Songs in the Key of Life in a series of concert dates in the U.S. and Canada. The start of the tour coincided with the 38th anniversary of the release of "Songs in the Key of Life". Highly anticipated, the album surpassed all commercial expectations. It debuted at number 1 on the "Billboard" Pop Albums Chart on October 8, 1976, becoming only the third album in history to achieve that feat and the first by an American artist (after British singer/composer Elton John's albums "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy" and "Rock of the Westies", both in 1975). In Canada, the album achieved the same
Flowers in the Dirt commercial fortunes, he must have realised that his records hadn't been treated seriously for years, so he decided to make a full-fledged comeback effort with Flowers in the Dirt." Writing for the "Chicago Tribune", David Silverman wrote that the album was "a welcome, if not wholly fantastic, return from the "fabbest" of the Fab Four". Following tracks are included on bonus disc. Disc 1 The original 13-track album. Disc 2 – Paul McCartney and Elvis Costello original demos<br> All songs written and performed by Paul McCartney and Elvis Costello, as an acoustic duo Disc 3 – Paul McCartney and Elvis