You have to admit, there\u2019s something special about the Pointer Sisters (June Pointer, rest in peace). Every time I hear one of their songs on the radio now, I can\u2019t help but smile.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
This particular album, Break Out<\/i>, remains the Pointers\u2019 most successful to date.\u00a0 Four of the ten tracks even made it into the Billboard Top 10 chart, though I never much cared for the overplayed hits \u201cAutomatic\u201d or \u201cI\u2019m So Excited.\u201d On \u201cAutomatic,\u201d Ruth\u2019s alto vocal was processed through an emulator, making her sound absolutely terrible (like a guy who can\u2019t sing). And the unnecessary remix of the chestnut \u201cI\u2019m So Excited\u201d is so manic that it is almost laughable. <\/p>\n
Those two aberrations aside, Break Out <\/i>is an impressive piece of work by one of the most important producers of the \u201980s, Richard Perry.\u00a0 Sure, weaker tracks like \u201cDance Electric\u201d and \u201cOperator\u201d suffer from their dated \u201980s electronic sound, but the other songs more than make up for it.\u00a0 The album opens with the snappy hit \u201cJump (For My Love)\u201d and the breakneck pace of the other material rarely lets up.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
However, there are <\/i>two harmonious slow jams thrown in for the R&B crowd, who probably felt somewhat alienated by the remaining bulk of this surprisingly mainstream pop album. Both \u201cI Need You\u201d and \u201cEasy Persuasion\u201d can be considered standouts because of their crisp and clean style. They provide the deep breaths in an otherwise breathless affair. <\/p>\n
My three personal favorite cuts on Break Out<\/i> are \u201cBaby Come And Get It,\u201d \u201cTelegraph Your Love\u201d and \u201cNeutron Dance,\u201d which was such a good single that it was also included in the #1 soundtrack to Beverly Hills Cop<\/i> the following year. It has nonsensical lyrics, sure, but the music is catchy as all hell. I dare anyone to sit still when this one is playing.\u00a0 It\u2019s a virtual collision course of percussion and synths, building to such a crescendo it could burn the house down.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
Another song that only the Pointer Sisters could pull off is \u201cBaby, Come And Get It,\u201d which features the immortal line \u201cI think I\u2019ll take a bubble bath.\u201d \u201cTelegraph Your Love\u201d also deserves special mention because of its absolutely gorgeous melody line. I was thrilled when this song made the cut for the trio\u2019s first best-of compilation. <\/p>\n
Hard as the Pointer Sisters may have tried to stay on top of their game, once the \u201980s ended so did they. Break Out <\/i>was about as good as it got for the Grammy-winning team of June, Anita and Ruth. It was giddy fun while it lasted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":28560,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[7849],"rating":[5617],"class_list":["post-40027","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-the-pointer-sisters","rating-rating-b-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/40027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/40027\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40027"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=40027"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=40027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}