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 +Weekly chart performance for Restless Chart (1985–1986) Peakposition US Billboard 200 60 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) 14
Year-end charts +Year-end chart performance for Restless Chart (1986) Position US Billboard 200 72 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) 22
References
External links Starpoint- Restless at Discogs.com. Production information at Discogs.com.