Oasis (Roberta Flack album)

1988 studio album by Roberta Flack

Oasis

Studio album by

Roberta Flack

Released| November 1, 1988
Recorded| 1988
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)

Genre| R&B, soul
Length| 47:24
Label| Atlantic
Producer|

* Marcus Miller
* Michael Omartian
* Andy Goldmark
* Jerry Hey
* Barry Miles

Roberta Flack chronology
| Greatest Hits
(1984)  | Oasis
(1988)  | Set the Night to Music
(1991)

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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 ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
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

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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

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* 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

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* 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

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| Chart (1988–1989)  | Peak
position

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US Billboard 200[5] | 159
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[6] | 24

### Year-end charts

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| Chart (1989)  | Position

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US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[7] | 78

## References

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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. 2 January 2013. Retrieved March 31, 2021.

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Roberta Flack

Studio albums|

* First Take (1969)
* Chapter Two (1970)
* Quiet Fire (1971)
* Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway (1972)
* Killing Me Softly (1973)
* Feel Like Makin' Love (1975)
* Blue Lights in the Basement (1977)
* Roberta Flack (1978)
* Roberta Flack Featuring Donny Hathaway (1980)
* I'm the One (1982)
* Born to Love (1983)
* Oasis (1988)
* Set the Night to Music (1991)
* Roberta (1994)
* The Christmas Album (1997)
* Let It Be Roberta (2012)

Live albums|

* Live & More (1980)
* At Her Best – Live (2008)

Soundtrack albums|

* Soul to Soul (1971)
* Bustin' Loose (1981)

Compilation albums|

* The Best of Roberta Flack (1981)
* Greatest Hits (1984)
* Softly with These Songs: The Best of Roberta Flack (1993)
* The Very Best of Roberta Flack (2006)

Singles|

* "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"
* "You've Got a Friend"
* "Where Is the Love"
* "Killing Me Softly with His Song"
* "Jesse" (1973)
* "Feel Like Makin' Love"
* "The Closer I Get to You"
* "If Ever I See You Again"
* "Making Love"
* "Tonight, I Celebrate My Love"
* "Oasis"
* "Uh-Uh Ooh-Ooh Look Out (Here It Comes)"

Filmography|

* Soul to Soul (1971)

Related articles|

* Discography
* Donny Hathaway

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* MusicBrainz release group

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