That's a Plenty (Pointer Sisters album)

That's a Plenty is the second album by American female vocal group the Pointer Sisters, released in 1974 on the Blue Thumb label.

For the 1914 jazz standard, see That's a Plenty.
That's a Plenty
Studio album by
The Pointer Sisters
ReleasedFebruary 1974
RecordedWally Heider Studios
(San Francisco, California)
Quadraphonic Studios
(Nashville, Tennessee)
Western Recording Studios
(Los Angeles, California)
GenreR&B, soul, Funk
Length48:25
LabelBlue Thumb
ProducerDavid Rubinson & Friends, Inc.
The Pointer Sisters chronology
The Pointer Sisters
(1973)		 That's a Plenty
(1974)		 Live at the Opera House
(1974)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]

History

Mixing the Pointers' brand of soul with rollicking blues numbers and jazz covers, the album also included the country-flavored "Fairytale". The song became their second Top 40 hit and crossed over to the country charts, enabling the group to become the first African-American vocal group to perform at the Grand Ole Opry. The album was the second by the group to be certified gold. The album was remastered and issued on CD in 2006 by Hip-O Select.

Track listing
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Bangin' on the Pipes" / "Steam Heat" (Medley)Bruce Good, Jeffrey Cohen / Richard Adler, Jerry Ross5:39
2."Salt Peanuts"Good, Cohen / Dizzy Gillespie, Kenny Clarke5:10
3."Grinning in Your Face"Son House4:49
4."Shaky Flat Blues"June Pointer, Anita Pointer, Bonnie Pointer4:41
5."That's a Plenty" / "Surfeit, U.S.A." (Medley)Ray Gilbert, Lew Pollack / Good, Cohen3:42
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Little Pony"Neal Hefti, Jon Hendricks, Dave Lambert4:43
7."Fairytale"A. Pointer, B. Pointer5:04
8."Black Coffee"Paul Francis Webster, Sonny Burke6:07
9."Love in Them There Hills"Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff, Roland Chambers8:30

Personnel
Musicians
  • Tom Salisbury – keyboards, Silverton accordion (1), brass and string arrangements
  • Herbie Hancock – acoustic piano (2, 6); electric piano, Hohner clavinet and ARP synthesizer (9)
  • David Briggs – acoustic piano (7)
  • David Grisman – mandolin (1)
  • Jesse Ed Davis – electric guitar (3)
  • Jack Viertell – electric guitar (3)
  • Bonnie Raitt – slide guitar (3)
  • John Shine – guitar (4)
  • Bobby Thompson – acoustic guitar (7)
  • Weldon Myrick – pedal steel guitar (7)
  • John Neumann – bass (1, 5, 8)
  • Ron McClure – bass (2, 4, 6)
  • Paul Jackson – bass (3, 9)
  • Norbert Putnam – bass (7)
  • Gaylord Birch – drums (1-6, 8, 9)
  • Ken Buttrey – drums (7)
  • Bill Summers – African talking drum, shekere and congas (9)
  • Britt Woodman – trombone solo (4)
  • Gordon Messick – trombone (5)
  • Harry "Sweets" Edison – trumpet solo (4)
  • James Goodwin – trumpet (5)
  • Jim Rothermel – clarinet (5)
  • Floyd Cooley – tuba (5)
  • Buddy Spicher – fiddle (7)

Production
  • David Rubinson & Friends, Inc. – producer
  • Tom Salisbury, Jeffrey Cohen, Bruce Good – associate producers
  • Jeremy Zatkin, Fred Catero, David Rubinson – recording engineers
  • George Horn, Phil Brown – mastering engineers
  • David Rubinson – arrangements on "Grinning in Your Face" and "Black Coffee"
  • Norman Landsberg, Jeffrey Cohen, Bruce Good – vocal arrangement on "Salt Peanuts"
  • Randy Tuten – cover art
  • Herb Greene – art direction, photography

Chart positions
Chart (1974) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top LPs & Tape 82
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs 33

References
  1. Planer, Lindsay. That's a Plenty review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-11-13.
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