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 ".

Heavy metal band Iced Earth, released their 1996 album The Dark Saga which is based upon the comic book character Spawn, created by Todd McFarlane.

The heavy metal band Iced Earth also did a song about the creature called Dragon's Child on the Horror Show album.

* " Attila ", a song by Iced Earth from their album, The Glorious Burden

Todd McFarlane is also the cartoonist responsible for the cover art of the albums Ten Thousand Fists, released in September 2005 and Indestructible, released June 2008 by metal band Disturbed, and the art in their single " Land of Confusion ", as well as that of metal band Iced Earth's 1996 Spawn-based concept album The Dark Saga and Korn's third studio album Follow the Leader, which was released in 1998.

Iced Earth's first album with Owens, The Glorious Burden, came out in early 2004.

The band's line-up during the recording of their first album in 1999 also featured Mark Prator, who was the drummer on a few Iced Earth albums, and Jim Morris doing most of the guitar solos, Morris also having worked with Iced Earth in the past.

" As we had time to share some serious moments with each other during the 70000 Tons of Metal cruise ( somewhere on the oceans of time ) Jon Iced Earth & Sons of Liberty and I had finally found the chance to put our minds together for a possible next Demons & Wizards album.

* Something Wicked This Way Comes is a 1998 album by Iced Earth.

* Something Wicked This Way Comes ( Iced Earth album )

* Framing Armageddon, a heavy metal album by Iced Earth

Originally founded under the name " Purgatory ", Iced Earth released their debut album in 1990.

Iced Earth recorded the album The Crucible of Man with Barlow in 2008, but in 2011 it was announced that he would leaving the band once again, this time for good.

Dystopia, Block's first album with the group, was released in October 2011, and was met with a very positive response, with some critics calling Dystopia one of Iced Earth's best albums.

Following their self-titled debut, Iced Earth quickly began work on their second album.

Heralded as Iced Earth's heaviest album, Burnt Offerings was released on April 14, 1995, and was the band's first album to feature drummer Rodney Beasley and vocalist Matthew Barlow.

In January, 1996, Iced Earth began recording their fourth studio album, this time with Tom Morris ' brother Jim Morris acting as co-producer, along with Jon Schaffer.

Musically the album was also much more melodic and simplified compared to previous Iced Earth albums.

On April 21, 1997, Iced Earth released their first compilation album: Days of Purgatory.

In 2000, work began on the Iced Earth's sixth studio album.

After Barlow's departure, Iced Earth continued work on their next album, and, eventually, Jon Schaffer got Tim " Ripper " Owens, from Judas Priest, to sing on the record as a favor.

Lee also plays bass on Canadian rock band I Mother Earth's track " Good For Sule ", which is featured on the group's album " Blue Green Orange ", released in 1999.

The title of I Mother Earth's song " Shortcut to Moncton " on the album Scenery and Fish ( track 7 ) was inspired by a highway sign on the Trans-Canada highway that points to the old Fredericton Road that says, " Shortcut to Moncton ".

Following his return, work continued on Iced Earth's next album, originally titled Revelation Abomination: Something Wicked Part 2.

Night of the Stormrider is American heavy metal band Iced Earth's second full-length album.

The reason for the album was to improve the original songs, create nostalgia for older fans and introduce newer fans to Iced Earth's older work.

Following Iced Earth's previous album, The Dark Saga, the band were once again faced with line-up changes.

Some have viewed the album as one of Iced Earth's strongest, while others have called it one of their weakest.

Heavy metal band Iced Earth's track " Wolf " from the album Horror Show, has the wolf bane poem recited in its main chorus with some added words in between.

Rock band Rare Earth's version was released as an album track for their 1973 album Ma.

Todd McFarlane was also satisfied with the album, although Iced Earth's music didn't end-up in the Spawn film, nor the animated series.

* He is the main subject in the song " The Last Laugh " from Iced Earth's The Dark Saga, a concept album based on Spawn.

The album contains what are still some of the most popular songs in Railroad Earth's repertoire, including " Seven Story Mountain ," " Head " and, of course, " Railroad Earth.