Stop! (album)

Stop!
Studio album by Sam Brown
Released 8 June 1988[1]
Studio The Power Plant, London
Greene Street Studios, New York
Genre
Length 54:36
Label A&M
Producer
  • Pete Brown
  • Sam Brown
  • Pete Smith
  • Danny Schogger
  • John Madden
Sam Brown chronology
Stop!
(1988)		 April Moon
(1990)
Singles from Stop!
  1. "Walking Back to Me"
    Released: 1988
  2. "Stop!"
    Released: 1988
  3. "This Feeling"
    Released: 1988
  4. "Stop! (re-release)"
    Released: 1989
  5. "Can I Get a Witness"
    Released: 1989
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

Stop! is the debut studio album by the English female singer-songwriter Sam Brown. It was originally released in June 1988, on the label A&M, and was distributed by Festival in Australia. Produced by Sam Brown, her brother Pete Brown, Pete Smith, Danny Schogger, and John Madden the album was recorded at the Power Plant, in London, England, with then-Pink Floyd member David Gilmour's guitar parts on "This Feeling" and "I'll Be In Love" being recorded at Greene Street Studios, in New York, United States. The track "Merry Go Round" has lyrics slightly adapted from W. H. Davies poem "Leisure".

On release, the album was received favorably by the majority of music critics. Brown's most commercially successful solo album, it went on to peak at #4 on the UK Albums Chart and reached #13 on the Australian ARIA Charts. The album also reached the top ten in five other countries including Austria, the Netherlands, and New Zealand. The album launched three charting singles in the UK. "Stop!" peaked at #4 on the UK Singles Chart; "This Feeling" peaked at #91; Can I Get a Witness at #15. The album has sold over two and a half million copies worldwide.[3] The album was certified platinum by Music Canada.[4] In the UK, it sold more than 100,000 copies and was certified gold by the BPI.[1]

Release history

Label Cat. No. Format Date
A&M 395195-2 UK, and EU CD 1988
A&M AMA 5195 UK, IL, ES, and AU LP 1988
A&M 395195-2, 395 195-2 EU CD 2005

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Walking Back to Me"  
3:40
2."Your Love Is All"  
4:09
3."Stop!"  
4:53
4."It Makes Me Wonder"  
  • S. Brown
  • Buchanan
4:33
5."This Feeling"  
  • S. Brown
  • Buchanan
3:21
6."Tea"  S. Brown0:41
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
7."Piece of My Luck"  S. Brown3:00
8."Ball and Chain"  
  • S. Brown
  • Danny Schogger
4:34
9."Wrap Me Up"  
  • S. Brown
  • Schogger
3:10
10."I'll Be In Love"  
  • S. Brown
  • Schogger
5:16
11."Merry Go Round"  
3:07
12."Sometimes You Just Don't Know"  
  • S. Brown
  • Danny Malloy
  • Richard Brennan
3:05
Additional tracks

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[5]

