Brooke Allison (album)

Brooke Allison is the debut and sole studio album by American pop singer Brooke Allison, released on June 19, 2001. The album includes songs written by Mýa, Meredith Brooks and Allan Rich. The album did not impact any major charts.

"The Kiss-Off (Goodbye)" was the first single released from the album and reached number 28 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales chart. This was followed by "Thought You Might Wanna Know", which failed to impact any charts.

Composition
Allison has said of the album: "It's so crazy - in a good way - because the album has so many musical styles... I mean, we've got some pop, R&B and ballads, but my main style is probably pop Top 40."

Promotion
The album was promoted through the children's television channel Nickelodeon. Allison appeared on a number of TV programs to promote it, including Nickelodeon's Slime Time Live. The music video for "The Kiss-Off (Goodbye)" was often the Nick Video Pick of the Day on Nickelodeon.

Allison guest starred on the Nickelodeon television series Taina in the season two episode, Sabotage. The album's closing track, "Say Goodbye", is featured in the episode.

Critical reception
The album received generally mixed reviews, with the Knight Ridder calling it "a classic exhibit of the pop music industry's assembly-line tendencies". Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic praised "The Kiss-Off (Goodbye)" and "Toodle-Oo" but wrote that "Allison tries so hard to sound different while remaining commercial enough to be successful, her record can be grating at times".

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 – make-up
 * 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 guitar
 * 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 guitar
 * 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