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Rating: The first thing you must be wondering is "only a madman could have given such a low score to a Whitney Houston album" and you're right! But I at least want to explain my reasons in this brief review.
This "I'm your baby tonight" is a TOTAL BORE! It doesn’t seem right to record an album based solely on the singer’s extraordinary vocal talents. In fact, the only truly admirable thing in this album is the usual magnificent voice of Houston, long before she started abusing her vocal cords with tons of joints and various drug mixtures, Whitney Houston in great shape but who eventually tires you out, to the point of no longer wanting to listen to this album, the sound engagement is missing! Despite the album being from 1990, the music continues to propose that methodical 80s style made of various synthesizers that however show nothing innovative, musically it’s moldy!
The album consists of 11 tracks, of these, we can admire the first two, with a fairly lively rhythm that manages to hold the listener beyond the voice, from the third song onwards you already have the sensation of wanting to end it all! Just listen twice in a row to "All the man that I need" and a razor blade or a kitchen knife by your side could become really dangerous! I’d like to point out that I am a lover of tender romantic ballads and melancholy songs, but in the case of this album, we are confronted with the festival of syrupiness, which becomes involuntarily comical in the long run, by the fourth song you're already sick of it! The only gem of the album in my opinion is "miracle", and a note of merit also goes to the beautiful "After We Make Love" (the voice here is goosebump-inducing!) but they alone can’t lift the fate of this "extremely boring" album.
To save the listener from suicide, every two songs or so the drums get more pulsating and the bass lines a bit more substantial, so as to slightly ease the depression that has gripped the listener from the first listens... ultimately an album in which the music is redundant! If Whitney Houston's aim was only to showcase her voice, it would have been better to record her albums a cappella!
In conclusion, I would say that we are faced with an album sung divinely and... ok, played with class! (I admit, despite what I’ve said) but so boring and depressing that it deserved a big fat two!
If you want to listen to classy, sentimental music without being depressing, and sung by an equally wonderful voice, I recommend listening to Annie Lennox (read my review on "DIVA") perhaps the vocal level is slightly lower (especially in the higher tones) but it remains a notch above in terms of entertainment and atmosphere.
Whitney Houston has done acid!
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 I'm Your Baby Tonight (04:13)
From the moment I saw you
I went outta my mind
Though I never believed in
Love at first sight
But you got a magic boy
That I just can't explain
Well you gotta, you gotta way
That you make me feel
I can do, I can do anything for you baby
I'll be down for you baby
Lay all my cards out tonight
Just call on me baby
I'll be there in a hurry
It's your move so baby baby decide
Chorus:
Whatever you want from me
I'm giving you everything
I'm your baby tonight
You've given my ecstasy
You are my fantasy
I'm your baby tonight
From the second you touched me
I was ready to die
I've never been fatal
You're my first time
I feel like an angel
Who just started to fly
Well you gotta, you gotta way that
You make a me feel I can, feel I can
Do anything for you baby
Hold on and enjoy the ride
I'm not in no hurry
We can fly all night baby
It's your move now baby
Baby let's fly
Chorus:
Whatever you want from me
I'm giving you everything
I'm your baby tonight
You've given my ecstasy
You are my fantasy
I'm your baby tonight
Whatever I do boy
It's all about you baby
And ain't it the truth boy
I'm helplessly in love with you
What else i can do boy
But be there for you baby
You gotta, you gotta way that
You make a me feel I can, feel I can
Do any, Do anything Yeah!
