Artist:

Finley Quaye

Label:

MUSIC ON CD

Genre:

Rock, Pop

Format:Vinyl LPFormat:CDReleased:14th October 2022Released:1st January 2001Catalogue No:19658723441Catalogue No:MOCCD14115Barcode:0196587234416Barcode:8718627233450

Description:

The title track Maverick A Strike leans strong to his reggae roots taking a reggae ideal, and fusing it with popular music to make something unique, although not authentic reggae. Finley is a great vocalist and an original song writer. The album is almost as if every track is a radio tune. With the starter Ultra Stimulation the sunny tone is set for the album, a lazy groove with massed female backing vocals, swirling organ and bursts of rock guitar. Finley Quaye won the Best British Male Solo Artist at the BRITs in 1998 and Maverick A Strike went double-platinum. Although the only lasting souvenir of his commercial and artistic success, it remains a great album, full of quirkiness, sophistication and well-written tunes.