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Vanessa Williams managed to turn the disgrace of losing her Miss America title into a pretty good career as an actress, singer, and annoying shill for Radio Shack. The Best of Vanessa Williams, part of Mercury's 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection series, focuses on the vocal aspects of her talents and rounds up 11 of her hits for the label recorded between 1988 and 1997. She has two distinct specialties: the big ballad and the slinky, hip-hop-inspired dance track. Her biggest ballad is the smooth and somewhat saccharine "Save the Best for Last." It spent five weeks at number one in 1991 and was a real career-maker. The other four ballads on the record are similar in style but didn't have the same chart success. Williams' dance tracks are much more fun; she has a wonderfully light and airy voice that sounds right at home on polite dance tracks like "Work to Do," featuring a rap by Dres of the Black Sheep, "The Comfort Zone," and "Running Back to You." Her best dance tracks are the funky "The Right Stuff," which features Public Enemy's Bomb Squad on production, beats, and edits, and the Nu Shooz-sampling, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis-written and produced "Happiness." Vanessa Williams is no Janet Jackson, but she is surprisingly good and this is a fine collection of her best work.
© Tim Sendra /TiVo
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Keith Thomas, Producer - Phil Galdston, ComposerLyricist - Jerry McPherson, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - The Nashville String Machine, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Ronn Huff, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Wendy Waldman, ComposerLyricist - Vanessa Williams, Vocals, Vocal Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jonathan G. Lind, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1991 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Donald Robinson, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Vanessa Williams, MainArtist - Lisa Montgomery, ComposerLyricist - Geneva Paschal, ComposerLyricist - Michael Forte, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1988 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kenneth Hairston, ComposerLyricist - Bob Rosa, Producer, Additional Producer - Vanessa Williams, MainArtist - Trevor Gale, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Kenni Hairston, Producer - Ed Eckstine, Producer, Executive Producer - Rob Van Arx, Producer, Additional Producer - D.J. L.A. Jay, Producer, Additional Producer
℗ 1991 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Mark Stevens, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Ronald Isley, ComposerLyricist - RUDOLPH ISLEY, ComposerLyricist - Phase 5, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Vanessa Williams, Producer, Assistant Producer, Vocal Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gerry Brown, Producer, Assistant Producer, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - O'Kelly Isley Jr., ComposerLyricist - Dr. Jam, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Dres, Rap Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jorgen Kaufma, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1991 Island Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hubert Laws, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Kipper Jones, Producer, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Vanessa Williams, MainArtist - Gerry Brown, Producer - Ed Eckstine, Producer, Executive Producer - Reggie Stewart, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Scott Mayo, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - D.J. L.A. Jay, Samples, Programming, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1991 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Kipper Jones, ComposerLyricist - Eric Sadler, Producer, Additional Producer - Chuckii Booker, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Shaw, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Hank Shocklee, Producer, Additional Producer - Vanessa Williams, MainArtist - Rex Alan Salas, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ed Eckstine, Producer, Editor, Executive Producer, StudioPersonnel - Bill Stephney, Producer, Additional Producer - Juno Hoo, Voice, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1988 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Vanessa Williams, MainArtist - Rex Alan Salas, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Kenny Harris, ComposerLyricist - Joe Curiale, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Ed Eckstine, Producer, Executive Producer - Norm Mertin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1988 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Keith Thomas, Producer, String Arranger, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Galdston, ComposerLyricist - Bill Whittington, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ronn Huff, String Arranger, Orchestra Leader, AssociatedPerformer - Wendy Waldman, ComposerLyricist - Vanessa Williams, MainArtist - Jonathan G. Lind, ComposerLyricist - Ed Eckstine, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 1994 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Keith Thomas, Producer, String Arranger, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Ronn Huff, String Arranger, Orchestra Leader, AssociatedPerformer - Will Jennings, ComposerLyricist - Vanessa Williams, MainArtist - Simon Crispin Climie, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1997 UMG Recordings, Inc.
John Smith, ComposerLyricist - JIMMY JAM, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - TERRY LEWIS, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - JAMES HARRIS, ComposerLyricist - Vanessa Williams, MainArtist
℗ 1997 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Vanessa Williams managed to turn the disgrace of losing her Miss America title into a pretty good career as an actress, singer, and annoying shill for Radio Shack. The Best of Vanessa Williams, part of Mercury's 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection series, focuses on the vocal aspects of her talents and rounds up 11 of her hits for the label recorded between 1988 and 1997. She has two distinct specialties: the big ballad and the slinky, hip-hop-inspired dance track. Her biggest ballad is the smooth and somewhat saccharine "Save the Best for Last." It spent five weeks at number one in 1991 and was a real career-maker. The other four ballads on the record are similar in style but didn't have the same chart success. Williams' dance tracks are much more fun; she has a wonderfully light and airy voice that sounds right at home on polite dance tracks like "Work to Do," featuring a rap by Dres of the Black Sheep, "The Comfort Zone," and "Running Back to You." Her best dance tracks are the funky "The Right Stuff," which features Public Enemy's Bomb Squad on production, beats, and edits, and the Nu Shooz-sampling, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis-written and produced "Happiness." Vanessa Williams is no Janet Jackson, but she is surprisingly good and this is a fine collection of her best work.
© Tim Sendra /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:43:45
- Main artists: Vanessa Williams
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Def Jam West
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2003 The Island Def Jam Music Group This Compilation ℗ 2003 The Island Def Jam Music Group
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