On the turntable this Sunday...Special Things

Special Things is the seventh studio album by the Pointer Sisters, released in 1980 on the Planet label.

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 re-mastered and issued on CD with a bonus track, "Movin' On", in 2010 by Big Break Records.

Track listing:

Side one 

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 

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 re-mastered bonus track 

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