The Essential Whitney Houston

~ Release by Whitney Houston (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Saving All My Love for YouWhitney Houston3.353:58
2Greatest Love of AllWhitney Houston54:52
3One Moment in TimeWhitney Houston4.54:46
4I Have Nothing
engineer:
David Reitzas
producer:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer)
mixer:
Mick Guzauski
strings arranger:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer) and Jeremy Lubbock
arranger:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Arista Records, Inc. (manufacturing and distribution company, do not add releases here) (in 1992) and RCA Records (not for release label use! for the imprint, please use “RCA” instead) (in 1993)
recorded at:
Encore Recording Studios in Burbank, California, United States, Ocean Way Recording in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States and The Hit Factory in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
recording of:
I Have Nothing
writer:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer) and Linda Thompson (American actress, lyricist)
Whitney Houston44:52
5I Will Always Love You
engineer:
David Reitzas, Bill Schnee and Peter Yianilos
executive producer:
Clive Davis (record producer, A&R executive and music industry chief executive) and Whitney Houston
producer:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer)
mixer:
David Reitzas
creative direction:
Rickey Minor
solo saxophone:
Kirk Whalum
arranger:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer)
vocals arranger:
Whitney Houston
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Arista Records, Inc. (manufacturing and distribution company, do not add releases here) (in 1992)
mixed at:
Ocean Way Recording in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
part of:
The Co-Op: Top 10 British Funeral Songs (number: 3), New York Post: 100 Greatest Covers (2007) (number: 59) and The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 94)
cover recording of:
I Will Always Love You
lyricist and composer:
Dolly Parton
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, Owepar Publishing Inc. and Velvet Apple Music
Whitney Houston4.54:27
6Run to You
engineer:
David Reitzas
producer:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer)
mixer:
Mick Guzauski
strings arranger:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer) and William Ross (composer, orchestrator, arranger, conductor)
arranger:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer) and Jud Friedman
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Arista Records, Inc. (manufacturing and distribution company, do not add releases here) (in 1992)
recorded at:
Encore Recording Studios in Burbank, California, United States, Ocean Way Recording in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States and The Hit Factory in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Run to You
writer:
Jud Friedman and Allan Rich
Whitney Houston4.54:27
7You Give Good Love
recording of:
You Give Good Love
lyricist and composer:
LaLa (songwriter)
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) and The New Music Group Inc. (publisher)
Whitney Houston44:11
8All at OnceWhitney Houston44:31
9Where Do Broken Hearts Go
recording engineer and mixer:
David Frazer (engineer)
synthesizer [synths] programming:
Preston Glass
additional assistant engineer:
Noah Baron, Rob Beaton, Paul Hamingson, Stuart Hirotsu, Gordon Lyon, Billy Miranda (engineer) and Ross Williams (engineer)
additional engineer:
Lincoln Clapp (engineer), Maureen Droney, Ken Kessie, Gordon Lyon and Jay Rifkin
assistant engineer:
Dana Jon Chappelle
producer:
Narada Michael Walden
bass synthesizer [bass synth]:
Randy Jackson (former bassist with Journey and American Idol judge)
bell:
Preston Glass
drums (drum set):
Narada Michael Walden
electronic drum set [Simmons]:
Greg “Gigi” Gonaway
guitar synthesizer [Charvel GTM6 midi guitar synth]:
Corrado Rustici
piano and synthesizer [synths]:
Frank Martin (keyboards)
background vocals:
Kitty Beethoven, Jim Gilstrap, Jennifer Hall (backing vocalist) and Nikki Harris (US singer and dancer)
lead vocals:
Whitney Houston
conductor:
Michael Gibbs
strings arranger:
Michael Gibbs
arranger:
Narada Michael Walden
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
RCA Records (not for release label use! for the imprint, please use “RCA” instead) (in 1987)
recorded at:
Clinton Recording Studios (NYC 10th Ave til 2010) in New York, New York, United States, Right Track Recording in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, Tarpan Studios in San Rafael, California, United States and The Plant Studios (1981-2008) in Sausalito, California, United States
recording of:
Where Do Broken Hearts Go
writer:
Chuck Jackson (songwriter/producer) and Frank Wildhorn
Whitney Houston54:37
10If You Say My Eyes Are Beautiful
performer:
Jermaine Jackson (soul/pop singer, of Jackson 5)
recording of:
If You Say My Eyes Are Beautiful
writer:
Elliot Willensky
Whitney Houston feat. Jermaine Jackson44:20
11Didn't We Almost Have It AllWhitney Houston4.54:37
12All the Man That I NeedWhitney Houston53:57
13Exhale (Shoop Shoop)
producer:
Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds (R&B musician Kenny Edmonds)
lead vocals:
Whitney Houston
recording of:
Exhale (Shoop Shoop)
lyricist and composer:
Babyface (R&B musician Kenny Edmonds)
part of:
Waiting to Exhale (1995 film)
Whitney Houston53:25
14Count on Me
recording engineer:
Brad Gilderman
producer:
Babyface (R&B musician Kenny Edmonds)
mixer:
Jon Gass
lead vocals:
Whitney Houston and CeCe Winans
recording of:
Count on Me (Whitney Houston and CeCe Winans song)
writer:
Babyface (R&B musician Kenny Edmonds), Whitney Houston and Michael Houston
part of:
Waiting to Exhale (1995 film)
Whitney Houston feat. CeCe Winans4:27
15I Believe in You and Me
cover recording of:
I Believe in You and Me
writer:
Sandy Linzer and David Wolfert
publisher:
Charles Koppelman Music, EMI Sosaha Music, Inc., Linz Music (US work publisher), Martin Bandier Music, R2M Music (BMI), Songs of Lastrada (BMI-affiliated), ピアーミュージック (Japan, subsidiary of Nichion), フジパシフィックミュージック BMG事業部, イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
Whitney Houston4.53:55
16I Learned From the Best
additional recording engineer:
Humberto Gatica
recording engineer:
Felipe Elgueta
additional synthesizer programming:
Felipe Elgueta
synclavier programming:
Simon Franglen (English score composer)
producer:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer)
assistant mixer:
Tom Bender (engineer)
mixer:
Mick Guzauski
acoustic guitar [acoustic guitars]:
Ali Boudris
electric guitar [electric guitars]:
Michael Thompson (session guitarist)
keyboard [keyboards]:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer)
background vocals:
Sue Ann Carwell and Whitney Houston
lead vocals:
Whitney Houston
arranger:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer)
arranged for and produced for:
Chartmaker, Inc.
recorded at:
Chartmaker Studios in Malibu, California, United States
mixed at:
Barking Doctor Recording in Mount Kisco, New York, United States
recording of:
I Learned From the Best
lyricist and composer:
Diane Warren (US songwriter)
publisher:
Realsongs
Whitney Houston3.54:24
17Same Script, Different CastWhitney Houston feat. Deborah Cox45:00
18Could I Have This Kiss Forever (Metro mix)
performer:
Enrique Iglesias (Spanish pop singer)
recording of:
Could I Have This Kiss Forever (Whitney Houston & Enrique Iglesias duet)
writer:
Diane Warren (US songwriter)
Whitney Houston feat. Enrique Iglesias33:56
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part of:The Essential (Sony/Legacy compilations) (order: 36)