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1981 studio album by Pointer Sisters











Black & White
Blackandwhitepointersisters.jpg

Studio album by
Pointer Sisters

ReleasedJune 1981
StudioStudio 55
(Los Angeles, California)
Celebration Recording
(New York City, New York)
Genre
R&B, pop, soul
LabelPlanet
ProducerRichard Perry

Pointer Sisters chronology





Special Things
(1980)

Black & White
(1981)

So Excited!
(1982)




Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic
4/5 stars [1]

Black & White is the eighth studio album by the Pointer Sisters, released in 1981 on the Planet label.




Contents





  • 1 History


  • 2 Track listing


  • 3 Personnel


  • 4 Production


  • 5 Chart positions


  • 6 References


  • 7 External links




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
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Sweet Lover Man"
Jerry Ragovoy, Len Roberts
4:12
2."Someday We'll Be Together"Russ Ballard4:39
3."Take My Heart, Take My Soul"Ken Gold, Mickey Denne4:06
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
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."What a Surprise"A. Pointer, J. Pointer, Trevor Lawrence4:11
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













Personnel



  • Anita Pointer – lead vocals (2, 4, 5, 6), backing vocals, vocal arrangements


  • June Pointer – lead vocals (1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9), backing vocals, vocal arrangements


  • Ruth Pointer – lead vocals (3), backing vocals, vocal arrangements

Musicians
  • John Barnes – keyboards (2, 3, 6, 7, 8), electric piano (4), acoustic piano (9)

  • Mike Cotten – synthesizer (5), synthesizer programming (5)


  • Paulinho da Costa – percussion (1-4, 6-9), congas (5)


  • Danny Faragher – organ (9)


  • David Foster – keyboards (5), arrangements (5)


  • James Newton Howard – keyboards (1), synthesizer (1, 3, 8)


  • Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar (1-4, 6-9), guitar solo (8)

  • Trevor Lawrence – tenor sax solo (3, 6, 9)

  • Tim May – guitar (1-4, 6-9)


  • Greg Phillinganes – electric piano (9)


  • Mike Porcaro – bass (5)


  • John Robinson – drums (1-9)


  • William Smith – organ (4)

  • Ed Walsh – synthesizer (2, 6, 7)


  • Nate Watts – bass (1-4, 6-9)


Production



  • Richard Perry – producer

  • Trevor Lawrence – associate producer


  • David Foster – production assistance (track 5)

  • Susan Epstein – production coordinator

  • Michael Solomon – production coordinator

  • Gabe Veltri – recording engineer

  • Piers Plaskitt – recording engineer


  • Bill Schnee – remix engineer

  • Tim Dennen – assistant engineer

  • Stuart Furusho – assistant engineer

  • Bobby Gerber – assistant engineer

  • Larry Emerine – mastering


  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering

  • Michael Barackman – music coordinator


  • Kosh – art direction and design


  • Aaron Rapoport – photography


Chart positions








Chart (1981)
Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200
13
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
9


References




  1. ^ Hanson, Amy. Black & White review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-11-15.




External links



  • Black & White at Discogs (list of releases)






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