Commercial success
Evolution entered the top 10 in the UK Albums Chart. However, without the aid of a big hit single, the album dropped quickly and only stayed in the charts for seven weeks. In the US, the album peaked at #67 and stayed only 13 weeks in the charts. It had more success in continental Europe, most notably in the Netherlands where it peaked at #6 and stayed in the chart for almost a year.
Singles
Five singles were taken from the album. The lead single, "I Just Had to Hear Your Voice", failed to become a big hit as "Get Here" had been for her previous album. It peaked at #42 in the UK Singles Chart and did not chart in the US Billboard Hot 100. Other singles failed to chart in both countries. However, they sold better in continental Europe. These were the gospel-tinged "Window of Hope", "Easier to Say (Goodbye)", "My Heart Won't Lie" and "The Day I Stop Loving You".
Track listing
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13. | "Oh Me, Oh My (I'm a Fool for You Baby)" | Jim Doris | 4:39 |
Personnel
- Oleta Adams – lead vocals, arrangements (all tracks), Yamaha C7e Midi acoustic piano (1, 2, 4, 5, 7-12), synthesizers (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12), electric piano (3), backing vocals (6, 7)
- Aaron Zigman – keyboards (1, 6), string synthesizer (1, 5), string and synthesizer programming (2, 4, 8, 10, 12), horn and synthesizer programming (7), string synthesizer programming (11)
- Neil Larson – Hammond B3 organ (3, 5, 10)
- Michael Landau – guitar (1-6, 10, 11), guitar solo (7), acoustic guitar and solo (9)
- Ray Fuller – guitar (4, 7, 8, 12)
- Freddie Washington – bass guitar (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11), fretless bass (3, 9)
- Jerry Knight – bass guitar (6), backing vocals (6)
- Larry Kimpel – bass guitar (8, 12)
- Richie Stevens – drums (1-5, 7-12), drum programming (4, 7, 11, 12), additional drum programming (6)
- Gota Yashiki – drums (6), drum programming (6)
- Lenny Castro – percussion (2, 4, 6-9, 12)
- David Sanborn – alto saxophone (3)
- Tom Scott – tenor saxophone (2, 10, 11)
- Chuck Findley – flugelhorn solo (4), muted trumpet (6), trumpet (10)
- Stewart Levine – arrangements (all tracks)
- Paulette Brown – backing vocals (7, 12)
- Bunny Hill – backing vocals (7, 12)
- Arnold McCuller – backing vocals (7, 12)
- Ricky Nelson – backing vocals (7, 12)
- Valerie Pinkston-Mayo – backing vocals (7, 12)
- Fred White – backing vocals (7, 12)
- Perri (Carolyn, Darlene, Lori and Sharon Perry) – backing vocals (12)
Production
- Producer – Stewart Levine
- Recorded and Mixed by Daren Klein at Andora Studios (North Hollywood, CA).
- Second Engineer – Gonzalo "Bino" Espinoza
- Mastered by Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, CA).
- Design – Peter Barrett and Andrew Biscomb
- Photography – Randee St. Nicholas
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