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| | Whitney Houston | | | Music Artist : | | Whitney Houston | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Arista | | Release Date : | | 1990-10-25 | | Store Price : | | $8.99 | | Artistopia's Price: $8.98 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. You Give Good Love
2. Thinking About You
3. Someone for Me
4. Saving All My Love for You
5. Nobody Loves Me Like You Do - Whitney Houston, Jermaine Jackson
6. How Will I Know
7. All at Once
8. Take Good Care of My Heart - Whitney Houston, Jermaine Jackson
9. Greatest Love of All
10. Hold Me - Whitney Houston, Teddy Pendergrass
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 such bittersweet memories!!!!
Submitted on: 2009-10-16 |
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i am very familiar with most of the songs on this album. some of them were hugely popular back then. this was the album that made people fall in love with whitney and her voice. it's all filled with great memories and classics. for people who are beginning to like whitney and her music, you should start right here.
1. "You Give Good Love"-awww...i love this song. her vocals are so amazing. i could just feel it. it takes me back to those good ole times when i was little. 5/5
2. "Thinking About You"-"that's what i wanna do". i miss this kind of whitney. she sounded so youthful and vibrant. unfortunately, good things don't last long. 5/5
3. "Someone for Me"-a nice, 80s pop tune....that's all i could say. 4/5
4. "Saving All My Love for You"-this song was HUGE back then. everyone tuned into this song and tried to sing like her. they even got steve urkel singing this song, lol. it's very seductive at best. 5/5
5. "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do"- i don't care too much about this song. it sounds country-like and it's kinda boring. 1/5
6. "How Will I Know"-the only dance song on this album that moves you to your feet. 5/5
7. "All at Once"-i'm not sure if i heard this song before...i probably have but it's a really nice, decent song. they need to have more songs like these. 5/5
8."Take Good Care of My Heart"-whitney and jermaine sound great together just as they did on "if you say my eyes are beautiful". it reminds me how music used to sound so great back then. 5/5
9. "Greatest Love of All"- another HUGE, memorable song. it was an 80s equivalent to Mariah Carey's "Hero". i remember the kids at my school sang this song one time. it may sound cheesy, but it is really inspirational. it's about believing in yourself. too bad they don't have these kind of songs anymore. 5/5
10. "Hold Me"-i grew up hearing this song but i never realized that this was whitney singing this. i love this duet with her and teddy pendergrass. it's very romantic as roberta flack and peabo bryson's "tonight i celebrate my love". 5/5 |
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 Powerhouse voice.
Submitted on: 2009-09-18 |
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| Whitney Houston's debut album was great because of Whitney's killer chops but the songs on here are pretty average. Clive Davis thinks he is the best thing that ever existed but he likes to control his artists every move, from picking the songs and what their image should be. Whitney should've been given better material than these run-of-the-mill pop tunes. How Will I Know is still my favorite Whitney song but overall, Whitney was told what to do and that's never a good thing. |
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GREAT ALBUM
Submitted on: 2008-08-30 |
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THIS WAS THE VERY FIRST ALBUM I BOUGHT OF WHITNEY HOUSTON, BACK IN 1985 IT IS MOST LIKELY HER VERY BEST ALBUM EVER IN MY OPINION. IF YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT WANTING A WHITNEY HOUSTON RECORD ON CD THIS IS THE ONE TO HAVE, YOU'LL END UP LISTENING TO IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
WHITNEY, AT HER VERY BEST AT WORK.
I RECENTLY NEEDED TO GET THE CD CAUSE MY OLD ALBUM BECAME TOO SCRATCHY.
BUY YOU'LL LOVE IT! IT'S GREAT...
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A great debut!
Submitted on: 2008-08-14 |
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| Whitney came out BIG! "Whitney Houston" was best selling album in the U.S. of 1986. Three singles became No.1-Hits (still rare coming from one album). She received Grammy nomination for "Album of the Year". And she won for the touching performance "Saving All My Love for You" (one of the best singles about "the other woman"). The singles were well picked as they show the amazing range Whitney had. She's known for ballads but the interesting thing is songs like "How Will I Know" (cheesy 80s pop at its most fun) showed she could other things. My favorite song on the album is "You Give Good Love". I just love the opening! It's a R&B groove that gave mainstream audiences a first listen to her wonderful voice. I almost forgot "Greatest Love of All" (originally sung by the amazing George Benson). I don't care if it seems cliché; I think the lyrics are empowering and still relevant. The production does age it (I've never heard the version with the piano rather than the keyboard) but it's still a lovely song. |
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 No matter what they take from Whitney, they can't take away her dignity. This is probably her "greatest album of all"
Submitted on: 2008-05-19 |
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I have been anxious to listen to Whitney Houston's debut album for a long time; I am so happy I finally got around to listening to it because I enjoyed it from start to finish. Here you will find the pop sound, the R&B, and a woman with a voice that is unmatched to this day. No, not even Patti LaBelle or Minnie Riperton compare. Whitney's voice hadn't completely matured on this album. You will find her vocals at their most mature on her biggest song to date, "I Will Always Love You." But, she still sounds wonderful, almost angelic, on each and every song. The production has that 80s sound to it, and this album is going to sound dated to some, but the quality of this album is simply undeniable.
Houston's first single is one of my all-time favorite songs by her and it is called "You Give Good Love." Everything about that song is superb, especially Houston's amazing delivery. To steal a line from that song, her voice is "never too much, will never be." The people of the world obviously think that "The Greatest Love of All" is this album's finest jewel because it is always sung at graduations, church services and commencements. "The Greatest Love of All" is lyrically the best song on this album because of the inspirational lines she sings just for the children. "Thinking About You" and "Take Good Care of My Heart" are good offerings, but they sort of fall short when comparing them to the rest of this album. "How Will I Know" was offered to Janet Jackson first, but she turned it down. Houston took the song and made it all her own; you would never know that this song was written for someone else. This song is kind of cheesy and very sappy, but it is definitely a guilty pleasure. It has that 80s "American Bandstand" feel to it. "Saving All My Love for You" is another one of her most definitive songs. It is an R&B classic.
When I say that this album is essential for music lovers, I mean every word. With this album, you will be taken on a journey to the mid 1980s and you will be enthralled from beginning to end. A classic. 4 shining stars.
Mikeisha's Top 5
1. "You Give Good Love"
2. "Saving All My Love for You"
3. "How Will I Know"
4. "Greatest Love of All"
5. "All at Once"
LOL, all of these songs were released to radio.
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