Oasis (Roberta Flack album)

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

 * 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

 * 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, 8, 9), LinnDrum (8), sequencing (8), electric piano (10)
 * Jeff Lorber – keyboards (11), synthesizer programming (11)
 * Dann Huff – guitar (2)
 * Michael Landau – guitar (3, 7, 8, 9)
 * Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar (4, 11)
 * Earl Klugh – acoustic guitar solo (7, 9)
 * Chieli Minucci– guitar (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, 8, 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, 8, 9)
 * Don Alias – percussion (10)
 * David Sanborn – alto sax solo (1)
 * Larry Williams – saxophone solo (2), keyboards (5), synthesizer programming (5), synthesizers (7, 8, 9)
 * Dan Higgins – saxophone (3, 8)
 * Roger Byam – tenor sax solo (10)
 * Jerry Hey – trumpet (3), arrangements (3, 7, 8, 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, 8, 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, 8, 9, 11)
 * George Duke – backing vocals (11)
 * Robert Henley – backing vocals (11)

Production

 * Marcus Miller – producer (1, 6, 10)
 * Michael Omartian – producer (2)
 * Jerry Hey – producer (3, 7, 8, 9)
 * Andy Goldmark – producer (4, 5, 11)
 * Barry Miles – producer (7, 8, 9)
 * Roberta Flack – executive producer (1, 4-11)
 * Quincy Jones – executive producer (2, 3)
 * Bibi Green – production coordinator (1, 6, 10)
 * Scott Mabuchi – engineer (1, 6)
 * 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, 8, 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, 8, 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, 8, 9)
 * Tom Durack – assistant engineer (10)
 * Ray Bardani – mixing (1, 6, 10)
 * Tommy Vicari – mixing (4, 5, 11)
 * Bill Schnee – mixing (7, 8, 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, 8, 9)
 * Ryan Dorn – mix assistant (11)
 * Doug Sax – mastering
 * Sylvia Rhone – album coordinator
 * Bob Defrin – art direction, design
 * Tom Feelings – cover portrait


 * Studios
 * Recorded and Mixed at 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).
 * Mastered at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California).