A second single, " C ' mon C ' mon ", also charted in the UK Top 20 and an album, Truthdare Doubledare, released in May 1986, peaked at Nº18.

" Starman ", issued as an April single ahead of the album, was to cement Bowie's UK breakthrough: both single and album charted rapidly following his July Top of the Pops performance of the song.

American Pies success made McLean an international star and piqued interest in his first album, which charted more than two years after its initial release.

Brown continued releasing recordings: in 1993, he issued the album, Universal James, which included Brown's final Billboard charted single, " Can't Get Any Harder ", which peaked at # 76 on the US R & B chart and # 59 on the UK chart.

Although four songs were released as singles to promote the album ( lead single " Everything I Need ", " Man With Two Hearts ", " Maria ", and " Hard Luck Story "), only the first song charted in the US, and that only at No. 47.

The album has since charted at No. 72 on the Canadian Albums Chart.

It was their third album Nice ( 1969 ) where they charted a course for symphonic prog with its mix of psychedelic rock, jazz, blues and classical elements.

At first La Folie charted lower than any other Stranglers studio album, and the first single taken from it, " Let Me Introduce You to the Family ", only charted at No. 42.

With only one single released from the album, Rio Grande Mud charted at 104 on the Billboard 200.

The album charted as high as No. 3 on the UK charts, with an eight week chart run and produced one hit single (" She's Got Claws ") reaching No. 6.

Numan's next album, The Fury ( 1985 ), charted slightly higher than Berserker, produced four hit singles and featured another new image of white suit and red bow tie.

The album Emerson Lake & Powell charted reasonably well, with a major single, " Touch and Go " generating some radio and MTV exposure for the trio.

The album, Let Me Be There, charted No. 1 on Country Albums for two weeks as well as No. 54 on the Billboard 200.

The band were able to showcase their ability on the album to juxtapose pert pop ballads (" Kayleigh ", charting at No. 2 in the United Kingdom, behind charity fundraiser " You'll Never Walk Alone " by The Crowd, and " Lavender ", which charted at No. 5 ) with longer song cycles of lost youth, first love, drug abuse, drink, prostitution and, ultimately, rebirth and redemption, all inspired by Fish's life experiences.

It debuted at No. 73 American Billboard 200 ; the band had not charted with a studio album since 1985.

Almost 23 years after its original release, the album charted in the United Kingdom for a fortnight in 1987.

Two more singles were released from the album, " Jailbird " and "( I'm Gonna ) Cry Myself Blind ", both of which charted progressively lower.

The album charted on the Billboard 200 and had two hits on adult contemporary radio.

The album itself only charted on the Top Electronic Albums chart, where it hit number nine.

The album charted on the Billboard Dance / Electronic Albums chart and the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart at # 11 and # 8 respectively.

The album charted at 62 on the UK Albums Chart.

His album Songs of December charted at # 58 in Canada in November 2011.

" The album charted incredibly well, peaking at number 9 on the Billboard 200, and garnering the band its first and only number 1 single, " Celebrity Skin ", which topped the Modern Rock Tracks.

A high point for the group was their 1963 live album At Carnegie Hall, described by critic Richard Palmer as " arguably Dave Brubeck's greatest concert ".

After New Harvests disappointing chart performance, Parton turned to high profile pop producer Gary Klein for her next album.

In " Cursum Perficio " of the album Watermark, Enya reaches a C an octave below middle C. Later in the piece, she sings a high A-flat above the treble clef.

The international market, where Business as Usual was still riding high, kept the album at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 album chart.

" Man of the Earth ", which the band had high hopes for, was due to be the third single from the album, however Epic Records decided against it when The Stranglers failed to secure a tour in America.

The album was nonetheless a personal high point for Partridge, who ranks songs such as "( The Everyday Story of ) Smalltown " and " Train Running Low on Soul Coal " amongst his best work.

In a high profile chart battle, Williams ' album was pitted against X Factor 2008 runners-up JLS who released their debut album the same day.

The album received high marks from the artist, " It's the best work I've done in 20 years.

After Whitehead moved to Los Angeles, Genesis signed with the art collective Hipgnosis, whose artists had created high profile album covers for Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon and Led Zeppelin's Houses of the Holy.

Today, the band's critical reputation exceeds the limited success they experienced during their time, their 1967 album Forever Changes being held in particularly high regard.

The subsequent album, Winners, was self-produced by the brothers and released in July 1981, but was less successful, going only as high as number 48 on the Billboard 200.

The album rose as high as the top five on a number of international charts ( including the U. S, UK, Germany and Australia ).

While the three band members and co-producer Nigel Gray all expressed immediate regret over the rushed recording for the album, which was finished on 4 a. m. on the day the band began their world tour, the album would receive high praise from critics.

The album featured high profile guests such as Elton John, Little Richard and Jeff Beck.

The album Far Cry contains his famous performance of the Gross-Lawrence standard " Tenderly " on alto saxophone, and his subsequent tour of Europe quickly set high standards for solo performance with his exhilarating bass clarinet renditions of Billie Holiday's " God Bless the Child " ( the earliest known version was recorded at the Five Spot during his residency with Booker Little ).

Even though this album would gradually garner high praise, it was initially poorly received ; however, the next one, Moondance, established Morrison as a major artist, and throughout the 1970s he built on his reputation with a series of critically acclaimed albums and live performances.

One short studio session was made for Riverside ( only released later by its subsidiary Jazzland in 1961 ) and a larger group recording featuring Coltrane was split between that album and Monk's Music ; an amateur tape from the Five Spot ( not the original residency, but a later September 1958 reunion with Coltrane sitting in for Johnny Griffin ) was issued on Blue Note in 1993 ; and a recording of the quartet performing at a Carnegie Hall concert on November 29, previously " rumoured to exist ", was recorded in high fidelity by Voice of America, rediscovered in the collection of the Library of Congress in 2005 and released by Blue Note.

Their first album, 2000's SMPT: e ( a play on words, as both a combination of the members ' last initials, as well as a common machine time protocol used in high end recording studios ) received strong critical reviews, including " some of the best progressive rock music ever written " ( Robert Taylor in Allmusic )).

The album debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, an all-time high for the band, while bassist Tim Foreman attracted headlines by speaking out against the copy-protection < ref

In truth, a few songs sounded like solo efforts, while Lodge's " Survival ", Hayward's appropriate closing " The Day We Meet Again " and Pinder's lone final contribution and lead vocal, " One Step Into The Light " ( curiously as the band is depicted as doing so on the cover photo – where Pinder is perhaps significantly barely glimpsed at all and almost out of focus ) were all high points on the album.

In 1999, the symphony hit a new commercial high on the album S & M with heavy metal band Metallica.