Restless (Starpoint album)


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. 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 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

  1. "Object of My Desire" – 5:00
  2. "One More Night" – 4:05
  3. "Emotions" – 4:27
  4. "See the Light" – 4:20
  5. "Till the End of Time" – 5:05
  6. "Don't Take Your Love Away" – 4:14
  7. "Restless" – 3:49
  8. "What You Been Missin'" – 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 : 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