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| Artist: Whitney Houston
Label: Arista
Category: Music
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 12543
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 5 x 0.4
EAN: 4007196103597
ASIN: B0000243Q5
Release Date: September 29, 2002
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| Tracks:
| • | You Give Good Love | | • | Thinking About You | | • | Someone For Me | | • | Saving All My Love For You | | • | Nobody Loves Me Like You Do (w/ Jermaine Jackson) | | • | How Will I Know | | • | All At Once | | • | Take Good Care Of My Heart (w/ Jermaine Jackson) | | • | Greatest Love Of All | | • | Hold Me (w/ Teddy Pendergrass) |
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 7
 The Golden Debut May 3, 2006
Ian Phillips (Bolton, Lancashire, UK)
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
Whitney Houston exploded onto the music scene in early 1985, signing a deal with Arista Records, under the guidance of Clive Davis. Her self-titled debut, released that year was the beginning of a fruitful career and lapped up some of Whitneys very best work to date.
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br /The debut extract would be the sparkling, vibrant ballad, You Give Good Love, produced by the divine Jermaine Jackson. Whitneys positively exquisite and exhilirating vocal delivery was astoundingly powerful, much in the shadow of the great, Aretha Franklin. Despite its glorious content, You Give Good Love bombed on the U.S charts and was therefore not even issued in the U.K through lack of interest.
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br /The slice of disco-pop in distinctly 80's style was the angelic, How Will I Know, a rather sappy and girly tune that hardly had the credibility of the previous single, but emerged as a winner where it topped the U.S charts, whilst storming its way into the U.K Top 10 charts. How Will I Know was produced by Narada Michael Walden who would go on to produce more of her work on future albums.
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br /Thinking About You was an electric affair with its startling electro-pop orchestrations whilst Whitneys vocal delivery is highly dynamic. More jamming pop follows with the upbeat, Someone For Me, where her rocketing vocal delivery is once again astoundingly strong.
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br /The genius Michael Masser who had produced countless soul classics with divine soul diva, Diana Ross, was involved in most of the project and worked his magic again with this breathtaking singer. The ballad, Saving All My Love For You is so uplifting and timeless. The full force of her vocal techniques floods out on this tear-jerker of a classic. Her delivery on here is almost mesmerising.
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br /She duets with Jermaine Jackson on the sugary, Nobody Loves Me Like You Do. There is a nice range of harmonies between these two fabulous singers and even a slight air of sexual chemistry between the two sizzles through. All At Once is another sweeping ballad where she is joined by a gospel backing choir on the exalting chrous. All At Once became another huge International hit to her credit.
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br /Theres another duet with Jermaine Jackson included with the exotic, late night RB number, Take Good Care Of My Heart where their vocals are propelled into full effect and both sound equally as magnificent as one another. A timeless collaboration though failed to hit the U.S top 40 charts when released as a single there.
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br /Another one of Whitneys most definitive classics follows with her fantastic cover of The Greatest Love Of All where her wide range of spectacular abilities is displayed yet again.
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br /Hold Me is a sickly romantic ballad on which she duets with soul crooner, Teddy Pendergrass. Despite the overly syrupy content the track is actually exhilirating on just hearing these two fine singers like captured on record together. Always makes for a dynamic combination.
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br /This album is actually quite remarkable for a debut. Consistent, solid and high quality work from one of the greatest singers of our era, it is an indeed timeless classic and stands as some of her most memroable work.
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simply whitney May 16, 2006
High Commissioner (UK)
2 out of 8 found this review helpful
br /This had four number-one singles on it.
br /It's hard to choose a favourite among so many great tracks.
br /But the "Greatest Love Of All" is one of the best, most powerful songs ever written about self-preservation and dignity. It's universal message crosses all boundaries and instils one with the hope that it's not too late to better ourselves. It's impossible in this world we live in to empathize with others, we can always empathize with ourselves. It's an important message. Crucial, really. And it's beautifully stated on the album.
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Classic!! March 1, 2005
Jekyll
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Yep, this is a classic album I grew up on as a kid. My mum used to always play this round the house at full volume...funny how songs stick in your head years later. anyways, if your a whitney houston fan, then this album should be on your shelf.
it's whitney April 5, 2005
0 out of 8 found this review helpful
amazing
Patrick Bateman February 23, 2009
Brendan O. Clarke (Edinburgh)
As Bateman said in the book "It's hard to choose a favorite among so many great tracks, but "The Greatest Love of All" is one of the best, most powerful songs ever written about self-preservation, dignity. Its universal message crosses all boundaries and instills one with the hope that it's not too late to better ourselves. Since, Elizabeth, it's impossible in this world we live in to empathize with others, we can always empathize with ourselves. It's an important message, crucial really. And it's beautifully stated on the album".
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