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Like The Bodyguard and Waiting to Exhale before it, The Preacher's Wife is a soundtrack that also functions as a Whitney Houston album, but that's where the similarity ends. Where The Bodyguard was adult contemporary pop at its finest and Waiting to Exhale was a virtual encyclopedia of mid-'90s mainstream black pop, The Preacher's Wife is an attempt at gospel-soul. Much of the music on the soundtrack was composed by Babyface, who normally can pull off such fusion. Babyface's pop material and David Foster's production of Houston's "I Believe in You and Me" are the most successful cuts, bar Kirk Franklin's exuberant "Joy," which utterly puts the other gospel cuts on the album to shame. So, there are enough strong cuts to make The Preacher's Wife worthwhile, but anyone who is looking for Houston strutting like a diva will likely be disappointed.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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David Wolfert, Composer - David Wolfert, Lyricist - Mervyn Warren, Producer - Clive Davis, Executive Producer - Michael White, Recording Engineer - Frank Wolf, Recording Engineer - David Reitzas, Mixing Engineer - Sandy Linzer, Composer - Sandy Linzer, Lyricist - Whitney Houston, Executive Producer - Whitney Houston, Performer - Whitney Houston, Producer - Whitney Houston, Vocal Arranger -
(P) 1996 Arista Records LLC
Annie Lennox, Composer - Annie Lennox, Lyricist - Heff Moraes, Recording Engineer - Steven Lipson, Producer - Steven Lipson, Mixing Engineer - Whitney Houston, Vocal Arranger - Whitney Houston, Performer -
(P) 1996 Arista Records LLC
Mervyn Warren, Producer - Mervyn Warren, Vocal Arranger - Michael White, Recording Engineer - Frank Wolf, Recording Engineer - Whitney Houston with The Georgia Mass Choir, Performer - Kirk Franklin, Composer - Kirk Franklin, Lyricist - Joseph Magee, Recording Engineer - Whitney Houston, Producer - Whitney Houston, Vocal Arranger -
(P)1996 Arista Records LLC
Mervyn Warren, Producer - Mervyn Warren, Vocal Arranger - Michael White, Recording Engineer - Frank Wolf, Recording Engineer - Whitney Houston with The Georgia Mass Choir, Performer - David Reitzas, Mixing Engineer - Rev. Kenneth Paden, Composer - Rev. Kenneth Paden, Lyricist - Joseph Magee, Recording Engineer - Whitney Houston, Producer - Whitney Houston, Vocal Arranger -
(P)1996 Arista Records LLC
Mervyn Warren, Producer - Mervyn Warren, Vocal Arranger - Michael White, Recording Engineer - Frank Wolf, Recording Engineer - Frank Wolf, Mixing Engineer - Dottie Rambo, Composer - Dottie Rambo, Lyricist - Whitney Houston with The Georgia Mass Choir, Performer - Joseph Magee, Recording Engineer - Whitney Houston, Vocal Arranger - Whitney Houston, Producer -
(P)1996 Arista Records LLC
Mervyn Warren, Vocal Arranger - Mervyn Warren, Producer - Michael White, Recording Engineer - Frank Wolf, Recording Engineer - Richard Smallwood, Composer - Richard Smallwood, Lyricist - Whitney Houston with The Georgia Mass Choir, Performer - David Reitzas, Mixing Engineer - Joseph Magee, Recording Engineer - Whitney Houston, Vocal Arranger - Whitney Houston, Producer -
(P)1996 Arista Records LLC
Paul Ericksen, Recording Engineer - Wayne Linsey, Recording Engineer - Johnny Lange, Composer - Johnny Lange, Lyricist - Dave Way, Mixing Engineer - Michael White, Recording Engineer - Whitney Houston, Vocal Arranger - Whitney Houston, Producer - Whitney Houston, Background Vocal - Rickey Minor, Producer - Shanna, Background Vocal - Doug Rasheed, Drum Programmer - Whitney Houston Featuring Bobby Brown, Faith Evans, Johnny Gill, Monica And Ralph Tresvant, Performer - Hy Heath, Composer - Hy Heath, Lyricist - Sonny Burke, Composer - Sonny Burke, Lyricist -
(P)1996 Arista Records LLC
