One Love – One Dream is the fifth studio album by American singer Jeffrey Osborne. It was released by A&M Records on July 15, 1988.[5][6] The album reached number 12 on the US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.[7]
| One Love – One Dream | ||||
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| Released | July 15, 1988 | |||
| Length | 50:47 | |||
| Label | A&M | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
| Los Angeles Times | [3] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [4] |
Critical reception
editThe Los Angeles Times deemed the album "pop-oriented material that's better than the featherweight fare that, say, Rick Astley records, but that still underutilizes Osborne's abilities."[3] The Christian Science Monitor thought that "as in the past, the ballads here are the strongest material, especially 'Family' and 'My Heart Can Wait Forever'."[8] People called the album "disappointing," writing that it's "rife with paltry pop like the title track ... failed funk like 'She's on the Left', and frilly would-be show tunes like 'True Believers'."[9]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "One Love – One Dream" | Wolinski | 4:56 | |
| 2. | "All Because of You" |
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| 4:36 |
| 3. | "She's on the Left" |
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| 4:59 |
| 4. | "Can't Go Back on a Promise" |
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| 4:37 |
| 5. | "True Believers" |
| 4:11 | |
| 6. | "La Cuenta, Por Favor" | Osborne | Osborne | 4:47 |
| 7. | "The Family" |
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| 4:22 |
| 8. | "My Heart Can Wait Forever" |
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| 3:30 |
| 9. | "(You Can't Get) Love from a Stone" | Osborne | Osborne | 5:28 |
| 10. | "Cindy" |
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| 4:25 |
| 11. | "Social Climbers" |
| Goldmark | 4:43 |
Notes
- "Social Climbers" appears on the CD version of One Love – One Dream only.
Personnel
editPerformers and Musicians
- Jeffrey Osborne – lead and backing vocals, arrangements (1, 2, 4, 6-10), keyboards (6), horn arrangements (6, 9), drum programming (10)
- David "Hawk" Wolinski – keyboards (1), LinnDrum (1), arrangements (1)
- Robert Brookins – keyboards (2, 3, 9), synth bass (2, 9), drum machine programming (2), LinnDrum programming (3), arrangements (3)
- Ed Grenga – keyboards (4), synthesizer programming (4), arrangements (4)
- Bobby Lyle – keyboards (5, 7, 8, 10)
- Philip Woo – keyboards (5, 10)
- Khaliq Glover – synthesizer programming (6, 10)
- Andy Goldmark – keyboards (7, 11), programming (7, 11)
- Bruce Roberts – keyboards (7, 11), programming (7, 11)
- Randy Kerber – synth strings (7)
- Franne Golde – keyboards (11), programming (11), backing vocals (11)
- Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar (1, 5–7, 10, 11)
- Maitland Ward – guitar (4)
- Michael Landau – guitar (6, 8)
- Freddie Washington – bass (4, 7, 8, 10), arrangements (10)
- Abraham Laboriel – bass (5, 6)
- Freddy Lawson – bass (9)
- Ricky Lawson – drums (4, 6, 8–10)
- John Robinson – drums (5)
- Paulinho da Costa – percussion (4-7, 9)
- Donny Osborne – bongos (9)
- Gerald Albright – saxophone (2)
- Dan Higgins – saxophone (6, 9)
- Kirk Whalum – tenor saxophone (6, 9)
- Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone (6, 9)
- Gary Grant – trumpet (6, 9)
- Jerry Hey – trumpet (6, 9), horn arrangements (9)
- Ross Vannelli – arrangements (4, 8)
- Lynn Davis – backing vocals (1–3, 6, 7, 9–11)
- Joey Diggs – backing vocals (1-4, 6-11)
- Portia Griffin – backing vocals (1-5, 8, 9, 11)
- Natalie Jackson – backing vocals (1, 2)
- Alex Brown – backing vocals (3, 6, 7, 10, 11)
- Johnny Gill – backing vocals (4, 8, 9)
- Marva Barnes – backing vocals (4-11)
- Marcy Levy – backing vocals (5)
- Keith John – backing vocals (6, 7, 8)
Strings (Tracks 2, 5, 8 & 10)
- George Del Barrio – arrangements and conductor (2, 8)
- Jeremy Lubbock – arrangements and conductor (5, 10)
- Ronald Cooper, Larry Corbett, Ernie Ehrhardt, Suzie Katayama, Ron Leonard and David Speltz – cello
- Marylin Baker, Kenneth Burward-Hoy, Alan DeVeritch and Pamela Goldsmith – viola
- Ron Clark, Isabelle Daskoff, Ronald Folsom, Joseph Goodman, Bill Hybel, William Hymanson, Peter Kent, Brian Leonard, Gordon Marron, Stanley Plummer, Debra Price, Jay Rosen, Marshall Sosson and Shari Zippert – violin
Production and Technical
- Jeffrey Osborne – producer
- David Wolinski – producer (1)
- Robert Brookins – producer (2, 3)
- Ross Vannelli – producer (4, 8)
- Bruce Roberts – producer (5, 7, 11)
- Andy Goldmark – producer (7, 11)
- Freddie Washington – producer (10)
- Donny Osborne – production assistant
- Khaliq Glover – recording
- Tommy Vicari – recording, mixing
- Taavi Mote – mixing
- Bryant Arnett – assistant engineer
- Brian Gardner – mastering
- Sherri Yvette Osborne – production coordinator
- Chuck Beeson – art direction
- Melanie Nielsen – design
- Victoria Pearson – photography
- Jack Nelson – management
Charts
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References
edit- ^ "Jeffrey Osbourne: One Love – One Dream". AllMusic.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 6. MUZE. pp. 341–342.
- ^ a b Johnson, Connie (28 Aug 1988). "Featherweight Fare". Los Angeles Times. Calendar. p. 65.
- ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 523.
- ^ Jeffrey Osborne: One Love – One Dream. A&M Records. 1988.
- ^ "Jet's Top 20 Albums". Jet. Johnson Publishing Company. December 5, 1988 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b "Jeffrey Osborne Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard.
- ^ Duncan, Amy (17 Aug 1988). "ROCK/POP/JAZZ". The Christian Science Monitor. Arts.
- ^ Hiltbrand, David (September 19, 1988). "Song". People. 30 (12): 22.
- ^ "Jeffrey Osborne Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
- ^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1988". Billboard. Retrieved February 13, 2021.