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Special Things

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History
Track listing
Personnel
Production
Chart positions
References
External links

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| name = Special Things
| type = Studio
| artist = Pointer Sisters
| cover = PointersSpecial.jpg
| alt =
| released = August 1980
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio = Studio 55
(Los Angeles, California)
| genre = R&B, pop, soul
| length =
| label = Planet
| producer = Richard Perry
| prev_title = Priority
| prev_year = 1979
| next_title = Black & White
| next_year = 1981
}}{{Album ratings
| rev1 =Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}} ^[1]
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Special Things is the seventh studio album by the Pointer Sisters, released in 1980 on the Planet label.

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 spawned their second top three gold-certified single, "He's So Shy".

Track listing

{{Track listing
| headline = Side one
| title1 = Could I Be Dreaming
| writer1 = Anita Pointer, Trevor Lawrence, Marlo Henderson
| length1 = 3:31
| title2 = He's So Shy
| writer2 = Tom Snow, Cynthia Weil
| length2 = 3:37
| title3 = The Love Too Good to Last
| writer3 = Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Peter Allen
| length3 = 3:32
| title4 = Evil
| writer4 = Geoffrey Leib, Larry Lingle
| length4 = 3:19
| title5 = Save This Night for Love
| writer5 = Ellison Chase, Bill Haberman, Art Jacobson
| length5 = 3:25
}}{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| title6 = We've Got the Power
| writer6 = Michael Brooks, Bob Esty
| length6 = 4:53
| title7 = Where Did the Time Go
| writer7 = Bacharach, Sager
| length7 = 3:08
| title8 = Special Things
| writer8 = Anita Pointer
| length8 = 3:08
| title9 = Here Is Where Your Love Belongs
| writer9 = Bill Champlin
| length9 = 4:40
}}{{Track listing
| collapsed = yes
| headline = 2010 remastered bonus track
| title10 = Movin' On
| note10 =
| writer10 = Anita Pointer, Ruth Pointer, June Pointer, Lawrence, Henderson
| length10 = 3:19
}}

Personnel

Anita Pointer – lead vocals (1, 3, 5, 8), backing vocals, vocal arrangements
June Pointer – lead vocals (2, 4, 6, 7), backing vocals, vocal arrangements
Ruth Pointer – lead vocals (9), backing vocals, vocal arrangements

Musicians

Ollie E. Brown – drums (1, 3, 5)
James Gadson – drums (2, 6, 8)
Ricky Lawson – drums (7, 9)
Raymond Pounds – drums (4)
Paulinho da Costa – percussion (1-4, 8)
James Jamerson – bass (7)
John Pierce – bass (6)
Nathan Watts – bass (1-5, 8, 9), percussion (5)
Ben Bridges – guitar (4)
Mark Goldenberg – guitar (6, 8)
Marlo Henderson – guitar (4, 5, 7)
Paul Jackson, Jr. – guitar (1, 3, 5, 9), guitar solo (4)
Tim May – guitar (2, 6, 8)
David Williams – guitar (7, 9)
Burt Bacharach – horn arrangements (3), string arrangements (3, 7), keyboards (7)
John Barnes – Fender Rhodes (6), keyboards (8)
Michael Boddicker – synthesizer programming (5), synthesizer (8)
Clarence McDonald – acoustic piano (6)
Lance Ong – synthesizer (3, 4)
Greg Phillinganes – keyboards (1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9), synthesizer (5), clavinet (6)
Tom Snow – keyboards (2), synthesizer (2), arrangements (2)
Chuck Findley – trumpet (1), flugelhorn (1, 3)
Larry Gittens – trumpet (4)
Gary Grant – trumpet (4)
Jay Hutson – alto flute (1), saxophone (4)
Slyde Hyde – trombone (4)
Warren Looney – flugelhorn (3)
Steve Madaio – trumpet (1, 4), flugelhorn (1)
Don Myrick – alto flute (1), saxophone (4), alto sax solo (9)
Bill Reichenbach, Jr. – trombone (1, 4)
Henry Sigismonti – French horn (1)
Trevor Lawrence – arrangements (1, 6, 9), horn arrangements (1, 4, 6, 7, 9), string arrangements (1, 5, 6, 9), conductor (1, 5, 6, 9), orchestration (3)
Sid Sharp – concertmaster (1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9)

Production

Richard Perry – producer
Trevor Lawrence – associate producer
Gabe Veltri – recording engineer
Jim Küenzi, Raven Royce-Jordan, Stephen Marcussen, Tim Dennen – assistant engineers
James Guthrie – remix engineer
Doug Sax, Mike Reese – mastering engineers at The Mastering Lab (Los Angeles, CA).
Daniel Kushnick, Michael Solomon – production coordinators
Aaron Rapoport – photography

Chart positions

Chart (1980)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200	34
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	19

References

1. ^{{Allmusic |class=album |id=r2047417 |tab=review |label=Special Things review |first=Amy |last=Hanson |accessdate=2011-11-12}}

External links

{{discogs master|119343|Special Things}}

4 : 1980 albums|The Pointer Sisters albums|Albums produced by Richard Perry|Planet Records albums

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