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Oleta Adams - Moving On 1995 · Cover Front Album · Artist/Composer Oleta Adams · Length 56 24 · Format CD · Genre General R&B · Label Polygram Records · Index 250 · Collection Status In Collection · Packaging Jewel Case · · Track List · · 01 Never Knew Love 03 23 · 02 Once in a Lifetime 05 23 · 03 I Knew You When 04 19 · 04 You Need to be Loved 04 40 · 05 Slow Motion 05 13 · 06 We Will Meet Again 04 46 · 07 This is Real 05 01 · 08 Life Keeps Moving On 05 32 · 09 Long Distance Love 04 15 · 10 Love Begins at Home 04 51 · 11 If This Love Should Ever End 04 44 · 12 New Star · · Oleta Adams - Moving On 1995 · Cover Front Album · Artist/Composer Oleta Adams · Length 56 24 · Format CD · Genre General R&B · Label Polygram Records · Index 250 · Collection Status In Collection · Packaging Jewel Case · · Biography by William Cooper · Being the daughter of a minister, it's no surprise that Oleta Adams' roots are in gospel, as she often performed in her father's church. But her formal introduction to the masses began rather unexpectedly. While performing in a Kansas City hotel, Oleta Adams was discovered by Curt Smith and Roland Orzabal of Tears for Fears, and she was invited to participate in the recording of the British band's follow-up to the immensely popular 1985 album Songs From the Big Chair. When Tears for Fears unleashed the long-awaited The Seeds of Love in 1989, listeners were taken aback by the soulful female voice that was prominently featured on the album. Her vocal contributions to The Seeds of Love helped it generate generally positive reviews. In 1990, Tears for Fears' Roland Orzabal and Seeds of Love producer Dave Bascombe produced Oleta Adams' debut release, Circle of One. One of the album's standout tracks was a stunningly performed rendition of Get Here, written and originally performed by Brenda Russell. Whereas Russell's version was a bit on the cutesy side, Adams virtually reinvented the song as an aching, gospel-tinged ballad. Get Here soared into the Top Ten, and the single's success helped Circle of One achieve gold status. When Oleta Adams' second album, Evolution, was released in 1993, she inched closer toward the adult contemporary ballad schlock that has plagued such gifted vocalists as Anita Baker. Despite ample production from Stewart Levine Patti LaBelle, Simply Red and Oleta Adams' vocal prowess, generally weak material marred the album, though it included a stirring version of Billy Joel's New York State of Mind. 1995's Movin' On attempted a more R&B approach, but too much outside input made it a disjointed affair. The album boasted credits from producers, including Vassal Benford Mariah Carey, Toni Braxton , Michael J. Powell Anita Baker, James Ingram , and Alan Rich and Jud J. Friedman Whitney Houston , but again the songs were weak, and the slick production undermined the raw intensity of Adams' always glorious vocals. The religious album Come Walk With Me followed in 1995, and she returned to R&B with 2001's All the Love. ·

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