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 Who went on to further explorations of the concept album format with their follow-up project Lifehouse, which was abandoned before completion, and with their 1973 rock opera, Quadrophenia.

After the band gained complete creative control from their record company, they decided to expand their follow-up of the Metropolis story into a full album: Metropolis Pt.

The follow-up album entitled Act II-The Father of Death was released in 2009 and serves as a prequel to Act I by establishing the history of Dr. Light, Dr. Wily, and how the world came under the rule of Wily.

During the same period, Iggy Pop, with Bowie as a co-writer and musician, completed his solo album debut, The Idiot, and its follow-up, Lust for Life, touring the UK, Europe, and the US in March and April 1977.

ELO effectively disbanded after that final show in Stuttgart in 1986, but there was no announcement made of it for the next two years, during which George Harrison's Lynne-produced album Cloud Nine and the pair's follow-up ( with Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan and Tom Petty as Traveling Wilburys ) Traveling Wilburys Vol.

On the follow-up album Discovery, the logo became a small glowing artifact on top of a treasure chest.

Having topped the charts around the world with Welcome to the Pleasuredome and its accompanying singles, Frankie Goes to Hollywood took off to Amsterdam to record the follow-up album, Liverpool.

His follow-up album, No Fences, was released in 1990 and spent 23 weeks as number-one on the Billboard country music chart.

Their follow-up album, 1994's Same as It Ever Was, went gold despite minimal airplay and no major hits.

The 1980 album Wait a Minute ... is a minor success, but the follow-up albums Modern Times Revive ( 1981 ) and Frisz & Sympatisz ( 1982 ) fail to make the Dutch album charts.

In 2009, Kool Keith released the concept album Tashan Dorrsett ; a follow-up, The Legend of Tashan Dorrsett, followed two years later.

According to Peter Hook, the band wrote and recorded enough material during the sessions for this album to release a follow-up in the near future, but it has yet to materialise.

Abdul's follow-up album, 1991's Spellbound, contained another string of hits, and sold 7 million copies worldwide.

" Spinning Around " was a dance-pop track intended to be the lead single on Abdul's follow-up album to Head over Heels.

A follow-up album, II, received similar praise, but did not match the commercial success that the Presidents ' debut album had, though it was still certified gold in the US.

" Though at the time considered a disappointing follow-up to the blockbuster Raising Hell, the album has grown in stature.

A follow-up album, Body Talk Pt.

Carter joined Davis's group in 1963, appearing on the album Seven Steps to Heaven and the follow-up E. S. P., the latter being the first album to feature only the full quintet.

In 1997, Twain released her follow-up album, Come On Over.

** Spring: The Appendix, a follow-up album

Suite XVI, the follow-up album to Norfolk Coast, was released in September 2006 ( the title is a pun on " Sweet 16 " and also a reference to the fact that it was the band's sixteenth studio album ) and continued the band's resurgence.

Diana Ross was one of the first Motown artists to embrace the disco sound with her hugely successful 1976 outing " Love Hangover " from her self-entitled album.

She is one of the most successful female country artists of all time ; with an estimated 100 million in album sales, Dolly Parton is also one of the best selling artists of all time.

A duet with Ricky Van Shelton, " Rockin ' Years " ( 1991 ) reached number one but Parton's greatest commercial fortune of the decade came when Whitney Houston recorded " I Will Always Love You " for the soundtrack of the feature film The Bodyguard ( 1992 ); both the single and the album were massively successful.

Parton's soundtrack album from her own 1992 film, Straight Talk, however was less successful, though her 1993 album Slow Dancing with the Moon won critical acclaim, and did well on the charts, reaching No. 4 on the country albums charts, and No. 16 on the Billboard 200 albums charts.

The album is Enya's most successful to date, peaking at number two on the U. S. Billboard 200 chart.

While this album was also successful, it was not quite as popular as her previous album in the mainstream.

In 2004, Gaynor re-released her 1997 album The Answer ( also released under the title What a Life ) as a follow up to her successful album I Wish You Love.

The group was signed to Tommy Boy Records, and their House of Pain debut album ( 1992 ) went multi-platinum, spawning the successful DJ Muggs produced single " Jump Around ".

Some reviews of the album were unenthusiastic, as many had hoped for a return to the political raps of Ice-T's most successful albums.

A year later he signed with Scotti Brothers Records and issued the moderately successful album, Gravity, in 1986, which included Brown's final Top 10 pop hit, " Living in America ", marking his first Top 40 entry since 1974 and his first Top 10 pop entry since 1968.

When " Picture " was released it introduced Kid Rock to a wider audience, and was ultimately the most successful single on the album.

Although Meteora was not nearly as successful as Hybrid Theory, it was the third best selling album in the United States during 2003.

The band's 1994 album Too High to Die subsequently became their most successful release.

A remix album, Shut Up and Dance, was also released and reached # 7 on Billboard's album chart, becoming one of the most successful remix albums to date.

The most successful New Zealand band, The La De Das, produced the psychedelic pop concept album The Happy Prince ( 1968 ), based on the Oscar Wilde children's classic, but failed to break through in Britain and the wider world.

They later released their third album titled Raising Hell which became the group's most successful album and one of the best-selling rap albums of all-time.

McDaniels also released a solo album, ' Checks Thugs and Rock N Roll ', which was slightly less successful.

Most successful were the Rolling Stones, whose first eponymously titled album in 1964 largely consisted of rhythm and blues standards.

It was their most successful album worldwide to date, peaking at number one in several countries, including the United States, and receiving 8 × platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America, making it their highest-selling studio album in the U. S. and second-highest album overall.