Brooke Allison (album)

Brooke Allison
Studio album by Brooke Allison
Released	June 19, 2001
Genre	Teen pop
Length	42:02
Label	Virgin 2KSounds
Producer	Michael Blakey Robert Palmer Elton Ahi Peter Rafelson Jeff Vincent Damon Elliott Mark Portmann
Singles from Brooke Allison
"The Kiss-Off (Goodbye)" Released: March 13, 2001 [1] "Thought You Might Wanna Know" Released: June 2001 [2]

Brooke Allison is the debut studio album and only album by American singer Brooke Allison. Virgin Records released the album on June 19, 2001. Allison worked with producers including Michael Blakey, Robert Palmer, Elton Ahi, Peter Rafelson, Jeff Vincent, Damon Elliott, and Mark Portmann. It is a teen pop album, which was conceived after Allison's songs were discovered by a recording executive online. Brooke Allison's lyrical themes revolve around love and relationships.

Brooke Allison includes two singles: "The Kiss-Off (Goodbye)" and "Thought You Might Wanna Know", with the former peaking at number 29 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales chart. ^[3]

Background

In 2001, Allison signed to Virgin Records after a recording executive discovered some of her songs on the internet. ^[4]

The album was promoted through the children's television channel Nickelodeon. ^[5] Allison appeared on a number of TV programs to promote it, including Nickelodeon's Slime Time Live . ^[6] Allison guest starred on the Nickelodeon television series Taina in the season two episode, Sabotage. The album's closing track, "Say Goodbye", is featured in the episode.^{[ citation needed ]}

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[7]
Robert Christgau	[8]

The album received generally mixed reviews, with the Knight Ridder calling it "a classic exhibit of the pop music industry's assembly-line tendencies". ^[9] Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic praised "The Kiss-Off (Goodbye)" and "Toodle-Oo" but wrote that "Allison tries so hard to sound different while remaining commercial enough to be successful, her record can be grating at times". ^[7]

Track listing

Brooke Allison track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"The Kiss-Off (Goodbye)"	Jim Peterik Jeff Jacobs	Michael Blakey Robert Palmer Elton Ahi [a]	3:33
2.	"Oh No" (interlude)	Blakey Palmer	—	0:10
3.	"Toodle-oo"	Peter Rafelson Jeff Vincent	Blakey Rafelson Vincent	3:39
4.	"I Miss You"	Larry Dvoskin Meredith Brooks	Blakey Ahi	4:10
5.	"Seth" (interlude)	Blakey Palmer	—	0:24
6.	"Rollercoaster"	Palmer Kasia Livingston Vincent	Blakey Palmer Vincent [a]	3:31
7.	"Thought You Might Wanna Know"	Palmer Livingston	Blakey Palmer	3:58
8.	"If I Were You"	James Day Amy Powers Jim Gately	Blakey Ahi	4:15
9.	"Perfect Chemistry"	Mya Harrison Damon Elliott Blakey	Blakey Elliott	3:04
10.	"Without You"	Vincent Brantley	Blakey Ahi	3:26
11.	"Maybe Tonight"	Erik Trent Andrews	Blakey Ahi	4:04
12.	"Dating" (interlude)	Blakey Palmer	—	0:16
13.	"My Heart Goes Boom"	Greg Wood Geoman	Blakey Ahi	3:13
14.	"Say Goodbye"	Mark Portmann Allan Rich Serge Colbert	Blakey Portmann [a]	4:19
Total length:				42:02

Notes

• ^{^[a]} signifies an additional producer

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the liner notes of Brooke Allison. ^[10]

Elton Ahi – production, mixing, strings, piano Agostina – make-up Brooke Allison – lead and background vocals Michael Argento – spoken vocals on interludes Michael Blakey – production, mixing, drum programming, percussion, strings, executive producer Chelsea Brummet – spoken vocals on interludes David Campbell – strings Scott Canady – bass guitar Frank Chevalier – stylist Cario Dalla Chiesa – photography Yong-Bae Cho – engineering Serge Colbert – strings Demetric Collins – guitars, percussion Claudio Cueni – mixing Jim Davis – assistant engineer Elwood Edwards – sample vocals Damon Elliott – production, programming Mary Fagot – creative direction Craig Furkas – engineer Grant Geissman – acoustic guitar Bruce Gladstone – executive producer Van Gogh – production Jesse Gorman – assistant engineer Julie Griffin – background vocals Portia Griffin – background vocals

John Guidon – executive producer David Guerrero – assistant engineer Tim Heintz – keyboards Kent Huffnagle – assistant engineer Charles Jefferson – bass guitar Denaine Jones – background vocals Aaron Kaplan – assistant engineer Tim Malone – mix engineer Matt Marrin – assistant engineer Ethan Mates – mixing Will Miller – strings Fred Mirza – arrangement Tim Neuman – creative direction Robert Palmer – production, guitars, keyboards Dave Pensada – mix engineer Mark Portmann – production, strings Ian Prince – keyboards Serena Radaelli – hair Peter Rafelson – production, mixing, engineering Eric Roinestad – art direction, design Christophe Saluzzo – hair Eddy Schreyer – mastering Jill Tengan – assistant engineer Michael Thompson – guitars Jeff Vincent – production, keyboards

References

1. "R&R / CHR/Pop / Going for Adds" (PDF). Radio & Records . March 9, 2001. p. 64. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 31, 2023. Retrieved August 12, 2024.
2. "Vote for Brooke on MP3.com". Brooke Allison. June 27, 2001. Archived from the original on July 12, 2001.
3. "AOL Taps Brooke Allison To Advise 'Tweens'". Billboard. June 27, 2001. Retrieved June 5, 2014.
4. K. Elder, Roberts (August 5, 2001). "Rockers look to Internet as shortcut to stardom". Chicago Tribune . Archived from the original on August 11, 2024. Retrieved August 11, 2024.
5. "New teen diva turns from pop to rock – DU Clarion" . Retrieved August 13, 2023.
6. Video on YouTube
7. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (June 19, 2001). "Brooke Allison - Brooke Allison". AllMusic. Archived from the original on April 18, 2015. Retrieved August 11, 2024.
8. Christgau, Robert. "CG Brooke Allison". Robert Christgau. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved August 11, 2024.
9. Gubbins, Teresa (2001) "Reviews of releases by Lonestar, Lil' Romeo, Jim Lauderdale.(The Dallas Morning News)", Knight Ridder , July 3, 2001.
10. Virgin Records (2001). Brooke Allison (Media notes). Brooke Allison.