... I have already done a review on her first album, Whitney Houston but by far my favourite album of hers has to be Whitney, The Greatest Hits!
Just a little background on the queen of pop herself incase you haven't heard of her:
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recall how many hits Whitney Houston was able to achieve. The two CDs on Greatest Hits track Houston's rise from mid-1980s hit machine balladeer to standard-setting diva. Disc 1, CoolDown, runs chronologically through Houston's down-tempo love songs, from "Saving All My Love For You" and "I Will Always Love You" to the cleverly conceived new duet with Deborah Cox, "Same Script, Different Cast". She's also showcased as the remixee of choice for DJs on the second disc, Throw Down, which serves as the antidote to the lovesick first disc. Calling in marquee mix masters, Houston's old-shoe tunes get a new millennium polish. "My Love Is Your Love", reinterpreted by Jonathan Peters, captures the versatility of Houston's songs by making the downbeats danceable without going totally Euro-cheese. In contrast, Junior Vasquez's remix of 1985's "How Will I Know" pokes fun at the song's 1980s fluffiness by layering in bells, lasers effects, and echoes on top of Whitney's enthusiastic vocals. --Heidi Sherman
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For an artist who only released four proper albums in a 15-year career, it's astounding to ... more
recall how many hits Whitney Houston was able to achieve. The two CDs onGreatest Hitstrack Houston's rise from mid-1980s hit machine balladeer to standard-setting diva. Disc 1,CoolDown, runs chronologically through Houston's down-tempo love songs, from "Saving All My Love For You" and "I Will Always Love You" to the cleverly conceived new duet with Deborah Cox, "Same Script, Different Cast". She's also showcased as the remixee of choice for DJs on the second disc,Throw Down, which serves as the antidote to the lovesick first disc. Calling in marquee mix masters, Houston's old-shoe tunes get a new millennium polish. "My Love Is Your Love", reinterpreted by Jonathan Peters, captures the versatility of Houston's songs by making the downbeats danceable without going totally Euro-cheese. In contrast, Junior Vasquez's remix of 1985's "How Will I Know" pokes fun at the song's 1980s fluffiness by layering in bells, lasers effects, and echoes on top of Whitney's enthusiastic vocals.--Heidi Sherman
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For an artist who only released four proper albums in a 15-year career, it's astounding to ... more
recall how many hits Whitney Houston was able to achieve. The two CDs onGreatest Hitstrack Houston's rise from mid-1980s hit machine balladeer to standard-setting diva. Disc 1,CoolDown, runs chronologically through Houston's down-tempo love songs, from "Saving All My Love For You" and "I Will Always Love You" to the cleverly conceived new duet with Deborah Cox, "Same Script, Different Cast". She's also showcased as the remixee of choice for DJs on the second disc,Throw Down, which serves as the antidote to the lovesick first disc. Calling in marquee mix masters, Houston's old-shoe tunes get a new millennium polish. "My Love Is Your Love", reinterpreted by Jonathan Peters, captures the versatility of Houston's songs by making the downbeats danceable without going totally Euro-cheese. In contrast, Junior Vasquez's remix of 1985's "How Will I Know" pokes fun at the song's 1980s fluffiness by layering in bells, lasers effects, and echoes on top of Whitney's enthusiastic vocals.--Heidi Sherman
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Advantages: Great tracks old and new Disadvantages: None
...has to be Whitney, The Greatest Hits! Just a little background on the queen of pop herself incase you haven't heard of her:
Whitney Houston was born on August 9th, 1963 and is an extremely successful recording artist and actress. She comes from a very successful family and upbringing, her aunt is Dionne Warwick and her godmother is Aretha Franklin. Music was in the blood and she starting singing gospel music in her local church ... ...I tend to think that greatest hits albums are a waste of money because if you have all the artists other CD's you probably have most of the tracks anyway but this album is well worth it. It's the one place where you can get all her old classics, as well as new songs and some funky duets.
