A Pauper in Paradise

A Pauper in Paradise
Studio album by
Released1977
StudioAIR Recording Studios, London, England
EMI Abbey Road Studios, London, England
GenrePop rock
Length40:53
LabelA&M
ProducerGino Vannelli
Joe Vannelli
Gino Vannelli chronology
The Gist of the Gemini
(1976)
A Pauper in Paradise
(1977)
Brother to Brother
(1978)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic
Rolling Stone Album Guide (1992)

A Pauper in Paradise is the fifth studio album by Italian-Canadian singer Gino Vannelli, released in 1977. It was notable for including contributions by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra on the second side, including a fifteen-minute title track symphony that took Gino five months to write, and which led A&M to offer a warning to Gino to expand his appeal or face rapid declines in album sales that since Powerful People had been a steady 300,000 albums per release.