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| | The Comfort Zone | | | Music Artist : | | Vanessa Williams | | Music Style : | | Contemporary Blues | | Record Label : | | Island / Mercury | | Release Date : | | 1991-08-20 | | Store Price : | | $17.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $17.98 | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Comfort Zone
2. Running Back to You
3. Work to Do
4. You Gotta Go
5. Still in Love
6. Save the Best for Last
7. What Will I Tell My Heart?
8. Strangers Eyes
9. 2 of a Kind
10. Freedom Dance (Get Free!)
11. Just for Tonight
12. One Reason
13. Better off Now
14. Goodbye
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 "The Album That Made Vanessa Williams A Star"
Submitted on: 2009-06-19 |
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| Although long out-of-print, Vanessa William's 1991 release of "The Comfort Zone" is an album that anyone who loves music should own. There are still many used CD copies on Amazon that sell for very cheap prices, and its the kind of album that never gets old. Probably the biggest CD release by Vanessa, the album has gone on to sell over three million copies in the U.S. alone, and the album garnered her five Grammy Award nominations, including Record and Song of the Year for the CD's breakout song "Save The Best For Last". That song also held on to the #1 position on the Billboard Pop Charts for an amazing five week reign. Other singles from the album included the CD's title cut and the song "Running Back To You" that hit #1 on the R&B Billboard Chart. "The Comfort Zone" went to #17 on the Billboard Pop Album Chart as well. |
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Welcome to The Comfort Zone
Submitted on: 2009-04-03 |
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You know, I've always considered Vanessa Williams as a triple threat. She is a great singer(listen to her albums past and present), She can act(Hoodlum, Soul Food etc) and she is gorgeous. This album came out in 1991 after the "scandal" but she did what anybody facing adversity does: make a great album. To me Comfort Zone is her best work. It not only shows her vocal abilities, it also captures the essence of 90s R&B. Yeah, you remember 90s R&B. Back when R&B was still fun and not this repetitive BS it is now.
The title track is soothing. Vanessa kicks smooth vocals over a relaxing but somewhat infectious beat. Running Back To You is more upbeat and this song itself generates more fond memories of 90s R&B. Work To Do is pretty solid also. Just For Tonight is awesome too. What Will I Tell My Heart sounds like the type of song you would hear at The Savoy and we cant forget about the masterpiece that is Save The Best For Last.
The Comfort Zone is a wonderful album by a wonderful singer that is 100 steps ahead of these teenybopper pop icons trying to pass themselves off as R&B singers. Most of these tracks showcase Vanessa Williams talent and shows what we had back in the 90s. I know I mentioned 90s R&B a lot in this review but lets face it. 90s R&B is where its at. This new stuff is so uninspiring. At any rate The Comfort Zone is one of the best R&B albums of 1991 is definitely worth checking out if you're a fan of real R&B. Two thumbs up from me.
Standouts: THE COMFORT ZONE, RUNNING BACK TO YOU, WORK TO DO, SAVE THE BEST FOR LAST, GOODBYE, JUST FOR TONIGHT and WHAT WILL I TELL MY HEART. |
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An Underrated R&B Masterpiece : Williams Sings the Blues
Submitted on: 2008-03-31 |
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Who would really call Vanessa Williams a great singer? Possibly no one. However, add her to the short list of women who can't really 'sing' but can still release an epic album, memorable decades after it was first released. How Vanessa accomplished this on "The Comfort Zone" in 1991 is beyond me, but it remains what it is - a flawless contemporary R&B Record that can proudly sit amongst your record collection with the best of them.
"Save The Best for Last" was the prime US No. 1 Single here, but its also the most cheesy and suffocating track on the album - only because almost every other song is at least twice as good. The title track, a minor R&B hit back in the day, is still a great piece of production, and the Grammy Nominated single "Runnin' Back to You" doesn't sound dated despite the obviously huge Paula Abdul influences. However, the album really shines when it slows down for more meaningful groove-jams such as "Strangers Eyes" and the vastly overlooked "What Will I Tell My Heart", which Vanessa attempts a la Billie Holiday - with some interesting results.
The great thing about this album, and one reason why this will become a staple in your home if you do decide to get this, is because every song is so different. "Freedom" is a classic slice of early 1990s dance music (very much like C&C Music Factory), while "You Gotta Go" can rival anything put out by Toni Braxton in terms of listenability. Along the way, Vanessa manages to craft a CD, though while long, is still extremely involving. Many people I've turned on to this CD haven't found one weak track, and listening to this now makes one realize just how vaccuous and boring the so-called R&B divas of our generation sound (Olivia, Nivea, Ciara, Ashanti, Raven Symone etc). Also of particular interest is that a couple of my friends who only listen to rock music, have strangely found themselves asking me to burn a copy of this for them!
An unexpected treat. This album still remains vastly unknown, but its a bonafide classic. Vanessa herself couldn't make an album this good in her career ("The Sweetest Days" did come close to that), and its a definite must-buy, if you ask me.
Five Stars. An additional bonus is that lyrics to all songs are included in the CD Booklet. |
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Vanessa is way Better off now!
Submitted on: 2006-11-03 |
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| I just finished with my review for Vanessa's first Cd "The Right Stuff" and plugged this one as her much more appealing album. I was very pleasantly surprised with this Cd from the beginning to the end. I love that there are several cool dance numbers, tract #1,2,and #10. I know that "Save The Best For Last" was the big hit, which I loved when it first hit the air waves(I remember waiting by the radio and listening to Hot 105.7 just to catch this sond to record it on tape!). However, this is the song I listen to least because there are so many other great songs on the Cd. Vanessa's voice sounds sooo much better here, and who cares if this Cd was as some would say "over produced"(whatever that means anyway), it worked. Vanessa Williams' music stops at this Cd for me, why in the world did she not make another Cd like this one is frustrating. |
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Classic
Submitted on: 2006-04-09 |
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Yes, this is a classic album for any 90's R&B fan. I have her greatest hits CD and the girl delivered on that CD and she did it on this. Girl, has some cuts....... I always thought Vanessa Willams was just a pretty face ( she reminds me of my step-mom when she was in her 20's.) but the girls really can sing.
I love the album version of "I Got Work To Do. And the other single with Brian Mc Knight. Not save the best for last but the other one. |
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