Pearl (album)
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| Studio album by Janis Joplin and the Full Tilt Boogie Band | ||||
| Released | January 11, 1971 | |||
| Recorded | September 5 - October 3, 1970 at Sunset Sound Recorders, Hollywood, California | |||
| Genre | Blues rock, soul blues, R&B, funk rock | |||
| Length | 34:10 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Paul A. Rothchild | |||
| Janis Joplin and the Full Tilt Boogie Band chronology | ||||
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| Robert Christgau | A– |
| Rolling Stone | (favorable) |
| Rolling Stone Album Guide |
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Pearl is the second and final solo studio album by Janis Joplin, released posthumously on Columbia Records, catalogue KC 30322, in January 1971. It was also released simultaneously in a 4 channel Quadraphonic format in the U.S., catalogue number CQ 30322, and in Japan as SOPN 90 and a foil type cover with obi as SOPN 44005. It was the final album with her direct participation, and the only Joplin album recorded with the Full Tilt Boogie Band, her final touring unit. It peaked at #1 on the Billboard 200, holding that spot for nine weeks. It has been certified quadruple platinum by the RIAA.
The album has a more polished feel than the albums she recorded with Big Brother and the Holding Company and the Kozmic Blues Band due to the expertise of producer Paul A. Rothchild and her new backing musicians. Rothchild was best known as the recording studio producer of The Doors, and worked well with Joplin, calling her a producer's dream. Together they were able to craft an album that showcased her extraordinary vocal talents. They used Sunset Sound Recorders in Los Angeles.
The Full Tilt Boogie Band were the musicians who accompanied her on the Festival Express, a concert tour by train of Canada, in the summer of 1970. Many of the songs on this album were recorded on the concert stage in Canada two months before Joplin and the band started their Los Angeles recording sessions. The band also appeared twice on The Dick Cavett Show. They also played many American cities, both before and after Festival Express, although no recordings of those concerts have been officially released.
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