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Mystery of LoveMr. Fingers

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

Released
1985
Label
Alleviated
On
Chicago House and The Waxonia Desk — On a Machine
Updated
2026-08-29
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  1. Ranked No. 8 in Chicago House

    Deep house before the phrase existed. Heard's chord voicings are jazz musician's choices played on pawn-shop equipment, and the melancholy is entirely deliberate.

  2. Picked by The Waxonia Desk — On a Machine

    The warm end of Chicago rather than the raw end. The city produced both in the same eighteen months, and the story that it was ever only one of them is a later invention.