Brooke Allison (album)

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Brooke Allison is the debut album by pop singer Brooke Allison which was released on June 19, 2001. The album includes songs written by Mýa, Meredith Brooks and Allan Rich. "It's so crazy - in a good way - because the album has so many musical styles", Allison has said of the album. "I mean, we've got some pop, R&B and ballads, but my main style is probably pop Top 40." Allison appeared on multiple TV programs to promote the album, including Nickelodeon's Slime Time Live, and the music video for the album's single "The Kiss-Off (Goodbye)" was often the Nick Video Pick of the Day, also on Nickelodeon. However, the album failed to chart on any major charts and was also negatively received by critics, and consequently promotion for the album stopped and Allison was dropped. "The Kiss-Off (Goodbye)" did manage to reach #28 on the Hot 100 Sales chart once a CD single was issued, but no more singles were released from the project. She has not released any further solo material, but she was a member of the girl group BG5. But the group have since broken up. She is currently still active in music and is also dabbling in acting.

Track listing

1. "The Kiss-Off (Goodbye)" (Jim Peterik, Jeff Jacobs) - 3:31
2. "Oh No" (Interlude) - 0:07
3. "Toodle-Oo" (Peter Rafelson, Jeff Vincent) - 3:36
4. "I Miss You" (Larry Dvoskin, Meredith Brooks) - 4:07
5. "Seth" (Interlude) - 0:21
6. "Rollercoaster" (Robert Palmer, Kasia Livingston, Jeff Vincent) - 3:28
7. "Thought You Might Wanna Know" (Robert Palmer, Kasia Livingston) - 3:57
8. "If I Were You" (James Day, Amy Powers, Jim Gatley) - 4:12
9. "Perfect Chemistry" (Mýa Harrison, Damon Elliott, Michael Blakey) - 3:01
10. "Without You" (Vincent Brantley) - 3:24
11. "Maybe Tonight" (Erik Trent Andrews) - 4:01
12. "Dating" (Interlude) - 0:14
13. "My Heart Goes Boom" (Greg Wood, Geoman) - 3:10
14. "Say Goodbye" (Mark Portmann, Allan Rich, Serge Colbert) - 4:17

"The Kiss-Off (Goodbye)" contains a sample of "Goodbye" as performed by Elwood Edwards, courtesy of America Online.

Personnel

• Elton Ahi - production, mixing, strings, piano
• Agostina - makeup
• 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
• 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
• 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