Question: What year was the album Hitchin' a Ride is on released?

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Christmas Jollies: Christmas Jollies is the third album released by Vincent Montana Jr. and his first Christmas album.  It was recorded and released on Salsoul Records.  The album includes a few new Christmas tunes, co-written by Vincent Montana, Jr. himself, entitled, "There's Someone Who's Knocking At My Door" with the children's chorus singing, "Merry Christmas All" with his daughter, Denise Montana, singing the lead and "Christmas Time" with the sweet honeyed-voices of the session girl-group, The Sweethearts of Sigma that features group members Barbara Ingram, Evette Benton and Carla Benson.  This highly successful album also includes disco renditions of "The Little Drummer Boy", "Sleigh Ride" and so on, plus the orchestrated instrumental version of "Silent Night".  Side two is semi-instrumental with two different medleys, such as Christmas Medley with the family chorus singing and New Year's Medley with The Salsoul Singers singing in the background.

Lynn Anderson discography: The discography of Lynn Anderson, an American country artist, consists of 35 studio albums, 17 compilation albums, two live albums, one tribute album, and 74 singles.  She signed a recording contract with Chart Records in 1966, after her mother Liz Anderson gained success as a country songwriter and singer.  Anderson's debut release was the single "In Person" in 1966, charting her first top 10 hit in 1967 "If I Kiss You (Will You Go Away)", which spawned her debut album "Ride, Ride, Ride".  Anderson's next single later in the year entitled "Promises, Promises" also reached the Top 5 and an album of the same name peaked at #1 on the "Billboard" Top Country Albums chart.  Between 1967 and 1969, Anderson released seven singles, including the Top 20 hits "No Another Time", "Big Girls Don't Cry", and "That's a No No", and four more albums such as, "With Love, From Lynn" and "At Home with Lynn".  With her success on the Chart label, Anderson was coaxed into signing with the major label Columbia Records, and officially signed in 1970.  While releasing two albums and singles with Columbia, Chart continued to release singles, including "Rocky Top", "I'm Alright", and "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels", which all reached the Top 20 on the "Billboard" country chart in 1970.

America: A 200-Year Salute in Story and Song: America: A 200-Year Salute in Story and Song is a concept album and the 40th overall album by country singer Johnny Cash, released on Columbia Records in 1972 (see 1972 in music).  As its title suggests, it comprises a number of tracks dedicated to the topic of American history, not unlike several of Cash's other Americana albums.  The record is a mix of songs and narration, in which Cash attempts to describe elements of the country's past, including famous personalities like Paul Revere or Big Foot.  "America" also includes a re-recording of "Mr. Garfield" and "The Road to Kaintuck", songs previously released as singles in 1965 on "Sings the Ballads of the True West".  Most of the tracks on the album were written by Cash, with some exceptions, including a rendition of the well-known song "The Battle of New Orleans" and a reading of Abraham Lincoln's famous Gettysburg Address.  The album was included on the Bear Family box set "Come Along and Ride This Train".

Nimrod (album): Nimrod (stylized as nimrod.)  is the fifth studio album by American punk rock band Green Day, released on October 14, 1997 through Reprise Records.  The group began work on the album in the wake of their cancellation of a European tour after the release of "Insomniac" (1995).  Recorded at Conway Studios in Los Angeles, the album was written with the intent of creating a set of stand-alone songs as opposed to a cohesive album.

Hitchin' a Ride (Green Day song): "Hitchin' a Ride" is a song by American punk rock band Green Day.  It was released as the first single from their fifth album, "Nimrod".

Amarillo Sky (song): "Amarillo Sky" is a song written by Big Kenny and John Rich (of Big & Rich), along with Rodney Clawson and Bart Pursley.  It was originally recorded by Rich for his album "Rescue Me" in 2001.  McBride & the Ride also recorded a version and released it as a single in 2002 from their album of the same name.  Country music artist Jason Aldean later covered the song for his 2005 self-titled debut album, and his version was released as its third single in June 2006.  It earned Aldean two nominations at the 2006 Academy of Country Music Awards for Video of the Year and Song of the Year, as well as video with the best direction at the CMT Music Awards.

