Comments on: Whatever Happened To Finley Quaye?

By: nacho

nacho — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 19:17:26 +0000

Hello!!
My inglish is poor but i will try….
Finley recently recorded a duet with spanish/french music Cathy claret.
you can hear the song on http://www.myspace.com/cathyclaret
The wonderfull song is called “we are dreamers” and has just go out on spain now.
I also hear he has new material and soon have new,wonderfull record.You can hear some songs on http://www.myspace.com/finleyquaye
bye..bye from spain

By: wes

wes — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 21:46:14 +0000

i’ve asked this question so often! thank you!

By: D Valentine

D Valentine — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 04:05:40 +0000

I know that he sang on a great track called “Dice” that appeared on the the OC in the first season. Highly recommended.

By: CHW

CHW — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 20:21:54 +0000

I loved Maverick when it hit. I was walking down Venice Beach and heard it pouring out from one of the vendor tents. Took it home and turned on a bunch of friends. I was psyched when Vanguard hit, but it just didn’t do it for me. Then, in a flash, he’s gone. I guess labels stopped backing/promoting and left him to his own devices (read: bong).

By: white silk

white silk — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 19:38:37 +0000

Quaye’s track, “Even After All” from “Maverick…” may very well be one of the finest original, “love song/ballads” of the past decade – hands down! A truly beautiful and wonderful song that still holds up very well today…..

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:15:24 +0000

Finley’s second album, Vanguard, is actually quite enjoyable I think… Far different than “Maverick”, but it is one that grows on you… Some tracks are more reminiscent of Maverick’s soul-reggae blend (The Emperor, Burning, Everybody Knows) and “Feeling Blue” is a great upbeat one. Others are more alt-rocky (Calendar, When I Burn off into the Distance (with some great gtr efx))… Some feature some pretty interesting free-assoc. verse (Broadcast, Chad Valley, British Air Rage). All in all, I think over looked unjustly. More “out there” than the debut, but consistently enjoyable. As for the third album, the gems are few and far between as evidenced by the fact that two of the best tracks are a remake of a Beth Orton song with her sampled vox, and a redux of one of Maverick’s more entertaining tracks.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 09:59:21 +0000

Well he released a follow up album a couple of years after Maverick A Strike, but it was a pretty uninspiring affair and after that I think people just stopped caring. By that I mean, journalists moved on and stopped writing about him and so presumably the general public just lost interest.

I must confess, much as I liked that one album I find myself not enormously keen to explore what he’s up to now, unless someone gives me a very hearty recommendation.

By: pdh1978

pdh1978 — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 22:44:40 +0000

That is so bizarre, I was just asking a friend the exact same question this past Sunday night! He’s a good old Edinburgh boy, same as me.

Of course, to find out the answer, you could visit his Myspace (shudder) page like I did…