Restless (Starpoint album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Restless

| type = Studio

| artist = Starpoint

| cover = Restless Starpoint album.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1985

| recorded = 1984–1985

| studio = *Unique Recording, New York City

Sigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

| genre = Soul, funk, dance

| length = 36:24

| label = Elektra, Asylum

| producer = Keith Diamond & Lionel Job

| prev_title = It's All Yours

| prev_year = 1984

| next_title = Sensational

| next_year = 1987

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000195852}}

}}

Restless is the seventh full-length studio release from Maryland-based soul band Starpoint. It was released in 1985 and was produced by the team of Keith Diamond and Lionel Job (Diamond is also credited for writing two and co-writing four more of the eight selections here). It featured their biggest pop chart hit in the song "Object of My Desire", which peaked at number 25 in 1985. Follow-up singles included "What You Been Missin'", which cracked the R&B top ten, and the title track, which nearly became another R&B top-ten hit.

Additional information

Signing with Elektra in the early/mid-1980s, Starpoint veered more toward the pop side of R&B, while still maintaining the funk elements that originally characterized their sound. Their 1985 LP Restless yielded their sole top 40 pop single, "Object of My Desire", and the R&B/Urban singles "Restless" and "What You've Been Missin'". The non-single tracks (as always) were just as strong, with "Emotions" and "One More Night" being the standouts, in addition to a song that had a lot of pop potential, "See the Light".

Track listing

"Object of My Desire" (Kayode Adeyemo, Ernesto Phillips, Keith Diamond) – 5:00
"One More Night" (Diamond, E. Phillips, Lionel Job) – 4:05
"Emotions" (Orlando Phillips) – 4:27
"See the Light" (Diamond) – 4:20
"Till the End of Time" (Diamond) – 5:05
"Don't Take Your Love Away" (E. Phillips) – 4:14
"Restless" (Diamond, E. Phillips) – 3:49
"What You Been Missin'" (Diamond, Jolyon Skinner) – 5:10

Personnel

=Starpoint=

Renée Diggs: female vocals
Kayode Adeyemo: male vocals
George Phillips: keyboards, backing vocals
Ernesto Phillips: guitars, keyboards, backing vocals
Orlando Phillips: bass, saxophone, keyboards, backing vocals
Gregory Phillips: drums, percussion, backing vocals

=Additional personnel=

Keith Diamond: Fairlight and synthesizer programming, keyboards, backing vocals
Ned Liben (aka EBN): additional Fairlight programming
Lionel Job, Bashiri Johnson: additional percussion
Jeff Smith: saxophone on "One More Night"
Cindy Mizelle: backing vocals on "One More Night"
James Woodley: backing vocals on "See the Light"
Barry Eastmond: keyboards on "Til the End of Time"
Terry Silverlight: drums, percussion

=Production=

Produced by Keith Diamond (for Rough Cut Productions, Inc.) and Lionel Job (for Lionel Job, Inc.)
Recording engineers: Bob Rosa & Tom Lord-Alge; assisted by Jim Dougherty, Pete Robbins & Steve Peck
Mix engineers: Bob Rosa, Keith Diamond, Lionel Job
Mastered by Ted Jensen

Charts

=Weekly charts=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" \|+Weekly chart performance for Restless ! scope="col"\| Chart (1985–1986) ! scope="col"\| Peak position
scope="row"\| US Billboard 200{{cite web\|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/search?artistname=Starpoint&charttitle=&label=&chartcode=TLP\|title=Starpoint, TLP\|work=Billboard\|accessdate=June 22, 2021\|url-access=subscription}} \| 60
scope="row"\| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard){{cite web\|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/search?artistname=Starpoint&charttitle=&label=&chartcode=BLP\|title=Starpoint, BLP\|work=Billboard\|accessdate=June 22, 2021\|url-access=subscription}} \| 14

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

|+Weekly chart performance for Restless

! scope="col"| Chart (1985–1986)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/search?artistname=Starpoint&charttitle=&label=&chartcode=TLP|title=Starpoint, TLP|work=Billboard|accessdate=June 22, 2021|url-access=subscription}}

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scope="row"| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard){{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/search?artistname=Starpoint&charttitle=&label=&chartcode=BLP|title=Starpoint, BLP|work=Billboard|accessdate=June 22, 2021|url-access=subscription}}

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=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" \|+Year-end chart performance for Restless ! scope="col"\| Chart (1986) ! scope="col"\| Position
scope="row"\| US Billboard 200{{cite web\|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1986/top-billboard-200-albums\|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1986\|work=Billboard\|accessdate=June 22, 2021}} \| 72
scope="row"\| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard){{cite web\|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1986/top-r-and-b-hip-hop-albums\|title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1986\|work=Billboard\|accessdate=June 22, 2021}} \| 22

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

|+Year-end chart performance for Restless

! scope="col"| Chart (1986)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1986/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1986|work=Billboard|accessdate=June 22, 2021}}

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scope="row"| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard){{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1986/top-r-and-b-hip-hop-albums|title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1986|work=Billboard|accessdate=June 22, 2021}}

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References

External links

[http://www.discogs.com/Starpoint-Restless/release/943382 Starpoint- Restless at Discogs.com].
[http://www.discogs.com/Starpoint-Restless/release/3350259 Production information at Discogs.com].

Category:1985 debut albums

Category:Asylum Records albums

Category:Elektra Records albums

Category:Starpoint albums