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| Released | June 12, 1981 | |||
| Studio | Studio 55 (Los Angeles, California) Celebration Recording (New York City, New York) | |||
| Genre | R&B, pop, soul | |||
| Label | Planet | |||
| Producer | Richard Perry | |||
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| Singles from Black & White | ||||
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Black & White is the eighth studio album by the Pointer Sisters, released in 1981 on the Planet label. [1]
Black & White was their fourth record with producer Richard Perry and yielded the No. 2 pop hit "Slow Hand". The fourth single release, "Should I Do It", reached No. 13 in the spring of 1982, making Black & White the first Pointer Sisters album to yield two Top Twenty hits. Black & White was certified Gold in September 1981. The album was remastered and issued on CD with bonus tracks in 2009 by Wounded Bird Records.
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide |  [3] |
Record World said that the second single "What a Surprise" has "sing-song choruses and a simple yet effective melody line." [4]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Sweet Lover Man" | Jerry Ragovoy, Len Roberts | 4:12 |
| 2. | "Someday We'll Be Together" | Russ Ballard | 4:39 |
| 3. | "Take My Heart, Take My Soul" | Ken Gold, Mickey Denne | 4:06 |
| 4. | "Slow Hand" | Michael Clark, John Bettis | 3:54 |
| 5. | "We're Gonna Make It" | David Foster, Mike Cotton, Anita Pointer, June Pointer | 3:56 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6. | "What a Surprise" | A. Pointer, J. Pointer, Trevor Lawrence | 3:50 |
| 7. | "Got to Find Love" | David Lasley, Willie Wilcox | 4:04 |
| 8. | "Fall in Love Again" | Patrick Henderson, Wornell Jones | 4:30 |
| 9. | "Should I Do It" | Layng Martine, Jr. | 3:53 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10. | "Holdin' Out for Love" | Cynthia Weil, Tom Snow | 3:22 |
| 11. | "What a Surprise" (Original Edit) | 4:11 |
The Pointer Sisters
Musicians
| Chart (1981) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) [5] | 15 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [6] | 39 |
| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [7] | 10 |
| UK Albums (OCC) [8] | 21 |
| US Billboard 200 [9] | 13 |
| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [10] | 9 |
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