From the early days in the seventies as lead singer with Flyte Tyme, through the headiest days of his solo career in the eighties, Alexander O'Neal showed ceaseless ability and talent. This comprehensive Best Of collection includes the tracks famous for their synthesizers, sequencers, and drum machines that were used on his Tabu/Epic albums of the '80s and early '90s, plus the best of his later R&B and soul-tinged material. But the standouts here are his finest uptempo and ballad singles, on such cuts as "Fake" and "Criticise", plus his range and passion on those such as "Never Knew Love Like This". From the early days in the seventies as lead singer with Flyte Tyme, through the headiest days of his solo career in the eighties, Alexander O'Neal showed ceaseless ability and talent. This comprehensive Best Of collection includes the tracks famous for their synthesizers, sequencers, and drum machines that were used on his Tabu/Epic albums of the '80s and early '90s, plus the best of his later R&B and soul-tinged material. But the standouts here are his finest uptempo and ballad singles, on such cuts as "Fake" and "Criticise", plus his range and passion on those such as "Never Knew Love Like This". false 2022-09-29 07:11:58 2004 2004-01-01 2004-01-01 77 Contemporary R&B Disco Downtempo Electronic Hip Hop R&B Quiet Storm 116165 2248212 8aef0441-715c-4801-a65e-6faf5db626f6 fc4af92a-1aa8-4f35-9aea-29b2ecbe0779 980fed5a-5cfc-35c2-84da-0ca732ba6bd8 /config/metadata/library/9f/9ff4804bce5f56a0a79116326dae9fbf/folder.jpg Alexander O’Neal AlbumArtist Alexander O’Neal Artist Cherrelle Artist Alexander O’Neal Cherrelle Alexander O’Neal 1 05:16 2 10:33 3 04:02 4 05:05 5 04:04 6 05:01 7 06:05 8 03:42 9 04:31 10 04:44 11 05:44 12 03:45 13 06:07 14 04:12 15 04:23 Alexander O'Neal (born November 15, 1953) is an American R&B singer, songwriter and arranger from Natchez, Mississippi. O'Neal came to prominence in the mid-1980s as a solo artist, with eleven Top 40 singles on the US R&B chart, three of which also reached the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100. However, he enjoyed more mainstream success in the United Kingdom, achieving fourteen Top 40 singles on the UK Singles Chart between 1985 and 1996, along with three top ten albums on the UK Albums Chart. His solo singles, sometimes dealing with lost love, include "If You Were Here Tonight", "Fake", "Criticize", "The Lovers", "(What Can I Say) To Make You Love Me", "All True Man", "Love Makes No Sense" and "In the Middle". He is also known for duets with Tabu labelmate Cherrelle such as "Saturday Love" and "Never Knew Love Like This". AllMusic described O'Neal as having a "tough voice [that] has the same grain and range as that of Otis Redding." O'Neal released his debut album, the eponymous Alexander O'Neal, in 1985. Since then, he has released nine studio albums, six compilation albums and two live albums. Virgin Records America, Inc.