Special Things

Special Things
Studio album by Pointer Sisters
Released	August 1980
Recorded	Studio 55 (Los Angeles, California)
Genre	R&B, pop, soul
Label	Planet
Producer	Richard Perry
Pointer Sisters chronology
Priority (1979) Special Things (1980) Black & White (1981)

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

"The Love Too Good To Last" was later included on movie soundtrack "Night Shift" (1982). The album was remastered and issued on CD with a bonus track, "Movin' On", in 2010 by Big Break Records.

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Could I Be Dreaming"	Anita Pointer, Trevor Lawrence, Mario Henderson	3:31
2.	"He's So Shy"	Tom Snow, Cynthia Weil	3:37
3.	"The Love Too Good to Last"	Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Peter Allen	3:32
4.	"Evil"	Geoffrey Leib, Larry Lingle	3:19
5.	"Save This Night for Love"	Ellison Chase, Bill Haberman, Art Jacobson	3:25

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"We've Got the Power"	Michael Brooks, Bob Esty	4:53
7.	"Where Did the Time Go"	Bacharach, Sager	3:08
8.	"Special Things"	A. Pointer	3:08
9.	"Here Is Where Your Love Belongs"	Bill Champlin	4:40

2010 remastered bonus track
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
10.	"Movin' On"	A. Pointer, Ruth Pointer, June Pointer, Lawrence, Henderson	3:19

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

Chart positions

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

External links

• Special Things at Discogs