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The Pointer Sisters' 13th charting LP, 1985's Contact, was an exercise in slick, edgy, synthesized pop. Both "Dare Me" and "Freedom," easily the best songs here, marched straight onto the singles charts. The former was an audacious, rough-and-ready come-on draped in a samba beat, wrapped in period trimmings, and brimming with sharp vocal harmonies. The latter, on the other hand, graced the R&B Top 30 with a quiet, soulful dream, riding a light beat and little instrumentation. Elsewhere, the band packs in the punches across a steady flow of up-tempo grooves that overlay synthesizers at almost every turn, most notably on "Twist My Arm," "Back in My Arms," and "Bodies and Souls." Listeners can only take a breather during the more restrained "Hey You" and "Contact." While it can be said that there is not one thing technically wrong with Contact, neither is there anything that stands out as representative of the band at their best. Consummate performers, the trio is in excellent voice, their harmonies as pure as always. But by 1985 they seemed to have hit a plateau, not striving to change, but apparently happy enough to add synth pop R&B to a market already glutted with the stuff.
© Amy Hanson /TiVo
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The Pointer Sisters, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Andy Goldmark, Composer, Lyricist - Bruce Roberts, Composer, Lyricist - Richard Perry, Producer
(P) 1985 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
The Pointer Sisters, Associated Performer, Main Artist - John Lang, Composer, Lyricist - Richard Page, Composer, Lyricist - Steven George, Composer, Lyricist - Richard Perry, Producer - Marge Meoli - Michael Brooks, Recording Engineer
(P) 1985 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
The Pointer Sisters, Associated Performer, Main Artist - A. Goldmark, Composer, Lyricist - B. Roberts, Composer, Lyricist - Richard Perry, Producer - Marge Meoli - Michael Brooks, Recording Engineer
(P) 1985 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
The Pointer Sisters, Main Artist - P. Mastelotto, Composer - J. Lang, Composer - Steve George, Arranger, Composer, Producer - Richard Page, Arranger, Composer, Producer - Richard Perry, Producer - Michael Brooks, Recording Engineer - Don Smith, Mixing Engineer
(P) 1985 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
The Pointer Sisters, Associated Performer, Main Artist - John Lang, Composer, Lyricist - P. Mastelotto, Composer, Lyricist - Richard Page, Composer, Lyricist - Steven George, Composer, Lyricist - Richard Perry, Producer - Michael Brooks, Recording Engineer - Marge Meoli
(P) 1985 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
The Pointer Sisters, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Mark Goldenberg, Composer, Lyricist - Richard Perry, Producer - Marge Meoli - Michael Brooks, Recording Engineer
(P) 1985 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
The Pointer Sisters, Associated Performer, Main Artist - B. Walsh, Composer, Lyricist - Ritchie Neville, Composer, Lyricist - Richard Perry, Producer - Marge Meoli - Michael Brooks, Recording Engineer
(P) 1985 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
The Pointer Sisters, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Richard Perry, Producer - Michael Brooks, Recording Engineer - Don Smith, Mixing Engineer - David Eugene Innis, Composer, Lyricist - John Samuel Lorber, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 1985 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
The Pointer Sisters, Associated Performer, Main Artist - David McHugh, Composer, Lyricist - Richard Perry, Producer
(P) 1985 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
The Pointer Sisters, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Bob Etoll, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 1983 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
The Pointer Sisters, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Richard Perry, Producer - Don Smith, Mixing Engineer - Michael Brooks, Mixing Engineer - Jim Tract, Mixing Engineer - Lorber, Composer, Lyricist - Innis, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 1985 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
The Pointer Sisters, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Andy Goldmark, Composer, Lyricist - Richard Perry, Producer - Bruce Roberts, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 1985 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
The Pointer Sisters, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Estelle Levitt, Composer - Richard Perry, Producer - Dr. Jerry Ragovoy, Producer - Jerry Ragovoy, Arranger, Composer - Hugo Dwyer, Engineer - Michael Brooks, Recording Engineer - Bill Bottrell, Mixing Engineer
(P) 1986 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
The Pointer Sisters, Associated Performer, Main Artist - D. Innis, Composer, Lyricist - Richard Perry, Producer - Michael Brooks, Recording Engineer - Don Smith, Mixing Engineer - S. Lorber, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 2000 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
The Pointer Sisters, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Richard Perry, Producer - Michael Brooks, Recording Engineer - Don Smith, Mixing Engineer - D. McHugh, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 1984 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
The Pointer Sisters, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Andy Goldmark, Composer, Lyricist - Richard Perry, Producer - Bruce Roberts, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 1985 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
The Pointer Sisters, Associated Performer, Main Artist - David Eugene Innis, Composer, Lyricist - Richard Perry, Producer - John Samuel Lorber, Composer, Lyricist - Michael Brooks, Recording Engineer - Don Smith, Mixing Engineer
(P) 1985 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Album review
The Pointer Sisters' 13th charting LP, 1985's Contact, was an exercise in slick, edgy, synthesized pop. Both "Dare Me" and "Freedom," easily the best songs here, marched straight onto the singles charts. The former was an audacious, rough-and-ready come-on draped in a samba beat, wrapped in period trimmings, and brimming with sharp vocal harmonies. The latter, on the other hand, graced the R&B Top 30 with a quiet, soulful dream, riding a light beat and little instrumentation. Elsewhere, the band packs in the punches across a steady flow of up-tempo grooves that overlay synthesizers at almost every turn, most notably on "Twist My Arm," "Back in My Arms," and "Bodies and Souls." Listeners can only take a breather during the more restrained "Hey You" and "Contact." While it can be said that there is not one thing technically wrong with Contact, neither is there anything that stands out as representative of the band at their best. Consummate performers, the trio is in excellent voice, their harmonies as pure as always. But by 1985 they seemed to have hit a plateau, not striving to change, but apparently happy enough to add synth pop R&B to a market already glutted with the stuff.
© Amy Hanson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 17 track(s)
- Total length: 01:17:53
- Main artists: The Pointer Sisters
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: RCA - Legacy
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
This compilation (P) 2011 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
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