Black & White (Pointer Sisters album)

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)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Sweet Lover Man"Jerry Ragovoy, Len Roberts4:12
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 Bettis3:54
5."We're Gonna Make It"David Foster, Mike Cotton, Anita Pointer, June Pointer3:56
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 Wilcox4:04
8."Fall in Love Again"Patrick Henderson, Wornell Jones4:30
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

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.
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