"Walking Back to Me"
"Your Love Is All"
"Stop!"
  • Sam Brown – lead vocals; string arrangements
  • Jakko Jakszyk – guitar
  • Gavin Harrison – drums
  • Ed Poole – bass guitar
  • Kevin Malpass – Hammond organ; string arrangements
  • Bob Andrews – Hammond organ solo
  • Andy Price – 1st violin
  • Mark Walton – 2nd violin
  • Kate Musker – viola
  • Peter Esswood – cello
  • Vicki Brown – backing vocals
  • Margo Buchanan – backing vocals
"It Makes Me Wonder"
  • Sam Brown – lead vocals
  • Phil Palmer – guitars
  • Roland Kerridge – drums
  • Ian Maidman – bass guitar
  • Paul Fishman – keyboards
  • Danny Cummings – percussion
  • Vicki Brown – backing vocals
  • Margo Buchanan – backing vocals
  • Phil Saatchi – backing vocals
  • Helen Chappelle – backing vocals
  • Pete Smith – backing vocals
"This Feeling"
  • Sam Brown – lead vocals
  • David Gilmour – guitar
  • Richard Newman – drums
  • Jim Leverton – bass guitar
  • Danny Schogger – piano; keyboards; piano accordion
  • Pete Brown – acoustic guitars
  • Vicki Brown – backing vocals
"Tea"
  • Sam Brown – lead vocals
  • Danny Schogger – all keyboards
"Piece of My Luck
"Ball and Chain"
  • Sam Brown – lead vocals
  • Jakko Jakszyk – guitar
  • Gavin Harrison – drums
  • Ed Poole – bass guitar
  • Bob Andrews – Hammond organ
  • Danny Schogger – keyboards
  • Vicki Brown – backing vocals
"Wrap Me Up"
  • Sam Brown – lead vocals
  • Jakko Jakszyk – guitars
  • Paul Bangash – guitar solo
  • Charlie Morgan – drum programming
  • Richard Newman – hooligan drums
  • Danny Schogger – keyboards
  • Pete Brown – backing vocals
"I'll Be In Love"
"Merry Go Round"
  • Sam Brown – lead vocals; all other keyboards
  • Danny Schogger – keyboard effects
  • Paul Bangash – guitar
  • Pete Brown – programming
  • Jim Abbiss – programming; Russian strings
"Sometimes You Just Don't Know"
  • Sam Brown – lead vocals; piano
  • Jakko Jakszyk – guitar; backing vocals
  • Pete Brown – guitar; backing vocals
  • Danny Schogger – keyboards
  • Gavin Harrison – drums
  • Ed Poole – bass guitar
  • Paul Bangash – backing vocals
"Can I Get a Witness"
  • Sam Brown – lead vocals
  • Joe Brown – lead guitar
  • Phil Palmer – rhythm guitar
  • Roland Kerridge – drums
  • Ian Maidman – bass guitar
  • Kenny Craddock – Hammond organ
  • Danny Cummings – percussion
  • Stuart Brooks – trumpet
  • John Huckridge – trumpet
  • Dave Hancock – trumpet
  • Chris Pyne – trombone
  • Pete Smith – trombone
  • Chris Dean – trombone
  • Stan Sulzmann – saxophone
  • Jamie Talbot – saxophone
  • Jeff Daly – saxophone
  • Vicki Brown – backing vocals
  • Margo Buchanan – backing vocals
  • Phil Saatchi – backing vocals
  • Helen Chappelle – backing vocals
  • Pete Smith – backing vocals
  • Billy Vanderpuye – backing vocals
High As a Kite
  • Sam Brown – lead vocals
  • Jakko Jakszyk – guitars
  • Gavin Harrison – drums; marimba
  • Ed Poole – bass guitar
  • Danny Schogger – piano; keyboards
  • Andy Price – 1st violin
  • Mark Walton – 2nd violin
  • Kate Musker – viola
  • Peter Esswood – cello
  • Vicki Brown – backing vocals
  • Margo Buchanan – backing vocals
  • Kevin Malpass – string arrangements
Nutbush City Limits
  • Sam Brown – lead vocals
  • Joe Brown – rhythm guitar
  • Paul Bangash – wah-wah guitar
  • Richard Newman – drums
  • Jim Leverton – bass guitar
  • Danny Schogger – keyboards
  • Steve Sidwell – trumpet
  • Simon Gardner – trumpet
  • Pete Beachill – trombone
  • Jamie Talbot – tenor saxophone
  • Dave Bishop – baritone saxophone
  • Martin Ditcham – percussion
  • Vicki Brown – backing vocals
  • Andy Caine – backing vocals
  • Kevin Malpass – brass arrangement

Chart performance

Peak positions

Chart Peak
Position		 Total
weeks
Australian Albums Chart[6] 13 27
Austrian Albums Chart[7] 2 20
Dutch Albums Chart[8] 4 7
NZ Albums Chart[9] 4 20
Norwegian Albums Chart[10] 12 9
Swedish Albums Chart[11] 18 7
Swiss Albums Chart[12] 6 14
UK Albums Chart[13] 4 18
West German Albums Chart[14] 13 23

Sales and certifications

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[1] Gold 100,000^
Australia (ARIA)[15] Gold 35,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[16] Platinum 0^

^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

  1. 1 2 3 "BPI > Certified Awards > Search results for Sam Brown (from bpi.co.uk)". imgur.com (original source published by British Phonographic Industry). Retrieved 2016-06-03.
  2. ↑ "Stop! - Sam Brown | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". Allmusic. Retrieved October 28, 2013.
  3. ↑ Harris, Craig (7 October 1964). "Sam Brown | Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  4. ↑ "Canadian Certified Awards Search > Sam Brown". Music Canada. Retrieved 2016-05-01.
  5. ↑ Stop! liner notes. A&M Records. 1988.
  6. ↑ "Australian Albums Chart". Retrieved 2016-05-01.
  7. ↑ "Austrian Albums Chart". Retrieved 2016-05-01.
  8. ↑ "Dutch Albums Chart". Retrieved 2016-05-01.
  9. ↑ "NZ Albums Chart". Retrieved 2016-05-01.
  10. ↑ "Norwegian Albums Chart". Retrieved 2016-05-01.
  11. ↑ "Swedish Albums Chart". Retrieved 2016-05-01.
  12. ↑ "Swiss Albums Chart". Retrieved 2016-05-01.
  13. ↑ "UK Albums Chart". Retrieved 2016-05-01.
  14. ↑ "German Albums Chart". Retrieved 2016-05-01.
  15. ↑ "1989 ARIA Albums Chart". ARIA. Retrieved 2016-06-03.
  16. ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Sam Brown – Stop!". Music Canada. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
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