Energy (Pointer Sisters album)

Energy
Studio album by Pointer Sisters
Released	November 1978
Recorded	Studio 55 (Los Angeles, California)
Genre	R&B, rock, soul
Label	Planet
Producer	Richard Perry
Pointer Sisters chronology
Having a Party (1977) Energy (1978) Priority (1979)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	B− [2]
Smash Hits	6/10[3]

Energy is the fifth studio album by The Pointer Sisters, released in 1978 on the Planet label.

History

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 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.

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Lay It on the Line"	Patrick Henderson, Wornell Jones	3:16
2.	"Dirty Work"	Walter Becker, Donald Fagen	3:33
3.	"Hypnotized"	Bob Welch	5:02
4.	"As I Come of Age"	Stephen Stills	2:42
5.	"Come and Get Your Love"	Russ Ballard	3:40

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"Happiness"	Allen Toussaint	4:19
7.	"Fire"	Bruce Springsteen	3:41
8.	"Angry Eyes"	Ken Loggins, Jim Messina	2:42
9.	"Echoes of Love"	Patrick Simmons, Willie Mitchell, Earl Randle	3:06
10.	"Everybody Is a Star"	Sylvester Stewart	3:15

2009 remastered bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"Love Is Like a Rolling Stone"	Jean Anne Chapman, Brian Cadd	3:34
12.	"If You Wanna Get Back Your Lady" (Dance Mix)	John Lewis Parker, Brian Potter	6:08
13.	"Happiness" (12" Version)		5:47

Personnel

• Anita Pointer, Ruth Pointer, June Pointer – vocals
• Jeffrey Porcaro – drums
• David Hungate – bass
• Waddy Wachtel – lead guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar
• Danny Kortchmar – rhythm guitar, electric guitar
• Dave "Baby" Paich – piano, electric piano, acoustic piano, organ, high piano
• James Newton Howard – clavinet, synthesizers, electric piano
• Rick Jaeger – drums on tracks 2, 7
• Michael Baird – drums on track 8
• Eddie Watkins, Jr. – bass on track 3
• Michael Porcaro – bass on track 4
• Gerald Johnson – bass on track 7
• Abe Laboriel – bass on track 9
• Fred Tackett – acoustic guitar on track 2, guitar on track 6, 8, rhythm guitar on track 9
• Randy Bachman – acoustic guitar on track 3
• Davey Johnson – slide guitar on track 5, guitars on track 7, lead guitar on track 9
• Steve Porcaro – electric piano on track 3, organ on track 4, synthesizers on track 9
• Jimmy Phillips – organ, synthesizer on track 5, piano, organ on track 8
• Jai Winding – piano on track 7
• Lenny Castro – percussion on track 1, tambourine on track 7
• Bryan Cumming – saxophone solo on track 2
• Anita Pointer – tambourine on track 5
• Richard Perry – percussion on track 8

Production

• Richard Perry – producer
• Dennis Kirk – recording engineer
• Bill Schnee – re-mix engineer
• Gabe Veltri – assistant engineer
• Doug Sax – mastering engineer
• Kosh – design, art direction
• James M. Shea – photography

Chart positions

Chart (1978)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top LPs	13
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs	9

References

1. Hanson, Amy. Energy review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-11-12.
2. Christgau, Robert. "Energy review". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 2011-11-12.
3. Starr, Red. "Albums". Smash Hits (February 22 - March 7, 1979): 25.

External links

• Energy at Discogs