''Pearls II'' is an album by English singer Elkie Brooks, released in 1982.

Background

The sequel to Brooks' popular ''

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'' album, A&M decided to play it safe by keeping Gus Dudgeon as producer. Another set of songs, old and new, helped to maintain Brooks' popularity. The album reached number five in the

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and remained on the chart for 25 weeks, where it joined its predecessor which was still riding high. ''Pearls II'' was later released on CD in 1993. Originally, the album had a more rock-orientated feel and included a version of

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's "Be My Friend". However, the label was concerned that this harder direction would alienate Brooks' fans and hurriedly recorded "Loving Arms" as a replacement.

Track listing

# " Goin' Back" (

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) – 4:26 # "Our Love" ( Graham Lyle,

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) – 3:49 # "Gasoline Alley" ( Ron Wood,

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) – 3:36 # "I Just Can't Go On" (Lee Kosmin) – 4:07 # "Too Much Between Us" (Paul Millns) – 3:11 # " Don't Stop" ( Christine McVie) – 3:13 # "Giving You Hope" (Elkie Brooks, Duncan MacKay) – 3:02 # "

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" ( Justin Hayward) – 4:37 # "Loving Arms" (

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) – 2:56 # "Will You Write Me a Song" (Nicholas Portlock, Robert Butterworth, Elkie Brooks) – 4:47

Charts

Single releases

* "Our Love" (UK #43, 1982) * "Nights in White Satin" (UK #33, 1982) * "Will You Write Me a Song" (1982) * "Gasoline Alley" (UK# 52, 1983)

Personnel

* Elkie Brooks – vocals * Pete Wingfield, Duncan MacKay – piano/keyboards * Tim Renwick,

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, Martin Jenner – guitars * John Giblin – bass guitar *Graham Jarvis,

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, John Lingwood – drums * Duncan Kinnell, Gus Dudgeon, Graham Jarvis,

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– percussion *Pete Wingfield, Jimmy Chambers,

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– backing vocals *Graham Dickson, Philip Barrett, Dave Bascombe, Leigh Mantle – engineers

References

Elkie Brooks albums 1982 albums Albums produced by Gus Dudgeon A&M Records albums {{1980s-rock-album-stub