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Black & White (Pointer Sisters album)

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History
Track listing
Personnel
Production
Chart positions
References
External links

{{Infobox album
| name = Black & White
| type = Studio
| artist = Pointer Sisters
| cover = Blackandwhitepointersisters.jpg
| alt =
| released = June 1981
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio = Studio 55
(Los Angeles, California)
Celebration Recording
(New York City, New York)
| genre = R&B, pop, soul
| length =
| label = Planet
| producer = Richard Perry
| prev_title = Special Things
| prev_year = 1980
| next_title = So Excited!
| next_year = 1982
}}{{Album ratings
| rev1 =Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}} ^[1]
}}

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

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

{{Track listing
| headline = Side one
| title1 = Sweet Lover Man
| writer1 = Jerry Ragovoy, Len Roberts
| length1 = 4:12
| title2 = Someday We'll Be Together
| writer2 = Russ Ballard
| length2 = 4:39
| title3 = Take My Heart, Take My Soul
| writer3 = Ken Gold, Mickey Denne
| length3 = 4:06
| title4 = Slow Hand
| writer4 = Michael Clark, John Bettis
| length4 = 3:54
| title5 = We're Gonna Make It
| writer5 = David Foster, Mike Cotton, Anita Pointer, June Pointer
| length5 = 3:56
}}{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| title6 = What a Surprise
| writer6 = A. Pointer, J. Pointer, Trevor Lawrence
| length6 = 4:11
| title7 = Got to Find Love
| writer7 = David Lasley, Willie Wilcox
| length7 = 4:04
| title8 = Fall in Love Again
| writer8 = Patrick Henderson, Wornell Jones
| length8 = 4:30
| title9 = Should I Do It
| writer9 = Layng Martine, Jr.
| length9 = 3:53
}}{{Track listing
| collapsed = yes
| headline = 2009 remastered bonus tracks
| title10 = Holdin' Out for Love
| note10 =
| writer10 = Cynthia Weil, Tom Snow
| length10 = 3:22
| title11 = What a Surprise
| note11 = Original Edit
| length11 = 4:11
}}

Personnel

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

John Barnes – keyboards (2, 3, 6, 7, 8), electric piano (4), acoustic piano (9)
Mike Cotten – synthesizer (5), synthesizer programming (5)
Paulinho da Costa – percussion (1-4, 6-9), congas (5)
Danny Faragher – organ (9)
David Foster – keyboards (5), arrangements (5)
James Newton Howard – keyboards (1), synthesizer (1, 3, 8)
Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar (1-4, 6-9), guitar solo (8)
Trevor Lawrence – tenor sax solo (3, 6, 9)
Tim May – guitar (1-4, 6-9)
Greg Phillinganes – electric piano (9)
Mike Porcaro – bass (5)
John Robinson – drums (1-9)
William Smith – organ (4)
Ed Walsh – synthesizer (2, 6, 7)
Nate Watts – bass (1-4, 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
U.S. Billboard 200	13
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	9

References

1. ^{{Allmusic |class=album |id=r15475 |tab=review |label=Black & White review |first=Amy |last=Hanson |accessdate=2011-11-15}}

External links

{{discogs master|140057|Black & White}}

4 : 1981 albums|The Pointer Sisters albums|Albums produced by Richard Perry|Planet Records albums

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