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Adeva! is the debut album by American singer Adeva, released in 1989. The album features the singles "Respect" (UK No. 17[2]), "Musical Freedom (Free At Last)" (UK No. 22[2]), "Warning!" (UK No. 17[2]), "I Thank You" (UK No. 17[2]), "Beautiful Love" (UK No. 57[2]) and "Treat Me Right" (UK No. 62[2]). The album was particularly successful in the United Kingdom, where it reached No. 6 in the UK Albums Chart[2] and was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry for UK sales exceeding 300,000 copies.[1]

Adeva!
Studio album by Adeva
Released	28 August 1989[1]
Studio	Quantum Studios
Label	Cooltempo/Chrysalis (Europe) Capitol/EMI (US)
Producer	Smack Productions Paul Simpson
Adeva chronology
Adeva! (1989) Love or Lust? (1991)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]

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

Note

• Tracks 11–13 on CD only.

Note

• Although titled differently, track 12 is the same remix as track 13 on the UK CD version.

Personnel

Adapted from the album's liner notes.

• Adeva – lead vocals
• Carmen Brown – background vocals
• Michael Cameron – drum programming
• Roger Cozine – keyboards
• Rod 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 and certifications

References

External links

• Adeva! (UK version) at Discogs
• Adeva! (US version) at Discogs

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