Finesse (Glenn Jones album) explained

Finesse
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Glenn Jones
Cover:	Finesse album.jpg
Border:	yes
Released:	August 14, 1984 May, 2010 (CD reissue)
Recorded:	1983–1984
Length:	62:11
Label:	RCA
Prev Title:	Everybody Loves A Winner
Prev Year:	1983
Next Title:	Take It From Me
Next Year:	1986

Finesse is the second studio album by American R&B/soul singer Glenn Jones. Released in 1984 on RCA Records. The album features the lead hit single "Show Me" which peaked to number 3 on Billboard's R&B Songs chart and the top 20 hit single "Bring Back Your Love".

Personnel and credits

Credits taken from album liner notes.^[1]

• Lead Vocals – Glenn Jones
• Arranged By [Vocals] – Dana Marshall (2) (tracks: 4, 6), Dana Meyers (tracks: 5), LaLa* (tracks: 7), Leon Sylvers III* (tracks: 1), Sidney Justin (tracks: 8), Wardell Potts, Jr. (tracks: 4, 6, 8)
• Backing Vocals – Bernard Fowler (tracks: 7), Dana Marshall (2) (tracks: 6), Dana Meyers (tracks: 1, 4, 5), Freddie Jackson (tracks: 3)
  Glenn Jones (tracks: 5, 6, 8), LaLa (tracks: 3, 7), Leon Sylvers III (tracks: 1), Meli'sa Morgan (tracks: 2), Sidney Justin (tracks: 6), Steve Horton (tracks: 2), Yolanda Lee-Lewis (tracks: 7)
• Bass – Kevin Walker (tracks: 1), LaLa (tracks: 3), Rickey Smith (tracks: 4 to 6, 8), Wayne Brathwaite (tracks: 2, 3, 7)
• Coordinator [Reissue] – Paul M. Robinson
• Drum Programming – Kevin Walker (tracks: 1), Steve Horton (tracks: 2), Wayne Brathwaite (tracks: 2)
• Drums – J.T. Lewis (tracks: 3, 7), Wardell Potts, Jr. (tracks: 4 to 6, 8)
• Guitar – Chuck Gentry (2) (tracks: 5), Earnest "Pepper" Reed* (tracks: 1, 4), Marlo Henderson (tracks: 1)
  Steve Horton (tracks: 2, 3, 7), Steve Recker (tracks: 7, 8)
• Keyboards – Barry Eastmond (tracks: 3, 7), Kevin Walker (tracks: 1), LaLa (tracks: 2, 3), Rickey Smith (tracks: 4 to 6, 8), Steve Horton (tracks: 2)
  Wardell Potts, Jr. (tracks: 4), Wayne Brathwaite (tracks: 7)
• Percussion – Jorge Bermudez (tracks: 4, 6), LaLa (tracks: 3), Leon Sylvers III (tracks: 1), Steve Horton (tracks: 2, 3), Terrance Floyd (tracks: 5)
  Wardell Potts, Jr. (tracks: 8), Wayne Brathwaite (tracks: 3)
• Piano, Soloist – Barry Eastmond (tracks: 7)
• Synthesizer [Bass] – Kevin Walker (tracks: 1), Rickey Smith (tracks: 4 to 6, 8)
• Synthesizer [Synclavier] – Kashif (tracks: 3)
• Executive-Producer – Louise C. West
• Engineer [Mastering] – Tom Coyne
• Engineer [Recording] – Jim Shifflet, Kirk Ferraioli, Les Cooper, Mike Frenke
• Mastered By – Tony Wells
• Producer – LaLa Cope (tracks: 2, 3, 7), Leon Sylvers III (tracks: 1 to 6, 8, 9), Robert Wright (tracks: 10, 11)
  Steve Horton (tracks: 2, 3, 7), Wayne Brathwaite (tracks: 2, 3, 7)
• Production Manager [Reissue] – Matt Murphy
• Reissue Producer – Donald Cleveland, Tony Calvert
• Remastered By – Mark Wilder
• Remix [Engineer] – Michael H. Brauer (tracks: 10, 11)
• Remix producer – Nick Martinelli & David Todd (tracks: 1, 2, 5, 6)

Phonographic Copyright (p) – RCA/JIVE Label GroupCopyright (c) – Funkytowngrooves USAManufactured By – Sony Music Entertainment

Charts

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions
		US Pop	US R&B
1984	"Show Me"	-	3
1985	"Bring Back Your Love"	-	18
	"Everlasting Love"	-	85

External links

• Glenn Jones - Finesse at All Music
• Glenn Jones - Finesse at Discogs

Notes and References

1. https://www.discogs.com/Glenn-Jones-Finesse/release/2347154 Glenn Jones - Finesse, 2010 (CD, Album)
2. Web site: Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1985. Billboard. December 31, 2020.