Bonnie Pointer - Bonnie Pointer (1978) {2012 Remastered & Expanded Reissue - Big Break Records CDBBR0093}
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© 1978, 2012 Motown / Big Break Records / Cherry Red Records | CDBBR 0093
R&B / Disco / Soul
The founding member of THE POINTER SISTERS, BONNIE POINTER began her performing career in San Francisco nightclubs in 1969. Soon joined by youngest sister June then by elder sisters Ruth and Anita, The Pointer Sisters released a string of hits on Blue Thumb, trailblazing from genre to genre, including funk and jazz, and won their first Grammy award for the country song FAIRYTALE, written by Anita and Bonnie, which would be recorded by ELVIS PRESLEY two years before his death.
ical and commercial success. First single FREE MY FROM MY FREEDOM reached the R&B top 10 in 1978 and was distinctive for being a disco-era funk record with a surprising banjo solo. The album also featured the classic Motown covers WHEN I’M GONE (Brenda Holloway) and HEAVEN MUST HAVE SENT YOU (The Elgins). The latter was soon rerecorded in a Disco style, becoming a top 20 Pop and top 10 Disco hit and a dance classic. Both versions are included in this reissue.
For Bonnie Pointer's first LP on Motown, producer/hubby Jeffery Bowen brought some new songs to the sessions this time. The most exciting, "Free Me from My Freedom," has a perky rhythm that's accented by a bubbly bass. Zesty backing voices matched Pointer's stinging vocal. However, the anti-women's-lib lyrics didn't go over well in the '70s. She displays softness on "My Everything," a classy ballad that isn't her forte. And she's back in her element on the disco-arranged "Heaven Must Have Sent You," but it doesn't get interesting until she starts growling. Bowen recycles the formula for "I Can't Help Myself" and "Jimmy Mack," but neither compares to the original, though the latter funks hard near the fade. Arresting productions and arrangements set off "I Love to Sing to You" and "More and More"; the midtempo, flamenco-flavored love songs are tastefully done. Smokey Robinson's "When I'm Gone" works better than the other Motown oldies. Bowen's sound worked better on singles and 12" releases; it gets redundant on LPs.
Track Listing
01 - When I'm Gone
02 - Free Me From My Freedom - Tie Me To A Tree (Handcuff Me)
03 - Heaven Must Have Sent You
04 - Ah Shoot
05 - More And More
06 - I Love To Sing To You
07 - I Wanna Make It (In Your World)
08 - My Everything
09 - Free Me From My Freedom - Tell Me To A Tree (Handcuff Me) (12' Disco Version)
10 - Heaven Must Have Sent You (12' Disco Version)
11 - Free Me From My Freedom - Tie Me To A Tree (Hancuff Me) (Single Version)
12 - Heaven Must Have Sent You (Single Version)
13 - Free Me From My Freedom - Tie Me To A Tree (Hancuff Me) (Instrumental Version)
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Bonnie Pointer / Bonnie Pointer
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