Oasis (Roberta Flack album)

Oasis
Studio album by
Roberta Flack
ReleasedNovember 1, 1988
Recorded1988
Studio
GenreR&B, soul
Length47:24
LabelAtlantic
Producer
Roberta Flack chronology
Greatest Hits
(1984) 		Oasis
(1988) 		Set the Night to Music
(1991)
Singles from Oasis
  1. "Oasis"
    Released: October 30, 1988
  2. "Uh Uh Ooh Ooh Look Out Here It Comes"
    Released: March 23, 1989
  3. "Shock to My System"
    Released: July 19, 1989
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
People(favourable)[2]

Oasis is Roberta Flack's first solo album of newly recorded songs since 1982's I'm the One. (Subsequent to her 1983 duet album with Peabo Bryson: Born to Love, Flack had with producer Ahmet Ertegun in 1985 recorded fourteen lesser known mid-twentieth century R&B songs but the tracks, intended for a Miss Melody and the Uptown Harlem Stompers album, were not completed to the satisfaction of Flack, who put the project "on hold": the tracks remain unreleased.)[3] Released 1 November 1988, Oasis features the number-one U.S. singles "Oasis" (R&B), and "Uh-Uh Ooh-Ooh Look Out (Here It Comes)" (Dance/Club Play).[4]

Track listing

  1. "Oasis" (Marcus Miller, Mark Stephens) - 6:09
  2. "All Caught Up in Love" (Siedah Garrett, Marvin Hamlisch) - 4:06
  3. "Uh-Uh Ooh-Ooh Look Out (Here It Comes)" (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) - 4:40
  4. "Shock to My System"; duet with Simon Climie (Franne Golde, Andy Goldmark, Dennis Lambert) - 4:24
  5. "You Who Brought Me Love" (Andy Goldmark) - 4:00
  6. "Something Magic" (Marcus Miller, Mark Stephens) - 4:04
  7. "And So It Goes" (Roberta Flack, Maya Angelou, Barry Miles) - 3:34
  8. "You Know What It's Like" (Roberta Flack, Barry Miles, Brenda Russell) - 4:45
  9. "And So It Goes (Reprise)" (Roberta Flack, Maya Angelou, Barry Miles) - 1:00
  10. "My Someone to Love" (Roberta Flack, Marcus Miller) - 5:51
  11. "(His Name) Brazil" (Roberta Flack, Henry Gaffney, Andy Goldmark) - 4:51

Personnel

  • Roberta Flack – lead vocals, backing vocals (1, 7, 9, 10), acoustic piano (10)
  • Marcus Miller – keyboards (1, 10), bass (1, 6, 10), backing vocals (1, 6, 10), synthesizers (6)
  • Jason Miles – synthesizer programming (1, 4, 5, 10), keyboards (4, 5), additional synthesizer programming (6, 8)
  • Michael Omartian – keyboards (2), drums (2), arrangements (2)
  • Randy Kerber – keyboards (3, 11), synthesizers (7, 8, 9), synthesizer programming (11)
  • Michael Boddicker – synthesizers (3)
  • John Barnes – keyboards (4), synthesizer programming (4)
  • Andy Goldmark – keyboards (4, 5, 11), synthesizer programming (4, 5, 11), drum programming (4, 11), instrumental arrangements (4), drum machine (5)
  • Greg Phillinganes – keyboards (4, 5, 11), synthesizer programming (4, 5, 11)
  • J. Peter Robinson – keyboards (4, 5, 11), synthesizer programming (4, 5, 11)
  • Jeff Bova – synthesizer programming (6)
  • Barry Miles – synthesizers (7, 9), arrangements (7–9), LinnDrum (8), sequencing (8), electric piano (10)
  • Jeff Lorber – keyboards (11), synthesizer programming (11)
  • Dann Huff – guitars (2)
  • Michael Landau – guitars (3, 7–9)
  • Paul Jackson Jr. – guitars (4, 11)
  • Earl Klugh – acoustic guitar solo (7, 9)
  • Chieli Minucci– guitars (11)
  • Neil Stubenhaus – bass (3, 7, 9)
  • Nathan East – bass (11)
  • Harvey Mason – drums (3)
  • Jimmy Bralower – drum overdubs (4)
  • Steve Ferrone – drum overdubs (4)
  • John Robinson – drums (7–9), Forat F16 (8)
  • Buddy Williams – drums (8), Forat F16 (8)
  • Steve Gadd – drums (10)
  • Steve Thornton – percussion (1, 6)
  • Paulinho da Costa – percussion (3, 5, 11)
  • Michael Fisher – percussion (7–9)
  • Don Alias – percussion (10)
  • David Sanborn – alto sax solo (1)
  • Larry Williams – saxophone solo (2), keyboards (5), synthesizer programming (5), synthesizers (7–9)
  • Dan Higgins – saxophone (3, 8)
  • Roger Byam – tenor sax solo (10)
  • Jerry Hey – trumpet (3), arrangements (3, 7–9)
  • Dennis Collins – backing vocals (1)
  • Lani Groves – backing vocals (1)
  • Chude Mondlane – backing vocals (1)
  • Mark Stevens – backing vocals (1, 6)
  • Brenda White-King – backing vocals (1)
  • Phil Perry – backing vocals (3, 7–9)
  • Simon Climie – lead vocals (4)
  • Tawatha Agee – backing vocals (6)
  • Yvonne Lewis – backing vocals (6)
  • Lori Ann Velez – backing vocals (6)
  • Gabrielle Goodman – backing vocals (7–9, 11)
  • George Duke – backing vocals (11)
  • Robert Henley – backing vocals (11)

