Stop! (album)

Stop!
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Studio album by Sam Brown
Released	1988
Studio	The Power Plant, London and Greene Street Studios, New York
Genre	Pop soul rhythm and blues pop rock
Length	54:36
Label	A&M
Producer	Pete Brown Sam Brown
Sam Brown chronology
Stop! (1988) April Moon (1990)April Moon1990

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Stop! is the debut album by singer-songwriter Sam Brown, first released in 1988. It includes her most successful single, the title track "Stop!", as well as a cover of Tina Turner's "Nutbush City Limits" and Marvin Gaye's "Can I Get a Witness".

The album sold 2.5 million copies worldwide; it was particularly successful in the UK (#4), Europe, Australia and Canada where it earned a Platinum certification

Track listing

1. "Walking Back to Me" (Sam Brown/Gregg Sutton) - 3:40
2. "Your Love Is All" (Brown/Margo Buchanan) - 4:09
3. "Stop!" (Brown/Sutton/Bruce Brody) - 4:53
4. "It Makes Me Wonder" (Brown/Buchanan) - 4:33
5. "This Feeling" (Brown/Buchanan) - 3:21
6. "Tea" (Brown) - 0:41
7. "Piece of My Luck" (Brown) - 3:00
8. "Ball and Chain" (Brown/Danny Schogger) - 4:34
9. "Wrap Me Up" (Sam Brown/Schogger) - 3:10
10. "I'll Be In Love" (Sam Brown/Schogger) - 5:16
11. "Merry Go Round" (Sam Brown/Vicki Brown) - 3:07
12. "Sometimes You Just Don't Know" (Brown/Danny Malloy/Richard Brennan) - 3:05

Not included on original LP release:

13. "Can I Get a Witness" (Eddie Holland/Lamont Dozier/Brian Holland) - 2:59
14. "High As a Kite" (Brown/Schogger) - 3:24 [Not on Australian pressing]
15. "Nutbush City Limits" (Tina Turner) - 4:25 [Not on Australian pressing]

Personnel

• Sam Brown – lead vocals (all); keyboards (11); piano (1, 12); string arrangements (3)
• Pete Brown – guitars (1, 12); programming (11); backing vocals (1, 2, 4, 7, 9)
• Jakko Jakszyk – guitars (2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 12, 14); backing vocals (2, 12)
• Paul Bangash – guitars (1, 9, 11, 15); backing vocals (12)
• David Gilmour – guitars (5, 10)
• Phil Palmer – guitars (4); rhythm guitar (13)
• Danny Schogger – keyboards (1, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14); piano (14)
• Kevin Malpass – Hammond organ (3); string arrangements (2, 3, 14, 15)
• Bob Andrews – Hammond organ (3, 8)
• Richard Newman – drums (1, 5, 9, 15); backing vocals (7)
• Gavin Harrison – drums (2, 3, 8, 12, 14); marimba (14)
• Roland Kerridge – drums (4, 13)
• Charlie Morgan – drum programming (9)
• Ed Poole – bass guitar (3, 8, 12, 14)
• Jim Leverton – bass guitar (1, 5, 15)
• Ian Maidman – bass guitar (4, 13)
• Jamie Talbot – saxophone (13); tenor saxophone (15)
• Andy Price – violin (2, 3); 1st violin (14)
• Mark Walton – violin (2, 3); 2nd violin (14)
• Peter Esswood – cello (3); viola (2)
• Kate Musker – viola (3, 14)
• Pandit Dinesh – percussion (2)
• Vicki Brown – backing vocals (2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 13, 14, 15)
• Margo Buchanan – backing vocals (3, 4, 13, 14)
• Philip Saatchi – backing vocals (1, 4, 13)
• Helen Chappelle – backing vocals (4, 13)
• Billy Vanderpuye – backing vocals (13)
• Andy Caine – backing vocals (15)