Restless (Starpoint album) explained

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

1. "Object of My Desire" (Kayode Adeyemo, Ernesto Phillips, Keith Diamond) – 5:00
2. "One More Night" (Diamond, E. Phillips, Lionel Job) – 4:05
3. "Emotions" (Orlando Phillips) – 4:27
4. "See the Light" (Diamond) – 4:20
5. "Till the End of Time" (Diamond) – 5:05
6. "Don't Take Your Love Away" (E. Phillips) – 4:14
7. "Restless" (Diamond, E. Phillips) – 3:49
8. "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

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Peak position
US Billboard 200[1]	60
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[2]	14

Year-end charts

Chart (1986)! scope="col"

Position
US Billboard 200[3]	72
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[4]	22

External links

• Starpoint- Restless at Discogs.com.
• Production information at Discogs.com.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Starpoint, TLP. Billboard. June 22, 2021. subscription.
2. Web site: Starpoint, BLP. Billboard. June 22, 2021. subscription.
3. Web site: Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1986. Billboard. June 22, 2021.
4. Web site: Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1986. Billboard. June 22, 2021.