1988 studio album by Roberta Flack
Oasis Released November 1, 1988 Recorded 1988 Genre R&B , soul Label Atlantic Producer Roberta Flack
"Oasis" Released: October 30, 1988
"Uh Uh Ooh Ooh Look Out Here It Comes" Released: March 23, 1989
"Shock to My System" Released: July 19, 1989
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 "Oasis " (Marcus Miller , Mark Stephens) - 6:09
"All Caught Up in Love" (Siedah Garrett , Marvin Hamlisch ) - 4:06
"Uh-Uh Ooh-Ooh Look Out (Here It Comes) " (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson ) - 4:40
"Shock to My System" ; Duet with Simon Climie (Franne Golde, Andy Goldmark, Dennis Lambert ) - 4:24
"You Who Brought Me Love" (Andy Goldmark) - 4:00
"Something Magic" (Marcus Miller, Mark Stephens) - 4:04
"And So It Goes" (Roberta Flack , Maya Angelou , Barry Miles) - 3:34
"You Know What It's Like" (Roberta Flack, Barry Miles, Brenda Russell ) - 4:45
"And So It Goes (Reprise)" (Roberta Flack, Maya Angelou, Barry Miles) - 1:00
"My Someone to Love" (Roberta Flack, Marcus Miller) - 5:51
"(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, 8, 9), LinnDrum (8), sequencing (8), electric piano (10)
Jeff Lorber – keyboards (11), synthesizer programming (11)
Dann Huff – guitar (2)
Michael Landau – guitar (3, 7, 8, 9)
Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar (4, 11)
Earl Klugh – acoustic guitar solo (7, 9)
Chieli Minucci – guitar (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, 8, 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, 8, 9)
Don Alias – percussion (10)
David Sanborn – alto sax solo (1)
Larry Williams – saxophone solo (2), keyboards (5), synthesizer programming (5), synthesizers (7, 8, 9)
Dan Higgins – saxophone (3, 8)
Roger Byam – tenor sax solo (10)
Jerry Hey – trumpet (3), arrangements (3, 7, 8, 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, 8, 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, 8, 9, 11)
George Duke – backing vocals (11)
Robert Henley – backing vocals (11)
Production Marcus Miller – producer (1, 6, 10)
Michael Omartian – producer (2)
Jerry Hey – producer (3, 7, 8, 9)
Andy Goldmark – producer (4, 5, 11)
Barry Miles – producer (7, 8, 9)
Roberta Flack – executive producer (1, 4-11)
Quincy Jones – executive producer (2, 3)
Bibi Green – production coordinator (1, 6, 10)
Scott Mabuchi – engineer (1, 6)
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, 8, 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, 8, 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, 8, 9)
Tom Durack – assistant engineer (10)
Ray Bardani – mixing (1, 6, 10)
Tommy Vicari – mixing (4, 5, 11)
Bill Schnee – mixing (7, 8, 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, 8, 9)
Ryan Dorn – mix assistant (11)
Doug Sax – mastering
Sylvia Rhone – album coordinator
Bob Defrin – art direction, design
Tom Feelings – cover portrait
Studios
Recorded and Mixed at Right Track Recording , Electric Lady Studios , Unique Recording Studios , Marathon Studios and Skyline Studios (New York City, New York); Master Sound Astoria (Astoria, New York); Conway Studios and Sunset Sound (Hollywood, California); Bill Schnee Studios (North Hollywood, California); Lighthouse Studios (Los Angeles, California); Homeland Studio (London, UK).
Mastered at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California).
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
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