Special Things

Special Things
Studio album by Pointer Sisters
Released August 1980
Studio Studio 55
(Los Angeles, California)
Genre R&B, pop, soul
Label Planet
Producer Richard Perry
Pointer Sisters chronology
Priority
(1979)Priority1979		 Special Things
(1980)		 Black & White
(1981)Black & White1981
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

Special Things is the seventh studio album by the Pointer Sisters, released in 1980 on the Planet label.

History

The album marked their third venture with producer Richard Perry and featured a more stylized R&B/pop production, launching the group into its most successful period. The album spawned their second top three gold-certified single, "He's So Shy".

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Could I Be Dreaming"Anita Pointer, Trevor Lawrence, Marlo Henderson3:31
2."He's So Shy"Tom Snow, Cynthia Weil3:37
3."The Love Too Good to Last"Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Peter Allen3:32
4."Evil"Geoffrey Leib, Larry Lingle3:19
5."Save This Night for Love"Ellison Chase, Bill Haberman, Art Jacobson3:25
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."We've Got the Power"Michael Brooks, Bob Esty4:53
7."Where Did the Time Go"Bacharach, Sager3:08
8."Special Things"Anita Pointer3:08
9."Here Is Where Your Love Belongs"Bill Champlin4:40

Personnel

  • Anita Pointer – lead vocals (1, 3, 5, 8), backing vocals, vocal arrangements
  • June Pointer – lead vocals (2, 4, 6, 7), backing vocals, vocal arrangements
  • Ruth Pointer – lead vocals (9), backing vocals, vocal arrangements
Musicians
  • Ollie E. Brown – drums (1, 3, 5)
  • James Gadson – drums (2, 6, 8)
  • Ricky Lawson – drums (7, 9)
  • Raymond Pounds – drums (4)
  • Paulinho da Costa – percussion (1-4, 8)
  • James Jamerson – bass (7)
  • John Pierce – bass (6)
  • Nathan Watts – bass (1-5, 8, 9), percussion (5)
  • Ben Bridges – guitar (4)
  • Mark Goldenberg – guitar (6, 8)
  • Marlo Henderson – guitar (4, 5, 7)
  • Paul Jackson, Jr. – guitar (1, 3, 5, 9), guitar solo (4)
  • Tim May – guitar (2, 6, 8)
  • David Williams – guitar (7, 9)
  • Burt Bacharach – horn arrangements (3), string arrangements (3, 7), keyboards (7)
  • John Barnes – Fender Rhodes (6), keyboards (8)
  • Michael Boddicker – synthesizer programming (5), synthesizer (8)
  • Clarence McDonald – acoustic piano (6)
  • Lance Ong – synthesizer (3, 4)
  • Greg Phillinganes – keyboards (1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9), synthesizer (5), clavinet (6)
  • Tom Snow – keyboards (2), synthesizer (2), arrangements (2)
  • Chuck Findley – trumpet (1), flugelhorn (1, 3)
  • Larry Gittens – trumpet (4)
  • Gary Grant – trumpet (4)
  • Jay Hutson – alto flute (1), saxophone (4)
  • Slyde Hyde – trombone (4)
  • Warren Looney – flugelhorn (3)
  • Steve Madaio – trumpet (1, 4), flugelhorn (1)
  • Don Myrick – alto flute (1), saxophone (4), alto sax solo (9)
  • Bill Reichenbach, Jr. – trombone (1, 4)
  • Henry Sigismonti – French horn (1)
  • Trevor Lawrence – arrangements (1, 6, 9), horn arrangements (1, 4, 6, 7, 9), string arrangements (1, 5, 6, 9), conductor (1, 5, 6, 9), orchestration (3)
  • Sid Sharp – concertmaster (1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9)

Production

  • Richard Perry – producer
  • Trevor Lawrence – associate producer
  • Gabe Veltri – recording engineer
  • Jim Küenzi, Raven Royce-Jordan, Stephen Marcussen, Tim Dennen – assistant engineers
  • James Guthrie – remix engineer
  • Doug Sax, Mike Reese – mastering engineers at The Mastering Lab (Los Angeles, CA).
  • Daniel Kushnick, Michael Solomon – production coordinators
  • Aaron Rapoport – photography

Chart positions

Chart (1980) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200 34
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 19

References

  1. ↑ Hanson, Amy. Special Things review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-11-12.
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