Black & White (Pointer Sisters album)
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| Studio album by Pointer Sisters | ||||
| Released | June 1981 | |||
| Recorded | Studio 55 (Los Angeles, California) Celebration Recording (New York City, New York) |
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| Genre | R&B, pop, soul | |||
| Label | Planet | |||
| Producer | Richard Perry | |||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
Black & White is the eighth studio album by the Pointer Sisters, released in 1981 on the Planet label.
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History
Black & White was their fourth record with producer Richard Perry and yielded the #2 pop hit "Slow Hand". The fourth single release, "Should I Do It", reached #13 in the spring of 1982, making Black & White the first Pointer Sisters album to yield two Top Twenty hits. Black & White was certified Gold in September 1981. The album was remastered and issued on CD with bonus tracks in 2009 by Wounded Bird Records.
Track listing
| Side one | |||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
| 1. | "Sweet Lover Man" | Jerry Ragovoy, Len Roberts | 4:12 |
| 2. | "Someday We'll Be Together" | Russ Ballard | 4:39 |
| 3. | "Take My Heart, Take My Soul" | Ken Gold, Mickey Denne | 4:06 |
| 4. | "Slow Hand" | Michael Clark, John Bettis | 3:54 |
| 5. | "We're Gonna Make It" | David Foster, Mike Cotton, Anita Pointer, June Pointer | 3:56 |
| Side two | |||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
| 6. | "What a Surprise" | A. Pointer, J. Pointer, Trevor Lawrence | 4:11 |
| 7. | "Got to Find Love" | David Lasley, Willie Wilcox | 4:04 |
| 8. | "Fall in Love Again" | Patrick Henderson, Wornell Jones | 4:30 |
| 9. | "Should I Do It" | Layng Martine, Jr. | 3:53 |
| 2009 remastered bonus tracks | |||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
| 10. | "Holdin' Out for Love" | Cynthia Weil, Tom Snow | 3:22 |
| 11. | "What a Surprise" (Original Edit) | 4:11 | |
Personnel
- Anita Pointer, Ruth Pointer, June Pointer – vocals
- Paul Jackson, Tim May – guitar
- Mike Porcaro, Nate Watts – bass
- Trevor Lawrence – tenor saxophone
- John Barnes – piano, electric piano, keyboards
- Greg Phillinganes – electric piano
- Danny Faragher, William Smith – organ
- Ed Walsh – synthesizer
- Mike Cotten – synthesizer, programming
- James Newton Howard – keyboards, synthesizer
- John Robinson – drums
- Paulinho da Costa – percussion
Production
- Richard Perry – producer
- Trevor Lawrence – associate producer
- Gabe Veltri – recording engineer
- Bill Schnee – remix engineer
Chart positions
| Chart (1981) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard 200 | 13 |
| U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums | 9 |
References
- ↑ Hanson, Amy. Black & White review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
