Recording

Bring Down the Walls
Fingers Inc.

Independently chosen for2 of our lists. Here is what each of them said.

Released

1986

Label

Alleviated

On

Chicago House and The Waxonia Desk — In the Room

Updated

2026-08-29

1. 09

   Ranked No. 9 in Chicago House

   Robert Owens sings it like a sermon, because it more or less is one. The clearest evidence that house came out of the church as much as the discotheque.

2. ·

   Picked by The Waxonia Desk — In the Room

   Robert Owens singing gospel phrasing over a drum machine, in rooms most churches would not have admitted the congregation to. That tension is the whole record and nobody has resolved it since.