Chorus:
Whatever you want from me
I'm giving you everything
I'm your baby tonight
You've given my ecstasy
You are my fantasy
I'm your baby tonight
Looks like I'm fatal
It's all on the table
And baby you hold the cards
You got the magic
And I've got to have it
I don't want the pieces
I want every single part
I'll be your angel
I'm ready and able
Whatever you want is fine
Whenever you're ready
Just call on your lady
And I'll be your baby tonight
Chorus:
Whatever you want from me
I'm giving you everything
I'm your baby tonight
You've given my ecstasy
You are my fantasy
I'm your baby tonight
03 All the Man That I Need (04:10)
I used to cry myself to sleep at night
But that was all
Before he came
I thought love had to hurt to turn out right
But now he's here
It's not the same
It's not the same
Chorus:
He fills me up
He gives me love
More love than I've ever seen
He's all I've got
He's all I've got in this world
But he's all the man that I need
And in the morning when I kiss his eyes
He takes me down
And rocks me slow
And in the evening when the moon is high
He holds me close
And won't let go
He won't let go
(Chorus)
05 Anymore (04:23)
Anymore
I believe in roses
But only from the heart
And if it's not sincere baby then
I don't want no part
I believe in one love baby,
True monogamy
What I don't know can't hurt me
That's not the way I see
If you believed in me
You won't mess around
It's not like I don't know
You've been with every girl in town
You got a lot of nerve to think
I just close my eyes
While you walk aorund so full of it
I give you my surprise
Chorus: (repeat twice)
I don't need your kinda love
I don't need your kinda trust
I don't want you, anymore
I don't need your kinda kisses
I don't want to be your Mrs.
I don't want to anymore
I believe that angels
Watch everything we do
And all the wrong you're doing
Just might come back on you
I believe in phone calls
When you're not by my side
Especially when it's lonely
In the middle of the night
If you believe that true love
Is only made in bed
Lord have mercy on you
Chivalry is dead
You got a lot of nerve to think,
To think that I'm still down
While you've taken me for granted
Boy I'm through, I'm outta town
Repeat Chorus
So baby (so baby)
You can kiss this girl goodbye
I'm through with ya
Movin on with my life
No more pain, no more fears
I'm movin on, I'm keepin on
I'm through with all the tears
Your kinda love
Your kinda trust
I don't want you, don't need you
Can't have you
Your kinda kisses (yeah)
To be your Mrs.
I don't want you (sing it for us)
Repeat Chorus:
Don't need, don't want you
Don't need, don't want
Don't need that kind of love
Don't want your kind of love
Don't need it
Don't want it
06 Miracle (05:42)
How could I throw away a miracle
How could I face another day
It's all of my doing
I made a choice
And today I pay
My heart is full of pain
How could you understand
The way I feel
How could you relate to so much pain
Seems as though nothing can comfort me
So today I pray
That someone should listen for
Chorus:
Nothing should matter
Not when love grows inside you
The choice is yours
There's a miracle in store
Nothing should matter
Not when love grows inside you
A voice of love is crying out
Don't throw love away
There's a miracle in store
How could I let go of a miracle
Nothing could ever take its place
Thought I was looking
Out for myself
Now it seems the pain
Is all that I have gained
I wonder if I could be your miracle
I wonder if I could spare you pain
Seems as though nothing will comfort me
Less today I pray
That you should come listen for
Chorus:
Nothing should matter
Not when love grows inside you
The choice is yours
There's a miracle in store
Nothing should matter
Not when love grows inside you
A voice of love is crying out
Don't throw love away
There's a miracle in store
Don't ever throw away your miracle
Don't let it slip away
Nothing should matter for
Chorus:
Nothing should matter
Not when love grows inside you
The choice is yours
There's a miracle in store
Nothing should matter
Not when love grows inside you
A voice of love is crying out
Don't throw love away
There's a miracle in store for you
07 I Belong to You (05:31)
In a world when dreams are few
You've got me baby, I've got you
You're the on that makes me feel brand new
Sometimes love can wear you out
Chill your soul baby, make you doubt
That you'll never find the one that's true
All of my life I've longed for this
Someone who makes me happy
Let's seal this moment with a kiss
I wanna know
And nothings gonna stop me cause
Chorus
I've been to the bottom
But I'm back on top
And I'm feelin' the rhythm
As we start to rock
When ya get down to it
I belong to you
Though I'm not afraid to let it show
I'll tell the world I want everyone to know
There's nobody does me liek you do
All of my love is yours tonight
I live to make you happy
Nothin has ever felt so right
I want it all
And nothin's gonna stop me 'cause'
Chorus
Bridge
When you touch me tender
And you reach my soul
When I start to weaken
And I lose control
When you get down to it
I belong to you
Chorus
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