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Bonnie Pointer Bonnie Pointer (Red Album) Release Date: 1978 Running Time: 2:58 Label: Motown For Bonnie's first LP on Motown, producer/hubby Jeffery Bowen brought some new songs to the sessions this time. The most exciting, "Free Me from My Freedom," has a perky rhythm that's accented by a bubbly bass. Zesty backing voices matched Pointer's stinging vocal. However, the anti-women's-lib lyrics didn't go over well in the '70s. She displays softness on "My Everything," a classy ballad that isn't her forte. And she's back in her element on the disco-arranged "Heaven Must Have Sent You," but it doesn't get interesting until she starts growling. Bowen recycles the formula for "I Can't Help Myself" and "Jimmy Mack," but neither compares to the original, though the latter funks hard near the fade. Arresting productions and arrangements set off "I Love to Sing to You" and "More and More"; the midtempo, flamenco-flavored love songs are tastefully done. Smokey Robinson's "When I'm Gone" works better than the other Motown oldies. Bowen's sound worked better on singles and 12-inches; it gets redundant on LPs. Andrew Hamilton, All Music Guide Tracks: Title Composer Time 1 When I'm Gone Robinson 2 Free Me from My Freedom: Tie Me to a Tree (Handcuff Me) Bond, Thomas 3 Heaven Must Have Sent You Holland, Holland, Dozier 4 Ah Shoot Bowen, Holland, Dozier 5 More and More Bowen, Baldwin 6 I Love to Sing to You Baldwin, Bowen 7 I Wanna Make It (In Your World) Bowen, Baldwin 8 My Everything Bowen, Baldwin Releases: Year Type Label 1978 LP Motown

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