Oasis (Roberta Flack album)

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Oasis
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 1, 1988
Recorded1988
Genre R&B, soul
Label Atlantic
Producer Roberta Flack
Roberta Flack chronology
Greatest Hits
(1984)
Oasis
(1988)
Set the Night to Music
(1991)
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
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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]

Contents

Track listing

  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

Production

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Charts

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