O.A.R. is an American rock band founded in 1996 in Rockville, Maryland. The band consists of lead vocalist/guitarist Marc Roberge, drummer Chris Culos, guitarist Richard On, bassist Benj Gershman and saxophonist/guitarist Jerry DePizzo. Together, the band has released eight studio albums, including their latest release, The Rockville LP, in June 2014. The band is well known for their live shows and extensive summer touring, and have released five records of various live performances to date. Four of the band members grew up in Rockville, Maryland and attended Thomas Sprigg Wootton High School. After graduating, they went on to study at Ohio State University. There they met the fifth member, saxophonist/guitarist Jerry DePizzo from Youngstown, Ohio.
India Arie Simpson, also known as India.Arie, is an American singer and songwriter. She has sold over 3.3 million records in the US and 10 million worldwide. She has won four Grammy Awards from her 21 nominations, including Best R&B Album.
On September 18, 2001, Collective Soul released their greatest hits compilation Seven Year Itch: Greatest Hits, 1994-2001. The compilation includes songs recorded from 1994 to 2001 and included two new tracks, "Next Homecoming" and "Energy". Seven Year Itch received decent reviews and was relatively successful It sold 225,000 copies in the first year after its release and reached number fifty on the Billboard 200; in Canada, it reached number nine on its albums chart and went platinum.
Lifehouse is the eponymous third album by pop rock band Lifehouse. It was released in 2005 on Geffen Records.
Can't Slow Down is the second solo studio album by American recording artist Lionel Richie. It was released on October 11, 1983 by Motown Records. It has sold over 20 million copies, and is Richie's best-selling album of all time. Five singles were released from Can't Slow Down, all of which hit the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, including two that reached #1: "All Night Long " and "Hello". The album also won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1985.
Somebody's Miracle is the fifth album by Liz Phair, released on October 4, 2005 on Capitol Records. From September 2004 through April 2005, she composed fourteen tracks spanning from lo-fi guitar-driven to high-gloss produced tracks. Much like her debut album, Exile in Guyville, Somebody's Miracle was originally modeled after another canonical album, Songs in the Key of Life by Stevie Wonder, though only elements of this exist in the final product. The first single, "Everything To Me" was released to radio on August 1, 2005. Somebody's Miracle debuted at #46 on the Billboard 200, and has sold over 83,000 copies in the U.S.
For the Ride Home is the debut album of singer Josh Kelley. It was re-released in 2004 with different artwork and a bonus disc. The album peaked at #159 on the Billboard 200 album chart and #5 on the Top Heatseekers Chart.
Tin Cans and Car Tires is moe.'s second release with 550 Music; their first was 1996's No Doy. It was released on September 8, 1998 and featured the recorded debut of drummer Vinnie Amico, who had taken over the position from Chris Mazur in 1996. As is typical for moe., most of the material on this album had been featured in the band's live sets for a number of years before being recorded for this album, including "Queen Of The Rodeo", which first appeared in 1995 as part of the "rock opera" Timmy.
The Songstress is the debut solo album by the American R&B/soul singer Anita Baker. It was originally released in 1983 by Beverly Glen Music, and was Baker's only album for that label prior to signing with Elektra Records with whom she had a string of hit albums. The Songstress was not a commercial success upon its initial release, though the album met with moderate success on the R&B charts. Notorious drug trafficker "Freeway" Rick Ross helped provide the money for the album.
Abandoned Luncheonette is the second studio album by the American pop rock duo Hall & Oates, released in 1973, which combines folk, Philly soul, and acoustic soul. It is the most commercially successful of their first three albums of the duo's Atlantic Records period, the album reached #33 on the Billboard Top LPs & Tapes chart. Twenty-nine years after its release, the album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.
Making a Good Thing Better is an album by Olivia Newton-John, released in 1977.
Rock 'n Soul Part 1 is a greatest hits album by American musical duo Hall & Oates, credited as "Daryl Hall John Oates" on the album cover. Released by RCA Records in October 18, 1983, the album featured mostly hit singles recorded by the duo and released by RCA, along with one single from the duo's period with Atlantic Records and two previously unreleased songs recorded earlier in the year: "Say It Isn't So" and "Adult Education".
Briefcase Full of Blues is the debut album by The Blues Brothers, released on November 28, 1978, by Atlantic Records. It was recorded live on September 9, 1978 at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, when the band opened for comedian Steve Martin. The album consists of covers of blues and soul songs from the 1950s to 1970s.
Wild Hope is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Mandy Moore, her first in four years. It was released in digitally in Australia on June 18, 2007, and on June 19, 2007 by The Firm Music, a division of EMI USA. The Australian digital release contained the bonus track "Swept Away". The album was released in Australia physically on February 23, 2008. Counting her compilation and cover albums, it is Moore's seventh album and her first to be fully co-written by her.
In Between Now and Then is the fourth studio album released by the rock band O.A.R. in 2003. The album debuted on the Billboard 200 at number 54. The song, "Hey Girl", was previously featured on the albums Soul's Aflame and Risen.
Rhythm of Love is the fifth album by American R&B/soul singer Anita Baker, released in 1994. The album peaked at #3 on the US Billboard 200 and #1 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip Hop chart and was certified double platinum, giving Baker her fourth platinum selling album.
Soul's Aflame is the second album released by O.A.R. in 1999, recorded at Gizmo Recording Company in Silver Spring, Maryland with engineer and producer, Gantt Kushner.
The Outsiders is the third album from the American rock band Needtobreathe, released August 25, 2009 through Atlantic Records. It debuted at No. 20 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 21,000 copies in its first week.
"Rest of My Life" is a song by the San Diego-based rock band Unwritten Law. It originally appeared on their 2001 album Elva, but this version was not released as a single and did not chart. An alternate recording from their 2003 live acoustic album Music in High Places did chart, reaching #16 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart.
Come Tomorrow is the ninth studio album by Dave Matthews Band, and was released on June 8, 2018. The album is their first since 2012's Away from the World.
