Only Sisters Can Do That is the last Pointer Sisters studio album made with founding member June Pointer.
Issa Pointer, the daughter of longtime group member Ruth Pointer, performed as a background vocalist on two album tracks; she eventually replaced June Pointer in the group's lineup in 2002.
The album was helmed by producer Peter Wolf and led by the single "Don't Walk Away", which featured Michael McDonald as guest vocalist.
Originally, the track had been recorded by Ruth Pointer for a solo album that she abandoned in favor of the Only Sisters project.
Other songs of note include "I Want Fireworks" and "Tell It to My Heart", which were both co-written by Anita Pointer, and the title track, penned by the sisters.
The track "Feel for the Physical" appeared on the 1995 album Souled by Thomas Anders reworked as a duet by the Pointer Sisters and Anders.
After a troubled, one-album affiliation with Motown Records, the Pointer Sisters entered into a troubled, one-album affiliation with SBK Records.
That one album was Only Sisters Can Do That, on which producer/songwriter/synthesizer player Peter Wolf (not to be confused with the J. Geils Band singer), who had given Starship several hits, was intended to take over the job of group Svengali previously handled by David Rubinson and then Richard Perry.
Wolf put together his typical, highly polished musical tracks, playing most of the instruments himself, over which the Pointers sang with their usual enthusiasm.
The trouble was that pop production styles had moved to a more intricate, R&B-influenced sound typified by the hits of Mariah Carey and Janet Jackson, so that Wolf's tracks sounded out of date, and none of the compositions was sufficiently memorable to buck the tide. It didn't help that SBK, which had looked like a hot start-up label in the early 1990s with hits by Wilson Phillips, Vanilla Ice, and Jon Secada, was cooling off noticeably.
Soon, the label was history and, with two consecutive non-charting albums, so were the Pointers as a current recording act.
Tracklist
- It Ain't a Man's World" (Kim Eurisa, Clemard Harvey, Maya Angelou) – 4:27
- "I Want Fireworks" (Anita Pointer, Ina Wolf, Peter Wolf) – 4:44
- "Don't Walk Away" (Andy Hill, Peter Sinfield) – 4:49
- "Eyes Like a Child" (Ina Wolf, Peter Wolf) – 4:45
- "Only Sisters Can Do That" (June Pointer, Anita Pointer, Ruth Pointer, Sheldon Reynolds, Ina Wolf, Peter Wolf) – 3:54
- "Feel for the Physical" (Peter Wolf, Peter Zizzo) – 4:02
- "Tell It to My Heart" (Anita Pointer, Franne Golde, Allee Willis) – 5:10
- "Vibe Time" (Peter Zizzo) – 4:03
- "Lose Myself to Find Myself" (Keith Forsey, Steve Krikorian, Steve Schiff) – 4:45
- "Sex, Love or Money" (S. Harry) – 4:14
The Pointer Sisters
- Anita Pointer – lead vocals (1, 2, 4, 5, 7–10), backing vocals
- June Pointer – lead vocals (4, 6, 9, 10), backing vocals
- Ruth Pointer – lead vocals (1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10), backing vocals
- All vocal arrangements by The Pointer Sisters.
Musicians
- Peter Wolf – all other instruments (1–8), backing vocals (5), additional keyboards (7), acoustic piano solo (8)
- Scott Frankfurt – pyrotechnic sounds (2), keyboards (7)
- Arthur Barrow – programming (9), bass (9)
- Steve Schiff – programming (9), guitars (9), arrangements (9)
- Sheldon Reynolds – guitars (1–5, 7, 8, 10)
- Benni Bilgeri – guitars (5)
- David Williams – guitars (6)
- Mark Schulman – drums (9)
- Rafael Padilla – percussion (1, 3, 4, 10)
- Everette Harp – alto sax solo (4, 7)
- Keith Forsey – arrangements (9)
- Issa Pointer – backing vocals (1, 6)
- Michael McDonald – lead and backing vocals (3)
- Thomas Anders – backing vocals (6)
Notes
Released: November 16, 1993
Recorded: 1993
Genre: R&B/soul
Length: 44:53
Producer(s): Peter Wolf, Keith Forsey
Label: SBK Records
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