| Stop! | ||||
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| Released | 8 June 1988 (1988-06-08) | |||
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| Length | 54:45 (CD) 43:50 (vinyl) | |||
| Label | A&M | |||
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| AllMusic |   [1] |
Stop! is the debut studio album by English singer-songwriter Sam Brown, released on 8 June 1988 by A&M Records.[2] It includes Brown's biggest and best-known single, the title track "Stop!".
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, 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 City. 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".
On release, the album was received favourably by the majority of music critics. Brown's most commercially successful album, it went on to peak at number four on the UK Albums Chart and reached number 13 on the Australian ARIA Charts. The album also reached the top 10 in countries such as Austria, the Netherlands, and New Zealand. The album spawned three charting singles in the United Kingdom. "Stop!" peaked at number four on the UK Singles Chart; "This Feeling" peaked at number 91; "Can I Get a Witness" at number 15. The album has sold over two and a half million copies worldwide.[3] The album has been certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) and platinum by Music Canada.[2][4]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Walking Back to Me" |
| 3:40 |
| 2. | "Your Love Is All" |
| 4:09 |
| 3. | "Stop!" |
| 4:53 |
| 4. | "It Makes Me Wonder" |
| 4:33 |
| 5. | "This Feeling" |
| 3:21 |
| 6. | "Tea" | S. Brown | 0:41 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 7. | "Piece of My Luck" | S. Brown | 3:00 |
| 8. | "Ball and Chain" |
| 4:34 |
| 9. | "Wrap Me Up" |
| 3:10 |
| 10. | "I'll Be in Love" |
| 5:16 |
| 11. | "Merry Go Round" |
| 3:07 |
| 12. | "Sometimes You Just Don't Know" |
| 3:05 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 13. | "Can I Get a Witness" |
| 2:59 |
| 14. | "High as a Kite" (not on Australian pressing) |
| 3:24 |
| 15. | "Nutbush City Limits" (not on Australian pressing) | Tina Turner | 4:25 |
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[5]
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Year-end charts[edit]
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| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Australia (ARIA)[20] | Gold | 35,000^ |
| Canada (Music Canada)[4] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
| Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[26] | Gold | 25,000[26] |
| Germany (BVMI)[27] | Gold | 250,000^ |
| United Kingdom (BPI)[2] | Gold | 100,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
| Label | Cat. No. | Format | Date | |
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| A&M | 395195-2 | UK, and EU | CD | 1988 |
| A&M | AMA 5195 | UK, IL, ES, and AU | LP | 1988 |
| A&M | 395195-2, 395 195-2 | EU | CD | 2005 |
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