The album comes as a double CD but if you get the DVD version you also get music videos of past hits, live performances and interviews. The music videos ... more
I am a big fan of Whitney Houston, I think she has a beautiful, moving voice that has not been beaten since. I have already done a review on her first album, Whitney Houston but by far my favourite album of hers has to be Whitney, The Greatest Hits! Just a little background on the queen of pop herself incase you haven't heard of her:
Whitney Houston was born on August 9th, 1963 and is an extremely successful recording artist and actress. She comes from a very successful family and upbringing, her aunt is Dionne Warwick and her godmother is Aretha Franklin. Music was in the blood and she starting singing gospel music in her local church at aged 11. In the words of Clive Davis, written on one of the booklets that comes with the CD's, "For the next generation, there's a singer that combines the fiery gospel of Aretha Franklin with the stunning elegance and the beauty of lyric phrasing of Lena Horne, and she is Whitney Houston." Spoken in 1985, he was definitely true!
Generally I tend to think that greatest hits albums are a waste of money because if you have all the artists other CD's you probably have most of the tracks anyway but this album is well worth it. It's the one place where you can get all her old classics, as well as new songs and some funky duets.
The album comes as a double CD but if you get the DVD version you also get music videos of past hits, live performances and interviews. The music videos are great as you really see her in action.
The CD was released in 2000. Like I said it's a double CD and each CD has a really cool title. Disc 1 is called Cool Down and features her more chilled, love songs even though she still belts out some cracking vocals at the end of mot of the songs. Classics for me on this CD feature One Moment in Time that was the 1988 Olympics tribute song, Saving all my Love for You and Didn't We Almost Have it All. They are quite laid back songs but do pick up at the end of them.
Disc 2 is called Throw Down. I love that title for a CD, to me it just implies that you can put this CD on and really just dance and let loose and is especially good for driving in the car to. Classics for me on this side include, If I Told You That (a duet with George Michael), Queen of the Night from the Bodyguard soundtrack and my all-time favourite, I Wanna Dance with Somebody!. Total upbeat, shake your body tracks, brilliant.
The rest of the tracks are as follows:
Disc 1
"Saving All My Love for You" "Greatest Love of All" "One Moment in Time" "I Have Nothing" "I Will Always Love You" "Run to You" "You Give Good Love" "All At Once" "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" "If You Say My Eyes Are Beautiful" (Duet with Jermaine Jackson) "Didn't We Almost Have It All" "All The Man That I Need" "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" "Count on Me" (Duet with CeCe Winans) "I Believe in You and Me" "I Learned From The Best" "Same Script, Different Cast" (Duet with Deborah Cox) "Could I Have This Kiss Forever" (Duet with Enrique Iglesias)
Disc 2
"If I Told You That" (Duet with George Michael) "Fine" "My Love Is Your Love" "It's Not Right, But It's Okay" "Heartbreak Hotel" (featuring Faith Evans and Kelly Price) "Step by Step" "Queen Of The Night" "I'm Every Woman" "Love Will Save the Day" "I'm Your Baby Tonight" "So Emotional" "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)" "How Will I Know" "I Will Always Love You" "Greatest Love of All" "It's Not Right, But It's Okay" "I'm Your Baby Tonight"
Advantages: Her greatest hits, lots of variety, whitney's superb voice Disadvantages: Mmmmmmmm not sure, many a few too many remixes ?
...The album : Whitney Houston Greatest Hits, is a 2cd combination. The first side is titled Cool down, and is mostly compiled of her older hits, such as " I Will Always Love You " and " One Moment In Time ". The second side, titled the Throw Down side, contains a mixture of old and new, with hits such as " If I Told You That " and " It's Not Right But It's Ok " ....
