21.   But Colvin had something else in mind for her first album of original material in nearly four years.

22.   But we had a lot more distractions than on the first album.

23.   But, as is a standard practice, the company kept the masters of the songs on their first album.

24.   Costello, who left Warner Bros. Records last year, will release his first album under the new agreement on Mercury this summer.

25.   Dulli found that environment in New Orleans, where the band went to record its first album for Columbia.

26.   During that period, she recorded her first solo album.

27.   Eight years since she made her first album, her work keeps improving, with strong melodies and a compulsion toward restless exploration of timbre.

28.   Felber says the group was braced for inevitable, probably unfavorable comparisons to its first album.

29.   For example, the site started publicizing Britney Spears, offering song samples that users could download, eight months before her first album was released.

30.   For the first album, the band rented all of its recording equipment.