Nobody But You

AMG Review of Nobody But You

Ed Hogan
All Music Guide

Produced by Carl Davis and Sonny Sanders, Nobody but You was Jackie Wilson's final and possibly his finest album. Originally issued in late 1976, it was recorded in Detroit and had top-notch arrangements by Sanders and David Van De Pitte. One charting single was the wise and exuberant "Don't Burn No Bridges," which featured his Brunswick labelmates the Chi-Lites. Other highlights are the reflective "Where Is Love" -- similar in tone to another Wilson track, "Beautiful Day" -- the buoyant "It Only Happens When I Look at You," the footstomper "Satisfy My Soul," and the Sam Dees ballad "Just As Soon As the Feeling's Over." It's bittersweet that the LP ends with the steadfast "I've Learned About Life" -- by the time of its release, the great singer had succumbed to the effects of an on-stage heart attack from which he'd never recover. Nobody but You is on the splendid 1999 two-LP single Edsel CD Beautiful Day/Nobody ut You.