Minutes (album)

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Minutes
Studio album by Elkie Brooks
Released	1984
Recorded	1983–84
Genre	Rock/Pop
Label	A&M Records
Elkie Brooks chronology
Pearls II (1982) Minutes (1984) Screen Gems (1984)

Minutes is an album by Elkie Brooks.

Contents 1 Background 2 Track listing 3 Single Releases 4 Personnel

[edit] Background

Minutes was Elkie's first contemporary album since 1979's Live and Learn. A&M wanted her to stick to the winning formula of the Pearls albums but Brooks had other ideas and recruited her own choice of producer and band to create what would become and experimental album for the time. A mixture of solid pop tunes and dark 80s rock, A&M had little faith in the product and held back promotion focusing on her forthcoming album, the safer and more commercial Screen Gems.

Two singles were released and with no promotion, neither charted. Feeling disheartened, Brooks undertook a massive tour to increase sales. However, by the time the tour had begun A&M were ready to release her next album. To date, Minutes has never been available on CD.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Minutes" (Mackay, Hill, Brooks, Cleminson)
2. "Driftin'" (Wooley, Darlo)
3. "Night Run" (Mackay, Brooks, Cleminson)
4. "Take Your Freedom" (Mackay, Brooks)
5. "Growing Tired" (Mackay, Brooks)
6. "Born Lucky" (Mackay, Partridge)
7. "I've Been In Love Before" (Mackay, Brooks)
8. "Too Heavy, Too Strong" (Mackay, Brooks)
9. "Crossfire" (Mackay, Brooks, Cleminson)
10. "Work Pay" (Mackay, Brooks)

[edit] Single Releases

• "Minutes" (1984)
• "Driftin'" (1984)

"Minutes" reached number 35 and remained in the UK charts for 7 weeks.

[edit] Personnel

• Elkie Brooks – vocals
• Duncan Mackay – piano, keyboards
• Zal Cleminson – guitars, backing vocals
• John Giblin – bass, backing vocals
• Graham Jarvis – drums
• Duncan Kinnell – percussion
• John Etchells – producer, engineer
• Chris Sheldon – engineer
• Chris Goreham – engineer
• Paul Rabiger – engineer