Wide Receiver (album)

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Wide Receiver
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Studio album by
Released1980
Recorded1980
Studio
  • Sigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • United Sound, Detroit, Michigan
  • Sound Suite, Detroit, Michigan
  • Record Plant, Los Angeles, California
  • Allan Zentz Recording, Los Angeles, California
Genre
Length39:08
Label Buddah
Producer Michael Henderson
Michael Henderson chronology
Do It All
(1979)
Wide Receiver
(1980)
Slingshot
(1981)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Wide Receiver is the fifth album by American bass guitarist Michael Henderson. It was released in 1980 by Buddah Records.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks composed by Michael Henderson; except where indicated

  1. "You're My Choice" 3:03
  2. "Make Me Feel Like" 4:27
  3. "Reach Out For Me" (Hal David, Burt Bacharach) 3:35
  4. "Wide Receiver" (Michael Henderson, Randall Jacobs) 8:05
  5. "I Don't Need Nobody Else" (Lou Courtney) 4:01
  6. "What I'm Feeling (For You)" (Michael Henderson) 4:03
  7. "Ask The Lonely" (George Hunter, William Stevenson) 3:10
  8. "There's No One Like You" (Randall Jacobs) 4:19
  9. "Prove It" 4:25

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1980)Peak
position
US Billboard Top LPs [2] 35
US Billboard Top Soul LPs [2] 6

Singles

YearSingleChart positions [3]
US
R&B
US
Dance
1980"Wide Receiver"442
"Prove It"27
1981"Reach Out For Me"78

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References

  1. Henderson, Alex. Michael Henderson: Wide Receiver > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Michael Henderson US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-08-03.
  3. "Michael Henderson US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-08-03.