So Excited!

So Excited!
Studio album by The Pointer Sisters
Released	July 1982
Studio	Studio 55 (Los Angeles, California) Larrabee Sound (Los Angeles, California) Pasha Music House (Los Angeles, California)
Genre	R&B, pop, soul
Label	Planet/RCA Records
Producer	Richard Perry
The Pointer Sisters chronology
Black & White (1981)Black & White1981 So Excited! (1982) Break Out (1983)Break Out1983
Singles from So Excited!
"American Music" Released: 1982 "I'm So Excited" Released: September 1982 "If You Wanna Get Back Your Lady" Released: 1983

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So Excited! is the ninth studio album by the Pointer Sisters, released in 1982 on the Planet label.

History

So Excited! spawned a hit with "American Music" and included a cover of a Prince tune, "I Feel for You," which was again covered by Chaka Khan two years later. The title track reached #30 on the pop charts but hit #9 when it was revived two years later after being added to the group's 1983 album, Break Out. A third single, "See How the Love Goes", was shelved due to its controversial (at the time) subject matter. The album was remastered and issued on CD with bonus tracks in 2010 by Big Break Records.

Track listing

Personnel

• Anita Pointer – lead vocals (1, 2, 6, 8), backing vocals, vocal arrangements
• June Pointer – lead vocals (3, 5, 6, 7), backing vocals, vocal arrangements
• Ruth Pointer – lead vocals (4, 7), backing vocals, vocal arrangements

Musicians

• John Barnes – acoustic piano (1, 8), keyboards (2, 3, 7), Fender Rhodes (6)
• Michael Boddicker – synthesizer programming (1, 4-7)
• Robbie Buchanan – vocoder (2), synthesizer (2, 6, 7, 8)
• Paulinho Da Costa – percussion (1-4, 6, 7, 8)
• George Doering – guitar (1, 8)
• Nathan East – bass (2-5, 8)
• Chuck Findley – trumpet (3, 6)
• Gary Grant – trumpet (3, 6)
• Gary Herbig – saxophone (6)
• Jim Horn – saxophone (6)
• Richard Hyde – trombone (3, 6)
• Paul Jackson, Jr. – guitar (2, 3, 4, 6, 7) guitar solo (4)
• Trevor Lawrence – rhythm track arrangements, horn arrangements (3, 6), tenor sax solo (8)
• Tim May – guitar (3, 6, 7)
• Ira Newborn – guitar (4)
• Johnny Parker – synthesizer (5), clavinet (5)
• Richard Perry – rhythm track arrangements
• Greg Phillinganes – synthesizer (1, 4, 6), synthesizer arrangement (4), synth solo (5, 6, 7)
• Lee Ritenour – guitar (1, 2, 8)
• John "J.R." Robinson – drums (1-8)
• Waddy Wachtel – guitar solo (2)
• Randy Waldman – keyboards (4)
• Ed Walsh – synthesizer (2, 3, 5)
• William D. "Smitty" Smith – organ (1)
• Nathan Watts – bass (1, 6, 7)

Production

• Producer – Richard Perry
• Associate Producer – Trevor Lawrence
• Production Coordination – Susan Epstein and Bradford Rosenberg
• Recording Engineer, Editing and Remixing Assistance – Gabe Veltri
• Remix Engineer – Bill Schnee
• Assistant Engineers – Michael Brooks, Stuart Furusho and Bobby Gerber.
• Mastering – Larry Emerine and Stephen Marcussen at Precision Mastering (Hollywood, CA).
• Music Coordinator – Eddie Choran
• Music Preparation – Peggy Sandvig
• Design and Artwork – Kosh
• Cover Photography – Norman Seeff
• Fashion Coordination – Susan Epstein
• Make-up – Lewis Rabkin

Chart positions

References

External links

• So Excited! at Discogs (list of releases)