Stop! (album)

Stop!
Studio album by Sam Brown
Released 1988
Recorded The Power Plant, London and
Greene Street Studios, New York
Genre Pop, soul, R&B, pop rock
Length 54:36
Label A&M
Producer Pete Brown & Sam Brown
Sam Brown chronology

Stop!
(1988)
April Moon
(1990)
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Stop! is the debut album by singer-songwriter Sam Brown, first released in 1988. It includes her most successful single, the title track "Stop!", as well as a cover of Tina Turner's "Nutbush City Limits" and Marvin Gaye's "Can I Get a Witness".

The album sold 2.5 million copies worldwide; it was particularly successful in the UK (#4), Europe, Australia and Canada where it earned a Platinum certification[2]

Track listing

  1. "Walking Back to Me" (Sam Brown/Gregg Sutton) (3:40)
  2. "Your Love Is All" (Sam Brown/Margo Buchanan)(4:09)
  3. "Stop!" (Sam Brown/Gregg Sutton/Bruce Brody) (4:53)
  4. "It Makes Me Wonder" (Sam Brown/Margo Buchanan) (4:33)
  5. "This Feeling" (Sam Brown/Margo Buchanan) (3:21)
  6. "Tea" (Sam Brown) (0:41)
  7. "Piece of My Luck" (Sam Brown) (3:00)
  8. "Ball and Chain" (Sam Brown/Danny Schogger) (4:34)
  9. "Wrap Me Up" (Sam Brown/Danny Schogger) (3:10)
  10. "I'll Be In Love" (Sam Brown/Danny Schogger) (5:16)
  11. "Merry Go Round" (Sam Brown/Vicki Brown) (3:07)
  12. "Sometimes You Just Don't Know" (Sam Brown/Danny Malloy/Richard Brennan) (3:05)

Not included on original LP release:

  1. "Can I Get a Witness" (Eddie Holland/Lamont Dozier/Brian Holland) (2:59)
  2. "High As a Kite" (Sam Brown/Danny Schogger) (3:24) [Not on Australian pressing]
  3. "Nutbush City Limits" (Tina Turner) (4:25) [Not on Australian pressing]

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