June Pointer (album)
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ReleasedJune 29, 1989[1]
Studio
- Oakshire Recorders, Westlake Studios, Rhett Lawrence Studios and Lion Share Studios (Los Angeles, California)
- Zebra Studio (Studio City, California)
- Conway Studios, Ocean Way Recording and Elumba Studios (Hollywood, California)
- Ground Control Studios (Santa Monica, California)
- Tarpan Studios (San Rafael, California)
- Chartmaker Studios (Malibu, California)
- Marathon Studios (New York City, New York)
Length58:54
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| Released | June 29, 1989[1] | |||
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| Genre | R&B | |||
| Length | 58:54 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
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June Pointer is the final studio album by June Pointer, released in 1989 on the Columbia label.[2][1]
The album was Pointer's second studio album without the Pointer Sisters and her only album with Columbia Records, featuring contribution from producers Narada Michael Walden, David Foster, Dann Huff, Renee Geyer, Jason Scheff, and Randy Waldman. Carol Bayer Sager served as an executive producer on the album.[3] The album yielded a hit with "Tight on Time (I'll Fit U In)",[3] which peaked at No. 35 as a dance hit on the Dance Club Songs as a Top 40.[4] It also peaked at No. 70 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[4][5][6] The album also featured "Keeper of the Flame", featuring backing vocals by Irene Cara.[5] It also featured the Sager, Bruce Roberts and Burt Bacharach composition "Why Can't We Be Together".[7]
Reception
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Tight on Time (I'll Fit U In)" | Dean Pitchford, Rhett Lawrence | 4:00 |
| 2. | "Parlez Moi D'Amour (Let's Talk About Love)" | Narada Michael Walden, Preston Glass, Bobby Long | 4:38 |
| 3. | "Why Can't We Be Together" | Bruce Roberts, Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager | 4:34 |
| 4. | "How Long (Don't Make Me Wait)" | Carole Bayer Sager, David Foster, Tom Keane | 4:21 |
| 5. | "Put Your Dreams Where Your Heart Is" | Dorothy Sea Gazeley, Gerry Stober | 4:57 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6. | "Keeper of the Flame" | Gordon Grody, Mary Lee Kortes | 4:50 |
| 7. | "Love Calling" | Richard Feldman, Stan Lynch | 3:36 |
| 8. | "Fool for Love" | Carl Sturken, Evan Rogers | 4:35 |
| 9. | "Live with Me" | Dwania Kyles, Kashif, Ralph Schuckett | 5:35 |
| 10. | "Love on the Line" | Carl Sturken, Evan Rogers | 5:10 |
Personnel
Adapted from liner notes.[9]
- June Pointer – lead vocals (1, 4, 6, 8–10), backing vocals (1, 4, 8, 9), vocals (2, 3, 5, 7)
- Rhett Lawrence – keyboards (1), Fairlight CMI (1), bass (1), drums (1), synthesizer programming (4), Fairlight drums (4, 7), Fairlight programming (5)
- Walter Afanasieff – keyboards (2), synthesizers (2)
- Preston Glass – keyboards (2), bass programming (2)
- Randy Kerber – keyboards (3), Yamaha DX7 with MIDI (3)
- Larry Williams – synthesizers (3), keyboards (9)
- David Foster – keyboards (4), backing vocals (4)
- Tom Keane – keyboards (4, 5), synthesizers (5, 7), backing vocals (5), synth bass (7)
- Rick Bowen – synthesizer programming (4)
- Michael Boddicker – synthesizer programming (5)
- Randy Waldman – keyboards (6)
- Kashif – keyboards (8, 10), synthesizers (8, 10), bass (8, 10), drums (8, 10), percussion (8, 10), backing vocals (8, 10), all other instruments (9)
- Carl Sturken – additional keyboards (8, 10), guitars (10)
- Gregg Mangiafico – additional keyboards (10)
- Corrado Rustici – Jackson MIDI guitar solo (2)
- Dann Huff – guitars (3, 9)
- Michael Landau – guitars (4–7)
- Ira Siegel – guitars (8)
- Neil Stubenhaus – bass (3)
- Greg "Gigi" Gonaway – Simmons drums (2), cymbals (2)
- Narada Michael Walden – drum programming (2)
- Jeff Porcaro – drums (3, 5, 7)
- John Keane – drums (4), percussion (4), Fairlight drums (7)
- David Reitzas – cymbal overdubs (4)
- Lenny Castro – percussion (3)
- Michael Fisher – percussion (6)
- Dan Higgins – saxophones (4)
- Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone (4)
- Gary Grant – trumpet (4)
- Jerry Hey – trumpet (4)
- Kimberly Brewer – backing vocals (1)
- Dave Sholin – backing vocals (1), DJ (1)
- Kitty Beethoven – backing vocals (2)
- Phil Perry – vocals (3)
- Ruth Pointer – backing vocals (4, 9)
- Jason Scheff – backing vocals (5)
- Irene Cara – backing vocals (6)
- Gordon Grody – backing vocals (6)
- Mary Lee Kortes – backing vocals (6)
- David Lasley – backing vocals (6)
- Renée Geyer – backing vocals (7)
- Cindy Mizelle – backing vocals (8, 10)
- Evan Rogers – backing vocals (8, 10)
- Sandra St. Victor – backing vocals (8, 10)
- Audrey Wheeler – backing vocals (8, 10)
- The Promise – additional backing vocals (8, 10), backing vocals (9)
Music arrangements
- Rhett Lawrence – arrangements (1)
- Narada Michael Walden – arrangements (2)
- David Foster – horn arrangements (4)
- Jerry Hey – horn arrangements (4)
- Tom Keane – arrangements (5, 7)
- Randy Waldman – arrangements (6)
- Kashif – arrangements (8–10)
- Carl Sturken – arrangements (10)