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Jul 2021
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 number one on the Billboard 200, holding that spot for nine weeks. It has been certified quadruple platinum by the RIAA.
Tracklist
A1 Move Over
Written-By – Janis Joplin
3:40
A2 Cry Baby
Written-By – Berns*, Ragovoy*
3:55
A3 A Woman Left Lonely
Written-By – Penn*, Oldham*
3:26
A4 Half Moon
Written-By – John Hall*
3:50
A5 Buried Alive In The Blues
Written-By – Nick Gravenites
2:23
B1 My Baby
Written-By – Ragovoy*, Shuman*
3:43
B2 Me & Bobby McGee
Acoustic Guitar – Pearl (8)
Written-By – Kristofferson*
4:28
B3 Mercedes Benz
Written-By – Janis Joplin
1:45
B4 Trust Me
Written-By, Acoustic Guitar – Bobby Womack
3:14
B5 Get It While You Can
Written-By – Ragovoy*, Shuman*
3:22
Notes
Limited to 2000 foil-stamped and numbered copies.
Sourced from the original master.
The record is housed in a PVC plastic jacket with a hype sticker on the front and a printed inner sheet.
50th Anniversary Edition.
The artist's name is Janis Joplin / Full Tilt Boogie on the back cover, Janis Joplin elsewhere on the release.
Tracks A1, A4, A5, B3 ASCAP; all others BMI.
© 1971, 2021 Sony Music Entertainment. Originally released in 1971.
Thursday, October 1 after a break of several days, yielded her a-cappella "Mercedes Benz." It was the last song she recorded before her death. The album cover, photographed by Barry Feinstein in Los Angeles, shows Joplin reclining on her Victorian-era loveseat with a drink in her hand.