After a brief split following sister Bonnie's departure from the group, a musically reinvented and recharged Pointer Sisters returned composed of Ruth, Anita and June. Their first album for Planet, this was also the first album produced by Richard Perry. The record spawned a number two pop smash (and gold-certified single) with a cover of Bruce Springsteen's "Fire". "Happiness" also scored on the US pop Top 40.
Energy became the group's first gold-certified release since 1974's That's a Plenty. The album was remastered and issued on CD with bonus tracks in 2009 by Wounded Bird Records.
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Energy is the fifth studio album by the Pointer Sisters released in 1978 on the Planet label EnergyStudio album by the Pointer SistersReleasedOctober 24 1978StudioStudio 55 Los Angeles California GenreR amp B rock soulLabelPlanetProducerRichard PerryThe Pointer Sisters chronologyHaving a Party 1977 Energy 1978 Priority 1979 Singles from Energy Fire Released October 2 1978 Happiness Released March 1979 Contents 1 History 2 Critical reception 3 Track listing 4 Personnel 5 Production 6 Charts 6 1 Weekly charts 6 2 Year end charts 7 Certifications 8 References 9 External linksHistory editAfter a brief split following sister Bonnie s departure from the group a musically reinvented and recharged Pointer Sisters returned composed of Ruth Anita and June Their first album for Planet this was also the first album produced by Richard Perry The record spawned a number two pop smash and gold certified single with a cover of Bruce Springsteen s Fire Happiness also scored on the US pop Top 40 Energy became the group s first gold certified release since 1974 s That s a Plenty The album was remastered and issued on CD with bonus tracks in 2009 by Wounded Bird Records Critical reception editProfessional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 1 Christgau s Record GuideB 2 The Rolling Stone Album Guide nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 3 Smash Hits6 10 4 The Rolling Stone Album Guide praised Fire as an absolute killer single 3 Track listing editSide oneNo TitleWriter s Length1 Lay It on the Line Patrick Henderson Wornell Jones3 162 Dirty Work Walter Becker Donald Fagen3 333 Hypnotized Bob Welch5 024 As I Come of Age Stephen Stills2 425 Come and Get Your Love Russ Ballard3 40 Side twoNo TitleWriter s Length6 Happiness Allen Toussaint4 197 Fire Bruce Springsteen3 418 Angry Eyes Ken Loggins Jim Messina2 429 Echoes of Love Patrick Simmons Willie Mitchell Earl Randle3 0610 Everybody Is a Star Sylvester Stewart3 15 2009 remastered bonus tracksNo TitleWriter s Length11 Love Is Like a Rolling Stone Jean Anne Chapman Brian Cadd3 3412 If You Wanna Get Back Your Lady Dance Mix John Lewis Parker Brian Potter6 0913 Happiness 12 Version 5 47Personnel editThe Pointer Sisters Anita Pointer lead vocals 2 4 7 9 10 backing vocals tambourine 5 Ruth Pointer lead vocals 3 5 10 backing vocals June Pointer lead vocals 1 3 4 6 8 10 backing vocals Musicians David Paich acoustic piano 1 4 6 electric piano 2 3 5 10 organ 7 high piano 7 James Newton Howard Hohner clavinet 3 synthesizers 3 6 9 10 electric piano 4 Steve Porcaro organ 4 synthesizers 9 Jimmy Phillips organ 5 synthesizers 5 acoustic piano 8 organ 8 Jai Winding acoustic piano 7 Danny Kortchmar rhythm guitar 1 5 electric guitar 3 4 guitar 8 10 Waddy Wachtel lead guitar 1 4 5 electric guitar 2 slide guitar 3 guitar 6 10 Fred Tackett acoustic guitar 2 guitar 6 8 rhythm guitar 9 Randy Bachman acoustic guitar 3 Davey Johnstone slide guitar 5 guitar 7 lead guitar 9 David Hungate bass 1 2 5 6 8 10 Eddie Watkins Jr bass 3 Mike Porcaro bass 4 Gerald Johnson bass 7 Abraham Laboriel bass 9 Jeff Porcaro drums 1 3 6 9 10 Rick Jaeger drums 2 7 Mike Baird drums 8 Lenny Castro percussion 1 9 tambourine 7 Richard Perry percussion 8 Bryan Cumming saxophone solo 2 Production editRichard Perry producer Dennis Kirk recording engineer Bill Schnee remix engineer Gabe Veltri assistant engineer Doug Sax mastering engineer at The Mastering Lab Los Angeles CA Robin Rinehart production coordinator Kathleen Carey song coordinator Marylin Vance fashion coordinator Kosh design art direction James M Shea photographyCharts editWeekly charts edit Weekly chart performance for Energy Chart 1978 1979 Peakposition Australian Albums Kent Music Report 5 21 Dutch Albums Album Top 100 6 1 New Zealand Albums RMNZ 7 38 US Billboard 200 8 13 US Top R amp B Hip Hop Albums Billboard 9 9 Year end charts edit Year end chart performance for Energy Chart 1979 Position Dutch Albums Album Top 100 10 14 US Billboard 200 11 68Certifications editCertifications for Energy Region Certification Certified units sales Canada Music Canada 12 Platinum 100 000 Netherlands NVPI 13 Platinum 100 000 United States RIAA 14 Gold 500 000 Shipments figures based on certification alone References edit Hanson Amy Energy review at AllMusic Retrieved 2011 11 12 Christgau Robert 1981 Consumer Guide 70s P Christgau s Record Guide Rock Albums of the Seventies Ticknor amp Fields ISBN 089919026X Retrieved March 10 2019 via robertchristgau com a b The Rolling Stone Album Guide Random House 1992 p 550 Starr Red Albums Smash Hits February 22 March 7 1979 25 Kent David 1993 Australian Chart Book 1970 1992 illustrated ed St Ives N S W Australian Chart Book p 235 ISBN 0 646 11917 6 Dutchcharts nl Pointer Sisters Energy in Dutch Hung Medien Retrieved March 31 2021 Charts nz Pointer Sisters Energy Hung Medien Retrieved March 31 2021 The Pointer Sisters Chart History Billboard 200 Billboard Retrieved March 31 2021 The Pointer Sisters Chart History Top R amp B Hip Hop Albums Billboard Retrieved March 31 2021 Jaaroverzichten Album 1979 dutchcharts nl Retrieved March 31 2021 Top Billboard 200 Albums Year End 1979 Billboard Retrieved March 31 2021 Canadian album certifications Pointer Sisters Energy Music Canada Retrieved December 26 2019 Dutch album certifications Pointer Sisters Energy in Dutch Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld en geluidsdragers Retrieved December 26 2019 EnterEnergy in the Artiest of titel box Select 1980 in the drop down menu saying Alle jaargangen American album certifications Pointer Sisters Energy Recording Industry Association of America Retrieved December 26 2019 External links editEnergy at Discogs list of releases Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Energy Pointer Sisters album amp oldid 1206963104, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,