Inspiration (Elkie Brooks album)

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Inspiration
Inspiration cover
Studio album by Elkie Brooks
Released 1989 (UK)
Recorded 1989
Genre Rock/Pop
Label Telstar Records
Producer Russ Ballard
Elkie Brooks chronology
Bookbinder's Kid
(1988)
Inspiration
(1989)
Pearls III (Close To The Edge)
(1991)

Inspiration is an album of cover songs by Elkie Brooks.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Hard Habit to Break" (Kipner/Parker) (4m 41s) - Original by Chicago
  2. "Shame" (Oxendale/Haver) (4m 10s)
  3. "Broken Wings" (Richard Page, S. George, J. Lang)(4m 55s) - Original by Mr. Mister
  4. "1,000 Years" (Williams/Paich/Williams) (4m 47s) - Original by Toto
  5. "Touch of Paradise" (Wilson/Smith) (4m 20s) - Original by John Farnham
  6. "Tear It Down" (Chris Thompson/Andy Hill) (4m 21s)
  7. "Don't Cry to Me" (Russ Ballard) (4m 42s)
  8. "Three Wishes" (Russ Ballard) (4m 32s)
  9. "I'll Never Love This Way Again" (Russ Ballard) (4m 29s)
  10. "Every Little Bit Hurts" (Cobb) (3m 28s)
  11. "Is This Love" (David Coverdale, John Sykes) (4m 42s) - Original by Whitesnake
  12. "Black Smoke from the Culumet" (Brooks/Gage) (5m 18s)
  13. "Maybe I'm Amazed" (Paul McCartney) (3m 39s) - Original by Paul McCartney
  14. "The Ki" (Brooks) (4m 05s)
  15. "In It for the Same Thing" (Brooks) (3m 51s)
  16. "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