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Inspiration is an album of cover songs by Elkie Brooks.
[edit] Track listing
- "Hard Habit to Break" (Kipner/Parker) (4m 41s) - Original by Chicago
- "Shame" (Oxendale/Haver) (4m 10s)
- "Broken Wings" (Richard Page, S. George, J. Lang)(4m 55s) - Original by Mr. Mister
- "1,000 Years" (Williams/Paich/Williams) (4m 47s) - Original by Toto
- "Touch of Paradise" (Wilson/Smith) (4m 20s) - Original by John Farnham
- "Tear It Down" (Chris Thompson/Andy Hill) (4m 21s)
- "Don't Cry to Me" (Russ Ballard) (4m 42s)
- "Three Wishes" (Russ Ballard) (4m 32s)
- "I'll Never Love This Way Again" (Russ Ballard) (4m 29s)
- "Every Little Bit Hurts" (Cobb) (3m 28s)
- "Is This Love" (David Coverdale, John Sykes) (4m 42s) - Original by Whitesnake
- "Black Smoke from the Culumet" (Brooks/Gage) (5m 18s)
- "Maybe I'm Amazed" (Paul McCartney) (3m 39s) - Original by Paul McCartney
- "The Ki" (Brooks) (4m 05s)
- "In It for the Same Thing" (Brooks) (3m 51s)
- "You're the Inspiration" (Peter Cetera, David Foster)(3m 39s) - Original by Chicago
[edit] Single Releases
[edit] Details
- Recorded 1989 at Abbey Road Studios, RPM Studios, Pavilion Studios, Rock House, Woody Bay Studios.
- Issued on CD, Vinyl and Cassette in 1989 through Telstar Records. Re-released on CD and Cassette by Ronco.
- Inspiration reached number 58 and remained in the UK charts for 3 weeks.
[edit] Personnel
- Elkie Brooks - vocals
- Tobias Boshell - Piano/Keyboards
- Paul Stacey - guitars
- Pip Williams - guitars, bass
- Mike Richardson - drums
- Francis Rossi, Bernie Frost, Chris Thompson - backing vocals
- Trevor Jordan, Stevie Bray - engineers
[edit] Producers
- Russ Ballard, Trevor Jordan, Pip Williams, Gary Hutchins