There's Nothing Like This

{{short description|1990 studio album by Omar}}

{{about|the album|the single|There's Nothing Like This (song)}}

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| name = There's Nothing Like This

| type = Studio

| artist = Omar

| cover = Omar_There's_Nothing_Like_This_album_cover.jpg

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| released = 1990, 1991 (reissue)

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  • Godwin Logie
  • Omar and the Family}}

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| next_title = Music

| next_year = 1992

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{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/theres-nothing-like-this-mw0000710703|title=There's Nothing Like This - Omar - Songs, Reviews, Credits |publisher= AllMusic|accessdate=23 March 2017}}

| rev2 = Encyclopedia of Popular Music

| rev2score = {{Rating|3|5}}Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press.

| rev3 = NME

| rev3score = (favorable){{cite magazine|first=Ian|last=McCann|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/52409111076/|title=Short Circuit|work=NME|date=27 July 1991|page=30|access-date=29 April 2023}}

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There's Nothing Like This is the first album by the British neo soul singer Omar. It includes his biggest hit, "There's Nothing Like This", which reached number 14 in the UK Singles Chart in 1991.{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/25480/omar/|title=OMAR - full Official Chart History |publisher=Official Charts Company|accessdate=23 March 2017}} It also peaked at number 8 in the Music Week Dance Singles Chart.{{cite magazine|url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1991/MW-1991-06-22.pdf |title= Top 60 Dance Singles |work= Music Week |date= 22 June 1991 |page= 20 |accessdate= 27 September 2020}} On the release of the song, Alan Jones from Music Week commented, "Expensively acquired from the indie Kongo Dance label, Omar's slow, sinewy sleeper from last year is a surefire smash. The young Londoner has been attracting massive audiences at live shows. If he can go on delivering material like this intimately and excellently vocalised swayer he will soon repay Talkin Loud's investment. Top 10 material."{{cite magazine|url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1991/MW-1991-06-22.pdf |title= Mainstream: Singles - Pick of the Week |work= Music Week |date= 22 June 1991 |page= 8 |accessdate= 3 October 2020}}

Track listing

All tracks written by Omar, except where noted.

  1. "There's Nothing Like This"
  2. "Don't Mean a Thing"
  3. "You and Me" (Omar, Byron Lye-Fook)
  4. "Positive"
  5. "I'm in Love"
  6. "Meaning of Life" (Omar, Tom Simpson)
  7. "Stop Messing Around" (Omar, Simpson)
  8. "Serious Style"
  9. "I Don't Mind the Waiting"
  10. "Fine" (acapella)
  11. "There's Nothing Like This" (remix)

Personnel

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  • Backing vocals – Caron Wheeler (track 5), Edi Eminike (tracks 2, 4, 5, 7), Naomi Thompson (track 5), Omar (tracks 1, 2, 4–9, 11), Vannessa Simon (tracks 2, 4–8)
  • Bass guitar – Omar (tracks 1, 11)
  • Design, typography [Typographics] – Swifty (track 3)
  • DJ mix (mixing) – Roland "Scratch Professor" Lye Fook (tracks 5, 9)
  • Drum programming – Omar (tracks 2, 4–8)
  • Drums – Omar (tracks 1, 9, 11)
  • Guitar – Paul Belben (track 3), Phil Hudson (tracks 1, 2, 9, 11)
  • Instruments (all other) – Omar (track 5)
  • Lead vocals – Omar (tracks 1, 2, 4–9, 11)
  • Mastered by – Geoff Pesche
  • Percussion – Len Lawrence (track 3), Omar (tracks 1, 8, 11), Paul Belben (track 3)
  • Photography – Nick White (4)
  • Producer – Godwin Logie (tracks 3, 9), Omar and the Family (tracks 1, 2, 4–8, 10, 11)
  • Programmed by – Omar (track 9)
  • Rap – Omar (track 4)
  • Remix, additional production – Omar and the Family (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7, 11)
  • Scratches – Roland "Scratch Professor" Lye Fook (tracks 4, 5, 9)
  • Synth – Omar (track 9)
  • Synthesizer Korg M1 – Omar (tracks 1, 2, 4–8, 11)
  • Synthesizer Roland D-50 – Omar (track 5)
  • Vocals (all – Omar (track 10)
  • Vocals (duet) – Omar (track 3), Vannessa Simon (track 3)
  • Written by – Simpson (tracks 6, 7)
  • Written by – Lye Fook (track 3), Hammer (track 1, 2, 4–11)
  • Written by (rap) – Nick Stains (track 4)

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Charts

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!Chart (1990–91)

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UK Albums Chart

| style="text-align:center;"|54

UK Albums Chart (reissue)

| style="text-align:center;"|19

References

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