Wide Receiver (album)
| Wide Receiver | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1980 | |||
| Recorded | 1980 | |||
| Studio | Sigma Sound Studios, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United Sound Studios & Sound Suite, Detroit, Michigan Record Plant & Allan Zentz Recording, Los Angeles, California | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 39:08 | |||
| Label | Buddah | |||
| Producer | Michael Henderson | |||
| Michael Henderson chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
Wide Receiver is the fifth album by American bass guitarist Michael Henderson. It was released in 1980 by Buddah Records.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Michael Henderson; except where indicated
- "You're My Choice" 3:03
- "Make Me Feel Like" 4:27
- "Reach Out For Me" (Hal David, Burt Bacharach) 3:35
- "Wide Receiver" (Michael Henderson, Randall Jacobs) 8:05
- "I Don't Need Nobody Else" (Lou Courtney) 4:01
- "What I'm Feeling (For You)" (Michael Henderson) 4:03
- "Ask The Lonely" (George Hunter, William Stevenson) 3:10
- "There's No One Like You" (Randall Jacobs) 4:19
- "Prove It" 4:25
Personnel
- Michael Henderson - lead and backing vocals, bass, crowd voices
- Randall Jacobs - guitar, piano, handclaps, crowd voices
- Bobby Franklin, Cory Heath, Erik Wallace, Ollie E. Brown, Ron Pangborn - drums
- Ray Parker Jr. - rhythm guitar
- Ernestro Wilson, Gary Nester, Manon "Zoo" Saulsby - keyboards
- Cory Heath, Lorenzo "Bag Of Tricks" Brown, Miguel Fuentes - percussion
- Michael Iacopelli - synthesizer
- Sylvester Rivers - acoustic piano
- Eli Fontaine - saxophone
- Evan Solot - trumpet
- Little Sonny - harmonica
- Cory Heath, Duane Harris, Gary Nester, Marvin White, Pamela Brown - crowd voices
- Carol Hall, Cheryl Norton, Jeanette McGruder, Kathy Kosins, Roz Ryan, Sheila Horne, Venna Keith - backing vocals
Charts
| Chart (1980) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Top LPs[2] | 35 |
| US Billboard Top Soul LPs[2] | 6 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart positions[3] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US R&B |
US Dance | |||
| 1980 | "Wide Receiver" | 4 | 42 | |
| "Prove It" | 27 | — | ||
| 1981 | "Reach Out For Me" | 78 | — | |
References
- ^ Henderson, Alex. Michael Henderson: Wide Receiver > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
- ^ a b "Michael Henderson US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-08-03.
- ^ "Michael Henderson US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-08-03.
