Moving On (Oleta Adams album)

Moving On
Studio album by Oleta Adams
Released	October 23, 1995
Recorded	Various studios
Genre	R&B, soul, Adult contemporary
Length	56:31
Label	Fontana Records (Mercury Records)
Producer	Michael J. Powell, Vassal Benford, Scott Mayo, Oleta Adams
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Oleta Adams chronology
Evolution (1993) Moving On (1995) The Very Best Of (1996)

Moving On is an album by the American vocalist, pianist and songwriter Oleta Adams and was released in 1995.

History

Moving On saw Adams move to a more straightforward R&B sound. Working with established R&B producers Vassal Benford (Rebbie Jackson, Jade, Toni Braxton) or Michael J. Powell (Randy Crawford, Anita Baker, Regina Belle) helped mix her trademark soul, pop, adult contemporary and gospel with R&B. Adams wrote or co-wrote six of the twelve songs on the album, and for the first time produced two of the songs.

Four singles were released from the album. The lead single, "Never Knew Love", was the most R&B-sounding song on the album, and gave Adams her fourth top 40 hit in the UK. The second single, a re-recorded and remixed song from her first album, "Rhythm Of Life" (only included in some editions of the album), gave her her last top 40 hit in the UK to date. The last two singles, the ballads "We Will Meet Again" and "Life Keeps Moving On", performed less well.

The album itself had limited success, peaking at #59 in the UK charts and at #194 in the US Billboard 200, and staying only one week on both. This was her last charting album on both countries' main chart. This underperformance led to this being her last studio album released through Fontana Records.

Track listing

Three editions with different track listings were released:

USA CD

1. "Never Knew Love" (Kathy Wakefield, Oleta Adams, Vassal Benford) – 3:22
2. "Once In A Lifetime" (Wakefield, Adams, Benford) – 5:24
3. "I Knew You When" (Donny Kees, Shawna Harrington-Burkhart) – 4:20
4. "You Need To Be Loved" (Adams) – 4:41
5. "Slow Motion" (Ed Fox, Evan Pace) – 5:13
6. "We Will Meet Again" (Allan Rich, Brenda Russell) – 4:47
7. "This Is Real" (Curtiss Boone, Michael J. Powell) – 5:02
8. "Life Keeps Moving On" (Adams) – 5:32
9. "Long Distance Love" (Lowell George) – 4:15
10. "Love Begins At Home" (Allan Rich, Jud Friedman, Adams) – 4:51
11. "If This Love Should Ever End" (Boone, Powell) - 4:45
12. "New Star" (Adams) - 4:17

European CD

1. "Never Knew Love" (Kathy Wakefield, Oleta Adams, Vassal Benford) – 3:22
2. "Once In A Lifetime" (Wakefield, Adams, Benford) – 5:24
3. "I Knew You When" (Donny Kees, Shawna Harrington-Burkhart) – 4:20
4. "You Need To Be Loved" (Adams) – 4:41
5. "Slow Motion" (Ed Fox, Evan Pace) – 5:13
6. "We Will Meet Again" (Allan Rich, Brenda Russell) – 4:47
7. "This Is Real" (Curtiss Boone, Michael J. Powell) – 5:02
8. "Life Keeps Moving On" (Adams) – 5:32
9. "Long Distance Love" (Lowell George) – 4:15
10. "Love Begins At Home" (Allan Rich, Jud Friedman, Adams) – 4:51
11. "If This Love Should Ever End" (Boone, Powell) - 4:45
12. "New Star" (Adams) - 4:17
13. "Between Hello And Goodbye" (George Lyter, Michael O'Hara, Denise Rich) - (6:11)
14. "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me" (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) - (5:53)^*

^*Originally released in 1991 on the album Two Rooms and released as a single, but never included on an Adams album to that point.

European reissue CD

1. "Never Knew Love" (Kathy Wakefield, Oleta Adams, Vassal Benford) – 3:22
2. "Once In A Lifetime" (Wakefield, Adams, Benford) – 5:24
3. "I Knew You When" (Donny Kees, Shawna Harrington-Burkhart) – 4:20
4. "You Need To Be Loved" (Adams) – 4:41
5. "Slow Motion" (Ed Fox, Evan Pace) – 5:13
6. "We Will Meet Again" (Allan Rich, Brenda Russell) – 4:47
7. "This Is Real" (Curtiss Boone, Michael J. Powell) – 5:02
8. "Life Keeps Moving On" (Adams) – 5:32
9. "Long Distance Love" (Lowell George) – 4:15
10. "Love Begins At Home" (Allan Rich, Jud Friedman, Adams) – 4:51
11. "If This Love Should Ever End" (Boone, Powell) - 4:45
12. "New Star" (Adams) - 4:17
13. "Rhythm Of Life" (Phil Coxon Edit) (Nicky Holland, Roland Orzabal) - 5:17
14. "Never Knew Love" (Phil Coxon Edit) (Wakefield, Adams, Benford) - 4:04

Charts

Chart	Date	Position
Billboard album 200	1995	#194
Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	1995	#49
Dutch album chart	1995	#14
UK album chart	1995	#59