Energy | ||||
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Studio album by Pointer Sisters | ||||
Released | November 1978 | |||
Recorded | Studio 55 (Los Angeles, California) |
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Genre | R&B, rock, soul | |||
Label | Planet/RCA Records | |||
Producer | Richard Perry | |||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | |
Robert Christgau | B− |
Smash Hits | 6/10 |
Energy is the fifth studio album by The Pointer Sisters, released in 1978 on the Planet label.
After a brief split following sister Bonnie's departure from the group, a musically reinvented and recharged Pointer Sisters returned composed of Ruth, Anita and June. Their first album for Planet, this was also the first album produced by Richard Perry. The record spawned a number two pop smash (and gold-certified single) with a cover of Bruce Springsteen's "Fire". "Happiness" also scored on the pop Top 40. Energy became the group's first gold-certified release since 1974's That's a Plenty. The album was remastered and issued on CD with bonus tracks in 2009 by Wounded Bird Records.