Whitney Houston

My Love Is Your Love

Whitney's 4th album

Review Score:

(10/10)
In the span of just one decade, Whitney Houston has attained the status of an internationally recognized megastar in the fields of music, motion pictures and television. To date, her Arista recordings and videos have amassed global sales exceeding 100 million copies. The three films in which she has starred in the 1990s - The Bodyguard, Waiting To Exhale, and The Preacher's Wife - have not only broken box office records but have generated wildly successful selling soundtrack albums and hit singles in the process.
Whitney's recent roles as both star and executive producer of the "Wonderful World of Disney" all-star production of "Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella" brought further praise and no less than seven Emmy award nominations.

The My Love Is Your Love album is a milestone in Whitney Houston's recording career. This will mark Houston's fourth studio album and her first non-soundtrack related album in eight years. The specially-chosen "A-List" of hitmaking producers and songwriters who contributed to the project include the acclaimed Wyclef Jean, top Hip Hop star Missy Elliott, who penned and produced two tracks, Grammy Award winning producers Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds and David Foster and the young hit producer Rodney Jerkins.

The new album is heralded by Whitney's historic duet with Mariah Carey on "When You Believe (From The Prince Of Egypt)," written by renowned lyricist Stephen Schwartz and produced by Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, from the Dreamworks animated biblical epic. Other Babyface tracks include the Diane Warren written ballad "You'll Never Stand Alone" and his own stirring "Until You Come Back."

My Love Is Your Love is as diverse as Houston's five-octave range. The funky duo of Soulshock & Karlin produced "Heartbreak Hotel" which includes two of today's top female vocalists, Faith Evans and Kelly Price. David Foster produced a classic Whitney straight-from-the-heart ballad "I Learned From The Best" written by Diane Warren. Top young record producer Rodney Jerkins delivered three tracks including the infectious "It's Not Right, But It's Okay," the destined worldwide dance anthem "If I Told You That," and the hot "If We Could Just Get It Back."

Whitney Houston's contemporary and edgy side prevails with the Missy Elliott written and produced track, "In My Business" and the ballad "Oh Yes," a classic side of Whitney rarely ever heard before. The title track of the album was produced by Wyclef Jean (of The Fugees). The haunting and emotional lyrics of "My Love Is Your Love" will not soon be forgotten.

Summarizing the worldwide scope and impact of My Love Is Your Love, Arista Records president Clive Davis, the album's co-producer along with Whitney Houston puts it best, "Every one of Whitney's legions of fans marvel at her instrument and its range and depth, and truly never before has anyone heard her like this. She swoops, she caresses, she hip hops and she belts - never younger, more contemporary or more soulful. This bar none is the best album she has ever recorded and solidifies her legacy and place in musical history." In short, the new album adds luster to a career marked by one history-making success after another.

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