The Best Of The Pointer Sisters

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Total Tracks: 18   Total Length: 71:26

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Take me back to the 80's . . . .

ani_says_so

As a child of the 80's, this album reminded me of why I loved the Pointer Sisters so much (and still do)!

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Popular, Maybe, But Not Really "The Best"

thrillingdetective

No PS "Best of" can ever justify its title without including at least some of the tracks from 1979's amazing PRIORITY album. The synth-crazy disco pop aerobic stuff is all fine and nice, but just how good the sister's could be is laid out for all to see in Priority's, gritty, bluesey two-fisted covers of a veritable who's who of rock'n'roll songwriters, in some cases coming perilously close to delivering definitive versions. Seger, Springsteen, Ian Hunter, The Band, Richard Thompson, Graham Parker and even the Stones all got Pointered, and the result is breathtaking -- sexy, ferocious and raunchy. There was never anything like it in their catalogue before or since. Mind you, the album bombed, so there were no hits -- which says more about the balkanized taste of music fans in 1979 more than the quality of the music. If any album deserves to be re-released and re-evaluated, Priority is it. Emusic?

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RCA’s The Best of the Pointer Sisters picks up where Hip-O’s Yes We Can: The Best of the Blue Thumb Recordings leaves off, presenting 18 of the trio’s hits for Planet and RCA Records. The collection begins with 1979′s “Fire” and ends with “Goldmine,” which peaked on the charts in 1987. In between those two songs are such massive hits as “He’s So Shy,” “Slow Hand,” “Automatic,” “Jump (For My Love),” “I’m So Excited,” and “Neutron Dance.” As these hits prove, the Pointer Sisters got a lot smoother once they left Blue Thumb, choosing to record seductive quiet-storm ballads and sprightly dance-pop. Fans of the Blue Thumb years may find this a little distasteful, but as this fine collection illustrates, the Pointer Sisters excelled in this area, just as they did with the funkier material for Blue Thumb. Anyone who is a fan of the group’s late-’70s and early-’80s hits will not be disappointed by this disc, since it offers a definitive portrait of the Pointer Sisters at Planet and RCA. – Stephen Thomas Erlewine

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