''Live and Learn'' is an album by

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, released in 1979.

Background

Released on the back of two singles ("Don't Cry Out Loud" and "The Runaway"), A&M released ''Live and Learn'' choosing to omit these songs. Leiber & Stoller returned as producers for the album and gave it a distinct funk and

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feel which, after the middle of the road offerings of the non-album singles, perhaps alienated some of her fanbase. Neither of the singles from this album made the charts which made promotion for this album problematic. As Elkie had become pregnant during the recording, A&M decided to pull back the promotion even further. However, she did continue to perform live until late in her pregnancy.

Single releases

* "He Could Have Been An Army" (1979) * "Falling Star" (1979)

Details

*Recorded in 1979 at The Record Plant in Los Angeles, USA. Mastered at A&M Studios, Hollywood, USA. *''Live and Learn'' reached number 34 and remained in the UK charts for 6 weeks. * Available on CD, paired with its predecessor ''Shooting Star''.

Track listing

# "Viva La Money" (

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) - (3:23) # "On the Horizon" ( Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) - (3:31) # "He Could Have Been an Army" (

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, Leiber, Stoller) - (4:31) # "The Rising Cost of Love" (Len Ron Hanks, Zane Grey, Bobby Martin) - (5:01) # "Dreamdealer" (Leiber, Stoller, Elkie Brooks, Pete Gage) - (4:01) # "Who's Making Love" (

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, Don Davis,

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, Raymond Jackson) - (3:37) # "If You Can Beat Me Rockin' (You Can Have My Chair)" (

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) - (3:22) # "The Heartache is On" (Leiber,

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) - (3:24) # "Not Enough Lovin' Left" (Elkie Brooks, Pete Gage, Leiber, Stoller) - (3:48) # "Falling Star" (Leiber, Stoller) - (4:09)

Personnel

*Elkie Brooks -

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- keyboards

Additional personnel

*John Barnes,

Mike Stoller Leiber and Stoller were an American songwriting and record production duo, consisting of lyricist Jerome Leiber (; April 25, 1933 – August 22, 2011) and composer Michael Stoller (born March 13, 1933). As well as many R&B and pop hits, they wr ...

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/keyboards *

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s *Marlow Henderson, Spencer Bean, Paul Warren, Oliver Leiber,

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, Tim May, Adam Chase Benay -

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* Tower of Power Horn Section **

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** Greg Adams **

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** Steve Kupka **Jim Decker **Alan Robinson **Marni Robinson. *

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, Julia Tillman Waters, Maggie Henry,

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*Michael Stone, Kevin Eddy -

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- mastering *

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References

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