Mick Guzauski, Mixing Engineer - Marc Nelson, Background Vocal - Diane Warren, Composer - Diane Warren, Lyricist - Shanice Wilson, Background Vocal - Brad Gilderman, Engineer - Babyface, Producer - Whitney Houston, Vocal Arranger - Whitney Houston, Performer - Whitney Houston, Background Vocal -
(P)1996 Arista Records LLC
Shanna, Background Vocal - Jon Gass, Mixing Engineer - Shanice Wilson, Background Vocal - Brad Gilderman, Recording Engineer - Babyface, Composer - Babyface, Lyricist - Babyface, Background Vocal - Babyface, Producer - Whitney Houston, Vocal Arranger - Whitney Houston, Background Vocal - Whitney Houston, Performer -
(P) 1996 Arista Records LLC
David Wolfert, Composer - David Wolfert, Lyricist - Jon Gass, Mixing Engineer - Sandy Linzer, Composer - Sandy Linzer, Lyricist - David Foster, Arranger - David Foster, Producer - Felipe Elgueta, Recording Engineer - Whitney Houston, Vocal Arranger - Whitney Houston, Performer -
(P) 1996 Arista Records LLC
Annie Lennox, Composer - Annie Lennox, Lyricist - Teddy Riley, Re-Mixer - Whitney Houston, Vocal Arranger - Whitney Houston, Performer -
(P) 1996 Arista Records LLC
Mervyn Warren, Composer - Mervyn Warren, Lyricist - Mervyn Warren, Producer - Michael White, Recording Engineer - Frank Wolf, Recording Engineer - Hallerin Hilton Hill, Composer - Hallerin Hilton Hill, Lyricist - David Reitzas, Mixing Engineer - Whitney Houston Featuring The Nativity Choir From The Preacher's Wife, Performer - Tony Sheppard, Recording Engineer - Whitney Houston, Vocal Arranger - Whitney Houston, Producer -
(P) 1996 Arista Records LLC
Mervyn Warren, Vocal Arranger - Mervyn Warren, Producer - Michael White, Recording Engineer - Frank Wolf, Recording Engineer - Whitney Houston with Shirley Caesar and The Georgia Mass Choir, Performer - David Reitzas, Mixing Engineer - Joseph Magee, Recording Engineer - Alvin Darling, Composer - Alvin Darling, Lyricist - Whitney Houston, Vocal Arranger - Whitney Houston, Producer -
(P)1996 Arista Records LLC
Mervyn Warren, Vocal Arranger - Mervyn Warren, Producer - Frank Wolf, Recording Engineer - Tony Shepard, Recording Engineer - Cissy Houston With Hezekiah Walker And The Love Fellowship Crusade Choir, Performer - Traditional, Composer - Traditional, Lyricist - Ron Banks, Recording Engineer - Cissy Houston, Arranger - Whitney Houston, Producer -
(P)1996 Arista Records LLC
Michael White, Recording Engineer - Whitney Houston, Vocal Arranger - Whitney Houston, Producer - Joseph Magee, Recording Engineer - Leon Zervos, Edited By - Whitney Houston with The Georgia Mass Choir, Performer - Mervyn Warren, Arranger - Mervyn Warren, Vocal Arranger - Mervyn Warren, Producer - David Reitzas, Mixing Engineer - Traditional, Composer - Traditional, Lyricist - Frank Wolf, Recording Engineer -
(P) 1996 Arista Records LLC
Albumbeschreibung
Like The Bodyguard and Waiting to Exhale before it, The Preacher's Wife is a soundtrack that also functions as a Whitney Houston album, but that's where the similarity ends. Where The Bodyguard was adult contemporary pop at its finest and Waiting to Exhale was a virtual encyclopedia of mid-'90s mainstream black pop, The Preacher's Wife is an attempt at gospel-soul. Much of the music on the soundtrack was composed by Babyface, who normally can pull off such fusion. Babyface's pop material and David Foster's production of Houston's "I Believe in You and Me" are the most successful cuts, bar Kirk Franklin's exuberant "Joy," which utterly puts the other gospel cuts on the album to shame. So, there are enough strong cuts to make The Preacher's Wife worthwhile, but anyone who is looking for Houston strutting like a diva will likely be disappointed.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 01:01:14
- Main artists: Whitney Houston
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Arista
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B
(P) 1996 Arista Records LLC
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