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 ".

Their debut album, Pretty on the Inside ( 1991 ) garnered them critical praise, and they went on to achieve international critical and commercial success for their following albums, Live Through This ( 1994 ) and Celebrity Skin ( 1998 ).

Originally active from 1985 to 1996, the band have had consistent commercial and critical success in Australia and New Zealand and international chart success in two phases, beginning with their self-titled debut album, Crowded House, which reached number twelve on the US Album Chart in 1987 and provided the Top Ten hits, " Don't Dream It's Over " and " Something So Strong ".

Further international success came in the UK and Europe with their third and fourth albums, Woodface and Together Alone and the compilation album Recurring Dream, which included the hits " Fall at Your Feet ", " Weather with You ", " Distant Sun ", " Locked Out ", " Instinct " and " Not the Girl You Think You Are ".

The album did not fare as well as their debut in the US, only reaching number 40, but it achieved Australasian success, reaching number one in Australia and number two in New Zealand.

By contrast, the album had limited success in the US, only reaching number 83 on the Billboard 200 Album Chart.

Following the success of the album She Will Have Her Way in 2005, a second album of cover versions of Finn Brothers songs, He Will Have His Way, was released on 12 November 2010.

It was also the first story-based concept album of the rock era ( as distinct from the song-cycle style album ) to enjoy commercial success.

Pink Floyd recast itself from its 1960s guise as a psychedelic band into a commercial success with its series of concept albums, most famously with The Dark Side of the Moon ( which, according to the RIAA, is the second best selling album in history ) and later with the double album rock opera The Wall.

Although it did not achieve the same levels of commercial success as the band's later releases ( it reached # 73 on the Billboard 200 ), it has been hailed by many fans and critics as Dream Theater's masterpiece and the band's defining album.

While receiving generally favorable reviews, however, the album did not achieve the crossover success Parton had hoped for.

In 1975, Bowie achieved his first major American crossover success with the number-one single " Fame " and the hit album Young Americans, which the singer characterised as " plastic soul ".

After uneven commercial success in the late 1970s, Bowie had UK number ones with the 1980 single " Ashes to Ashes ", its parent album Scary Monsters ( and Super Creeps ), and " Under Pressure ", a 1981 collaboration with Queen.

Featuring philosophical post-hippie lyrics on peace, love and morality, its acoustic folk rock occasionally fortified by harder rock, the album was not a commercial success at the time of its release.

The album was a critical success but received a low-key release and only made number 87 in the UK charts.

Featuring characters from a short story written by Bowie, the album achieved US and UK chart success, and yielded three top 40 UK singles.

Incorporating experiments in British jungle and drum ' n ' bass, Earthling ( 1997 ) was a critical and commercial success in the UK and the US, and two singles from the album became UK top 40 hits.

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.

American Pie combines externals with internals and the resultant success of that album makes the third one ( Don McLean ) entirely introspective.

She continued to enjoy steady success during the 1990s and 2000s ; her 2000 album A Day Without Rain sold 15 million copies, and became the top selling new age album of the 2000s in the US, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

In 1993, Kravitz wrote " Line Up " for Aerosmith's Steven Tyler, and appeared on Mick Jagger's solo album, Wandering Spirit, in a cover of the Bill Withers soul classic " Use Me ", and played guitar on the title track of David Bowie's The Buddha of Suburbia.

Avant signed Withers to a record deal and assigned Booker T. Jones to produce Withers ' first album.

During a hiatus from touring, Withers recorded his second album, Still Bill.

His performance at Carnegie Hall on October 6 1972 was recorded, and released as the live album Bill Withers, Live at Carnegie Hall on November 30 1972.

In 1974 Withers recorded the album +' Justments.

Withers ended his business association with Columbia Records after this release, which as of 2011 is his last studio album.

In 1988, a new version of " Lovely Day " from the 1977 Menagerie album, titled " Lovely Day ( Sunshine Mix )" and remixed by Ben Liebrand, reached the Top 10 in the United Kingdom, leading to Withers ' performance on the long-running Top of the Pops that year.

The album was the last on which drummer Pick Withers played.

* Just as I Am ( Bill Withers album ), 1971

The EP was soon followed by their first full-length album, As the Flower Withers.

With the joining of Martin Powell, the usage of violin increased even more since their As the Flower Withers album.

Together with Crystal Lewis, and the Family, " Lean On Me " and the second single " Revolution " ( featuring Rodney Jerkins ) were considerable hits, and the album contained a version of another Withers song " Gonna Be a Lovely Day ".

While Buddah primarily focused on singles, several of its album releases, including Brewer & Shipley's Tarkio ( 1970 ), Bill Withers ' Still Bill ( 1972 ), and most notably Curtis Mayfield's Super Fly ( 1972 ), also charted well during this period.

The highlight of the album was his collaboration with soul artist Bill Withers, " Just the Two of Us ," a huge hit on radio during the spring and summer of 1981, peaking at No. 2 on the Hot 100.

In 2001 he hit the charts with the Grover Washington, Jr. & Bill Withers classic " Just The Two of Us " from the star-studded tribute album " To Grover, with Love ", produced by renowned keyboardist / arranger / producer Jason Miles.

" Ain't No Sunshine " is a song by Bill Withers from his 1971 album Just as I Am, produced by Booker T. Jones.

After recording the 1971, You're So Beautiful album, Gadson, Dunlap, Jackson, and Blackmon left the Watts Band to work with Bill Withers, playing on the albums Still Bill ( 1972 ) and Live at Carnegie Hall ( 1973 ).

This album contains Ritenour's version of Bill Withers ' 1978 hit " Lovely Day ".

* Live at Carnegie Hall ( Bill Withers album ), a 1973 album by Bill Withers.

As The Flower Withers was the first album by Yorkshire-based doom metal band My Dying Bride.