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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 & 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.

Restless
Studio album by Starpoint
Released	1985
Recorded	1984-1985, Unique Recording Studios, New York City , Sigma Sound Studios
Genre	Soul, funk, dance
Length	36:24
Label	Elektra, Asylum
Producer	Keith Diamond & Lionel Job
Starpoint chronology
It's All Yours (1984) Restless (1985) Sensational (1987)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

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 & 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

References

External links

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

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