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Live and Learn (Elkie Brooks album)

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Live and Learn
Studio album by
Released1979 (UK)
Recorded1979; The Record Plant, Los Angeles, California
GenreRock/funk/pop/soul
LabelA&M
ProducerJerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
Elkie Brooks chronology
Shooting Star
(1978)
Live and Learn
(1979)
Pearls
(1981)

Live and Learn is an album by Elkie Brooks, released in 1979.

Background

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Released on the back of two singles ("Don't Cry Out Loud" and "The Runaway"), A&M released Live and Learn choosing to omit these songs. Leiber & Stoller 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[according to whom?]. 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

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

Details

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  • 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

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

Personnel

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Additional personnel

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References

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  1. ^ "Edna Wright | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 September 2020.