Oasis (Roberta Flack album)
{{Short description|1988 studio album by Roberta Flack}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Oasis
| type = studio
| artist = Roberta Flack
| cover = Oasis (album cover).jpg
| alt =
| released = November 1, 1988
| recorded = 1988
| venue =
| studio =
- 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)
| length = 47:24
| label = Atlantic
| producer =
- Marcus Miller
- Michael Omartian
- Andy Goldmark
- Jerry Hey
- Barry Miles
| prev_title = Greatest Hits
| prev_year = 1984
| next_title = Set the Night to Music
| next_year = 1991
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Oasis
| type = studio
| single1 = Oasis
| single1date = October 30, 1988
| single2 = Uh Uh Ooh Ooh Look Out Here It Comes
| single2date = March 23, 1989
| single3 = Shock to My System
| single3date = July 19, 1989
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r7347|first=Bil|last=Carpenter}}
| rev2 = People
| rev2Score = (favourable){{cite web|url=https://people.com/archive/picks-and-pans-review-oasis-vol-31-no-1/|title=Picks and Pans Review: Oasis|date=January 9, 1989|publisher=People|website=people.com}}
}}
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.){{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/style/1989/01/29/roberta-flack-charting-her-own-course/707dfd24-7907-4e18-a965-06ff2631ee3a/ |title=Roberta Flack, charting her own course |date=January 29, 1989 |first=Richard |last=Harrington |newspaper=The Washington Post |place=Washington, D.C. |issn=0190-8286 |oclc=1330888409}} 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).[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r7347|pure_url=yes}} allmusic > Oasis > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles]
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 (7–9), 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
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= Weekly charts =
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"' |
| scope="col"| Chart (1988–1989)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| {{album chart|Billboard200|159|artist=Roberta Flack|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 31, 2021}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|24|artist=Roberta Flack|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 31, 2021}} |
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= Year-end charts =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"' |
| scope="col"| Chart (1989)
! scope="col"| Position |
|---|
| scope="row"| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1989/top-r-and-b-hip-hop-albums|title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1989|magazine=Billboard|date=2 January 2013|accessdate=March 31, 2021}}
| 78 |
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References
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