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... ...All My Love For You
Greatest Love Of All
One Moment In Time
I Have Nothing
I Will Always Love You
Run To You
You Give Good Love
All At Once
Where Do Broken Hearts Go
If You Say My Eyes Are Beautiful
Didn’t We Almost Have It All
All The Man That I Need
Exhale
Count On Me
I Believe In You And Me
I Learned From The Best
Same Script, Different Cast
Could I Have This Kiss Forever
Disc 2 – Throw Down
If I Told You That
Fine
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Si007 09.03.2001
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Advantages: So many tracks, all the golden oldies Disadvantages: None what so ever
...ever since I Purchased her Greatest hit's album. All the golden oldies, and of course the funky new tracks, It's not right but it's okay for instance. And on the end of the second CD you can find all the club mixes of her fave dance hits. For a meer £15 this album screams buy me from the shelves. You can find it in any self respecting record store. ...
Lost_Soul 26.07.2000
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Advantages: The best songs she's ever done Disadvantages: none
...When I saw that her greatest hits were out I knew that I had to buy it or borrow it off someone ASAP because I knew that all of my favourite songs by her would be on there. I was right, there isn’t one song on the whole album that I don’t like, how can anyone not like songs by Whitney, she has a fantastic voice that can hit every note. It also includes duets with Enrique Iglesias, Jermaine Jackson, CeCe Winans, Deborah Cox, and George ... ...this kiss forever” by Whitney and Enrique. There are a few re-mixes, but they aren’t as bad as you’d expect them to be. The re-mix of “Greatest love of all” is brilliant it works really well.
If you haven’t got this album I suggest you go and buy it or if not borrow it off someone because you are definitely missing out. ...
Blondeboms 27.03.2001
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...MIXED WITH HER NEW MUSIC. GREATEST LOVE OF ALL,,,, ALL AT ONCE,,,,YOU GIVE GOOD LOVE, JUST TO NAME A FEW AND THE CLASSIC I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU. THE MIXES ARE BRILLANT VERY FUNKY AND VERY GOOD FOT THE LADIES TO DANCE ALONG TOO. I RECOMMNED THIS TO EVERYONE.THE LYRICS OF SOME OF THE SONGS ARE VERY TRUE TO LIFE. GREAT FOR ALL THE FAMILY TO ENJOY. FAMOUS DUETS WITH FAITH EVANS, ENRIQUE IGLESIAS, KELLY PRICE, DEBORAH COX, JERMAINE JACKSON, A WHITNEY ...
allissa 16.08.2004
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Advantages: She can sing, oh yes, she can sing Disadvantages: Sounds like Mariah Carey on a couple of tracks
Whitney Houston's greatest hits. Well she's had a lot of them, hasn't she? While I like Whitney Houston's songs, I wouldn't normally go out and buy one of her albums, but when I see a double CD for £10.99, I'm gonna buy it. And I am so glad I did. Almost every one of these songs is a gem. This album has all the classics; Saving all my love for you, I will always love you, Step by step, I'm every woman and I wanna dance with somebody. Yet the greatest ... ...know, but the ones you've heard but never known they were Whitney's and for someone like me, only a kid when the earlier songs were released, there's a fair few of them. For a true fan, this would, presumably, be a defining work, for someone who likes Whitney Houston but doesn't really buy her stuff, it's still worth the money. ...
VincentM-M 08.06.2001
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Advantages: 35 Tracks, including some new material Disadvantages: None (unless you really dislike Whitney)
'Whitney The GreatestHits' is a classic example of pure excellance in an album.
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Advantages: Slow music on one disc, fast music on the other Disadvantages: none
A 35 track, 2 cd collection of Whitney's finest songs. This collection has been produced in a great way:- Disc 1 is entitled 'Cool down' and includes songs such as 'saving all my love for you', 'exhale', 'i will always love you' and 'i learned from the best' and is good to listen to when relaxing as all tracks on this disc are the slower tracks she's released.
The other cd is entitled 'Throw down' and includes tracks such as 'i wanna dance with somebody', 'how will i know?' and 'step by step' and is full of lively tunes - ideal hoovering music!
This is an excellent compilation which showcases Whitney's talent over several years and an album which has been long overdue but nonetheless worth waiting for. ...
