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artist · pointer sisters
release · contact
year · 1985
genre · soul
label · rca
date · 25-feb-2004
quality · 212kbps/44,1khz
source · vinyl
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a1 twist my arm 4:24
a2 hey you 3:56
a3 pound, pound, pound 3:56
a4 back in my arms 4:37
a5 burn down the night 3:07
b1 bodies and souls 3:46
b2 contact 4:23
b3 dare me 4:18
b4 freedom 6:18
playtime · 00h 38m 45s
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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