Inspiration (Elkie Brooks album)

Last updated

Inspiration
ElkINS.JPG
Studio album by
Released1989 (UK)
Recorded1989
Genre Rock/pop
Label Telstar Records
Producer Russ Ballard
Elkie Brooks chronology
Bookbinder's Kid
(1988)
Inspiration
(1989)
Pearls III (Close to the Edge)
(1991)

Inspiration is a 1989 album by Elkie Brooks. It is a mixture of cover versions and original tracks and includes the single "Shame". It was recorded 1989 at Abbey Road Studios, RPM Studios, Pavilion Studios, Rock House and Woody Bay Studios. The album was issued on CD, vinyl and cassette in 1989 through Telstar Records, and re-released on CD and cassette by Ronco.

Contents

Inspiration reached number 58 and remained in the UK charts for 3 weeks.

"Shame" was originally entered in the 1989 A Song for Europe , sung by Jane Alexander, coming third.

Track listing

  1. "Hard Habit to Break" (Steve Kipner, Jon Parker) (4:41)
  2. "Shame" (Peter Oxendale, Marwenna Haver) (4:10)
  3. "Broken Wings" (Richard Page, Steve George, John Lang) (4:55)
  4. "1,000 Years" (Joseph Williams, David Paich, Mark Williams) (4:47)
  5. "Touch of Paradise" (Ross Wilson, Gulliver Smith) (4:20)
  6. "Tear It Down" (Chris Thompson, Andy Hill) (4:21)
  7. "Don't Cry to Me" (Russ Ballard) (4:42)
  8. "Three Wishes" (Russ Ballard) (4:32)
  9. "I'll Never Love This Way Again" (Russ Ballard) (4:29)
  10. "Every Little Bit Hurts" (Ed Cobb) (3:28)
  11. "Is This Love" (David Coverdale, John Sykes) (4:42)
  12. "Black Smoke from the Culumet" (Brooks, Pete Gage) (5:18)
  13. "Maybe I'm Amazed" (Paul McCartney) (3:39)
  14. "The Ki" (Brooks) (4:05)
  15. "In It for the Same Thing" (Brooks) (3:51)
  16. "You're the Inspiration" (Peter Cetera, David Foster) (3:39)

Single releases

Personnel

Producers


Related Research Articles

<i>Standing in the Shadows of Motown</i> 2002 American film

Standing in the Shadows of Motown is a 2002 American documentary film directed by Paul Justman that recounts the story of the Funk Brothers, the uncredited and largely unheralded studio musicians who were the house band that Berry Gordy hand-picked in 1959.

<i>Fire to Fire</i> 1995 studio album by Tanya Tucker

Fire to Fire is the 22nd studio album by American country music singer Tanya Tucker, released on March 21, 1995. It produced the singles "Between the Two of Them" and "Find Out What's Happenin'", both of which charted on the Hot Country Songs charts, at #27 and #40 respectively. "I'll Take Today" was later recorded by Ty England on his 1996 album Two Ways to Fall, and in 1998 by Gary Allan on his album It Would Be You; Allan's rendition was released as a single in 1998. The song "Nobody Dies from a Broken Heart" was also covered by country singer Reba McEntire for her 2000 release, So Good Together. "Find Out What's Happenin'" was originally recorded by Bobby Bare in 1968, Barbara Fairchild in 1970, and Pearl River on their 1993 debut album of the same name. "I'll Take the Memories" was originally recorded by Lorrie Morgan on her 1989 album, Leave the Light On.

<i>The Limited Series</i> (2005 album)

The Limited Series is the name of Garth Brooks' second box set of albums.. The set was released in 2005 to be sold exclusively at Wal-Mart and Sam's Club stores. It comprises his studio albums Sevens (1997) and Scarecrow (2001), the live album Double Live (1998), and a bonus CD entitled The Lost Sessions which was also issued separately. The Lost Sessions also includes three singles: "Good Ride Cowboy", "Love Will Always Win" and "That Girl Is a Cowboy".

<i>Rich Mans Woman</i> 1975 studio album by Elkie Brooks

Rich Man's Woman is the first album by Elkie Brooks.

<i>Two Days Away</i> 1977 studio album by Elkie Brooks

Two Days Away is an album by Elkie Brooks, released in 1977.

<i>Shooting Star</i> (Elkie Brooks album) 1978 studio album by Elkie Brooks

Shooting Star is an album by Elkie Brooks.

