| Right Rhythm | ||||
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| Released | June 12, 1990 | |||
| Recorded | 1989–1990 | |||
| Genre | R&B | |||
| Label | Motown Records | |||
| Producer | James Anthony Carmichael, Levi Seacer Jr., Marti Sharron | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Chicago Tribune | [2] |
| Entertainment Weekly | (favorable) [3] |
| Orlando Sentinel | [4] |
| Select |   [5] |
Right Rhythm is the fourteenth studio album by the Pointer Sisters, released on June 12, 1990, by the Motown label.
In 1978, the Pointer Sisters had begun an eleven-year association with Richard Perry - first through his Planet Records label and then still working with Perry with RCA Records - with the group amassing a total of eleven Top 40 hits. The Pointer Sisters' 1984 multi-platinum album release, Break Out was parent to four Top Ten hits including "I'm So Excited" introduced on the 1982 So Excited! album but remixed and added to later pressings of 1983 Break Out . The career climax achieved there was followed by a decline in popularity and in 1988 the Pointer Sisters ended their contract with RCA.
It was reported in March 1989 that the Pointer Sisters were negotiating with Motown Records. The label passed on the group when they'd sought their first record deal in 1971, though sister and original member Bonnie Pointer left the group for a solo career with Motown in 1977, eventually returning to the group in 1981. The group signed with Motown in May 1989 with member June Pointer then stating: "We want to help Motown get back up where it was" referencing the label's own faded fortunes. [6]
Ultimately, the album neither revived the Pointer Sisters' faltering career nor fixed Motown's financial difficulties. The label released the group's Right Rhythm album in the summer of 1990 following the May 1990 issue of the advance single "Friends' Advice"; that single was a relative failure, only reaching #36 on the Billboard R&B charts. The second single, a ballad called "After You", also failed to find a widespread audience. A third single, a remixed version of the album's "Insanity", managed a #62 R&B peak (#11 on the Billboard dance charts). Right Rhythm would be the only album release by the Pointer Sisters on Motown.
The Right Rhythm track "Billy Said Yes" featured background vocals by Issa Pointer, the oldest daughter of Ruth Pointer: Issa Pointer would replace June in the group's membership in 2002.
The Pointer Sisters
Musicians
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