{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Tore Down House | type = Album | artist = Scott Henderson | cover = Toredownhouse.jpg | alt = | released = 1997 | recorded = August 1996 | venue = | studio = | genre = Blues, Fusion | length = 63:51 | label = Mesa Records | producer = Scott Kinsey | prev_title = Dog Party | prev_year = 1994 | next_title = Well to the Bone | next_year = 2002 }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/tore-down-house-mw0000185910|title=Tore Down House - Scott Henderson | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}</ref> }} '''''Tore Down House''''' is an album by the guitarist Scott Henderson, released in 1997.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/scott-henderson-mn0000254833/biography|title=Scott Henderson Biography, Songs, & Albums|website=AllMusic}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jazztimes.com/archives/scott-henderson-tore-down-house/|title=Scott Henderson: Tore Down House|first=Bill|last=Milkowski|website=JazzTimes}}</ref> The album contains three instrumental tracks; it includes a cover version of "Continuum", originally a Jaco Pastorius song, and a re-recording of "Same as You", which appeared on Henderson's ''Dog Party''. Thelma Houston sings on "Meter Maid", among other songs.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Murray |first1=Bryan |title=Tore Down House/Scott Henderson |work=The Palm Beach Post |date=25 May 1997 |page=1J}}</ref><ref name="SM">{{cite news |last1=Norington |first1=Brad |title=Sounds right |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=19 Sep 1997 |location=Metro |page=7}}</ref>
==Critical reception== ''Stereo Review'' wrote that "wailing harp, percolating organ and punchy horns make a perfect foil for Scott's scalding, raunchy Strat tones."<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ellis |first1=Andy |title=Tore Down House |journal=Stereo Review |date=May 1997 |volume=31 |issue=5 |pages=123, 125}}</ref> ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' thought that "what really makes this album work ... is Thelma Houston's wonderfully rich, gutsy vocals—a pleasant surprise."<ref name=SM/>
==Track listing== #"Dolemite" – 5:52 #"Tore Down House" – 7:37 #"Meter Maid" – 4:29 #"I Hate You" – 4:38 #"Gittar School" – 5:10 #"Xanax" – 5:38 #"Continuum" – 4:00 #"You Get Off On Me" – 3:53 #"Mocha" – 7:29 #"Harpoon" – 6:46 #"Same as You" – 4:36
==Personnel==
* Thelma Houston – vocals * Masta Edwards – vocals on "I Hate You" * Scott Henderson – guitars * Scott Kinsey – keyboards * Pat O'Brien – harmonica * Albert Wing – alto sax, tenor sax, flute, Fearless Horn Section leader * Walt Fowler – trumpet, flugel horn * Mike Nelson – tenor sax, baritone sax * Dan Fornero – trumpet, flugel horn * Eric Jorgenson – trombone * Dave Carpenter – bass * Kirk Covington – drums and vocals * T.J. Helmerich – background vocals * Mark Nonisa – background vocals * Richard Evans – Album cover design
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://georgegraham.com/hendersn.html George Graham reviews ''Tore Down House'' for WVIA-FM]
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