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So Excited!
Studio album by the Pointer Sisters
Released	June 29, 1982
Studio	Studio 55 (Los Angeles) Larrabee (Los Angeles) Pasha Music House (Los Angeles)
Genre	R&B, pop, soul
Label	Planet
Producer	Richard Perry
The Pointer Sisters chronology
Black & White (1981) So Excited! (1982) Break Out (1983)
Singles from So Excited!
"American Music" Released: 1982 "I'm So Excited" Released: September 1982 "If You Wanna Get Back Your Lady" Released: 1983

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Smash Hits	8/10

So Excited! is the ninth studio album by the Pointer Sisters, released in 1982 on the Planet label.

History

So Excited! spawned a hit with "American Music" and included a cover of a Prince tune, "I Feel for You," which was covered by Chaka Khan two years later. The title track reached No. 30 on the pop charts but hit No. 9 when it was revived two years later after being added to the group's 1983 album, Break Out. A third single, "See How the Love Goes", was shelved due to its controversial subject matter. The album was remastered and issued on CD with bonus tracks in 2010 by Big Break Records.

Track listing

Personnel

The Pointer Sisters

• Anita Pointer – lead vocals (1, 2, 6, 8), backing vocals, vocal arrangements
• June Pointer – lead vocals (3, 5−7), backing vocals, vocal arrangements
• Ruth Pointer – lead vocals (4, 6), backing vocals, vocal arrangements

Musicians

• John Barnes – acoustic piano (1, 8), keyboards (2, 3, 7), Fender Rhodes (6)
• Michael Boddicker – synthesizer programming (1, 4−7)
• Greg Phillinganes – synthesizers (1, 4, 6), synthesizer arrangements (4), synth solo (5−7)
• William "Smitty" Smith – organ (1)
• Robbie Buchanan – vocoder (2), synthesizers (2, 6−8)
• Ed Walsh – synthesizers (2, 3, 5)
• Randy Waldman – keyboards (4)
• Johnny Parker – synthesizers (5), clavinet (5)
• George Doering – guitars (1, 8)
• Lee Ritenour – guitars (1, 2, 8)
• Paul Jackson Jr. – guitars (2−4, 6, 7), guitar solo (4)
• Waddy Wachtel – guitar solo (2)
• Tim May – guitars (3, 6, 7)
• Ira Newborn – guitars (4)
• Nathan Watts – bass (1, 6, 7)
• Nathan East – bass (2−5, 8)
• John Robinson – drums
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion (1−4, 6−8)
• Gary Herbig – saxophones (6)
• Jim Horn – saxophones (6)
• Trevor Lawrence – rhythm track arrangements, horn arrangements (3, 6), tenor sax solo (8)
• Dick "Slyde" Hyde – trombone (3, 6)
• Chuck Findley – trumpet (3, 6)
• Gary Grant – trumpet (3, 6)
• Richard Perry – rhythm track arrangements

Production

• Producer – Richard Perry
• Associate producer – Trevor Lawrence
• Production coordination – Susan Epstein and Bradford Rosenberg
• Recording engineer, Editing and Remixing Assistance – Gabe Veltri
• Remix engineer – Bill Schnee
• Assistant engineers – Michael Brooks, Stuart Furusho and Bobby Gerber.
• Mastering – Larry Emerine and Stephen Marcussen at Precision Mastering (Hollywood, CA).
• Music coordinator – Eddie Choran
• Music preparation – Peggy Sandvig
• Design and artwork – Kosh
• Cover photography – Norman Seeff

Charts

References

1. Hanson, Amy. So Excited! review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
2. Steels, Mark (2–15 September 1982). "Albums: Pointer Sisters – So Excited (Planet)". Smash Hits. Vol. 4, no. 18. Peterborough: EMAP National Publications, Ltd. p. 25. ISSN 0260-3004. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
3. "The Pointer Sisters Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
4. "The Pointer Sisters Chart History: Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". Billboard. Retrieved November 29, 2022.

External links

• So Excited! at Discogs (list of releases)

• 1982 albums
• The Pointer Sisters albums
• Albums produced by Richard Perry
• Planet Records albums
• RCA Records albums