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Black & White
Studio album by Pointer Sisters
Released	June 1981
Studio	Studio 55 (Los Angeles, California) Celebration Recording (New York City, New York)
Genre	R&B, pop, soul
Label	Planet
Producer	Richard Perry
Pointer Sisters chronology
Special Things (1980) Black & White (1981) So Excited! (1982)

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Allmusic	[1]

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

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

Personnel

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


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


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  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)


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


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  Danny Faragher – organ (9)


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


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


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  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)


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  Greg Phillinganes – electric piano (9)


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  Mike Porcaro – bass (5)


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  John Robinson – drums (1-9)


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  William Smith – organ (4)


• Ed Walsh – synthesizer (2, 6, 7)


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  Nate Watts – bass (1-4, 6-9)

Production

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  Richard Perry – producer


• Trevor Lawrence – associate producer


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  David Foster – production assistance (track 5)


• Susan Epstein – production coordinator


• Michael Solomon – production coordinator


• Gabe Veltri – recording engineer


• Piers Plaskitt – recording engineer


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  Bill Schnee – remix engineer


• Tim Dennen – assistant engineer


• Stuart Furusho – assistant engineer


• Bobby Gerber – assistant engineer


• Larry Emerine – mastering


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  Stephen Marcussen – mastering


• Michael Barackman – music coordinator


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  Kosh – art direction and design


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  Aaron Rapoport – photography

Chart positions

References

External links

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  Black & White at Discogs (list of releases)