Break Out (Pointer Sisters album)

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Break Out
Studio album by Pointer Sisters
Released	1983
Recorded	1982 - 1983
Genre	R&B/pop
Label	RCA records
Producer	Richard Perry
Pointer Sisters chronology
So Excited! (1982) Break Out (1983) Contact (1985)

Break Out is a landmark album released by the Pointer Sisters in 1983 on Planet Records. Featuring mostly electro-dance tunes, the album gave the Oakland, California-based trio the biggest success of their recording career. The album spawned four top ten hits - "Jump (For My Love)", "Automatic", "Neutron Dance" and "I'm So Excited", which had already been a Top 30 hit in 1982 and was added to the album almost a year into its chart life. Break Out sold well over three million copies, made the group darlings of MTV, and won the group two Grammy awards and two American Music Awards.

[edit] Original 1983 Track listing

1. "Jump (For My Love)" (Steve Mitchell, Marti Sharron, Gary Skardina)
2. "Automatic" (Mark Goldenberg, Brock Walsh)
3. "Baby Come And Get It" (James Ingram, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil)
4. "I Need You" (Richard Feldman, John Black)
5. "Dance Electric" (Glen Ballard, Brock Walsh)
6. "Neutron Dance" (Danny Sembello, Allee Willis)
7. "Easy Persuasion" (Bruce Roberts, Andy Goldmark)
8. "Nightline"
9. "Telegraph Your Love" (Andy Goldmark)
10. "Operator" (Howie Rice)

[edit] 1984 Track listing

1. "Jump (For My Love)"
2. "Automatic"
3. "I'm So Excited"
4. "I Need You"
5. "Neutron Dance"
6. "Dance Electric"
7. "Easy Persuasion"
8. "Baby Come And Get It"
9. "Telegraph Your Love"
10. "Operator"