Janis Joplin

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Pearl is the fourth album by Janis Joplin, released posthumously on Columbia Records, catalogue PC 30322, in January 1971. 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 producer of The Doors, and worked well with Joplin, calling her a producers dream. Together they were able to craft an album that showcased her extraordinary vocal talents.

The Full Tilt Boogie Band were the musicians who accompanied her on the famous train tour of Canada, Festival Express, in the summer of 1970, and many of the songs on this album were introduced on the concert stage in Canada. They also appeared twice on The Dick Cavett Show.

All nine tracks that she sings on were personally approved and arranged by Joplin. Pearl features the number one hit "Me and Bobby McGee", on which she played acoustic guitar, written by Kris Kristofferson and Fred Foster, also "Trust Me" by Bobby Womack which was written especially for Janis, Howard Tate's "Get It While You Can" which showcases her incredible vocal range, and two originals "Move Over", and "Mercedes Benz" written by Joplin. "My Baby" and "A Woman Left Lonely" are two more tracks that are considered among her best studio works.

Joplin sings on all of the tracks except "Buried Alive in the Blues", which remained a Full Tilt Boogie instrumental as she died before being able to add her vocals, however she approved this recording. The recording sessions, which began in early September, ended with Joplin's untimely death on October 4, 1970. Her final recordings were "Mercedes Benz" and a birthday greeting for John Lennon.

The iconic album cover shows Joplin reclining on her Victorian Era loveseat with a drink in her hand, conveying that this is Janis Joplin as she really is

Side one
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Move Over"   Janis Joplin 3:43
2. "Cry Baby"   Jerry Ragovoy, Bert Berns 3:58
3. "A Woman Left Lonely"   Dan Penn, Spooner Oldham 3:29
4. "Half Moon"   John Hall, Johanna Hall 3:53
5. "Buried Alive in the Blues"   Nick Gravenites 2:29
Side two
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "My Baby"   Jerry Ragovoy, Mort Shuman 3:26
2. "Me and Bobby McGee"   Kris Kristofferson, Fred Foster 4:33
3. "Mercedes Benz"   Janis Joplin, Bob Neuwirth, Michael McClure 1:48
4. "Trust Me"   Bobby Womack 3:17
5. "Get It While You Can"   Jerry Ragovoy, Mort Shuman (Howard Tate 1966 rendition) 3:27