Track listing

1. "Hard Habit to Break
   Hard Habit to Break
   "Hard Habit to Break" is a song written by Steve Kipner and John Lewis Parks produced and arranged by David Foster and recorded by the group Chicago for their 1984 album Chicago 17, with Bill Champlin and Peter Cetera sharing lead vocals. Released as the second single from the album, it reached...
   
   " (Steve Kipner
   Steve Kipner
   Steve Kipner is a multi-platinum-selling songwriter and record producer with hits spanning over a 40 year history, including chart-topping songs such as Olivia Newton-John's "Physical", Chicago's Grammy-nominated "Hard Habit to Break", "Genie In A Bottle" by Christina Aguilera, for which he won an...
   
   , Jon Parker) (4:41)
2. "Shame" (Peter Oxendale, Marwenna Haver) (4:10)
3. "Broken Wings" (Richard Page
   Richard Page (musician)
   Richard Page , is an American musician who is the lead singer and bassist of 1980's US band Mr. Mister and is now a songwriter and solo artist.-Early life:...
   
   , Steve George
   Steve George
   Steve George may refer to:*Steve George , keyboardist for pop band Mr. Mister*Steve George , bassist for Swervedriver...
   
   , John Lang) (4:55)
4. "1,000 Years" (Joseph Williams, David Paich
   David Paich
   David Frank Paich is a session musician, keyboard player, recording producer, arranger, vocalist and main composer of the Los Angeles-based rock/pop band Toto. David is the son of the late jazz composer, musician, and arranger Marty Paich...
   
   , Mark Williams) (4:47)
5. "Touch of Paradise" (Ross Wilson, Gulliver Smith) (4:20)
6. "Tear It Down" (Chris Thompson
   Chris Thompson
   Chris Thompson, also known as Chris Hamlet Thompson is an English singer and guitarist known both for his work with Manfred Mann's Earth Band and for his solo accomplishments.- Biography :...
   
   , Andy Hill
   Andy Hill (composer)
   Andy Hill is a British music producer and songwriter who scored many hits during the 1980s and 90s...
   
   ) (4:21)
7. "Don't Cry to Me" (Russ Ballard
   Russ Ballard
   Russell Glyn Ballard is an English singer, songwriter and musician.-Career:Ballard was initially a guitarist with Buster Meikle & The Day Breakers in 1961, together with Roy Ballard, Russ's older brother on piano and Bob Henrit on drums...
   
   ) (4:42)
8. "Three Wishes" (Russ Ballard) (4:32)
9. "I'll Never Love This Way Again" (Russ Ballard) (4:29)
10. "Every Little Bit Hurts
    Every Little Bit Hurts
    "Every Little Bit Hurts" was originally a 1964 hit single for Motown soul singer Brenda Holloway, written by Ed Cobb.Though she was against recording the song again , she reluctantly recorded the song and the label released it in the summer of the year...
    
    " (Ed Cobb
    Ed Cobb
    Ed Cobb was a musician, songwriter and record producer, most notably during the 1950s and 1960s.-Career:...
    
    ) (3:28)
11. "Is This Love
    Is This Love (Whitesnake song)
    "Is This Love" is a song by the English hard rock band Whitesnake. The song is taken from their self-titled album, which released in 1987.The song was written by vocalist David Coverdale and guitarist John Sykes during the albums early writing process , but it was long rumored that the song had...
    
    " (David Coverdale
    David Coverdale
    David 'Jack' Coverdale is an English rock singer, most famous for his work with the his own hard rock band Whitesnake which achieved massive commercial success.-Early life:...
    
    , John Sykes
    John Sykes
    John James Sykes , is an English rock guitarist, who has played with Streetfighter, Tygers of Pan Tang, John Sloman's Badlands, Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake, and Blue Murder, in addition to having a notable solo career....
    
    ) (4:42)
12. "Black Smoke from the Culumet" (Brooks, Pete Gage) (5:18)
13. "Maybe I'm Amazed
    Maybe I'm Amazed
    "Maybe I'm Amazed" is a song written by Paul McCartney that was first released on his McCartney album on 17 April 1970. The studio version from the album has never been released as a single. McCartney dedicated the song to his wife, Linda, who had helped him get through the break-up of The Beatles...
    
    " (Paul McCartney
    Paul McCartney
    Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100...
    
    ) (3:39)
14. "The Ki" (Brooks) (4:05)
15. "In It for the Same Thing" (Brooks) (3:51)
16. "You're the Inspiration
    You're the Inspiration
    -Charts:-Cover versions:*"You're the Inspiration" was covered by UK singer Elkie Brooks on her 1989 album, Inspiration, and by David Foster as an instrumental-piano version on his 1991 album, Rechordings...
    
    " (Peter Cetera
    Peter Cetera
    Peter Paul Cetera is an American singer, songwriter, bassist and producer best known for being an original member of the rock band Chicago, before launching a successful solo career...
    
    , David Foster
    David Foster
    David Walter Foster, OC, OBC , is a Canadian musician, record producer, composer, singer, songwriter, and arranger, noted for discovering singers such as Michael Bublé, Josh Groban, and Charice Pempengco; and for producing some of the most successful artists in the world, such as Céline Dion, Toni...
    
    ) (3:39)

Single Releases

• "Shame" (1989)
• "You're the Inspiration
  You're the Inspiration
  -Charts:-Cover versions:*"You're the Inspiration" was covered by UK singer Elkie Brooks on her 1989 album, Inspiration, and by David Foster as an instrumental-piano version on his 1991 album, Rechordings...
  
  " (1989, Netherlands Only)
• "I'll Never Love This Way Again" (1990)

Details

• Recorded 1989 at Abbey Road Studios
  Abbey Road Studios
  Abbey Road Studios is a recording studio located at 3 Abbey Road, St John's Wood, City of Westminster, London, England. It was established in November 1931 by the Gramophone Company, a predecessor of British music company EMI, its present owner...
  
  , RPM Studios, Pavilion Studios, Rock House, Woody Bay Studios.
• Issued on CD, Vinyl and Cassette in 1989 through Telstar Records. Re-released on CD and Cassette by Ronco.
• Inspiration reached number 58 and remained in the UK charts for 3 weeks.

Personnel

• Elkie Brooks - vocals
• Tobias Boshell
  Bias Boshell
  Tobias "Bias" Boshell is an English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, best known as the founder of folk rock band Trees.He was born in Wye, Kent, was educated at Bedales and the Royal College of Music...
  
   - Piano/Keyboards
• Paul Stacey
  Paul Stacey
  Paul Stacey is a British guitarist and producer, best known for his work with Oasis and The Black Crowes.Paul Stacey's early work included the 1990s band, The Lemon Trees and Denzil....
  
   - guitars
• Pip Williams - guitars, bass
• Mike Richardson - drums
• Francis Rossi
  Francis Rossi
  Francis Dominic Nicholas Michael Rossi, OBE is a British musician best known for being a co-founder of the English rock band Status Quo, in which he sings lead vocals and plays lead guitar.- Career :...
  
  , Bernie Frost, Chris Thompson - backing vocals
• Trevor Jordan, Stevie Bray - engineers

Producers

• Russ Ballard, Trevor Jordan, Pip Williams, Gary Hutchins