Black & White (Pointer Sisters album)

Black & White is the eighth studio album by the Pointer Sisters, released in 1981 on the Planet label.

Black & White
Studio album by Pointer Sisters
Released	June 1981
Studio	Studio 55 (Los Angeles, California) Celebration Recording (New York City, New York)
Genre	R&B, pop, soul
Label	Planet
Producer	Richard Perry
Pointer Sisters chronology
Special Things (1980) Black & White (1981) So Excited! (1982)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[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.

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Sweet Lover Man"	Jerry Ragovoy, Len Roberts	4:12
2.	"Someday We'll Be Together"	Russ Ballard	4:39
3.	"Take My Heart, Take My Soul"	Ken Gold, Mickey Denne	4:06
4.	"Slow Hand"	Michael Clark, John Bettis	3:54
5.	"We're Gonna Make It"	David Foster, Mike Cotton, Anita Pointer, June Pointer	3:56

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"What a Surprise"	A. Pointer, J. Pointer, Trevor Lawrence	4:11
7.	"Got to Find Love"	David Lasley, Willie Wilcox	4:04
8.	"Fall in Love Again"	Patrick Henderson, Wornell Jones	4:30
9.	"Should I Do It"	Layng Martine, Jr.	3:53

2009 remastered bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
10.	"Holdin' Out for Love"	Cynthia Weil, Tom Snow	3:22
11.	"What a Surprise" (Original Edit)		4:11

Personnel

The Pointer Sisters

• Anita Pointer – lead vocals (2, 4, 5, 6), backing vocals, vocal arrangements
• June Pointer – lead vocals (1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 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, 7, 8), Rhodes 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 (1-9)
• 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)
• Susan Epstein – production coordinator
• Michael Solomon – production coordinator
• Gabe Veltri – recording engineer
• Piers Plaskitt – recording engineer
• Bill Schnee – remix engineer
• Tim Dennen – assistant engineer
• Stuart Furusho – assistant engineer
• Bobby Gerber – assistant engineer
• Larry Emerine – mastering
• Stephen Marcussen – mastering
• Michael Barackman – music coordinator
• Kosh – art direction and design
• Aaron Rapoport – photography

Chart positions

Chart (1981)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[2]	15
U.S. Billboard 200	13
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	9

References

1. Hanson, Amy. Black & White review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
2. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 235. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

External links

• Black & White at Discogs (list of releases)
• The Pointer Sisters - Black & White (1981, Remastered 2009) album to be listened as stream on Spotify