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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

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Recorded
  
Studio 55(Los Angeles, California)

Genres
  
Rhythm and blues, Soul music, Pop music

Similar
  
The Pointer Sisters albums, Rhythm and blues albums

The pointer sisters special things lyric video


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

Contents

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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
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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