Live and Learn (Elkie Brooks album)

Released on the back of two hit singles ("Don't Cry Out Loud" and "The Runaway"), A&M released Live and Learn choosing to omit these songs. Leiber & Stoller made returned as producers for the album and gave it a distinct funk and disco feel which, after the middle of the road offerings of the non-album singles, perhaps alienated some of her fanbase. Neither of the singles from this album made the charts which made promotion for this album problematic. As Elkie had become pregnant during the recording A&M, decided to pull back the promotion even further. However, she did continue to perform live until late in her pregnancy.

Single releases

"He Could Have Been An Army" (1979)
"Falling Star" (1979)

Details

Recorded in 1979 at The Record Plant in Los Angeles, USA. Mastered at A&M Studios, Hollywood, USA.

Live and Learn reached number 34 and remained in the UK charts for 6 weeks.
Available on CD, paired with its predecessor Shooting Star.

Track listing

"Viva La Money" (Allen Toussaint) - (3:23)
"On The Horizon" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) - (3:31)
"He Could Have Been an Army" (Mickey Jupp, Leiber, Stoller) - (4:31)
"The Rising Cost of Love" (Len Ron Hanks, Zane Grey, Bobby Martin) - (5:01)
"Dreamdealer" (Leiber, Stoller, Elkie Brooks, Pete Gage) - (4:01)
"Who's Making Love" (Homer Banks, Don Davis, Bettye Crutcher, Raymond Jackson) - (3:37)
"If You Can Beat Me Rockin' (You Can Have My Chair)" (Ronald Dunbar, Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland) - (3:22)
"The Heartache is On" (Leiber, John Sembello) - (3:24)
"Not Enough Lovin' Left" (Elkie Brooks, Pete Gage, Leiber, Stoller) - (3:48)
"Falling Star" (Leiber, Stoller) - (4:09)

Personnel

Elkie Brooks - vocals
Jean Roussel - keyboards

Additional personnel

John Barnes, Mike Stoller - piano/keyboards
Michael Boddicker - synthesizers
Marlow Henderson, Spencer Bean, Paulinho da Costa, Paul Warren, Oliver Leiber, Fred Tackett, Tim May, Adam Chase Benay - guitars
Scott Edwards, Ed Watkins Jr, Brian Garofalo - bass guitar
James Gadson, Ed Greene, Hal Blaine - drums
Corky Hale - harp
Lenny Pickett - woodwind
Tower of Power Horn Section
- Mic Gillette
- Greg Adams
- Lenny Pickett
- Emilio Castillo
- Steve Kupka
- Jim Decker
- Alan Robinson
- Marni Robinson.
Venetta Fields, Darlene Love, Julia Tillman Waters, Maggie Henry, Jim Gilstrap, Oren Waters - backing vocals
Michael Stone, Kevin Eddy - engineering
Bernie Grundman - mastering
Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller - production

Elkie Brooks

Studio albums	Rich Man's Woman (1975) Two Days Away (1977) Shooting Star (1978) Live and Learn (1979) Pearls (1981) Pearls II (1982) Minutes (1984) Screen Gems (1984) No More the Fool (1986) Bookbinder's Kid (1988) Inspiration (1989) Pearls III (1991) Round Midnight (1993) Nothin' but the Blues (1994) Circles (1995) Amazing (1996) Shangri-La (2003) Trouble in Mind [with Humphrey Lyttelton] (2003) Electric Lady (2005)

Compilation albums	The Very Best of Elkie Brooks (1986) Priceless (1991) The Very Best of Elkie Brooks (1997)

Live albums	The Pearls Concert (1997) Don't Cry Out Loud (2005)

Singles	"Pearl's a Singer" "Sunshine After the Rain" "Lilac Wine" "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" "Don't Cry Out Loud" "Fool (If You Think It's Over)" "Nights in White Satin" "We've Got Tonight"

Related	Discography

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