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| 1. Yes We Can Can |
| 2. Wang Dang Doodle |
| 3. Fairytale |
| 4. Going Down Slowly |
| 5. How Long (Betcha' Gotta Chick On The Side) |
| 6. You Gotta Believe |
| 7. Cloudburst |
| 8. Jada |
| 9. Black Coffee |
| 10. Steam Heat |
| 11. Salt Peanuts |
| 12. Having A Party |
| 13. Love In Them There Hills |
| 14. Don't It Drive You Crazy |
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Although the Pointer Sisters had a couple of brief bursts of success here in the UK, they are second to only the Supremes in the USA in the most successful girl group battle, thanks to nearly forty entries on the US Pop and R&B charts between 1973 and 1991. However, Anita, Bonnie, June and Ruth were more than a mere girl group. One of the most eclectic groups on record, the Pointers have written and recorded Pop, Funk, Traditional Jazz, Soul and Heavy Rock without ever stepping out of their depth. They even won a grammy for best Country single by a duo or group in 1975 with a number called Fairytale, written by Anita and Bonnie. That same year they topped the US R&B chart with another self-penned track called How Long (Betcha Got A Chick On The Side), which served as a template for many of today's Rap/R&B hybrids. These tracks are available on this truly essential collection. Bonnie Pointer's reading of the classic Black Coffee (normally associated with Sarah Vaughan) is quite frankly spine chilling. The funk numbers such as their debut US hit Yes We Can Can, their cover of Allen Toussaint's Going Down Slowly and the UK two-step classic Don't It Drive You Crazy show why the Pointer Sisters are one of the greatest R&B groups of all time. It's just that their was a lot more to them than that. Their string of 80's pop hits attests to this. Those hits are available elsewhere. This CD covers their recordings released on Tommy LiPuma's Blue Thumb label between 1973 and 1977. The funky You Gotta Believe that they performed in the Car Wash movie is also here. Buy this collection. If you're a fan of jazz or soul, you will be amazed at what you hear. I promise!
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This album is superb. Until quite recently I thought the Pointer Sisters were a slightly rubbish disco outfit from the seventies. I was wrong. This record is super funky, best track is number 4, Going Down Slowly, 7 minutes of the tightest funky tune you could wish for. Then subsequent songs include great jazz and blues numbers. An education, and I'm very happy that I learned it.
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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Best you can do -- original releases have been deleted
26 April 2000
Format:Audio CD
It's incredible to me that the Pointer Sisters' first three releases, from which these cuts primarily are drawn, are no longer available. This CD does an admirable job of cherry-picking key selections. Still, key cuts from the great first album, such as "Sugar" are missing, as are the title cut from the second album "That's a Plenty" and the powerful "Grinning in Your Face."
The four sisters could flat out sing, any style, with tremendous imagination and flair. This collection shows off their versatility.
There's the funk of "Yes We Can Can," the rockin' blues of Willie Dixon's "Wang Dang Doodle" (one of the greatest party tunes of all time, and the women simply wail it), the jazz harmonies and phrasings of "Salt Peanuts," the show tune flair of "Steam Heat," and for good measure a straight-ahead country tune, "Fairy Tale," which dispels any notion that African-American women from Oakland can't get on down to the honkytonk bars.
In my opinion, despite some commercial success in the '80s, the Pointer Sisters never got the credit they deserved, but they may have been a victim of their own versatility. After all, the music industry loves to pigeonhole, and the sisters simply resisted classification. How many groups can you name who could sing Springsteen and Ellington with equal ease?
If you're really hooked on the pinpoint harmonies and rich humor that these ladies delivered, a search for the self-titled first album (1973), in particular, is advised.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Essential Early Pointer Sisters
11 Dec 2003
Format:Audio CD
I like this collection a lot: lots of jazzy-flavored type songs that will make you smile. I like "Jada" and "Black Coffee", very nice songs. Although they are best known for later hits like "Slow Hand" and the hits from the album "Break Out", this is a welcome edition for another side of the Pointer Sisters that some may not have thought existed.
If you purchased the 2-CD collection of hits "Fire: The Very Best Of The Pointer Sisters", then you may have noticed that only 4 of the 14 songs from this album are on that collection. Thus, the best of the Blue Thumb is NOT a supplement but an essential buy even for the casual fan.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
This CD smokes!
25 Dec 2000
Format:Audio CD
The early Pointer Sisters recordings are phenominal. The Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross influence is unmistakeable. Backing up the babes is an astonishing array of studio masters. Gaylord Birch (drums), Tom Salisbury (piano), and Ron McClure (basses) just cook their butts off. Willie Fulton's guitar and the amazing Hoodoo Rhythm Devils give the essential swamp voodoo groove behind the vocalists. They really don't make 'em like this anymore. Turn it up!
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