Love for What It Is

Love for What It Is is the only studio album by Anita Pointer, released in 1987 on the RCA label.

History
The album was released on RCA Records in 1987, by the time Pointer was still in the Pointer Sisters. The album spawned a single, "Overnight Success", which peaked at No. 41 on the Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs chart. It peaked at No. 12 on Jet's Top 20 singles. It appeared at No. 97 on the Top Black Singles chart in 1987. Another single, "More Than A Memory", released in 1988, peaked at No. 73 on the same chart. The Chicago Tribune noted, "the album reaffirms its basic theme, whether it's the music, graceful, melodic, gospel-tinged soul without the brittle pop edge of more recent Pointer Sisters' outings".

Personnel
Adapted from liner notes.
 * Backing Vocals – Jada Pointer (tracks: 1, 2, 7, 6, 8), Linda "Peaches" Green (tracks: 1, 2, 7, 6, 8)
 * Design – Pietro Alfieri
 * Engineer – Devon Galbraith, Jim Watts "Happenin'" Vereecke, Stuart "Quick Shoes" Hirotsu
 * Guitar – Steve Diamond (tracks: 2, 5)
 * Photography By – Leon Lecash
 * Producer, Drums, Keyboards, Guitar, *Drum Programming – Preston Glass
 * Recorded By, Mixed By – Maureen "Mo Better" Droney
 * Saxophone – Marc Russo (tracks: 7)
 * Steel Guitar – Ned "Yo' Bad" Selfe* (tracks: 9)