Production

  • Roberta Flack – executive producer (1, 4–11)
  • Quincy Jones – executive producer (2, 3)
  • Marcus Miller – producer (1, 6, 10)
  • Michael Omartian – producer (2)
  • Jerry Hey – producer (3, 7–9)
  • Andy Goldmark – producer (4, 5, 11)
  • Barry Miles – producer (7–9)
  • Bruce Miller – engineer (1, 6, 10)
  • David Ahlert – engineer (2)
  • Terry Christian – engineer (2), mixing (2)
  • Mick Guzauski – engineer (3), mixing (3)
  • David Dachinger – engineer (4, 5, 11)
  • Neil Dorfsman – engineer (4)
  • Jay Rifkin – engineer (4)
  • Joe Ferla – engineer (5)
  • Barney Perkins – engineer (5)
  • Eric Calvi – engineer (7–9)
  • Daren Klein – engineer (7, 9)
  • Bob Brockmann – engineer (11)
  • Glen Holguin – engineer (11)
  • Steve Peck – engineer (11)
  • Eugene "UE" Nastasi – assistant engineer (1, 5, 6)
  • Corky Stasisk – assistant engineer (1)
  • Doug Carlton – assistant engineer (2)
  • Richard McKernan – assistant engineer (3), engineer (7–9)
  • Paul Angelli – assistant engineer (4)
  • Jack Rizzo – assistant engineer (4)
  • Jack Rouben – assistant engineer (4)
  • Richard Joseph – assistant engineer (5)
  • Angela Piva – assistant engineer (5)
  • Bridget Daly – assistant engineer (6)
  • Danny Mormando – assistant engineer (6)
  • Mike Kloster – assistant engineer (7–9)
  • Tom Durack – assistant engineer (10)
  • Ray Bardani – mixing (1, 6, 10)
  • Tommy Vicari – mixing (4, 5, 11)
  • Bill Schnee – mixing (7–9)
  • Debi Cornish – mix assistant (1, 10), assistant engineer (4)
  • Jim Dineen – mix assistant (4, 11)
  • Pat MacDougall – mix assistant (5)
  • Wade Jaynes – mix assistant (7–9)
  • Ryan Dorn – mix assistant (11)
  • Doug Sax – mastering at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California)
  • Bibi Green – production coordinator (1, 6, 10)
  • Sylvia Rhone – album coordinator
  • Bob Defrin – art direction, design
  • Tom Feelings – cover portrait

Charts

References

  1. ^ Carpenter, Bil. Oasis at AllMusic
  2. ^ "Picks and Pans Review: Oasis". people.com. People. January 9, 1989.
  3. ^ Harrington, Richard (January 29, 1989). "Roberta Flack, charting her own course". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. ISSN 0190-8286. OCLC 1330888409.
  4. ^ allmusic > Oasis > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles
  5. ^ "Roberta Flack Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved March 31, 2021.
  6. ^ "Roberta Flack Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 31, 2021.
  7. ^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1989". Billboard. January 2, 2013. Retrieved March 31, 2021.
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