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artist · pointer sisters
release · black & white
year · 1981
genre · soul
label · planet records
date · 25-feb-2004
quality · 192kbps/44,1khz
source · vinyl
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a1 sweet lover man 4:10
a2 someday we'll be together 4:38
a3 take my heart, take my soul 4:02
a4 slow hand 3:51
a5 we're gonna make it 3:51
b1 what a surprise 3:47
b2 got to find love 4:06
b3 fall in love again 4:30
b4 should i do it 3:52
playtime · 00h 36m 47s
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versatile ruth, anita, june, and bonnie pointer regularly scored
pop and soul hits throughout the '70s and '80s in a chameleonic
variety of styles. formed in oakland, with their first successes
for blue thumb records blending funky rhythms with a novel
nostalgic attitude (beginning with their 1973 revival of allen
toussaint's "yes we can can"), leading up to their first number
one r&b item in 1975, "how long (betcha' got a chick on the
side)."
bonnie signed with motown in 1978 and kicked off her own string of
r&b hits with "free me from my freedom/tie me to a tree (handcuff
me)." (june and anita also tried the solo route during the '80s,
without leaving the fold.)
by 1979, when the remaining trio covered bruce springsteen's
"fire," the pointers were headed in a more contemporary direction
on the planet label, and "he's so shy" (1980), "slow hand" (1981),
"automatic," and the anthemic "jump (for my love)" (the last two
both 1984) were savvy ditties that blazed trails across the r&b
and pop charts. however, the group's success declined during the
late '80s, as their records began to sound more formulaic. the
pointer sisters lost their major-label record contract in the
early '90s, and the group began performing on oldies circuits
occasionally. in 1995, the trio made a tentative return to the
spotlight when they joined a revival performance of the fats
waller musical ain't misbehavin', yet the accompanying soundtrack
album failed to gain much attention.
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