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 (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

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