That's a Plenty (album)

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]

That's a Plenty
Studio album by
The Pointer Sisters
ReleasedFebruary 13, 1974
RecordedWally Heider Studios (San Francisco)
Quadraphonic Studios (Nashville, Tennessee)
United Western Studios (Los Angeles)
Genre
Length48:25
LabelBlue Thumb
ProducerDavid 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[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
The New Rolling Stone Record Guide[3]

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 Ross5:39
2."Salt Peanuts"Good, Cohen / Dizzy Gillespie, Kenny Clarke5:10
3."Grinning in Your Face"Son House4:49
4."Shaky Flat Blues"June Pointer, Anita Pointer, Bonnie Pointer4:41
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 Lambert4:43
7."Fairytale"A. Pointer, B. Pointer5:04
8."Black Coffee"Paul Francis Webster, Sonny Burke6:07
9."Love in Them There Hills"Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff, Roland Chambers8:30

Personnel

Musicians

Production
  • David Rubinson & Friends, Inc. – producer
  • Tom Salisbury, Jeffrey Cohen, Bruce Good – associate producers
  • Jeremy Zatkin, Fred Catero, David Rubinson – recording engineers
  • George Horn, Phil Brown – mastering engineers
  • David Rubinson – arrangements on "Grinning in Your Face" and "Black Coffee"
  • Norman Landsberg, Jeffrey Cohen, Bruce Good – vocal arrangement on "Salt Peanuts"
  • Randy Tuten – cover art
  • Herb Greene – art direction, photography

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

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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