Brooke Allison is the only studio 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 Allisons 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.
Background In 2001, Allison signed to Virgin Records after a recording executive discovered some of her songs on the internet.
The album was promoted through the children's television channel Nickelodeon. Allison appeared on a number of TV programs to promote it, including Nickelodeon's Slime Time Live. 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.
Critical reception
The album received generally mixed reviews, with the Knight Ridder calling it "a classic exhibit of the pop music industry's assembly-line tendencies".Gubbins, Teresa (2001) "Reviews of releases by Lonestar, Lil' Romeo, Jim Lauderdale.(The Dallas Morning News)", Knight Ridder, July 3, 2001. 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".
Track listing
Notes signifies an additional producer
Personnel Credits are adapted from the liner notes of Brooke Allison.
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
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