Any Other Fool
| "Any Other Fool" | ||||
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| Single by Sadao Watanabe | ||||
| from the album Front Seat | ||||
| Released | 1989 | |||
| Recorded | 1989 | |||
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| Genre | Pop | |||
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| Label | Elektra | |||
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| Producer(s) | Robbie Buchanan | |||
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| "Any Other Fool" on YouTube | ||||
"Any Other Fool" is a song by Sadao Watanabe featuring Patti Austin on vocal, released as the first single from his 1989 album Front Seat.
Commercial performance
[edit]"Any Other Fool" reached number 6 on Billboard magazine's Adult Contemporary chart during its 31 weeks there.[1]
Critical reception
[edit]The editors of Billboard magazine selected "Any Other Fool" as one of the "standout tracks" from Front Seat.[2] The editors of SoulTracks described it as a "fantastic Lost Gem that sounds as good now as it did more than three decades ago."[3]
Music video
[edit]"Any Other Fool" was listed on VH1's reports to Billboard indicating what videos were in rotation on the cable network, making its first appearance there in the January 6, 1990, issue.[4]
Personnel
[edit]From the liner notes for Front Seat:[5]
- Sadao Watanabe – Alto saxophone
- Patti Austin – lead vocals, backing vocals
- Robbie Buchanan – arranger, keyboards, synthesizers
- Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar
- Neil Stubenhaus – bass
- Alex Acuña – percussion
- Jeff Porcaro – drums
Production
[edit]From the liner notes for Front Seat:[5]
- Sadao Watanabe – executive producer
- Robbie Buchanan – producer
- Jeff Balding – recording, mixing
- Ken Allandyce – assistant engineer
- Derrick Marcel – assistant engineer
- Miki Cannon – production coordinator
- Kyle Davis – production coordinator
- Hiroshi Makishima – production coordinator
- Riki Ninomiya – production coordinator
- Akihiko Sato – production coordinator
- Recorded and overdubbed at Bill Schnee Studio, North Hollywood, CA, and The Hop, Sherman Oaks, CA. Mixed at Studio 55, Hollywood, CA.
Charts
[edit]| Chart (1990) | Peak position |
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| US Billboard Adult Contemporary[1] | 6 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Whitburn 2007, p. 292.
- ^ "Album Reviews > Jazz > Recommended > Sadao Watanabe – Front Seat" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 101, no. 43. October 28, 1989. p. 100. ISSN 0006-2510. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 9, 2024. Retrieved November 9, 2024.
- ^ "SoulTracks Lost Gem: Patti Austin was a brilliant "Fool" with Sadao Watanabe". SoulTracks. Archived from the original on November 12, 2024. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
- ^ "The Clip List" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 102, no. 1. January 6, 1990. p. 64. ISSN 0006-2510.
- ^ a b Front Seat (CD booklet). Sadao Watanabe. New York, NY: Elektra Records. 1989. 9 60906-2.
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Bibliography
[edit]- Whitburn, Joel (2007), Joel Whitburn Presents Billboard Top Adult Songs, 1961-2006, Record Research Inc., ISBN 978-0898201697