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Special Things is the seventh studio album by the Pointer Sisters, released in 1980 on the Planet label.
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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".
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Track listing
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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)
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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
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Chart positions
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References
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External links
- Special Things at Discogs (list of releases)
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