Unusual types of gramophone records did have etched labels as well, with many (if not all) also featuring a little etched picture of Thomas Edison. The Gramophone company etched their logo at the blank side of their single sided records in the early 1900s, in the same way, Some later single sided Red Seal records by Victor had a pattern with the word Victor on it. After having already released both colored vinyl singles and picture discs in the 1980s, Canadian rock artist Bryan Adams issued a 12" single of "Can't Stop This Thing We Started" in autumn 1991, which had the front cover photography
Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit are confessional, only they describe her material life and conflicted feelings acutely rather than dreamily, so that the songs occur in and are inflected by a deftly rendered physical and social world." In a less enthusiastic review, Christopher Monk of musicOMH called "Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit" "a likeable, enjoyable album rather than a great one", writing that "the craft of Barnett's words dwarfs that of her music...there are too many compositions here that feel underwritten." "Rolling Stone" ranked "Pedestrian at Best" at number 4 on its annual year-end list to find the best songs