31.   For a while, Mark Linkous, the soft-spoken leader of the one-man group Sparklehorse, thought his first album would be his last.

32.   Former New Kid on the Block Joey McIntyre, who just released his first post-Kids solo album, concurs.

33.   For example, EMI and Paul McCartney have set up a web site to promote his first new album in four years, called Flaming Pie.

34.   GERALD LEVINSON A new CD, preferably including his Second Symphony, is needed to supplement his first album, on Composers Recordings.

35.   Griffin has just released his first album in decades.

36.   He began his musical career in a rush, cutting his first single before he was out of high school and his first album two years later.

37.   He recorded his first album during the winter.

38.   Her band, the Cranberries, made its first album one year ago.

39.   Her first album was mainly McKechnie playing piano.

40.   He will finally be recording his first album next month, for Atlantic Records.