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Finis Henderson

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 6, 2004)
• Original Release Date: 1983
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• ASIN: B00005649N
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #242,048 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Customer Reviews

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars California Dream !!!, February 14, 2002

By	Torquemada "dunlopilo" (Atlanta, Georgia USA / Madrid, Spain.) - See all my reviews

I first heard selected tracks of this album a long time ago, on a local Spanish F.M. station. I remember I had been so impressed by those tracks that I started looking for this album. No need to say it was useless, even if I did travel a lot at that time. Besides, nobody knew who I was talking about, from big stores in London to small record shops in New York (that gives you an idea of the poor promotion the album received). And I finally forgot about it until I discovered this had been released on CD !

I got it a couple of days ago and it is my album of the year. It is also a collectible. The reason is that you have a couple of musicians on this cd that are no longer among us : Jeff Porcaro and Carlitos Vega. Gosh I should have known that that "swing" on "Lovers" was the trademark of Jeff ! Actually the collection has the best musicians you can imagine playing here : Michael Landau, Steve Lukather, Paul Jackson Jr., Abe Laboriel, Nathan East, Neil Stubenhaus, John Robinson, Paulinho Dacosta, Jerry Hey, George Bohannon etc, plus the voices of Bill Champlin, Richard Page, Philip Bailey and so on...

Still not convinced ? Well, I can tell you that the album has that unique Californian (good)flavour from the seventies-eighties. The tracks remind me of other artists such as Earth Wind and Fire (that inevitable, since Al Mc Kay produced it), but also Toto, Airplay, Michael Sembello, or Bobby Caldwell or George Duke. The album is rich, lively, extremely well produced according to me. It even has an excellent cover version from Stevie Wonder's "Crush on you". It might sound outdated, but what about the average quality of the music from today ? The best tracks ? All of them except perhaps the closing one.

Give yourself a treat if you like all the artists I mentioned above. They don't just appear to get their cheque. They really play at a high level. And Finis proves that he was as good as any other vocalist who "made it" (Jermaine Jackson, James "JT" Taylor, Lionel Ritchie...), without being any better than him as a singer. This is another album that was unfairly ignored by the radios, but deserves a place in your collection.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You won't find this on domestic, so get the import, December 12, 2003

By	V. Velasco (San Diego, CA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I'll have to agree with the other glowing reviews. I had the original vinyl album. Al McKay (formerly of EWF) not only produced the album, he is Finis Henderson's cousin. The top cuts on this album during it's original release were Skip To My Lou, Lovers, and You Owe It All To Love. Call Me and Crush On You also received some light airplay. Other artist produced by EWF during this era you'll also enjoy are Pockets and Afterbach. Good luck finding thoughs ones.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars What a voice, February 10, 2001

By A Customer

The standout cuts on this album are the wrenching "I'd Rather Be Gone" and the seductive, upbeat, "Call Me," but you won't find much to dislike in the rest of the offerings here. With a voice as powerful as Luther Vandross and as expressive as Stevie Wonder's, Finis Henderson should have gotten much more airplay and notice for this wonderful effort. You'll find yourself hard put to sit still, even with the slower songs. There's a definite jazz tinge to this pop-soul melange. This man can SING.