Alex Loves...

Studio album by Alexander O'Neal

Released

28 January 2008

Studio

Genre

Contemporary R&B

Length

1:01:24

Label

EMI

Producer

Leigh Guest
Nat Augustin
Andy Whitmore
Nigel Lowis

Alexander O'Neal chronology

Live at the Hammersmith Apollo - London
(2005)

Alex Loves...
(2008)

Five Questions: The New Journey
(2010)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Alex Loves... is the eighth studio album by American recording artist Alexander O'Neal. It was originally released in early 2008 by EMI as the follow-up to the 2002 album Saga of a Married Man. The album is considered to be a departure from O'Neal's sound, because it consists of cover versions mainly of standard R&B songs, with the exception of the last song "We're On Our Way", which was co-written by O'Neal.

The album was received negatively by the majority of music critics, while other reviewers noted good points to the album. The album peaked at #49 in the UK, and was his first charting album of new material for 15 years.^[2]

Critical reception

In a retrospective review, Sharon Mawer of AllMusic gave the album two and a half out of five stars (his poorest star rating) and wrote that "the choice of songs on Alex Loves was rather a strange mixture and most simply didn't work" also adding that "Not an album to recommend except to the die-hard fans who kept his name alive while he was away."^[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Secret Lovers" (Atlantic Starr cover from the album As the Band Turns)	David Lewis Wayne Lewis	4:28
2.	"A Million Love Songs" (Take That cover from the album Take That & Party)	Gary Barlow	3:24
3.	"Right Here Waiting" (Richard Marx cover from the album Repeat Offender)	Richard Marx	4:06
4.	"Unbreak My Heart" (Toni Braxton cover from the album Secrets)	Diane Warren	4:28
5.	"Your Song"	Elton John Bernie Taupin	4:01
6.	"Saturday Love" (Remake; originally on the Cherrelle album High Priority)	Jimmy Jam Terry Lewis	5:01
7.	"If You Were Here Tonight" (Remake; originally on the album Alexander O'Neal)	Monte Moir	5:02
8.	"What You Won't Do For Love" (Bobby Caldwell cover from the album Bobby Caldwell)	Bobby Caldwell Alfons Kettner	3:46
9.	"When a Man Loves a Woman" (Percy Sledge cover from the album When a Man Loves a Woman)	Calvin Lewis Andrew Wright	3:03
10.	"Babe" (Styx cover from the album Cornerstone)	Dennis DeYoung	3:57
11.	"Always & Forever" (Heatwave cover from the album Too Hot to Handle)	Rod Temperton	4:38
12.	"You're My First, My Last, My Everything" (Barry White cover from the album Can't Get Enough)	Peter Radcliffe Tony Sepe Barry White	4:01
13.	"Cherish" (Kool & the Gang cover from the album Emergency)	Robert Bell Ronald Bell James Bonnefond George Brown Charles Smith James Taylor Curtis Williams	4:02
14.	"I'll Make Love to You" (Boyz II Men cover from the album II)	Babyface	3:27
15.	"We're On Our Way"	Nat Augustin Alexander O'Neal Carlton White	4:00
Total length:			1:01:24

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.^[3]

"Secret Lovers"

Nat Augustin - guitars, keyboards & programming, backing vocals
Leigh Guest - keyboards & programming
Mica Paris - backing vocals
Fay Jones - backing vocals

"A Million Love Songs"

Andy Whitmore - guitars, keyboards & programming
Leigh Guest - keyboards & programming
Nat Augustin - backing vocals

"Right Here Waiting"

Edward Stewart - guitars
Andy Whitmore - keyboards & programming
Leigh Guest - keyboards & programming

"Unbreak My Heart"

Edward Stewart - guitars
Andy Whitmore - keyboards & programming
Leigh Guest - keyboards & programming
James Davies - trumpet
Angelo Starr - backing vocals
Nat Augustin - backing vocals
Fay Jones - backing vocals

"Your Song"

Edward Stewart - guitars
Richard Denapoli - live drums
Andy Whitmore - keyboards & programming
Leigh Guest - keyboards & programming

"Saturday Love"

