" The album also produced more experimentation from Hudson switching to synthesizers, heavily showcased on " Jupiter Hollow.

ZZ Top recorded the live tracks for their 1975 album, Fandango !, during this tour and showcased their prowess in exciting live audiences.

Later in 1981, Queen released their first compilation album, titled Greatest Hits, which showcased the group's highlights from 1974 – 1981.

The album featured improved song writing and production and had a somewhat more epic style, showcased in such songs as the anthemic " In Union We Stand ".

The 1999 triple album 69 Love Songs showcased Merritt's songwriting abilities and the group's musicianship, demonstrated by the use of such varied instruments as ukulele, banjo, accordion, cello, mandolin, flute, xylophone, and Marxophone, in addition to their usual setting of synthesizers, guitars, and effects.

Their second album, The Way We Are in 1999 notably showcased Painter's skills as arranger and as instrumentalist on a panoply of uncommon instruments.

The album included songs now regarded as Van Halen classics, like " Runnin ' with the Devil " and the guitar solo " Eruption ", which showcased Eddie's use of a technique known as ' finger-tapping '.

The album showcased a strong bass and rhythm section, as well as lengthy jam sessions, future trademarks of the band.

Ali Shaheed then focused on developing a stable of artists, most of whom were showcased on his debut solo album Shaheedullah and Stereotypes, released independently in 2004.

The album featured much material written by the Jam and Lewis team, and showcased their DX7-led sound.

The album showcased more traditional black metal / death metal ideas, and fewer symphonic elements.

" Musically, the album showcased very personal, encrypted and slightly more optimistic songwriting with a more refined, straightforward rock sound, not unlike Jimmy Eat World.

Although the album showcased the band's sound, contract disputes held up the album's release for several years.

De La Soul collaborated for the first time with Gang Starr's Guru on " Patti Dooke ", female MC Shortie No Mas, a cousin of Posdnuos, was prominent on many tracks on the album, showcased particularly " In The Woods ".

Written in her native Dorset, Paris and New York, the album showcased a more mainstream indie rock and pop rock sound to her previous albums and the lyrics followed on themes of love that tied into Harvey's affection for New York City.

Suede began recording a new album with Ed Buller in 2012 and Brett Anderson stated that of the songs showcased in Russia, only " Sabotage " was thus far in contention.

That album was a success, and it paved the way for Newman's 1970 release, 12 Songs, a more stripped-down sound that showcased Newman's piano.

During these concerts, the band performed the entire New Gold Dream ( 81-82-83-84 ) album and showcased songs from their other albums in a two-part concert performance.

The eponymous first album ( 1980 ) showcased the band's live set at the time, and was basically recorded by the Humphreys / McCluskey duo, although included some guest drums from Id drummer Malcolm Holmes, and saxophone from Wirral musician Martin Cooper.

He popularized a playing technique of two ‐ handed hammer ‐ ons and pull ‐ offs called tapping, showcased on the song " Eruption " from the album Van Halen.

Conversely, it also showcased Wayne Shorter's playing to the extent of containing more saxophone solos than any other Weather Report album in the band's entire career.

This new line-up released Episode, an album that showcased their new symphonic direction with a full orchestra and choir utilised on tracks such as " Season of Change " and " Forever ".

By this time, Level 42 were known for their power as a live band ( as showcased on the 1985 double live album A Physical Presence ).

The album showcased tracks from Sick of It All's entire career up to that point in time.

Recorded at the Fillmore East concert hall, the storied rock venue in New York City, on Friday and Saturday March 12, 1971 – March 13, 1971, the album showcased the band's mixture of blues, southern rock, and jazz.

* " Alien ", a song by Thriving Ivory on their self-titled album

The band completed their third album and released it exclusively digital on August 29, 2009.

Marc also formed a group with Black Silver called Live Black, but while five of their tracks were released on a demo CD sold at concerts, Live Black's first album has yet to be released.

Through the late 1970s and early 1980s, the group's popularity continued to grow ( although they were always more popular in North America and Continental Europe than in their home country, never achieving a UK Top 40 single or Top 20 album ).

In 1981, Parsons, Woolfson and their record label Arista, were stalled in contract renegotiations when on 5 March the two submitted an all-instrumental atonal album tentatively titled ' The Sicilian Defence ' ( the name of an aggressive opening move in chess ), arguably to get out of their recording contract.

* The San Francisco-based band Om mentions Absalom in their song " Kapila's Theme " from their debut album Variations on a Theme.

* " Atmosphere ", a song by Funkadelic from their 1975 album, Let's Take It to the Stage

In 2010, the Australian a cappella Quartet The Idea of North was nominated for an ARIA for their seventh studio album, " Feels Like Spring ", bringing a cappella music back into pop culture.

Each year, hundreds of Collegiate a cappella groups submit their strongest songs in a competition to be on The Best of College A Cappella ( BOCA ), an album compilation of tracks from the best college a cappella groups around the world.

* Al ' z A-B-Cee ' z, an alphabet song by hip hop group 3rd Bass, on their 1991 album Derelicts of Dialect.

In 1992, Osdorp Posse released their debut album Osdorp Stijl, which was the first-ever Dutch hip hop.

After some personal arguments among the three crewmembers, de Spookrijders split up in 2003, after releasing their and final third album Hee ...

How do you do ?," Capp sardonically congratulated Lennon and Ono on their Two Virgins nude album cover: " I think that everybody owes it to the world to prove they have pubic hair.

" It ends in death, and sets the stage for an album populated by rogues, con men, outcasts, gamblers, gunfighters and desperados, many of them with nothing to lose, some of them out of their minds, all of them quintessentially American.

*" Big Dipper ", a song by Jethro Tull from their 1976 album Too Old to Rock ' n ' Roll: Too Young to Die!

*" Big Dipper ", a song by Built to Spill from their 1994 album There's Nothing Wrong with Love

The Allmusic review by Marc Gilman awarded the album 4½ stars noting that " While some compositions retain their original structure and sound, some are expanded and probed by Zorn's arrangements, and resemble avant-garde classical music more than jazz.

Following Foster's departure, Bronski Beat began work on their next album, Out and About.

Four different mixes were done, with one appearing on their retrospective album, Fifteen Years After.

In May 2010, the band stated on their website that they were " back in the studio working on some new songs " and later revealed that they were " in the final stages of recording the album ".

Sarah Martin later stated in the Q & A section of their website that it would be a 14 track album.

In a news update to the official website on 11 August 2010, it was revealed that their eighth studio album would be titled Belle & Sebastian Write About Love.

* " Bug ", a song by Phish from their 2000 album Farmhouse ( album )