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Rating: It had been a long time since I listened to an album like this. I (re)discovered it by chance in my rather large library. For heaven's sake, I already knew who Whitney Houston was and what she did. I knew she had a beautiful voice, a certain charisma, and a certain fame, but I never bothered to listen to her properly.
Then one fine day, I set about cataloging my library on iTunes and came across this modest-looking album. I put it into my Macintosh's CD player and started renaming the tracks. Then I got to the part where you have to write the genre of the tracks, so I started playing them... it was love at first "listen." I suddenly found myself in the presence of melodious, smooth, and soft sounds, with Whitney Houston's superb voice on her debut album and some masterful arrangements. And then I asked myself (once I had recovered) how I could have ignored the existence of such a beautiful album for all this time? Thanks to iTunes, maybe I’ll rediscover other albums like this. Songs worth noting are especially track no.1 (You Give Good Love), track no.4 (Saving All My Love for You), the pop ballad no.6 (How Will I Know), and track no.7 (All at Once). The sounds naturally hark back to the synthetic sounds of the legendary '80s and still retain some residual elements of the never-fully-dead Disco music (I recall the album is dated 1985).
The genre presented is a mature Funk-pop aimed at an adult audience (they are all love songs) and easily danceable. I'm sorry that Whitney has ruined herself lately by abusing every drug that exists on earth, but I cannot deny her fundamental role in pop music, both as a great performer and as a masterful voice. I hope she recovers and releases a good album soon (not like the last two/three).
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
02 Thinking About You (05:26)
I can't get you off my mind
No matter what I do
I'm wishing you were here, with me
It makes no difference
I only think of you
And I living out my fantasy
Midnight, I run to you
Being such a love sick fool
It might be pouring rain
Still the same, nothings changed
All and all I feel no shame
I'm just your fool insane
(I'm just your fool)
Chorus:
I keep thinking about you baby
So tell me what you're gonna do
I thinking about you
All I wanna do is
Like a river of wine, intoxicate my mind
I'm thinking about you
That's what I wanna do
Pick me up, let's go down
I'm thinking about it too
I'm thinking about you
Ya got me thinking about you
I'm thinking about it too
Make believing is a game
That's not for me to play
Don't you need me just like I need you
Just like I need you
There's no reason
Just my heart that makes me feel this way
And I hope you feel the same way too
Midnight, I run to you
Being such a love sick fool
It might be pouring rain
Still the same, nothings changed
All and all I feel no shame
I'm just your fool insane
(I'm just your fool)
Chorus:
I keep thinking about you baby
So tell me what you're gonna do
I keep thinking about you
All I wanna do is
Like a river of wine, intoxicate my mind
I'm thinking about you
That's what I wanna do
Pick me up, let's go down
I'm thinking about it too (yea, yea. yea, yea, yea, yea, yea, yea, yea, yeah)
I'm thinking about you
Got me thinking about you
I'm thinking about it too
It might be pouring in the rain
But like a fool insane
I run I run I run I run to you
I'm just a lovesick fool
I've got this thing for you
I'm just a I'm just a love sick fool
I'm just a fool oh
I keep thinking about you baby
So tell me what you're gonna do
Got me thinking about you
All I wanna do is
Like a river of wine, intoxicate my mind
I'm thinking about you
That's what I wanna do
Pick me up, let's go down
I'm thinking about it too (yea, yea. yea, yea, yea, yea, yea, yea, yea, yeah)
I'm thinking about you
Got me thinking about you
I'm thinking about it too
Like a river of wine, intoxicate my mind
I'm thinking about you
That's what I wanna do
Pick me up, let's go down
I'm thinking about it too (yea, yea. yea, yea, yea, yea, yea, yea, yea, yeah)
I'm thinking about you
Got me thinking about you
I'm thinking about it too
03 Someone for Me (05:01)
I'm here alone on a Friday night
Waiting here beside the phone
The TV, radio and me
Really ain't been getting along
I wish that I could fly away
And party till the break of day
And there I'd be sure to meet
The guy that would be special to me
Then mama comes and asks me
Why am I dreaming sitting alone?
Why not go out and have some fun
It's the only way I'll ever find
Someone for me
While I am young and seventeen
Chorus:
Someone for me
Someone for me
I've got to go find someone, someone
Someone for me
I've got to find someone, Yeah!
Now here's a party down at Angie's house
With people packed against the wall
I'm sitting in the corner here
Trying to make some sense of it all
And when I least expect it
Meeting the guy I see in my dreams
Here he is walking up to me and asking
If I'd like to come and dance with him
I think I've found someone for me
Repeat Chorus
And so I'm finding out that dreams you believe in
Can come to be
And now I'm looking up to find the joy and happiness
Can come to you and me
At last I've found someone for me
Repeat Chorus
06 How Will I Know (04:36)
There's a boy I know
He's the one I dream of
Looks into my eyes
Takes me to the stars above
Oh I lose control
Can't seem to get enough
When I wake from dreaming
Tell me is it really love
How will I know
Girl trust your feelings
How will I know
How will I know
Love can be deceiving
How will I know
Chorus:
How will I know if he really loves me
I say a prayer with every heart beat
I fall in love whenever we meet
I'm asking you what you know about these things
How will I know if he's thinking of me
I try to phone but I'm too shy - can't speak
Falling in love is so bitter sweet
This love is strong why do I feel weak
Oh, wake me, I'm shaking
Wish I had you near me now
Said there's no mistaking
What I feel is really love
How will I know
Girl trust your feelings
How will I know
How will I know
Love can be deceiving
How will I know
Chorus:
How will I know if he really loves me
I say a prayer with every heart beat
I fall in love whenever we meet
I'm asking you what you know about these things
How will I know if he's thinking of me
I try to phone but I'm too shy - can't speak
Falling in love is so bitter sweet
This love is strong why do I feel weak
If he loves me, if he loves me not
He loves me, if he loves me not
He loves me, if he loves me not
Oh how will I know
Chorus:
How will I know if he really loves me
I say a prayer with every heart beat
I fall in love whenever we meet
I'm asking you what you know about these things
How will I know if he's thinking of me
I try to phone but I'm too shy - can't speak
Falling in love is so bitter sweet
This love is strong why do I feel weak
07 All at Once (04:29)
(Jeffrey Osborne/Michael Masser)
All at once
I finally took a moment
And I'm realizing that
You're not coming back
And it finally hit me
All at once
All at once
I started counting teardrops
And at least a million fell
My eyes began to swell
And all my dreams were
Shattered all at once
Ever since I met you
You're the only love I've known
And I can't forget you
Though I must face it all alone
All at once
I'm drifting on a lonely sea
Wishing you'd come back to me
And that's all that matters now
All at once
I'm drifting on a lonely sea
Holding on to memories
And it hurts me more than you know
So much more than it shows
All at once
All at once
I looked around and found
That you were with another love
In someone else's arms
And all my dreams were shattered
All at once
All at once
The smile that used to greet me
Brightened someone else's day
She took your smile away
And left me with just memories
All at once
Ever since I met you
You're the only love I've known
And I can't forget you
Though I must face it all alone
All at once
I'm drifting on a lonely sea
Wishing you'd come back to me
And that's all the matters now
All at once
I'm drifting on a lonely sea
Holding on to memories
And it hurts me more than you know
So much more than it shows
All at once
All at once
I'm drifting on a lonely sea
Holding on to memories
And it hurts me more than you know
So much more than it shows
All at once
And that's all the matters now
All at once
I'm drifting on a lonely sea
Wishing you'd come back to me
And it hurts me more than you know
All at once
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