The Hunger (band): The Hunger is an industrial rock band from Houston, Texas formed by brothers Jeff and Thomas Wilson along with Brian Albritton.  During the initial year of putting the band together and working on new material the band wrote and independently released the single, "Shock" in 1991 which rose to the top of the dance charts.  Industrial dance music ruled the charts in Europe along with strong ties to Chicago, Wax Trax Records, and Houston.  Subsequent releases of "Cut the Skin" and "Shoot to Kill" gained national exposure on the dance charts and club scene.  "Never Again" was self-released as a radio single and quickly rose to the top of Houston Radio Station's 93Q and 96.5 attracting the attention of independent record label Alpha International.  Stephen Bogle produced the single of "Never Again".  The band wrote and produced the album "Leave Me Alone" but due to the bankruptcy of Alpha International the record sat idle.  It was released but there were no marketing efforts behind it.  After the release of the album, the band sought out drummer Max Schuldberg and they played their first concert as a foursome opening for Peter Murphy at Southern Star Amphitheater.  They played concerts in Texas as a foursome for two years.  Along with the three founders and newest member Max Schuldberg, the band added producer Stephen Bogle as guitarist to complete the line up.  The band recorded and produced "Grip" under their own start up label, Gut Records.  "Grip" went on to sell 15,000 units with the help of a crafty rework of Bad Company's "Feel like Makin Love".  Universal Records, at the time a brand new start up label, heard of the success of "Grip" and signed the band as their second artist ever.  "Devil Thumbs a Ride", the 3rd album, had already been recorded and mastered and was about to be manufactured for another self-release when Universal stepped in to sign the band and release the album as-is.  The Hunger had a hit song in 1996, "Vanishing Cream", from the "Devil Thumbs a Ride" CD, which received heavy airplay on rock stations and reached No. 4 on the Mainstream Rock charts.  After two years of constant touring, the band finally stopped to record their second release with Universal Records, "Cinematic Superthug".  After only moderate success with the single, "Moderation", the band asked to be and was granted a release from their contract from Universal Records.  Two songs, "Shoot to Kill", also from "Devil Thumbs a Ride", and "If", from "Grip", reached No. 42 on Billboard's Dance/Club Play chart.  The band has released six albums: two on Universal Records and four on independent labels. Former original drummer (1991-2003) Max Schuldberg (voted 2002's Best Drummer by the Houston Press Music Awards) parted with the band after the five albums in 2003 and moved to Los Angeles.  Former guitarist and two time Grammy Award nominee (remixer, for his work with D.J. Cubanito) Stephen Bogle now Produces artists in the Metal, Electronic, and Pop genres.  In late 2005 Stephen Bogle parted ways with the band, and Tim Huston was quickly picked up.  With having only a few practices with the band they headed on tour with Ten Years.  Tim Huston Stayed with the band from late '05 til 2013.  "The lifestyle was just getting to overwhelming for me to handle".  "If I would have stayed, who knows what would have happened to me.  There was just no off button".  In 2013, guitarist Raf Rivera joined the lineup, and the band is currently in the process of recording their first new material in over 8 years.

Metallica discography: The following is the discography of Metallica, a Los Angeles-based metal band formed in 1981 by James Hetfield (lead vocals, rhythm guitar) and Lars Ulrich (drums).  After several bassist and lead guitarist changes, the band settled on Cliff Burton and Kirk Hammett, respectively.  Metallica started playing locally, releasing their first widely circulated demo, "No Life 'til Leather", in 1982.  The demo caught the attention of Johny Zazula, who signed Metallica to Megaforce Records.  The band released "Kill 'Em All" in 1983, and the following year they released "Ride the Lightning".  After "Ride the Lightning" was released, Metallica left Megaforce and signed to Elektra Records.  In March 1986, the band released its third studio album, "Master of Puppets", which was Metallica's first album to be certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).  While promoting the album, Burton was killed in a bus accident.  Jason Newsted was hired as a replacement.  The band's first release to feature the new member was "," and then followed by "...And Justice for All" in August 1988, which peaked at number six on the "Billboard" 200.

Heaven and Earth and the Stars: Heaven and Earth and the Stars is a 1976 album by Lulu.  It was the second and last of her albums to be released on the Chelsea record label, which ceased production this year.  Like the previous album, it was produced by Wes Farrell, apart from two tracks "The Man Who Sold the World" and "Watch That Man" which were produced by David Bowie and Mick Ronson.  The former had been a big hit for Lulu, reaching No.3 in the UK, although had been released more than two years before this album's release.  Also from 1974 was Lulu's theme song for the James Bond film, "The Man with the Golden Gun", produced by John Barry.  Another hit single featured on this album was "Take Your Mama for a Ride", which had been a No.37 hit in 1975.  Despite these inclusions, the album failed to chart, being too late to cash in on the hits.  Further singles released from the album were "Boy Meets Girl" and the title track, bring the total single releases to five - half the album.

Blurryface: Blurryface is the fourth studio album by American musical duo Twenty One Pilots.  It is the band's second album released through Fueled by Ramen.  Originally set to be released on May 19, 2015, it was released two days earlier on May 17, via iTunes.  The album was preceded by its lead single, "Fairly Local", released on March 17, 2015.  It also contains the "Billboard" Hot 100 top-five singles, "Stressed Out" and "Ride", which reached numbers two and five on the chart, respectively.  The album has sold over 1.5 million copies in the United States as of April 2017.  It was the eighth best-selling album of 2016 with over 1.5 million copies sold worldwide that year, according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry.

Supporting paragraphs: Hitchin' a Ride (Green Day song) Nimrod (album)
Answer: 1997