 The album ended up being a commercial success, with a string of top 40 hits.This album predates many Western artists' interest in world music by more than a decade, from Peter Gabriel's 1980's solo albums, to "My Life in the Bush of Ghosts" (David Byrne with Brian Eno) in 1981, to the "Graceland" album recorded by Paul Simon in 1986.It was one of the most novel experimental recording projects of its time, and the Uni label, to which Diamond was then under contract, initially was not sure whether it would be commercially viable.