Bianca Lindgren - guest vocals, backing vocals
Edward Stewart - guitars
Andy Whitmore - keyboards & programming
Leigh Guest - keyboards & programming
Nat Augustin - backing vocals
Angelo Starr - backing vocals

"If You Were Here Tonight"

Nat Augustin - guitars, keyboards & programming, backing vocals
Leigh Guest - keyboards & programming
Ann Augustin - backing vocals

"What You Won't Do For Love"

Nat Augustin - keyboards & programming, trombone, backing vocals
Leigh Guest - keyboards & programming
James Davies - trumpet
Fay Jones - backing vocals
Angelo Starr - backing vocals

"When a Man Loves a Woman"

Andy Whitmore - guitars, keyboards & programming
Edward Stewart - guitars
Richard Denapoli - live drums
Pat Byrne - bass guitar
Leigh Guest - keyboards & programming
James Davies - trumpet
Nat Augustin - backing vocals

"Babe"

Andy Whitmore - guitars, keyboards & programming
Richard Denapoli - live drums
Leigh Guest - keyboards & programming
Angelo Starr - backing vocals
Nat Augustin - backing vocals
Fay Jones - backing voclas

"Always & Forever"

Nat Augustin - guitars, keyboards & programming, backing vocals
Richard Denapoli - live drums
Leigh Guest - keyboards & programming
Ann Augustin - backing vocals

"You're the First, the Last, My Everything"

Nat Augustin - guitars, backing vocals
Edward Stewart - guitars
Richard Denapoli - live drums
Pat Byrne - bass guitar
Leigh Guest - keyboards & programming
Andy Whitmore - keyboards & programming
James Davies - trumpet
Fay Jones - backing vocals

"Cherish"

Leigh Guest - keyboards & programming
Andy Whitmore - keyboards & programming
Angelo Starr - backing vocals
Nat Augustin - backing vocals

"I'll Make Love to You"

Nigel Lowis - keyboards & programming, string arrangements
Leigh Guest - keyboards & programming
Angelo Starr - backing vocals
Nat Augustin - backing vocals

"We're On Our Way"

Nat Augustin - guitars, keyboards & programming, backing vocals

Charts

Chart	Peak position
UK Albums Chart^[2]	49

References

1 2 Mawer, Sharon. "Alex Loves". AllMusic. Retrieved January 26, 2015.
1 2 "UK Charts > Alexander O'Neal". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2012-05-26.
↑ Alex Loves... liner notes. EMI. 2008.

External links

Alexander O'Neal

Studio albums	Alexander O'Neal (1985) Hearsay (1987) My Gift to You (1988) All True Man (1991) Love Makes No Sense (1993) Lovers Again (1996) Saga of a Married Man (2002) Alex Loves... (2008) Five Questions: The New Journey (2010)

Live albums	Live at the Hammersmith Apollo - London (2005)

Compilations	All Mixed Up (1987) Twelve Inch Mixes (1992) This Thing Called Love: The Greatest Hits of Alexander O'Neal (1993) The Best of Alexander O'Neal (1995) Greatest Hits (2004) Icon (2011)

Singles	"Innocent" "If You Were Here Tonight" "A Broken Heart Can Mend" "Saturday Love" (with Cherrelle) "What's Missing" "You Were Meant to Be My Lady (Not My Girl)" "Fake" "Criticize" "Never Knew Love Like This" (with Cherrelle) "The Lovers" "(What Can I Say) To Make You Love Me" "Fake '88" "The Christmas Song"/"Thank You for a Good Year" "Our First Christmas" "Hearsay '89" "Sunshine and Rain" "Hit Mix (Official Bootleg Mega-Mix)" "Saturday Love" (Feelin' Luv Mix) (with Cherrelle) "All True Man" "What Is This Thing Called Love?" "Shame on Me" "The Yoke (G.U.O.T.R.)" "Sentimental" "Love Makes No Sense" "In the Middle" "Aphrodisia" "All That Matters to Me" "Since I've Been Lovin' You" "Let's Get Together" "Baby Come to Me" (with Cherrelle) "Lovers Again" "Grind" "Criticize '98 Mix" "You're Gonna Miss Me"

Related articles	Discography

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, February 06, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.