Advantages: Loads of classics everyone remember Disadvantages: None really
Who wouldn't think that a GreatestHits album from WhitneyHouston wouldn't be great?? With disc one, entitled "Cool Down" belting out all of her lush ballads, and included 3 fabulous new songs (2 new duets; one with Debra Cox and the other with Enrique Inglesias). Who can forget such anthems from the 80's, like "The Greatest Love of All" and "Saving All My Love for You." Whitney's hit it big with her big soft hits. Disc two, entitled "Throw Down" where she busts out with great remixes, some previously unreleased. The 1999 release of the remix of "It's Not Right, But It's Okay" and a wonderful club remix of "The Greatest Love of All" (previously unavailable!!!). Whitney's really hit the jackpot with this album! ...
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Product details
Title
Greatest Hits
Performer
Whitney Houston
Genre
R&B
Sub Genre
Pop R&B
Release Date
15/05/2000
Recomended Retail Price
16.99 GBP
Original Release Year
2000
Label / Distributor
Arista / Sony Music/Arvato Services
Pieces in Set
2
Studio / Live
Studio
Stereo
Stereo
Format
Performer
EAN
743218010828
Catalogue Number
74321801082
Additional notes
Album Notes
Personnel includes: Whitney Houston, Deborah Cox, Kelly Price, George Michael, Jermaine Jackson, Faith Evans, Enrique Iglesias. Producers include: Raphael Saadiq, Q-Tip, David Foster, Rodney Jerkins, Wyclef Jean. Includes liner notes by Amy Linden. It should come as no surprise that a woman who counts Dionne Warwick as a cousin, Aretha Franklin as a family friend, and whose mother was a legendary session and gospel singer, became a phenomenally successful R&B act. Perhaps more surprising is that it took 17 years after first signing with Arista for Whitney Houston to produce her first greatest hits album. These hits are neatly compartmentalized into a "Cool Down" and a "Throw Down" disc, the former featuring ballads such as "Saving All My Love for You," while the latter showcases remixes of Whitney's uptempo singles such as "How Will I Know." Four new songs, three of which are duets, are also included. At the time of release, her golden voice had led to 16 Number 1 hits (that's two more than Madonna), an Emmy, Grammys and several notable collaborations. A stocking-filler for years to come, we'll wager.
Album Reviews
Vibe (8/00, p.165) - "...Timeless tunes and remixed classics....pure pop-soul magic....Houston remains an invincible artist."
Titles on disc 1
1.
Saving All My Love For You
2.
Greatest Love Of All
3.
One Moment In Time
4.
I Have Nothing
5.
I Will Always Love You
6.
Run To You
7.
You Give Good Love
8.
All At Once
9.
Where Do Broken Hearts Go
10.
If You Say My Eyes Are Beautiful
11.
Didn't We Almost Have It All
12.
All The Man I Need
13.
Exhale
14.
Count On Me - Houston, Whitney & Cece Winans
15.
I Believe In You And Me
16.
I Learned From The Best
17.
Same Script Different Cast - Houston, Whitney & Deborah Cox
18.
Could I Have This Kiss Forever - Houston, Whitney & Enrique Iglesias
19.
If I Told You That - Houston, Whitney & George Michael
20.
Fine
21.
I Will Always Love You (mix)
22.
Greatest Love Of All
23.
It's Not Right But It's Okay
24.
I'm Your Baby Tonight
Titles on disc 2
1.
If I Told You That - George Michael
2.
Fine
3.
My Love Is Your Love
4.
It's Not Right But It's Okay
5.
Heartbreak Hotel
6.
Step By Step
7.
Queen Of The Night (CJ Mackintosh mix)
8.
I'm Every Woman
9.
Love Will Save The Day
10.
I'm Your Baby Tonight
11.
So Emotional
12.
I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)
13.
How Will I Know
14.
I Will Always Love You (Hex Hector remix)
15.
Greatest Love Of All, The (club 69 mix)
16.
It's Not Right But It's Okay (Thunderpuss mix)
17.
I'm Your Baby Tonight (Dronez mix)
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