Whitney Houston

In The Beginning...... She Is As Great As She's Always Been

Review Score:

(10/10)
Model-turned-diva, Whitney Houston's self-titled effort rendered the music world breathless. It became the best-selling album by a female artist (selling an excess of 12 million copies in the U.S.--- Over 25 million copies world wide) and with good reason. The smash singles "You Give Good Love" and "Saving All My Love For You" propelled the album off the shelves. And the hits "How Will I Know" and "The Greatest Love Of All" followed...as did the Grammy nominations. Houston's first LP was nominated for Album of the Year at the 1986 Grammy Awards (where she won the Grammy for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "Saving All My Love For You") The following year "The Greatest Love Of All" was nominated for Record of the Year. But if statistics and accolades don't impress you... the 10-song album will. It includes all the aforementioned hits as well as 2 incredible collaborations with Jermaine Jackson. ("Take Good Care Of My Heart" & "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do") And more up-tempo ballads ("Someone For Me" and "All At Once") The album remains Houston's best solo studio effort to date. And eventually produced three #1 singles and four gold singles. It belongs in any and every "Best of the 80's Collection" and in the "Best Albums of All-time" category.

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