Stop! (album)

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". The CD edition of the album includes cover versions of Marvin Gaye's Can I Get a Witness and Ike & Tina Turner's Nutbush City Limits.

This article is about the 1988 album by Sam Brown. For the 1975 album by Eric Burdon, see Stop (Eric Burdon Band album).
Stop!
Studio album by
Sam Brown
Released8 June 1988[1]
StudioThe Power Plant, London
Greene Street Studios, New York
Genre
Length54:36
LabelA&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]

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&M395195-2UK, and EUCD1988
A&MAMA 5195UK, IL, ES, and AULP1988
A&M395195-2, 395 195-2EU CD2005

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
Tracks not included on original LP release
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Can I Get a Witness"
2:59
14."High as a Kite" (not on Australian pressing)
  • S. Brown
  • Schogger
3:24
15."Nutbush City Limits" (not on Australian pressing)Tina Turner4:25

Personnel

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

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

Sales and certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[1] Gold 100,000^
Australia (ARIA)[15] Gold 35,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[16] Platinum 100,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone

References
  1. "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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