Special Things

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Released August 1980 Artist The Pointer Sisters Producer Richard Perry		Special Things(1980) Black & White(1981) Release date August 1980 Label Planet Records

Recorded Studio 55(Los Angeles, California) Genres Rhythm and blues, Soul music, Pop music Similar The Pointer Sisters albums, Rhythm and blues albums

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

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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 eventually went gold on the strength of the top three gold-certified single, "He's So Shy".

Personnel

Anita Pointer, Ruth Pointer, June Pointer – vocals

Ollie E. Brown, James Gadson – drums

Nathan Watts – bass

Paul Jackson, Jr., Tim May, Marlo Henderson – guitar

Greg Phillinganes – keyboards, synthesizer, clavinet

Paulinho da Costa – percussion

Raymond Pounds – drums on track 4

Ricky Lawson – drums on track 7, 9

John Pierce – bass on track 6

James Jamerson – bass on track 7

Ben Bridges – guitar on track 4

Mark Goldenberg – guitar on tracks 6, 8

David Williams – guitar on tracks 7, 9

Tom Snow – keyboards, synthesizer on track 2

Lance Ong – synthesizer on tracks 3, 4

Clarence McDonald – piano

John Barnes – electric piano on track 6, keyboards on track 8

Burt Bacharach – keyboards on track 7

Michael Boddicker – synthesizer on track 8

Nathan Watts – percussion on track 5

Don Myrick, Jay Hutson – alto flute, saxophone

Henry Sigismonti – French horn

Chuck Findley, Steve Madaio, Warren Looney, Larry Gittens, Bill Reichenbach, Jr., Slyde Hyde, Gary Grant – horns

Production

Richard Perry – producer

Trevor Lawrence – producer, strings arrangements, horns arrangements, conductor

Gabe Veltri – recording engineer

Jim Küenzi, Raven Royce-Jordan, Stephen Marcussen, Tim Dennen – assistant engineers

James Guthrie – remix engineer

Doug Sax, Mike Reese – mastering engineer

Daniel Kushnick, Michael Solomon – technicians

Burt Bacharach – strings arrangements, horns arrangements

Sid Sharp – concertmaster

Aaron Rapoport – photography

Songs

1Could I Be Dreamin'3:31
2He's So Shy3:38
3The Love Too Good To Last3:32

References

Special Things Wikipedia

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