Automatic: The Best of Pointer Sisters

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Fire
  3:29
  4.4 ★
• 2
  Nothin’ but a Heartache
  3:19
• 3
  Lay It on the Line
  3:16
• 4
  Come and Get Your Love
  3:41
• 5
  Happiness
  4:00
• 6
  Where Did the Time Go
  3:06
• 7
  Movin’ On
  3:18
• 8
  He’s So Shy
  3:39
  5.0 ★
• 9
  Slow Hand
  3:53
  5.0 ★
• 10
  Someday We’ll Be Together (UK single edit)
  3:42
• 11
  What a Surprise
  3:49
• 12
  Should I Do It
  3:52
• 13
  American Music
  4:00
• 14
  I’m So Excited
  3:55
  4.8 ★
• 15
  I Feel for You
  4:00
• 16
  Heart to Heart
  3:32
• 17
  If You Wanna Get Back Your Lady
  6:08
• 18
  Nightline
  4:33
• CD 2
• 1
  I Need You (single mix)
  3:57
• 2
  Happy
  2:55
• 3
  Automatic
  4:01
  4.0 ★
• 4
  Jump (for My Love) (single remix)
  3:59
  4.0 ★
• 5
  Neutron Dance
  3:56
• 6
  Baby Come and Get It
  4:18
• 7
  Dare Me (hot new remix)
  4:07
• 8
  Freedom
  4:22
• 9
  Twist My Arm
  4:09
• 10
  Back in My Arms
  4:40
• 11
  Goldmine
  3:52
• 12
  All I Know Is the Way I Feel (single mix)
  4:08
• 13
  Mercury Rising (single mix)
  4:13
• 14
  He Turned Me Out (extended radio version)
  4:37
• 15
  I’m in Love (single edit)
  3:56
• 16
  Power of Persuasion
  3:40
• 17
  Jump (for My Love) (12″ long version)
  6:26
• 18
  Automatic (12″ special remix)
  6:06
  2.0 ★

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Jump (for My Love)

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Automatic

Automatic 1983

Release credits

• Anita Pointer
  background vocals [6], lead vocals [9, 14], tambourine [4]
• Barry Mann
  associate [6], drum machine [6], synthesizer [6]
• Bill Schnee
  mix [9, 11-12], remixer [2.6, 1.3-4]
• Burt Bacharach
  keyboard [6], strings [6]
• Danny Faragher
  organ [12]
• Danny Kortchmar
  guitar [3-4]
• Davey Johnstone
  slide guitar [4]
• David Hungate
  bass [3-4]
• David Katay
  guitar [6]
• David Paich
  electric piano [4], piano [3]
• David Williams
  guitar [6]
• Gabe Veltri
  assistant [3-4], recording [6, 8]
• Gary Skardina
  associate [4], engineer [4]
• George Doering
  guitar [14]
• Greg Phillinganes
  electric piano [12], keyboard [6, 14], synthesizer [14]
• Howie Rice
  electronic drum set [6]
• James C. Tract
  mix [4]
• James Gadson
  drums (drum set) [8]
• James Guthrie
  mix [6, 8]
• James Ingram
  background vocals [6], drum machine [6], synthesizer [6]
• James Jamerson, Jr.
  bass guitar [6]
• Jeff Porcaro
  membranophone [3-4]
• Jellybean
  remixer [18]
• John Barnes
  piano [12]
• John “JR” Robinson
  drums (drum set) [9, 12, 14]
• June Pointer
  background vocals [14], lead vocals [1.6, 1.8, 1.12, 2.6]
• Lee Ritenour
  guitar [14]
• Lenny Castro
  percussion [3]
• Marlo Henderson
  guitar [6]
• Michael Boddicker
  keyboard [14], synthesizer [8, 14]
• Michael Brooks
  recording [6]
• Michael Brooks
  mix [4]
• Michael Hutchinson
  engineer [18]
• Nathan East
  bass guitar [14]
• Nathan Watts
  bass guitar [8-9, 12]
• Paul Jackson, Jr.
  guitar [9, 12]
• Paulinho da Costa
  percussion [8-9, 12]
• Reek Havoc
  electronic drum set [6]
• Richard Perry
  producer [2.4, 2.6, 1.1, 1.3-4, 1.6-12, 1.14]
• Ricky Lawson
  drums (drum set) [6]
• Ruth Pointer
  background vocals [1.14, 2.6]
• Sid Sharp
  concertmaster [6]
• Stephen Mitchell
  associate [4]
• The Pointer Sisters
  vocal arranger [6, 8-9, 11-12]
• Tim May
  guitar [8-9, 12]
• Tom Snow
  arranger [8], keyboard [8], synthesizer [8]
• Trevor Lawrence
  associate [6, 8-9, 11-12], brass [6], saxophone [11], solo [12], tenor saxophone [12]
• Waddy Wachtel
  guitar [3-4]
• William D. “Smitty” Smith
  organ [9], piano [14]
• Show all credits (49)

Issues

• 

  A
  Automatic: The Best of Pointer Sisters

  2x CD
  23 June 2017
• 

  T
  The Essential Pointer Sisters

  2x Digital Media
  15 December 2017