One of the ten songs on The Pointer Sisters’ Greatest Hits is “The Love Too Good to Last,” one of four songs reprised from the trio’s 1982 album Special Things. Happily, however, Ruth, June and Anita Pointer’s special things certainly have lasted. Big Break Records has in recent years reissued the group’s complete Planet Records/RCA discography from 1978’s Energy through their label swansong, 1988’s Serious Slammin’, in remastered and expanded editions. Now, BBR is culminating its reissue program and adding the cherry to the top of the sundae with a deluxe, essential reissue of 1982’s Greatest Hits.
Between 1978 and 1988, The Pointer Sisters recorded a stunning series of nine albums with producer Richard Perry (Barbra Streisand, Harry Nilsson), first for his Elektra-distributed Planet Records label, and then for RCA, to whom Perry eventually sold Planet. During this period, Ruth, June and Anita finally were able to Break Out on the U.S. charts – to quote the title of the group’s multi-platinum 1983 album which introduced four U.S. Top 10 hits. Previously the Pointers had mastered jazz, blues, funk and even country – the latter with the Grammy-winning “Fairytale.” But with Perry at the helm, the trio emphasized lithe R&B grooves equally steeped in dance, pop and rock rhythms. Their sound honed with the producer was a truly distinctive one within the parameters of any of those genres.
Greatest Hits, released in October 1982, culled its ten tracks from three of the trio’s first four Planet albums: debut Energy (1978), Special Things (1980) and Black and White (1981). Oddly, no tracks were represented from sophomore LP Priority. (Its two singles, “Blind Faith” and “Who Do You Love” both “Bubbled Under” the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.) From Energy, Greatest Hits pulls the Pointers’ Pop/R&B/AC smash recording of Bruce Springsteen’s “Fire” – their highest-charting pop single to that point (No. 2) and best showing since 1973’s “Yes We Can Can.” (It was also The Boss’ first chart-topper outside of North America!) Also from Energy, the collection includes a song written by “Yes” author Allen Toussaint, the funky “Happiness,” which charted in countries including Belgium, The Netherlands and Canada. Special Things yielded another smash hit, Tom Snow and Cynthia Weil’s “He’s So Shy” (No. 3 Pop/No. 10 R&B U.S.) which opens Greatest Hits. It’s joined by “Could I Be Dreaming” and the title track, both written (in whole or in part) by Anita, and by Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager and Peter Allen’s “The Love Too Good to Last.” (The trio would soon triumph with co-writer Christopher Cross on Cross’ recording of “Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do),” launching Bacharach into a mid-career commercial renaissance.)
Four tracks hail from Black and White: “Should I Do It,” “Take My Heart, Take My Soul,” “Someday We’ll Be Together” (a Russ Ballard song, not the Supremes classic) and the sultry pop ode a man with a “Slow Hand.” The smooth and instantly memorable Michael Clark/John Bettis tune earned the Pointers another No. 2 Pop hit which also went Top 10 R&B. For its expanded edition, Big Break has doubled the collection by adding ten more tracks. BBR has extended the purview of the release by just one LP – including tracks from 1982’s So Excited! – and returned to the original albums represented for additional singles and album tracks including Bill Champlin’s “Here is Where Your Love Belongs” (SpecialThings), Anita, June and Trevor Lawrence’s “What a Surprise” (Black and White), Layng Martine Jr.’s “I Want to Do It With You” (Black and White sessions, also recorded by Barry Manilow) and Michael McDonald’s “Nothin’ But a Heartache” (Energy outtake). The inclusion of tracks from So Excited! allows for “I’m So Excited,” presented in a rare 1982 remix from a promotional 12-inch single that has never before appeared on CD.
