Love for What It Is
| Love for What It Is | |
|---|---|
| Studio album by | |
| Released | 1987 |
| Studio |
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| Genre | R&B[2] |
| Length | 42:54[2] |
| Label | RCA |
| Producer | Preston Glass |
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | [2] |
Love for What It Is is the only studio album by Anita Pointer, released in 1987 on the RCA label.[3]
History
The album was released on RCA Records in 1987, by the time Pointer was still in the Pointer Sisters. The album spawned a single, "Overnight Success",[4] which peaked at No. 41 on the Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs chart.[5][6] It peaked at No. 12 on Jet's Top 20 singles.[7][8] It appeared at No. 97 on the Top Black Singles chart in 1987.[9] Another single, "More Than A Memory", released in 1988, peaked at No. 73 on the same chart.[6][5] The Chicago Tribune noted, "the album reaffirms its basic theme, whether it's the music, graceful, melodic, gospel-tinged soul without the brittle pop edge of more recent Pointer Sisters' outings".[10]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Overnight Success" | Mike & Brenda Sutton | 4:45 |
| 2. | "Love Me Like You Do" | LeMel Humes, Mary Lee Kortes | 5:25 |
| 3. | "The Pledge (with Philip Bailey)" | Jennifer Kimball, Tom Snow | 3:16 |
| 4. | "You Don't Scare Me" | Don Cook, Steve Diamond | 3:40 |
| 5. | "More Than a Memory" | Alan Glass, Preston Glass, Ron Broomfield | 4:45 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6. | "Have a Little Faith in Love" | Alan Roy Scott, Michael Jay, S. Diamond | 5:56 |
| 7. | "Love for What It Is" | Lorraine Bregante | 5:05 |
| 8. | "Beware of What You Want" | Brenda Russell, P. Glass | 5:42 |
| 9. | "Temporarily Blue" | Bob Moulds, David Wills | 4:20 |
Personnel
Adapted from liner notes.[11]
- Anita Pointer – vocals, backing vocals (1, 2, 4–9)
- Preston Glass – keyboards, guitars (1, 3, 4), drums (1, 3, 4, 6), drum programming (2, 5, 7, 8), acoustic guitar (9), electric guitar (9)
- Steve Diamond – guitars (2, 5)
- Ned Selfe – steel guitar (9)
- Marc Russo – saxophone solo (7)
- Linda "Peaches" Green – backing vocals (1, 2, 5, 6, 8)
- Jada Pointer – backing vocals (1, 2, 4–9)
- Philip Bailey – vocals (3)
Production
- Teri Muench – A&R direction
- Preston Glass – producer, arrangements
- Stan Sheppard – co-producer (1)
- Anita Pointer – arrangements
- Maureen Droney – recording, mixing
- Devon Galbraith – assistant engineer
- Stuart Hirotsu – assistant engineer
- Tom Sazdeck – assistant engineer
- Jim Watts Vereecke – assistant engineer
- Bernie Grundman – mastering at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, California)
- Ria Lewerke – art direction
- Pietro Alfieri – design
- Leon Lecash – photography
- Leonardo Cromwell – hair stylist
- La'Nette LaFrance – hair stylist
- Rebekah Alvi – wardrobe
- Laurel Baker – wardrobe
- Angelika – make-up
- Gary W. Reid – management
References
- ^ Giacona, Katiana (June 26, 2023). Record Plant, Sausalito Studios. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4671-0946-8. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
- ^ a b c "Anita Pointer – Love for What It Is". AllMusic. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
- ^ Pointer, Ruth (2016). Still So Excited!: My Life as a Pointer Sister. Triumph Books.
- ^ Anita Pointer – Overnight Success on YouTube
- ^ a b "Anita Pointer Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
- ^ a b "Anita Pointer Top Songs". Musicvf.com. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
- ^ Company, Johnson Publishing (1987). "Jet". Johnson Publishing Company – via Google Books.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ Company, Johnson Publishing (1987). "Jet". Johnson Publishing Company – via Google Books.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ Billboard. 1987 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Love For What It Is (Anita Pointer)". Chicago Tribune. January 31, 1988. Retrieved January 28, 2023.
- ^ Anita Pointer – Love for What It Is (liner notes): 1987.
External links
- Love for What It Is at AllMusic
- Love for What It Is at Discogs (list of releases)