Pearl (album)

Pearl
Studio album by Janis Joplin
Publication (s)	January 11, 1971
admission	September 5, 1970 - October 3, 1970
Label (s)	Columbia Records
Format (s)	LP , CD , MC , SACD
Genre (s)	Blues-rock , blue-eyed soul
Title (number)	10
running time	34:10
occupation	Janis Joplin - vocals , acoustic guitar (Track 7) John Till - guitar , backing vocals Brad Campbell - bass , backing vocals Clark Pierson - drums , backing vocals Ken Pearson - organ , backing vocals Richard Bell - piano , backing vocals Sandra Crouch - tambourine Bobbye Hall - congas , bongos Vince Mitchell - backing vocals Phil Badella - backing vocals John Cooke - backing vocals Bobby Womack - acoustic guitar (Track 9)
production	Paul A. Rothchild
Studio (s)	Sunset Sound Recorders, Los Angeles
chronology I Got Dem Ol 'Kozmic Blues Again Mama! (1969) Pearl In Concert (1972)

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Pearl   DE 3 03/15/1971 (44 weeks)   UK 20th March 13, 1971 (4 weeks)   US 1 02/27/1971 (42 weeks)

Pearl is the second studio album by Janis Joplin and her last formation The Full Tilt Boogie Band , which was released in January 1971, three months after Joplin's death, on Columbia Records .

background

After Joplin left Big Brother and the Holding Company in 1968 , she recorded her first solo album, I Got Dem Ol 'Kozmic Blues Again Mama! In June 1969 ! on. The successor Pearl was recorded in Hollywood between September and October 1970 . Joplin was accompanied in the studio by the Full Tilt Boogie Band , whose members were John Till, Richard Bell, Clark Pierson, Brad Campbell and Ken Pearson. Pearl is the last Joplin album on which the singer with the distinctive voice took part. She died of a heroin overdose on October 4, 1970 . The album cover shows a photo of Joplin, which was taken by Barry Feinstein . The cover was designed by Tom Wilkes . Pearl was number 1 on the Billboard 200 for nine weeks in the US . With over 4 million units sold, it was certified four times platinum status in 2000 . Pearl also reached the top of the album charts in Australia, Canada, Norway and the Netherlands .

Track list

page A

1. Move Over ( Janis Joplin ) - 3:40

2. Cry Baby ( Jerry Ragovoy , Bert Berns ) - 3:55

3. A Woman Left Lonely (Dan Penn, Spooner Oldham ) - 3:26

4. Half Moon ( John Hall ) - 3:50

5. Buried Alive in the Blues ( Nick Gravenites ) - 2:23

Side B

6. My Baby (J. Ragovoy, Mort Shuman ) - 3:43

7. Me and Bobby McGee ( Kris Kristofferson , Fred Foster) - 4:28

8. Mercedes Benz (J. Joplin, Michael McClure ) - 1:45

9. Trust Me ( Bobby Womack ) - 3:14

10. Get It While You Can (J. Ragovoy, M. Shuman) - 3:22

The vocal track is missing on the song Buried Alive in the Blues because Janis Joplin died shortly before the planned recording.

Bonus tracks

Festival Express Tour 4th July 1970

1. Tell Mama ( Clarence Carter , Marcus Daniel, Wilbur Terrell) - 6:32

2. Little Girl Blue ( Richard Rodgers , Lorenz Hart ) - 3:50

3. Try (Just a Little Bit Harder) (J. Ragovoy, Chip Taylor ) - 6:52

4. Cry Baby (J. Ragovoy, B. Berns) - 6:29

2005 Legacy Edition

1. Happy Birthday, John (Happy Trails) ( Dale Evans ) - 1:12

2. Me and Bobby McGee (demo) (K. Kristofferson, F. Foster) - 4:46

3. Move Over (Alternate Version) (J. Joplin) - 4:27

4. Cry Baby (Alternate Version) (J. Ragovoy, B. Berns) - 6:29

5. My Baby (Alternate Version) (J. Ragovoy, M. Shuman) - 3:59

6. Pearl (J. Joplin, R. Bell, K. Pearson, J. Till, B. Campbell, C. Pierson) - 4:29

2005 Legacy Edition: Live from the Festival Express Tour

17. Tell Mama (Clarence Carter, Marcus Daniel, Wilbur Terrell) - 6:49

18. Half Moon (J. Hall, Johanna Hall) - 4:38

19. Move Over (J. Joplin) - 4:41

20. Maybe (Richard Barrett) - 3:57

21. Summertime ( Ira Gershwin , DuBose Heyward , George Gershwin ) - 4:39

22. Little Girl Blue (R. Rodgers, L. Hart) - 5:10

23. That's Rock 'n' Roll (J. Joplin, R. Bell, K. Pearson, J. Till, B. Campbell, C. Pierson) - 5:03

24. Try (Just a Little Bit Harder) (J. Ragovoy, C. Taylor) - 9:11

25. Kozmic Blues (J. Joplin, Gabriel Mekler) - 5:29

26. Piece of My Heart (J. Ragovoy, B. Berns) - 5:21

27. Cry Baby (J. Ragovoy, B. Berns) - 5:21

28. Get It While You Can (J. Ragovoy, M. Shuman) - 7:20

29. Ball and Chain ( Willie Mae Thornton ) - 8:15

reception

source	rating
Allmusic
Laut.de

The album received very positive reviews. Furthermore occupied Pearl Square 125 of the 500 best albums of all time the music magazine Rolling Stone . The song Me and Bobby McGee reached number 148 of the 500 best songs of all time . The New Musical Express voted it 207th of the 500 best albums of all time. Pearl is one of the 1001 albums You Must Hear Before You Die . The single, Me and Bobby McGee , was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2002, and the album followed in 2010. National Public Radio voted Pearl # 8 of the 150 Best Albums Made by Women.

Trivia

• In 1972 Pearl came onto the market on LP as a quadraphonic version with four audio channels .
• The album was first released on CD in 1984.
• In 2016, the Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab Pearl released the "Original Master Recording" series on SACD.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Janis Joplin Pearl Chart History on Billboard 200 (accessed April 5, 2019)
2. ↑ Full Official Chart History on OfficialCharts (accessed April 5, 2019)
3. ↑ Pearl by Janis Joplin on Chartsurfer (accessed April 5, 2019)
4. ↑ Gold & Platinum - RIAA on Recording Industry Association of America (accessed April 5, 2019)
5. ↑ Review by Steve Huey on Allmusic (accessed April 5, 2019)
6. ↑ Review by Eric Renz on Laut.de (accessed April 5, 2019)
7. ↑ 500 Greatest Albums of All Time on Rolling Stone (accessed April 5, 2019)
8. ↑ 500 Greatest Songs of All Time on Rolling Stone (accessed April 5, 2019)
9. ↑ The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time on New Musical Express (accessed April 5, 2019)
10. ↑ Grammy Hall of Fame on grammy.com (accessed November 9, 2019)
11. ↑ The 150 Greatest Albums Made By Women on npr.org (accessed November 9, 2019)