Circle Of One, the debut solo album from Oleta Adams, features her biggest UK & International hit, 'Get Here' and more including a remix of 'Circle Of One' not featured on the US pressing. 10 total tracks. Spectrum. 2006.
Circle Of One, the debut solo album from Oleta Adams, features her biggest UK & International hit, 'Get Here' and more including a remix of 'Circle Of One' not featured on the US pressing. 10 total tracks. Spectrum. 2006.
Kim D. (Kim2) from SPRING, TX Reviewed on 12/24/2007...
This is 1990 Phonogram. It's not a remaster. It's the original.
CD Reviews
Still her best album
Stuart MacDonnell | Bangkok, Thailand | 11/24/2005
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Oleta Adams' 1990 debut remains the finest example of her rich, rich alto voice matched with a bunch of mostly very strong songs and warm arrangements that surround but don't smother her beautiful singing. Production by Tears for Fears' Roland Orzabal is mellifluous while never bland and in the album's highlight, You've Got To Give Me Room, he pulls everything out except for Oleta's keyboards and a flugel horn. The space for her voice and the touching lyric is perfect. Oleta is often grouped with Anita Baker and Brenda Russell, but more often than not the timbre and fullness of her voice remind me of Gladys Knight. Unfortunately on some of her later albums, the material gets weaker and the production blander but on Circle Of One it all works wonderfully to create a very satisfying album that has not dated."
A True Singer
R. Unger | 03/13/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This is undoutably one of my ten favorite albums. Her voice is unsurpassed and the material here is flawless. She is a singer's singer. The fact she is no longer with a major label is proof positive that it takes more than talent to make it in this industry. Pity radio programmers don't appreciate someone who can really sing. I guess she should have done a striptease in a music video or looked like a slacker who just learned to play two licks on his guitar to get noticed in the music business. But if you love strong vocals and music done with emotion like me, then you should own this CD! After 15+ years and 3000 CDS, this is the one album I keep coming back to. Circle of One is definitely a classic. Thank you, Oleta!"
Not her first record
These Letters | 04/24/2006
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Several people in the reviews have said this is Oleta Adams's debut record. That isn't true--she recorded a live LP called "Going on Record" in 1983."
Diva is a State of Mind
nate dawg | 06/13/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"The fact that Oleta never became a huge superstar is kind of a compliment to her lifestyle. She was never assuming or haughty. She is a very humble person, with a wonderful spirit. She just loves to sing. I remember seeing her sing at the Hyatt in KC in the late Eighties for free. I remember seeing her opening at Sandstone Ampitheatre for Michael Bolton in KC in the early nineties not for free. She hadnt changed at all. She was still just belting it out, and blowing everyone away.
Her rendition of "Everything Must Change" is fantastic. I always smile when I hear "Circle of Life" on the radio. Of course her redo of "Get Here" written and sung orginally in the late eighties by jazz musician Brenda Russel got much more airplay than the original. It was made popular by Gulf War I. You will not be disapointed if you get this great collection of music. And dont worry about Oleta, she is doing just fine, still doing what she loves."