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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)
"All Caught Up in Love" (Siedah Garrett , Marvin Hamlisch )
"Uh-Uh Ooh-Ooh Look Out (Here It Comes) " (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson )
"Shock to My System" (Duet with Simon Climie) (Franne Golde, Andy Goldmark, Dennis Lambert )
"You Who Brought Me Love" (Andy Goldmark)
"Something Magic" (Marcus Miller, Mark Stephens)
"And So It Goes" (Roberta Flack , Maya Angelou , Barry Miles)
"You Know What It's Like" (Roberta Flack, Barry Miles, Brenda Russell)
"And So It Goes (Reprise)" (Roberta Flack, Maya Angelou, Barry Miles)
"My Someone to Love" (Roberta Flack, Marcus Miller)
"(His Name) Brazil" (Roberta Flack, Henry Gaffney, Andy Goldmark)
Personnel
Roberta Flack - vocals, backing vocals
Marcus Miller - bass guitar, programming, keyboards, backing vocals
Greg Phillinganes - keyboards, programming, synthesizer
Steve Gadd - drums
Michael Landau - guitar
J. Peter Robinson - keyboards, programming, synthesizer
John Robinson - drums
Randy Kerber - synthesizer
Nathan East - bass guitar
Buddy Williams - drums
Michael Boddicker - synthesizer
Earl Klugh - acoustic guitar
Barry Miles - synthesizer, drum programming, electric piano, sequencer
Paulinho da Costa - percussion
Jason Miles - additional synthesizer, programming
Dann Huff - guitar
Michael Omartian - keyboards, drums
Steve Ferrone - drums
Larry Williams - synthesizer, saxophone
Neil Stubenhaus - bass guitar
Jimmy Bralower - drums
Jeff Bova - synthesizer, programming
Steve Thornton - percussion
Paul Jackson Jr. - guitar
Harvey Mason - drums
Andy Goldmark - keyboards, programming, synthesizer
Dan Higgins - saxophone
Yvonne Lewis - backing vocals
Tawatha Agee - backing vocals
Lori Ann Velez - backing vocals
Gabrielle Goodman - backing vocals
Phil Perry - backing vocals
Brenda White King - backing vocals
Mark Stevens - backing vocals
Dennis Collins - backing vocals
Chude Mondlane - backing vocals
Lani Groves - backing vocals
References
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