Oxygen

Description

Oxygen is the sophomore album by the American pop group Avalon, released on Sparrow Records in 2001, distributed in the US by Chordant Distribution Group. The album was produced by Brown Bannister for RBI Productions.

As we all know, the thing about these slickly produced, highly polished pop projects is that (a) they stand or fall on the quality of the songs pitched at the project by jobbing songwriters, and (b) the genre often comes within a hair’s breadth of bland. On the group’s best album (the classic ‘A Maze Of Grace‘) the snappy pop production, stacked harmonies and switched leads create an exhilarating sound. On Avalon’s worst (their miserable Christmas album) the effect is like nine sugars in your tea. Here they often get it right, the wonderfully catchy «The Best Thing» or the surprisingly effective cover of Mr Mister‘s «Oxygen», though there’s still too many OTT inspirational ballads to win over us Brits. But let’s not be churlish. Avalon do this harmony pop thing brilliantly and producer Brown Bannister sure knows the Nashville market. [Tony Cummings, Cross Rhythms, July 2001]

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CD tracklist:

01. Wonder Why
02. The Best Thing
03. By Heart, By Soul (feat. Aaron Neville)
04. Undeniably You
05. I Don’t Want To Go
06. Never Givin’ Up
07. Make It Last Forever
08. The Glory
09. My Oxygen
10. Love Remains
11. Come And Fill My Heart

Note: Simultaneously released on cassette and CD by Sparrow Records.