 1983, the album's release was delayed for a year by SST.

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

The group toured in the wake of the album's success, but the Raising Hell Tour was marred by violence, particularly fights between rival street gangs in places like Los Angeles.

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.