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The Pointer Sisters would jump to the next level of superstardom, of course, with the later Perry-produced releases such as “Jump (For My Love),” “Automatic” and “Neutron Dance.” But these earlier cuts serve to showcase just how beautifully the group integrated all of their disparate influences into an infectious, danceable, original sound. BBR’s reissue of Greatest Hits features the same high level of quality as all of the other expanded Pointer titles (and indeed, all of the label’s impressive output) with stellar new liner notes by both Christian John Wikane and compilation producer Wayne A. Dickson, with remastering by Nick Robbins.
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- He’s So Shy
- Fire
- Should I Do It
- Someday We’ll Be Together
- Happiness
- Slow Hand
- Could I Be Dreaming
- The Love Too Good to Last
- Take My Heart, Take My Soul
- Special Things
- American Music (from So Excited, Planet BXL1-4355, 1982)
- What a Surprise (from Black and White, Planet P-18, 1981)
- Here is Where Your Love Belongs (from Special Things, Planet P-9, 1980)
- Save This Night for Love (from Special Things)
- Heart Beat (from SoExcited!)
- Movin’ On (B-side of “He’s So Shy”)
- Nothin’ But a Heartache (B-side of “I’m So Excited”)
- Holdin’ Out for Love (B-side of “Slow Hand”)
- I Want to Do It with You (B-side of “American Music”)
- I’m So Excited (Remix) (original version from So Excited!, this version from Planet promo 12-inch single YD 13384, 1982)
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Released | July 1985 | |||
Recorded | 1984-1985 Studio 55 (Los Angeles, California) Starke Lake Studios (Ocoee, Florida) Clinton Recording Studios (New York, New York) Rak Recording Studios (London, England) | |||
Genre | R&B/soul | |||
Label | RCA Records | |||
Producer | Richard Perry | |||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
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Contact is the eleventh studio album by the American vocal group The Pointer Sisters, released in 1985 by RCA Records.
History[edit]
Upon its release, Contact quickly became the Pointer Sisters' second-most successful album to date; it was certified platinum, denoting U.S. sales of over one million, and helped the trio win an American Music Award for 'Favorite Video Group' in 1986. Contact yielded U.S. chart hits with the singles 'Dare Me' (Hot 100 #11, UK #17), 'Freedom' and 'Twist My Arm.' Another song, 'Back in My Arms', was released as a single and video in the UK.
A track from the Contact sessions, entitled 'Just a Little Closer', was released on the We Are the World charity compilation album in 1985.
Contact was remastered and issued on CD with bonus tracks in 2011 by Big Break Records.
Track listing[edit]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | 'Twist My Arm' | Andy Goldmark, Bruce Roberts | 4:25 |
2. | 'Hey You' | Richard Page, Steve George, John Lang | 3:58 |
3. | 'Pound, Pound, Pound' | Roberts, Goldmark | 4:04 |
4. | 'Back in My Arms' | Page, George, Lang, Pat Mastelotto | 4:39 |
5. | 'Burn Down the Night' | Page, George, Lang, Pat Mastelotto | 3:09 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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6. | 'Bodies and Souls' | Mark Goldenberg | 3:49 |
7. | 'Contact' | Robbie Nevil, Brock Walsh | 4:21 |
8. | 'Dare Me' | Sam Lorber, David Innis | 4:06 |
9. | 'Freedom' | David McHugh | 6:21 |
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No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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10. | 'I'll Be There' | Bob Etoll | 3:34 |
11. | 'Dare Me' (12' Dance Mix) | 6:17 | |
12. | 'Twist My Arm' (12' Dance Mix) | 5:53 | |
13. | 'Back in My Arms' (12' Dance Mix) | 6:37 | |
