Английская Википедия:Black & White (Pointer Sisters album)
Шаблон:Infobox album Black & White is the eighth studio album by the Pointer Sisters, released in 1981 on the Planet label.[1]
History
Black & White was their fourth record with producer Richard Perry and yielded the #2 pop hit "Slow Hand". The fourth single release, "Should I Do It", reached #13 in the spring of 1982, making Black & White the first Pointer Sisters album to yield two Top Twenty hits. Black & White was certified Gold in September 1981. The album was remastered and issued on CD with bonus tracks in 2009 by Wounded Bird Records.
Critical reception
Шаблон:Album ratings Record World said that the second single "What a Surprise" has "sing-song choruses and a simple yet effective melody line."[2]
Track listing
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Personnel
The Pointer Sisters
- Anita Pointer – lead vocals (2, 4, 5-6), backing vocals, vocal arrangements
- June Pointer – lead vocals (1, 5, 7-9), backing vocals, vocal arrangements
- Ruth Pointer – lead vocals (3), backing vocals, vocal arrangements
Musicians
- James Newton Howard – keyboards (1), synthesizers (1, 3, 8)
- John Barnes – keyboards (2, 3, 6-8), electric piano (4), acoustic piano (9)
- Ed Walsh – synthesizers (2, 6, 7)
- William Smith – organ (4)
- Mike Cotten – synthesizers (5), synthesizer programming (5)
- David Foster – keyboards (5), arrangements (5)
- Greg Phillinganes – electric piano (9)
- Danny Faragher – organ (9)
- Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar (1-4, 6-9), guitar solo (8)
- Tim May – guitar (1-4, 6-9)
- Nathan Watts – bass (1-4, 6-9)
- Mike Porcaro – bass (5)
- John Robinson – drums
- Paulinho da Costa – percussion (1-4, 6-9), congas (5)
- Trevor Lawrence – tenor sax solo (3, 6, 9)
Production
- Richard Perry – producer
- Trevor Lawrence – associate producer
- David Foster – production assistance (track 5)
- Gabe Veltri – recording
- Piers Plaskitt – additional recording
- Bill Schnee – remixing
- Tim Dennen – assistant engineer
- Stuart Furusho – assistant engineer
- Bobby Gerber – assistant engineer
- Larry Emerine – mastering
- Stephen Marcussen – mastering
- Precision Lacquer (Hollywood, California) – mastering location
- Michael Barackman – music coordinator
- Susan Epstein – production coordinator
- Michael Solomon – production coordinator
- Kosh – art direction and design
- Aaron Rapoport – photography
Charts
Шаблон:Album chartШаблон:Album chartШаблон:Album chartШаблон:Album chartШаблон:Album chart| Chart (1981) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[3] | 15 |
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