Contact (Pointer Sisters album)
Encyclopedia
Contact is the eleventh studio album by the American
vocal group The Pointer Sisters, released in 1985 on the RCA
label.
" (US #11, UK #17), "Freedom" and "Twist My Arm". "Back In My Arms" was also released as a single in the UK.
A track from the Contact sessions entitled "Just a Little Closer" was released on the We Are The World
charity compilation album in 1985. The album was remastered and issued on CD with bonus tracks in 2011 by Big Break Records.
United States
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vocal group The Pointer Sisters, released in 1985 on the RCA
RCA Records
RCA Records is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. The RCA initials stand for Radio Corporation of America , which was the parent corporation from 1929 to 1985 and a partner from 1985 to 1986.RCA's Canadian unit is Sony's oldest label...
label.
History
The album yielded chart hits with the singles "Dare MeDare Me
"Dare Me" is a 1985 single released by The Pointer Sisters on the RCA label.The song was the first release from the Pointers' platinum-selling Contact and became a worldwide hit, narrowly missing the top ten of the U.S. charts , number six on the soul singles chart and was number one, for one week,...
" (US #11, UK #17), "Freedom" and "Twist My Arm". "Back In My Arms" was also released as a single in the UK.
A track from the Contact sessions entitled "Just a Little Closer" was released on the We Are The World
We Are the World (album)
We Are the World was a 1985 album that contained USA for Africa's "We Are the World" superstar charity recording for famine relief efforts in Ethiopia....
charity compilation album in 1985. The album was remastered and issued on CD with bonus tracks in 2011 by Big Break Records.
Track listing
Chart positions
| Chart (1985) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
25 |
| U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999... |
11 |
| UK Albums Chart | 34 |
External links
- Contact at DiscogsDiscogsDiscogs, short for discographies, is a website and database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc., and are...