Pearls (Elkie Brooks album)

Pearls
Studio album by Elkie Brooks
Released November 1981 (UK)
Recorded 1977-81
Genre Rock/Pop
Label A&M
Producer Gus Dudgeon
Elkie Brooks chronology
Live and Learn
(1979)		 Pearls
(1979)		 Pearls II
(1982)

Pearls is a 1981 album by Elkie Brooks.

Contents

Background

With the relative disappointment of her previous album, Live and Learn, A&M decided to release a compilation of her biggest hits and newly recorded material aimed firmly at the AOR audience. The new material was produced by Elton John's producer Gus Dudgeon. Pearls peaked at #2 staying in the charts for 79 weeks. At the time it became the biggest ever selling album by a female vocalist in the UK, selling over 1.2 million copies (10,000 copies per week on average). Pearls remains Brooks' biggest selling album and is the only album by her that A&M continue to release on CD.

Single Releases

Details

Track listing

  1. "Superstar" (Leon Russell, Bonnie Bramlett) - (3:28)
  2. "Fool (If You Think It's Over)" (Chris Rea) - (4:58)
  3. "Givin' It Up For Your Love" (Jerry Lyn Williams) - (3:56)
  4. "Sunshine After the Rain" (Ellie Greenwich) - (3:24)
  5. "Warm and Tender Love" (Bobby Robinson) - (4:09)
  6. "Lilac Wine" (James Shelton) - (3:55)
  7. "Pearl's a Singer" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Ralph Dino, John Sembello) - (3:39)
  8. "Don't Cry Out Loud" (Peter Allen, Carole Bayer Sager) - (3:46)
  9. "Too Busy Thinking About My Baby" (Norman Whitfield, Janie Bradford, Barrett Strong) - (3:19)
  10. "If You Leave Me Now" (Peter Cetera) - (3:50)
  11. "Paint Your Pretty Picture" (Bill Withers) - (3:34)
  12. "Dance Away" (Richard Kerr, Troy Seals) - (3:59)

Personnel

Additional Personnel