# Oasis (Roberta Flack album)

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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.) 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).

## 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