That's a Plenty (album)

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That's a Plenty
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Studio album by
The Pointer Sisters
ReleasedFebruary 13, 1974
Recorded Wally Heider Studios (San Francisco)
Quadraphonic Studios (Nashville, Tennessee)
United Western Studios (Los Angeles)
Genre
Length48:25
Label Blue Thumb
Producer David Rubinson & Friends, Inc.
The Pointer Sisters chronology
The Pointer Sisters
(1973)		That's a Plenty
(1974)		 Live at the Opera House
(1974)
Singles from That's a Plenty
  1. "Fairytale"
    Released: June 1974
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The New Rolling Stone Record Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]

That's a Plenty is the second studio album by the American female vocal group The Pointer Sisters. [4] It was released in 1974 on Blue Thumb Records. [5]

Contents

The album peaked at No. 82 on the Billboard 200. [6]

History

Mixing the Pointers' brand of soul with rollicking blues numbers and jazz covers, the album also included the country-flavored "Fairytale", their second Top 40 hit. The song crossed over to the country charts, enabling the group to become the first African-American vocal group to perform at the Grand Ole Opry. [7] The group won the Grammy Award for "Best Country Vocal Performance By A Duo Or Group". [8]

The album was the second by the group to be certified gold. The album was remastered and issued on CD in 2006 by Hip-O Select.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Bangin' on the Pipes" / "Steam Heat" (Medley)Bruce Good, Jeffrey Cohen / Richard Adler, Jerry Ross 5:39
2."Salt Peanuts"Good, Cohen / Dizzy Gillespie, Kenny Clarke 5:10
3."Grinning in Your Face" Son House 4:49
4."Shaky Flat Blues" June Pointer, Anita Pointer, Bonnie Pointer 4:41
5."That's a Plenty" / "Surfeit, U.S.A." (Medley) Ray Gilbert, Lew Pollack / Good, Cohen3:42
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Little Pony" Neal Hefti, Jon Hendricks, Dave Lambert 4:43
7."Fairytale"A. Pointer, B. Pointer5:04
8."Black Coffee" Paul Francis Webster, Sonny Burke 6:07
9."Love in Them There Hills" Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff, Roland Chambers8:30

Personnel

Musicians

Production

Chart positions

Chart performance for That's a Plenty
Chart (1974)Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) [9] 79
US Billboard Top LPs & Tape [10] 82
US Billboard Top Soul LPs [11] 33

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References

  1. ↑ Planer, Lindsay. That's a Plenty review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-11-13.
  2. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 6. MUZE. p. 580.
  3. ↑ The New Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House. 1983. p. 392.
  4. ↑ Heim, Chris (6 Aug 1988). "POINTER SISTERS CAUGHT IN POINT OF NO RETURN". Chicago Tribune. WEEKEND CHICAGO. p. 13.
  5. ↑ "The Pointer Sisters | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  6. ↑ "The Pointer Sisters". Billboard.
  7. ↑ Dalton, Andrew. "Bonnie Pointer, early member of Pointer Sisters, dies at 69". The Detroit News.
  8. ↑ "Pointer Sisters". Recording Academy: Grammy Awards. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  9. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 235. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  10. ↑ "The Pointer Sisters Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard . Retrieved November 29, 2022.
  11. ↑ "The Pointer Sisters Chart History: Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". Billboard . Retrieved November 29, 2022.
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