<i>Pearls</i> (Elkie Brooks album) 1981 studio album by Elkie Brooks

Pearls is an album by English singer Elkie Brooks, released in 1981. It is in part a compilation album, featuring earlier singles by Brooks mixed with newly recorded material. It went on to become a major hit in the United Kingdom – the biggest of her career.

<i>Bookbinders Kid</i> 1988 studio album by Elkie Brooks

Bookbinder's Kid is a 1988 album by Elkie Brooks, the follow-up to her top five album No More the Fool.

<i>Pearls III (Close to the Edge)</i> 1991 studio album by Elkie Brooks

Pearls III (Close to the Edge) is an album by Elkie Brooks.

<i>Nothin but the Blues</i> (Elkie Brooks album) 1994 studio album by Elkie Brooks

Nothin' But the Blues is an album by Elkie Brooks.

<i>Circles</i> (Elkie Brooks album) 1995 studio album by Elkie Brooks

Circles is an album by Elkie Brooks. Recorded in 1995 in Brooks's home studio Woody Bay, the album was designed to reflect her love of stripped-down acoustic music and demo format songs.

<i>Amazing</i> (Elkie Brooks album) 1996 studio album by Elkie Brooks

Amazing is an album by Elkie Brooks.

<i>The Pearls Concert</i> 1997 live album by Elkie Brooks

The Pearls Concert is an album by Elkie Brooks, recorded in 1997 and released on CD and cassette in 1997 by Artful Records.

<i>Shangri-La</i> (Elkie Brooks album) 2003 studio album by Elkie Brooks

Shangri-La is an album by Elkie Brooks. Recorded between 2001 and 2002 at Woody Bay Studios, it was released on CD in 2003 by Classic Pictures.

<i>Electric Lady</i> (album) 2005 studio album by Elkie Brooks

Electric Lady is an album by Elkie Brooks.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pearl's a Singer</span> 1977 Elkie Brooks song

"Pearl's a Singer" is a song made famous by the British singer Elkie Brooks, as taken from her 1977 album Two Days Away which was produced by the song's co-writers Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. The original version of "Pearl's a Singer" had been introduced by the duo Dino and Sembello – also the song's co-writers – on their 1974 self-titled album which Leiber and Stoller had produced.

<i>Gold Dust</i> (Sandy Denny album) 1998 live album by Sandy Denny

Gold Dust is a live album by the late English folk rock singer Sandy Denny. It documents one of Denny's last public performances and was recorded at London's "Sound Circus" venue at the Royalty Theatre, Portugal Street, near Aldwych, London on 27 November 1977. The album features many of her classic songs both as a solo artist and as a member of Fairport Convention and Fotheringay and remains the most extensive documentation of Sandy's live work with a backing band. The album was not released on the label originally planned owing to stated technical problems with the master tape, and was only released on a different label twenty years after her death after various guitar and backing vocal tracks parts were re-recorded by Jerry Donahue and others.

<i>Messin with the Boys</i> 1980 studio album by Cherie & Marie Currie

Messin' with the Boys (1980) is the second album by American singer Cherie Currie, and the first to feature her sister Marie Currie as a major contributor. Their band was called Cherie and Marie Currie. Marie was a guest vocalist on Cherie's first album, so Marie went on tour with Cherie to support her first album, Beauty's Only Skin Deep. When Marie would join Cherie on stage to sing the encores, the audience would go wild. Cherie then ran with the idea that two blonds are better than one. The idea paid off because Messin' with the Boys received more radio play than Beauty's Only Skin Deep, and their song "Since You Been Gone" made it to 95 on US charts. The single "This Time" and the album Messin' with the Boys made the top 200 on U.S. charts. This makes Messin' with the Boys Cherie Currie's most successful solo album. "I Just Love the Feeling" originally surfaced on the 1974 album, S.S. Fools by the group of the same name. Cherie duetted with that group's lead singer, Bobby Kimball, and wrote the additional lyrics in the second verse.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">No More the Fool</span> 1986 single by Elkie Brooks

"No More the Fool" is a song by English singer Elkie Brooks. Released in November 1986 as the lead single off her album of the same name, it reached number five on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the highest-charting single of her career.

<i>No More the Fool</i> (album) 1986 studio album by Elkie Brooks

No More the Fool is a 1986 album by Elkie Brooks. It includes the title track single which became the biggest hit of Brooks' career. Both the album and single peaked at No. 5 on the UK charts in early 1987.