Live and Learn

Infobox Album |
Name = Live and Learn
Type = Studio album
Artist = Elkie Brooks


Released = 1979 (UK)
Recorded = 1979
Genre = Rock/Funk/Pop/Soul
Length =
Label = A&M Records
Producer = Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
Last album = "Shooting Star"
(1978)
This album = "Live and Learn"
(1979)
Next album = "Pearls"
(1981)

"Live and Learn" is an album by Elkie Brooks.

Background

Released on the back of two hit singles ("Don't Cry Out Loud" and "The Runaway"), A&M released "Live and Learn" choosing to omit these songs. Leiber & Stoller made a welcome return as producers for the album and gave it a distinct funk and disco feel which, after the MOR offerings of the non-album singles, perhaps alienated some of her fanbase. 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

* He Could Have Been An Army (1979)
* Falling Star (1979)

Details

*Recorded 1979, The Record Plant, Los Angeles, USA. Mastered at A&M Studios, Hollywood, USA.

*Issued on Vinyl and Cassette in 1979 through A&M Records. Re-released in 1985 on CD and Cassette through Pickwick Records.

*"Live and Learn" reached number 34 and remained in the UK charts for 6 weeks.

Track listing

# "Viva La Money" (Allen Toussaint) - (3:23)
# "On The Horizon" (Leiber/Stoller) - (3:31)
# "He Could Have Been An Army" (Mickey Jupp/Leiber/Stoller) - (4:31)
# "The Rising Cost Of Love" (L. Hanks/Z. Grey/B. Martin) - (5:01)
# "Dreamdealer" (Leiber/Stoller/Elkie Brooks/Pete Gage) - (4:01)
# "Who's Making Love" (H. Banks/D. Davis/B. Crutcher/R. Jackson) - (3:37)
# "If You Can Beat Me Rockin' (You Can Have My Chair)" (Dunbar/L. Dozier/B.Holland) - (3:22)
# "The Heartache Is On" (Leiber/John Sembello) - (3:24)
# "Not Enough Lovin' Left" (Elkie Brooks/Pete Gage/Leiber/Stoller) - (3:48)
# "Falling Star" (Leiber/Stoller) - (4:09)

Personnel

*Elkie Brooks - vocals
*Jean Roussel - keyboards

Additional Personnel

*John Barnes, Mike Stoller - Piano/Keyboards
*Michael Boddicker - synthesizers
*Marlow Henderson, Spencer Bean, Paulinho Da Costa, Paul Warren, Oliver Leiber, Fred Tackett, Tim May, Adam Chase Benay - Guitars
*Scott Edwards, Ed Watkins Jr, Brian Garofalo - Bass
*James Gadson, Ed Greene, Hal Blaine - drums
*Corky Hale - Harp
*Lenny Pickett - Woodwind
*Tower of Power Horn Section
**Mic Gillette
**Greg Adams
**Lenny Pickett
**Emilio Castillo
**Steve Kupka
**Jim Decker
**Alan Robinson
**Marni Robinson.
* Venetta Fields, Darlene Love, Julia Tillman Waters, Maggie Henry, Jim Gilstrap, Oren Waters - backing vocals
*Michael Stone, Kevin Eddy - Engineering
*Bernie Grundman - Mastering
*Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller - Production