Any Other Fool Explained

Any Other Fool
Cover:	SadaoWatanabeAnyOtherFool.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Sadao Watanabe
Album:	Front Seat
Released:	1989
Recorded:	1989
Studio:	Bill Schnee Studio (North Hollywood) The Hop (Sherman Oaks)
Genre:	Pop
Label:	Elektra
Producer:	Robbie Buchanan

"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

"Any Other Fool" reached number 6 on Billboard magazine's Adult Contemporary chart during its 31 weeks there.^[1]

Critical reception

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

"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

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

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

Chart (1990)! scope="col"

Peak position
US Billboard Adult Contemporary	6

Notes and References

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2. Album Reviews > Jazz > Recommended > Sadao Watanabe – Front Seat . . October 28, 1989 . 101 . 43 . 100 . 0006-2510 . November 9, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20241109145855/https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/1989/1989-10-28-Billboard-Page-0112.pdf#search=%22front%20seat%20sadao%22 . November 9, 2024.
3. Web site: SoulTracks Lost Gem: Patti Austin was a brilliant "Fool" with Sadao Watanabe . . . November 12, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20241112144448/https://soultracks.com/lost-gem-patti-austin-sadao-watanabe-fool/ . November 12, 2024.
4. The Clip List . . January 6, 1990 . 102 . 1 . 64 . 0006-2510 .
5. Front Seat . Sadao Watanabe. 1989 . CD booklet . Elektra Records. 9 60906-2. New York, NY.