I enjoy writing about all sorts really. I love travel and am pregnant at the moment so expect a lot ...
I enjoy writing about all sorts really. I love travel and am pregnant at the moment so expect a lot of baby reviews to come. I also post on Dooyoo under the name Whizz11
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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"
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