Pearl

by Janis Joplin & the Full Tilt Boogie Band, Janis Joplin

Overview

Janis Joplin's second masterpiece (after Cheap Thrills), Pearl was designed as a showcase for her powerhouse vocals, stripping down the arrangements that had often previously cluttered her music or threatened to drown her out. Thanks also to a more consistent set of songs, the results are magnificent -- given room to breathe, Joplin's trademark rasp conveys an aching, desperate passion on funked-up, bluesy rockers, ballads both dramatic and tender, and her signature song, the posthumous number one hit "Me and Bobby McGee." The unfinished "Buried Alive in the Blues" features no Joplin vocals -- she was scheduled to record them on the day after she was found dead. Its incompleteness mirrors Joplin's career: Pearl's power leaves the listener to wonder what else Joplin could have accomplished, but few artists could ask for a better final statement. ~ Steve Huey

Product Details

Release Date:	09/08/2009
Label:	SONY
UPC:	0886973523629
Rank:	47622

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Janis Joplin & the Full Tilt Boogie Band   Primary Artist
Janis Joplin   Primary Artist,Lead Vocals
Pearl   Guitar (Acoustic)
Bobby Womack   Guitar (Acoustic)
John Till   Guitar
Richard Bell   Piano

Technical Credits

Sandra Crouch   Guest Artist
Bobby Womack   Guest Artist,Composer
Bob Russell   Composer
Fred Foster   Composer
Clarence Carter   Composer
Spooner Oldham   Composer
Gabriel Mekler   Composer
Johanna Hall   Composer
Janis Joplin   Composer
John Hall   Composer
George Gershwin   Composer
Ira Gershwin   Composer
DuBose Heyward   Composer
Lorenz Hart   Composer
Nick Gravenites   Composer
Jerry Ragovoy   Composer
Richard Barrett   Composer
Norman Meade   Composer
Willie Mae Thornton   Composer
Mort Shuman   Composer
Dan Penn   Composer
Dale Evans   Composer
Marcus Daniel   Composer
Bert Berns   Composer
Bob Neuwirth   Composer
Chip Taylor   Composer
Kris Kristofferson   Composer
J. Hall   Composer
Richard Rodgers   Composer
Wilbur Terrell   Composer
David Foster   Composer
Michael McClure   Composer
D.W. Evans   Composer
Full Tilt Boogie Band   Composer
Richard Barret   Composer