14. | 'Dare Me' (Single Version) | 3:43 | |
15. | 'Freedom' (Single Version) | 4:21 | |
16. | 'Twist My Arm' (Single Version) | 4:09 | |
17. | 'Dare Me' (Instrumental) | 4:23 |
Personnel[edit]
- The Pointer Sisters
- Anita Pointer – lead vocals (1, 5, 9), backing vocals
- June Pointer – lead vocals (3, 6, 8), backing vocals
- Ruth Pointer – lead vocals (2, 4, 7), backing vocals
- Musicians
- Howie Rice – guitar (1, 3, 8), additional synthesizers (1, 2, 4, 7, 9), arrangements (1), synthesizers (3, 6, 8), handclaps (3), drum machine programming (8, 9), Minimoog (9)
- Steve Farris – guitar (2)
- Michael Landau – guitar (4)
- Mark Goldenberg – guitar (6), acoustic piano (6), synthesizers (6), drum machine programming (6), arrangements (6)
- Robbie Nevil – guitar (7), drum machine programming (7), arrangements (7)
- Peter Rafelson – guitar (8)
- Andy Goldmark – synthesizers (1, 3), drum machine programming (1, 3), arrangements (1, 3), acoustic piano (3)
- Bruce Roberts – synthesizers (1), drum machine programming (1, 3), arrangements (1, 3)
- Paul Fox – additional synthesizers (1, 2, 4, 9), E-mu Emulator II (5, 8)
- Steve George – keyboards (2, 4, 5), synthesizers (2, 4), arrangements (2, 4, 5), bass synthesizer (5)
- Steve Mitchell – additional synthesizers (2, 7), Hammond B3 organ (3, 5), handclaps (3), Oberheim DMX programming (6), synthesizers (8), drum machine programming (8)
- Jeff Lorber – bass synthesizer (3), guitar (9), synthesizers (9), drum machine programming (9)
- Tommy Faragher – keyboards (7), synthesizers (7)
- Nathan East – bass (1, 2)
- Neil Stubenhaus – bass (4)
- Jennifer Condos – bass (6)
- Welton Gite – bass (8)
- Pat Mastelotto – drum machine programming (2, 4, 5), drums (4, 5)
- Harry Stinson – drum machine programming (6)
- Brock Walsh – drum machine programming (7), arrangements (7)
- Paulinho da Costa – percussion (1, 4-9)
- Terral 'Terry' Santiel – percussion (1, 3, 5, 6)
- Debra Dobkin – percussion (6)
- Larry Williams – saxophone (5)
- Phil Kenzie – saxophone (6)
- Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone (5)
- Gary Grant – trumpet (5)
- Jerry Hey – trumpet (5), horn arrangements (5)
- Paul Buckmaster – string arrangements and conductor (2, 4)
- Richard Page – arrangements (2, 4, 5)
Production[edit]
- Producer – Richard Perry
- Associate producers – Andy Goldmark (tracks 1 & 3); Howie Rice (track 1); Bruce Roberts (tracks 1 & 3); Steve George (tracks 2 & 4); Richard Page (tracks 2, 4 & 5); Mark Goldenberg (track 6); Robbie Nevil (track 7); Brock Walsh (track 7).
- Production manager – James C. Tract
- Production coordinator – Bradford Rosenberg
- Recording engineer – Michael Brooks
- Additional engineers – Clif Jones, Glen Holguin, Alex Schmoll, Gary Skardina and Don Smith.
- Assistant engineers – David Dubow, Glen Holguin, Julie Last, Ray Leonard, Bob Loftus, Kraig Miller, Alex Schmoll and Delilah Seroussi.
- Basic track engineering – Paul Rey (track 2); Ian Eales (tracks 4 & 5); Ernie Sheesley (track 7).
- Remix engineer – Don Smith
- A&R coordination by Marge Meoli
- Mastered by Stephen Marcussen at Precision Mastering (Hollywood, CA).
- Art direction and design by John Kosh and Ron Larson
- Photography by Randee St. Nicholas
- Personal management by Gallin Morey Addis
Chart positions[edit]
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Chart (1985) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard 200 | 25 |
U.S. BillboardTop Black Albums | 11 |
UK Albums Chart | 34 |
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References[edit]
- ^Hanson, Amy. Contact review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
External links[edit]
- Contact at Discogs (list of releases)
- The Pointer Sisters - Contact (1985, Expanded Edition 2011) album to be listened as stream on Spotify
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