Adeva!

Adeva!
Studio album by Adeva
Released 28 August 1989[1]
Studio Quantum Studios
Genre House
Label
Producer
  • Smack Productions
  • Paul Simpson
Adeva chronology
Adeva!
(1989)		 Love or Lust?
(1991)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

Adeva! is the debut album by American singer Adeva, released in 1989. The album features the singles "Respect" (UK #17[3]), "Musical Freedom (Free At Last)" (UK #22[3]), "Warning!" (UK #17[3]), "I Thank You" (UK #17[3]), "Beautiful Love" (UK #57[3]) and "Treat Me Right" (UK #62[3]). The album was particularly successful in the United Kingdom, where it reached number 6 in the UK Albums Chart[3] and was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry for UK sales exceeding 300,000 copies.[1]

Critical reception

In a retrospective review for AllMusic, Alex Henderson gave the album four out of five stars and praised "big-voiced" Adeva's "aggressive, gospel-influenced belting", calling it "a throwback to the days of Gloria Gaynor, Grace Jones, Linda Clifford, and Loleatta Holloway.[4]

Track listing

  1. "Respect" (Otis Redding)
  2. "Treat Me Right" (Roger Cozine, Troy Patterson)
  3. "I Thank You" (Kevin Lewis, Troy Patterson)
  4. "So Right" (Troy Patterson, Michael Cameron, D. Parkin, Patricia Daniels, L. Rodriguez)
  5. "In and Out of My Life" (T. Jackson, D. Parkin, Patricia Daniels, Ron Goode)
  6. "Warning!" (D. Parkin, Rico Tyler, Ron Goode)
  7. "I Don't Need You" (Patricia Daniels, Troy Patterson)
  8. "Beautiful Love" (Troy Patterson, Keith Jacks, Patricia Daniels)
  9. "Promises" (D. Parkin, Troy Patterson)
  10. "Musical Freedom" (featuring Paul Simpson and Carmen Marie) (Paul Simpson, Carmen Brown)
  11. "I Thank You" (Club Mix)
  12. "Warning!" (Dangerous Dub Mix)
  13. "Respect" (The Dancing Danny D Remix)
  • Tracks 11–13 available on CD only

Personnel

Adapted from the album's liner notes.

  • Adeva – lead vocals
  • Carmen Brown – background vocals
  • Michael Cameron – drum programming
  • Roger Cozine – keyboards
  • Ron Goode – drum programming
  • Keith Jacks – guitar, assistant engineer
  • Tony Jenkins – background vocals
  • Frank Jones – background vocals
  • Kevin Lewis – keyboards
  • Andrew MacPherson – photography
  • Brenda Mickens – background vocals
  • Russ Kip Moore – saxophone, engineer
  • Troy Patterson – keyboards, drum programming, background vocals
  • Pablovia Raban – mixing
  • Rico Tyler – keyboards, drum programming

Charts

Chart (1989–1990) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[5] 14
Germany (GfK Entertainment Charts)[6] 28
UK (Official Charts Company)[3] 6

References

  1. 1 2 "BPI > Certified Awards > Search results for 'Adeva!' (from bpi.co.uk)". Imgur.com (original source published by British Phonographic Industry). Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  2. ↑ "Adeva! - Adeva - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Official Charts > Adeva". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  4. ↑ "Adeva! - Adeva - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  5. ↑ "australian-charts.com > Adeva in Australian Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  6. ↑ "Offizielle Deutsche Charts > Adeva – Adeva! (album)" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
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