| Product Summary | | Label: Bmg/arista | | UPC: 00078221821223 | | Release Date: 1/1/2002 | | Buy.com Sku: 60133961 | | Item#: MFDKDV | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 26588 | Format:  CD |
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| Whitney was signed to Arista Records by Clive Davis in 1983. Her self-titled debut album, Whitney Houston, released in 1985, yielded a string of hits including "You Give Good Love" and three consecutive #1 singles, "Saving All My Love For You," "How Will I Know," and a song that has become a veritable anthem, "The Greatest Love of All." Not only did the album establish her as an important new recording artist, but it went on to sell over 13 million copies in the U.S., plus several million abroad. This LP set the record as the biggest selling debut album by a solo artist
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel includes: Whitney Houston, Cissy Houston (vocals); Michael Gibbs (conductor); Shambbu Neil Vineberg (acoustic guitar); Paul Pesco, Ira Siegel, Dan Huff, Corrado Rustici, Paul Jackson, Jr. (guitar); Kenny G, Vincent Henry (saxophone); Jerry Hey, Marc Russo, Wayne Wallace (horns); Robbie Buchanan (Fender Rhodes piano); Preston Glass (keyboards, string synthesizer, percussion, programming); Kashif, Ralph Schukett, Walter "Baby Love" Afanasieff (keyboards, synthesizer); Randy Jackson (synthesizer, bass); Jack Waldman, Fred Zarr (synthesizer); Roy Ayers (vibraphone); Marcus Miller, Nathan East (bass); Narada Michael Walden, Paul Leim (drums); Greg "Gigi" Gonaway (electronic drums, tambourine); Bashiri Johnson (percussion). | | Producers include: Narada Michael Walden; Jellybean, Kashif, Michael Masser. | | Engineers include: Darroll Gustamachio, Michael DeLugg, Dean Burt. | | Although she has now been eclipsed by younger urban R&B female stars, Houston will stand as the first to bring this type of clean soul music to the world. In the USA alone, this record stayed in the charts for four years, sold fifteen million copies and spent fourteen weeks on top of the charts. It would be churlish to offer any criticism when most of the world would disagree. The immaculate production is by Jermaine Jackson, bank manager is Clive Davis and even the bathing suit on the back cover gets a credit. It is however, with all its slickness, an indispensable soul album |
Musical Guests | | Cissy Houston | | Roy Ayers | | Kashif | | Paul Jackson, Jr. | | Marcus Miller | | Kenny G | | Narada Michael Walden | | Lala | | Yogi Lee | | Ray Wooten | | Ira Siegel | | J.T. Lewis | | Bashiri Johnson | | David Williams | | Ed Greene | | Ernie Watts | | Freddie Washington | | Greg Phillinganes | | Jermain |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 07/07/1985 | | Original Release Date : 1985 | | Catalog ID : 8212 | | Label : Arista Records (USA) | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Runtime : 47m : 23s | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : AAD | | UPC : 00078221821223 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Q (12/99, p.160)
- 4 stars out of 5 - "...remains one of her best, featuring 'How Will I Know' and the genuinely moving tour-de-force, 'Greatest Love Of All'..." |
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