# Alex Loves...

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***Alex Loves...*** is the eighth [studio album](/source/Studio_album) by American recording artist [Alexander O'Neal](/source/Alexander_O'Neal). It was originally released in January 2008, on the label [EMI](/source/EMI) as the follow-up to his 2002 album *[Saga of a Married Man](/source/Saga_of_a_Married_Man)*. The album is considered to be a departure from O'Neal's sound, because it consists of cover versions mainly of standard R&B songs, with the exception of the last song "We're On Our Way", which was co-written by O'Neal.

The album was received negatively by the majority of music critics, while other reviewers noted good points to the album. The album peaked at #49 in the UK, and was his first charting album of new material for 6 years.[1]

## Critical reception

In a retrospective review, Sharon Mawer of [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) gave the album two and a half out of five stars (his poorest star rating) and wrote that "the choice of songs on *Alex Loves* was rather a strange mixture and most simply didn't work" also adding that "Not an album to recommend except to the die-hard fans who kept his name alive while he was away."[2]

## Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[3]

**"Secret Lovers"**

- [Nat Augustin](/source/Light_of_the_World_(band)) – [guitars](/source/Guitar); [keyboards](/source/Electronic_keyboard); [programming](/source/Programming_(music)); [backing vocals](/source/Backing_vocalist)
- Leigh Guest – keyboards; programming
- [Mica Paris](/source/Mica_Paris) – backing vocals
- Fay Jones – backing vocals

**"A Million Love Songs"**

- [Andy Whitmore](/source/Andy_Whitmore) – guitars; keyboards; programming
- Leigh Guest – keyboards; programming
- Nat Augustin – backing vocals

**"Right Here Waiting"**

- Edward Stewart – guitars
- Andy Whitmore – keyboards; programming
- Leigh Guest – keyboards; programming

**"Unbreak My Heart"**

- Edward Stewart – guitars
- Andy Whitmore – keyboards; programming
- Leigh Guest – keyboards; programming
- James Davies – [trumpet](/source/Trumpet)
- [Angelo Starr](/source/Angelo_Starr) – backing vocals
- Nat Augustin – backing vocals
- Fay Jones – backing vocals

**"Your Song"**

- Edward Stewart – guitars
- Richard Denapoli – live drums
- Andy Whitmore – keyboards; programming
- Leigh Guest – keyboards; programming

**"Saturday Love"**

- Bianca Lindgren – guest vocals; backing vocals
- Edward Stewart – guitars
- Andy Whitmore – keyboards; programming
- Leigh Guest – keyboards; programming
- Nat Augustin – backing vocals
- Angelo Starr – backing vocals

**"If You Were Here Tonight"**

- Nat Augustin – guitars; keyboards; programming; backing vocals
- Leigh Guest – keyboards; programming
- Ann Augustin – backing vocals

**"What You Won't Do For Love"**

- Nat Augustin – keyboards; programming; [trombone](/source/Trombone); backing vocals
- Leigh Guest – keyboards; programming
- James Davies – trumpet
- Fay Jones – backing vocals
- Angelo Starr – backing vocals

**"When a Man Loves a Woman"**

- Andy Whitmore – guitars; keyboards; programming
- Edward Stewart – guitars
- Richard Denapoli – live drums
- [Pat Byrne](/source/Pat_Byrne_(singer)) – [bass guitar](/source/Bass_guitar)
- Leigh Guest – keyboards; programming
- James Davies – trumpet
- Nat Augustin – backing vocals

**"Babe"**

- Andy Whitmore – guitars; keyboards; programming
- Richard Denapoli – live drums
- Leigh Guest – keyboards; programming
- Angelo Starr – backing vocals
- Nat Augustin – backing vocals
- Fay Jones – backing vocals

**"Always & Forever"**

- Nat Augustin – guitars; keyboards; programming; backing vocals
- Richard Denapoli – live drums
- Leigh Guest – keyboards; programming
- Ann Augustin – backing vocals

**"You're the First, the Last, My Everything"**

- Nat Augustin – guitars; backing vocals
- Edward Stewart – guitars
- Richard Denapoli – live drums
- Pat Byrne – bass guitar
- Leigh Guest – keyboards; programming
- Andy Whitmore – keyboards; programming
- James Davies – trumpet
- Fay Jones – backing vocals

**"Cherish"**

- Leigh Guest – keyboards; programming
- Andy Whitmore – keyboards; programming
- Angelo Starr – backing vocals
- Nat Augustin – backing vocals

**"I'll Make Love to You"**

- Nigel Lowis – keyboards; programming; string arrangements
- Leigh Guest – keyboards; programming
- Angelo Starr – backing vocals
- Nat Augustin – backing vocals

**"We're On Our Way"**

- Nat Augustin – guitars; keyboards; programming; backing vocals

## Charts

Chart performance for Alex Loves... Chart (2008) Peak position

## References

1. ["UK Charts > Alexander O'Neal"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120628234447/http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/alexander%20o%27neal/). [Official Charts Company](/source/Official_Charts_Company). Archived from [the original](http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/alexander%20o'neal/) on 2012-06-28. Retrieved 2012-05-26.

1. Mawer, Sharon. ["Alex Loves"](http://www.allmusic.com/album/alex-loves-mw0001916539). *[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)*. Retrieved January 26, 2015.

1. *Alex Loves...* liner notes'**. [EMI](/source/EMI). 2008.**

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