One Love – One Dream Explained
| One Love – One Dream |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Jeffrey Osborne |
| Cover: | Jeffrey Osborne-One Love-One Dream.jpg |
| Released: | July 15, 1988 |
| Length: | 50:47 |
| Label: | A&M |
| Producer: |
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| Prev Title: | Emotional |
| Prev Year: | 1986 |
| Next Title: | Only Human |
| Next Year: | 1990 |
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.[1] [2] The album reached number 12 on the US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
Critical reception
The 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." 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'."[3] 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'."[4]
Track listing
Notes
- "Social Climbers" appears on the CD version of One Love – One Dream only.
Personnel
Performers 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
Year-end charts
Notes and References
- Jeffrey Osborne: One Love – One Dream. 1988. A&M Records.
- Web site: Jet's Top 20 Albums. Jet. December 5, 1988. Johnson Publishing Company. Google Books.
- News: Duncan . Amy . ROCK/POP/JAZZ . The Christian Science Monitor . 17 Aug 1988 . Arts.
- Hiltbrand . David . Song . People . September 19, 1988 . 30 . 12 . 22.
- Web site: Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1988. Billboard. February 13, 2021.
