Love for What It Is
| Love for What It Is | |
|---|---|
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| 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[edit]
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[edit]
| 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[edit]
Adapted from liner notes.[11]
- Backing Vocals – Jada Pointer (tracks: 1, 2, 7, 6, 8), Linda "Peaches" Green (tracks: 1, 2, 7, 6, 8)
- Design – Pietro Alfieri
- Engineer – Devon Galbraith, Jim Watts "Happenin'" Vereecke, Stuart "Quick Shoes" Hirotsu
- Guitar – Steve Diamond (tracks: 2, 5)
- Photography By – Leon Lecash
- Producer, Drums, Keyboards, Guitar, *Drum Programming – Preston Glass
- Recorded By, Mixed By – Maureen "Mo Better" Droney
- Saxophone – Marc Russo (tracks: 7)
- Steel Guitar – Ned "Yo' Bad" Selfe* (tracks: 9)
References[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Company, Johnson Publishing (1987). "Jet". Johnson Publishing Company – via Google Books.
- ^ 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[edit]
- Love for What It Is at AllMusic
- Love for What It Is at Discogs (list of releases)