Alex Loves...

Alex Loves...
Studio album by Alexander O'Neal
Released January 28, 2008 (2008-01-28)
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)Live at the Hammersmith Apollo - London2005		 Alex Loves...
(2008)		 Five Questions: The New Journey
(2010)Five Questions: The New Journey2010
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Alex Loves... is the eighth studio album by American recording artist Alexander O'Neal. It was originally released in January 2008, on the label EMI as the follow-up to his 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.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Secret Lovers" (Atlantic Starr cover from the album As the Band Turns)
4:28
2."A Million Love Songs" (Take That cover from the album Take That & Party)Gary Barlow3:24
3."Right Here Waiting" (Richard Marx cover from the album Repeat Offender)Richard Marx4:06
4."Unbreak My Heart" (Toni Braxton cover from the album Secrets)Diane Warren4:28
5."Your Song"
4:01
6."Saturday Love" (Remake; originally on the Cherrelle album High Priority)
5:01
7."If You Were Here Tonight" (Remake; originally on the album Alexander O'Neal)Monte Moir5:02
8."What You Won't Do For Love" (Bobby Caldwell cover from the album Bobby Caldwell)
3:46
9."When a Man Loves a Woman" (Percy Sledge cover from the album When a Man Loves a Woman)
3:03
10."Babe" (Styx cover from the album Cornerstone)Dennis DeYoung3:57
11."Always & Forever" (Heatwave cover from the album Too Hot to Handle)Rod Temperton4:38
12."You're My First, My Last, My Everything" (Barry White cover from the album Can't Get Enough)
4:01
13."Cherish" (Kool & the Gang cover from the album Emergency)
4:02
14."I'll Make Love to You" (Boyz II Men cover from the album II)Babyface3:27
15."We're On Our Way"
4:00
Total length:1:01:24

Personnel

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

"Secret Lovers"
"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. 1 2 Mawer, Sharon. "Alex Loves". AllMusic. Retrieved January 26, 2015.
  2. 1 2 "UK Charts > Alexander O'Neal". Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 2012-06-28. Retrieved 2012-05-26.
  3. ↑ Alex Loves... liner notes. EMI. 2008.
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