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Personnel includes: Whitney Houston, Deborah Cox, Kelly Price, George Michael, Jermaine Jackson, Faith Evans, Enrique Iglesias. Producers include: Raphael Saadiq, Q-Tip, David Foster, Rodney Jerkins, Wyclef Jean. Includes liner notes by Amy Linden. R & B diva Whitney Houston has had a long career of chart hits. This collection features hits like "Greatest Love Of All," "I Will Always Love You," and "It's Not Right, But It's Okay," as well as various remixes. Japanese import. Personnel: Jay Williams, Al McDowell (guitar); Dexter Simmons, Anne Catalino (recorder); Mac Quayle (keyboards, programming); Eric Kupper, Lenny Underwood (keyboards); Deborah Cox, Shae Jones (background vocals). Audio Mixers: DJ Quik; Dave Darlington; Jon Douglas; Mark Taylor ; Peter Mokran; Stephen Lipson; Brian Rawling. Audio Remixers: Hex Hector; Peter Rauhofer. Arrangers: Kashif; Soulshock ; David Foster. It should come as no surprise that a woman who counts Dionne Warwick as a cousin, Aretha Franklin as a family friend, and whose mother was a legendary session and gospel singer, became a phenomenally successful R&B act. Perhaps more surprising is that it took 17 years after first signing with Arista for Whitney Houston to produce her first greatest hits album. These hits are neatly compartmentalized into a "Cool Down" and a "Throw Down" disc, the former featuring ballads such as "Saving All My Love for You," while the latter showcases remixes of Whitney's uptempo singles such as "How Will I Know." Four new songs, three of which are duets, are also included. At the time of release, her golden voice had led to 16 Number 1 hits (that's two more than Madonna), an Emmy, Grammys and several notable collaborations. A stocking-filler for years to come, we'll wager.
