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  Type Studio Album
  Artist Elkie Brooks
  Cover ElkPEARLSJPG
  Released 1981 (UK)
  Recorded 1977-81
  Genre Rock / Pop
  Label A&M Records
  Producer Gus Dudgeon
  Last Album '' Live And Learn '' <br /> (1979)
  This Album ''Pearls'' <br /> (1979)
  Next Album ''''' Pearls II ''''' <br /> (1982)


''Pearls'' is an album by Elkie Brooks .


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 MOR audience. Bringing in Elton John 's producer Gus Dudgeon proved to be the formula that equalled success. Pearls peaked at #2 staying in the charts for almost two years. 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 became one of the very first TV advertised albums. To this day it remains the only Elkie Brooks album A&M continue to release on CD.


SINGLE RELEASES


  • Paint Your Pretty Picture (1980)

  • Dance Away (1980)

  • Warm and Tender Love (1981)

  • Fool If You Think It's Over (UK# 17, 1981)



DETAILS

  • Recorded between 1977 to 1981 in London, LA and New York. Compiled 1981.


  • Issued on Vinyl and Cassette in 1981 through A&M Records. Released in 1985 on CD through A&M Records.


  • Pearls reached number 2 and remained in the UK charts for 79 weeks.



TRACK LISTING

# Superstar ( Leon Russell / Bonnie Bramlett ) - (3:28)
# Fool If You Think It's Over ( Chris Rea ) - (4:58)
# Givin' It Up For Your Love (J. Williams) - (3:56)
# Sunshine After The Rain ( Ellie Greenwich ) - (3:24)
# Warm and Tender Love (B. Robinson) - (4:09)
# Lilac Wine (James Shelton) - (3:55)
# Pearl's A Singer (Leiber/Stoller/R. Dino/J. Sembello) - (3:39)
# Don't Cry Out Loud ( Peter Allen / Carole Bayer Sager ) - (3:46)
# Too Busy Thinking About My Baby (Whitfield/Bradford/Strong) - (3:19)
# If You Leave Me Now ( Peter Cetera ) - (3:50)
# Paint Your Pretty Picture ( Bill Withers ) - (3:34)
# Dance Away (R. Kerr/T. Seals) - (3:59)


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