Personnel: Whitney Houston (vocals); Deborah Cox (vocals, background vocals); Enrique Iglesias, Faith Evans, Jermaine Jackson, Kelly Price (vocals); Jay Williams, Al McDowell (guitar); Mac Quayle (keyboards, programming); Eric Kupper, Lenny Underwood (keyboards); Shae Jones (background vocals).
Audio Mixers: Chris Cox; Tony Coluccio; Dave Darlington; David Cole; David Morales ; Erick "More" Morillo; Harry "Choo Choo" Romero; Hex Hector; C.J. Mackintosh ; Jellybean; Jon Douglas; Jonathan Peters; Jose Nunez; Junior Vasquez; Mac Quayle; Mark Taylor ; Peter Mokran; Robert Clivill?s; Stephen Lipson; Brian Rawling.
Audio Remixers: Dexter Simmons; Dronez; Peter Rauhofer; Thunderpuss 2000.
Recording information: Enterprise Studios, LA, CA.
Arrangers: John Clayton; Karlin ; Kashif; Soulshock ; David Foster.
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.
Professional Reviews
Vibe (8/00, p.165) - "...Timeless tunes and remixed classics....pure pop-soul magic....Houston remains an invincible artist."
