A version with Alicia Keys was included in Charles ' 2005 duets album Genius & Friends.

Woolfson, a songwriter and composer, was working as a session pianist ; he had also composed material for a concept album idea based on the work of Edgar Allan Poe.

Their first album, Tales of Mystery and Imagination, including major contributions by all members of Pilot and Ambrosia, was a success, reaching the Top 40 in the US Billboard 200 chart.

The song " The Raven " featured lead vocals by the actor Leonard Whiting, and, according to the 2007 remastered album liner notes, was the first rock song to use a digital vocoder, with Alan Parsons speaking lyrics through it.

1987's Gaudi was the Project's last release, though they planned to record an album called Freudiana next.

Although the studio version of Freudiana was produced by Parsons ( and featured the regular Project backing musicians, making it an ' unofficial ' Project album ), it was primarily Woolfson's idea to turn it into a musical.

Arista's refusal to release the album had two known effects: the negotiations led to a renewed contract and the album was never released.

Tales of Mystery and Imagination was first remixed in 1987 for release on CD, and included narration by Orson Welles which had been recorded in 1975, but arrived too late to be included on the original album.

The opening instrumental was largely done away with by 1980 ; no later Project album except Eye in the Sky featured one ( although every album includes at least one instrumental somewhere in the running order ).

* The New Wave band Missing Persons ' best-selling album was called Spring Session M.

Her producer was present and suggested she include a version of it on her 1970 album Whales & Nightingales.

DiFranco was one of the first independent artists to own her own label, which has allowed her a considerable degree of creative freedom over the years, including, for example, providing all instrumentals and vocals and recording the album herself at her home on an analog 8-track reel to reel, and handling much of the artwork and packaging design for her 2004 album Educated Guess.

ABC is Jin's fourth overall album, which was released on February 20, 2007

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.

When Heart in Motion was released in 1991, many fans were surprised that the album was so clearly one of contemporary pop music.

The album was a multi-platinum success and produced the pop hit " Lucky One " ( No. 18 pop and No. 2 AC ; No. 1 on Radio & Records ) as well as the title track ( a duet with country music star and future husband Vince Gill ) ( No. 37 pop ) and a cover of Joni Mitchell's frequently covered " Big Yellow Taxi " ( No. 67 pop ) ( in which she changed the line " And they charged the people a dollar and a half just to see em " to " And then they charged the people 25 bucks just to see em ").

Although " Takes A Little Time " was a moderate hit single, the album failed to sell like the previous two albums, which had both gone multi-platinum.

The album was certified Gold in 2000.

He was awarded the World Music Award for Best Selling Middle Eastern Artist three times: 1998 for album " Nour El Ain ", 2002 for album " Aktrr Wahed Byhbak 2001 " and 2007 for album " El Lillady ".

The following year finally marked the release of Snow Patrol's second album ' When It's All Over We Still Have To Clear Up ', which, despite slightly disappointing initial sales, would eventually go gold in the wake of the band's later fame, along with their debut ' Songs For Polarbears '.

The release of this album marked the end of Kay ’ s eight-album contract with Sony.

The year also marked the release of Christian Falk's second album, People Say, on which Robyn contributed the tracks " Dream On " and " C. C. C ".

Influenced by their more conventional lineup, this album marked a departure from their previous releases with more of a guitar-heavy sound.

Their next album, 1984's The Big Express marked a return to the harsher and more abrasive sounds of their early albums, but the combination of the group's ' no touring ' status and the growing disenchantment of their label made it their poorest selling LP to date.

The album marked somewhat of a retreat from the increasingly roots-rock direction that the band's past few records had gone in, instead featuring an eclectic alternative-rock sound that fit in well with the then-current musical climate.

This album marked the beginning of the period known as the Virgin Years.

Containing electronic sounds and more minimal guitar work, the album was marked by Albarn's growing interest in hip hop and African music.

The new album marked a radical change in style as the revived Yes had adopted a pop rock sound that showed little of their progressive roots.

Follow the Leader marked the first album where the majority of the lyrics did not have origins relating to early occurrences, with songs like " Justin " and " Pretty " written about incidents occurring during adulthood.

Simon recorded Hearts and Bones, a polished and confessional album that was eventually viewed as one of his best works, but that marked a lull in his commercial popularity ; both the album and the lead single, " Allergies ", missed the American Top 40.

1994 also marked the release of One Day Closer, his first solo album in five years, on his new record label, Rising Records.

The album also marked the start of the band's longtime relationship with producer Dave Meegan.

The album marked several line-up changes in the band, which had previously consisted of lead singer / rhythm guitarist Tito Larriva, lead guitarist Peter Atanasoff, and drummer Johnny " Vatos " Hernandez.

The album itself opened at number 1 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums, selling 44, 000 copies ; this marked not only the first time a Cake album had hit the number 1 spot in an opening week, but also the lowest sales numbers for an album at the top of that chart.

Furthermore, the artwork for the song " November has Come " off of the Gorillaz ' 2005 album Demon Days has a picture of a calendar pinned to a brick wall set to the month of October with all the dates marked off in red Xs ( reminiscent of the opening scene in Day of the Dead ).

* Impaled Nazarene has some songs and album titles in Enochian: Tol Cormpt Norz Norz Norz (" Thy shall all be marked 666 ") and I Al Purg Vonpo (" Flames, the burning wrath ").

" Have You Seen the Saucers " marked the beginning of a science-fiction theme that Kantner explored in Blows Against the Empire, his first solo album, released in 1970, and with many of his songs in the 70s and 80s.

1987 marked the release of Overkill's second album Taking Over, the first to be released by Megaforce in cooperation with the major label Atlantic Records.

The album marked a minor turning point in the evolution of the Lennon – McCartney partnership, John Lennon particularly now showing interest in composing songs of a more autobiographical nature.

The album received a mild critical reception and marked the beginning of a very prolific period of song making.

The album was host to a marked expansion in the band's sound and their previous experiments in tape loops and effects were given a more prominent role.