# Pink Pearl

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This article is about a musical album. For other uses, see [Pink Pearl (disambiguation)](/source/Pink_Pearl_(disambiguation)).

***Pink Pearl*** is the fourth album by American singer-songwriter [Jill Sobule](/source/Jill_Sobule), released in 2000.

The record, whose name is both a model of pencil [eraser](/source/Eraser) by [Eberhard Faber](/source/Eberhard_Faber) and a slang term for the [clitoris](/source/Clitoris), contains the singles "One of These Days" and "Rainy Day Parade". The album peaked at No. 10 on CMJ's Triple A radio airplay chart, and at No. 75 on CMJ's Radio 200 chart in May 2000.

The album includes the satirical "Heroes", which suggests that every potential hero turns out to be deeply flawed:

- [William Faulkner](/source/William_Faulkner) drunk and depressed
- [Dorothy Parker](/source/Dorothy_Parker) mean, drunk and depressed
- And that guy in *[Seven Years in Tibet](/source/Seven_Years_in_Tibet)* turned out to be a Nazi
- The founding fathers all had slaves
- The explorers slaughtered the braves
- The [Old Testament God](/source/Jehovah) can be so petty

The album's "Mary Kay" is a joking yet sympathetic take on [Mary Kay Letourneau](/source/Mary_Kay_Letourneau), the teacher who had sex with a 13-year-old student. "Lucy at the Gym" is a portrait of [anorexia](/source/Anorexia_nervosa).

The song "Mexican Wrestler" was later covered by [Emma Roberts](/source/Emma_Roberts) on the [Nickelodeon](/source/Nickelodeon) TV series *[Unfabulous](/source/Unfabulous)*, for which Sobule writes the music, and also appeared on Roberts' 2005 album *[Unfabulous and More: Emma Roberts](/source/Unfabulous_and_More:_Emma_Roberts)*. The track "Rainy Day Parade" was featured on the soundtrack to the [Ben Stiller](/source/Ben_Stiller) film *[Mystery Men](/source/Mystery_Men)*.

The track "Rock Me to Sleep," co-written with [Richard Barone](/source/Richard_Barone), was featured on the television shows *[Felicity](/source/Felicity_(TV_series))*, *[Dawson's Creek](/source/Dawson's_Creek)*, and *[The West Wing](/source/The_West_Wing)*. It was also covered by [Sally Timms](/source/Sally_Timms) of [the Mekons](/source/The_Mekons) on her 1999 album, *Cowboy Sally's Twilight Laments for Lost Buckaroos*.

## Track listing

1. "Rainy Day Parade" (Eaton, Sobule) – 3:04
1. "One of These Days" (Eaton, Sobule) – 3:53
1. "Lucy at the Gym" (Eaton, Sobule) – 3:46
1. "Claire" (Eaton, Sobule) – 3:39
1. "Mexican Wrestler" (Eaton, Sobule) – 4:15
1. "Heroes" (Eaton, Sobule) – 2:57
1. "Mary Kay" (Eaton, Sobule) – 3:25
1. "Somewhere in New Mexico" (Galdston, Sobule) – 4:29
1. "Guy Who Doesn't Get It" (Galdston, Sobule) – 3:39
1. "Someone's Gonna Break Your Heart" (Mastro, Sobule) – 3:12
1. "Loveless Motel" (Sobule) – 2:48
1. "Rock Me to Sleep" ([Barone](/source/Richard_Barone), Sobule) – 2:21

## Personnel

- Jill Sobule – synthesizer, guitar, drums, keyboards, vocals, [omnichord](/source/Omnichord)
- Chris Carmichael – violin
- Charlie Chadwick – bass guitar
- Molly Felder – background vocals
- Mickey Grimm – drums, [cajon](/source/Cajon)
- Tommy Hannum – [pedal steel](/source/Pedal_steel)
- Brad Jones – organ, bass, guitar, piano, [harmonium](/source/Pump_organ), [Moog synthesizer](/source/Moog_synthesizer), [arp](/source/ARP_synthesizers), [pump organ](/source/Pump_organ)
- [Michael Rhodes](/source/Michael_Rhodes_(musician)) – bass
- Neal Rosengarden – percussion, drums

**Production**

- Producers: Jill Sobule, Robin Eaton, Brad Jones
- Engineers: Jill Sobule, Robin Eaton, David Henry, Brad Jones, Jason Lehning
- Mixing: Jill Sobule, Robin Eaton, Brad Jones
- Mastering: Steve Hall
- [A&R](/source/A%26R): Randy Nicklaus
- Art direction: Susan McEowen
- Photography: Tom Schierlitz
- Design: James Victore

## Notes

1. Lee, Will (April 21, 2000). ["Pink Pearl"](http://ew.com/article/2000/04/21/pink-pearl/). *Entertainment Weekly*. Retrieved July 26, 2017.

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