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| I Will Always Love You |
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Whitney Houston |
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04:32 |
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| I Have Nothing |
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Whitney Houston |
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04:50 |
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| I'm Every Woman |
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Whitney Houston |
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04:47 |
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| Run To You |
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WHIYNEY HOUSTON |
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04:24 |
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| Queen Of The Night |
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Whitney Houston |
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03:09 |
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| Jesus Loves Me |
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Whitney Houston |
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05:13 |
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| Even If My Heart Would Break |
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ARRON NEVILLE & KENNY G |
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04:58 |
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| Someday (I'm Coming Back) |
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Lisa Stanfield |
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04:59 |
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| It's Gonna Be A Lovely Day |
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Soul System |
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04:51 |
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| (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding |
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CURTIS STIGER |
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04:05 |
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| Theme From The Bodyguard |
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Alan Silvestri |
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02:44 |
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| Trust In Me |
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Sass Jordan |
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04:14 |
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The Bodyguard
Artist Original Soundtrack
Album Title Bodyguard
Date of Release 1992 (release) inprint
AMG Rating (Good)
Genre Soundtrack
Styles Soundtracks
Type soundtrack
Time 74:33
Few observers expected that Whitney Houston's first big-screen role in 1992's The Bodyguard would generate a phenomenon. Not that the film itself was a phenomenon -- it was a healthy success, due not only to Houston but to her co-star Kevin Costner's drawing power -- but the soundtrack's success was astonishing. The Bodyguard followed Houston's cover of Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You" to the top of the charts and once they got there, neither the single nor the album budged for weeks. "I Will Always Love You" spent a record-shattering 15 weeks in the top slot, while The Bodyguard spent 20 weeks at number one, eventually selling over 15 million copies and winning the Grammy award for Album of the Year. Like many phenomena of that magnitude, it's hard to see, in retrospect, what triggered such a massive public response. True, The Bodyguard isn't a typical soundtrack in that its first half plays like Houston's sequel to I'm Your Baby Tonight, but its second half is filled with the flotsam and jetsam typical to a big-budget soundtrack -- an excerpt from Alan Silverstri's score, some flavorless but pleasant Kenny G instrumentals, dated pop and dance numbers, and a cover (Curtis Stigers' take on "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding," which is notable in some circles as the recording that made the song's author, Nick Lowe, a millionaire). Then again, nobody really paid attention to anything outside of the first six songs, all of which rank among Houston's best efforts, demonstrating progress from the somewhat stilted I'm Your Baby Tonight. It's not startling enough to justify the phenomenon, but "I Have Nothing," "Queen of the Night," "Run to You" and especially her cover of "I'm Every Woman" are all first-rate urban-pop songs that skillfully capture Houston at her best. In a sense, the album is no different than any other album Houston recorded. It may seem odd that a soundtrack is Houston's biggest-selling album to date, but consider this -- even her best records had five or six great songs surrounded by well-constructed filler; the same is true here, only the filler is recorded by other artists. -- Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
CD Arista 18699-2
CS Arista 18699-4
1992 LP Arista 18699
Babyface - Producer
Joe Cocker - Vocals
Whitney Houston - Arranger, Vocals, Producer, Vocal Arrangement, Executive Producer
Aaron Neville - Vocals
Kenny G. - Arranger, Producer
Jeremy Lubbock - String Arrangements
Gary Lemel - Music Executive, Executive in Charge of Music
Jim Walker - Engineer
David Foster - Arranger, Producer, String Arrangements
Sass Jordan -
Curtis Stigers - Vocals
Ronn Huff - String Arrangements
S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M. - Vocals
James T. Alfano - Programming
Chris Lord-Alge - Mixing
Kevin Becka - Engineer, Assistant Engineer
Louis Biancaniello - Programming
Bobby Boughton - Engineer, Mixing
Cedric Caldwell - Arranger
Victor Caldwell - Engineer
Gary Carlson - Engineer
Chaka Khan - Arranger
Milton Chan - Engineer
Dana Jon Chappelle - Engineer
Alvin Chea - Vocals (bckgr)
Robert Clivillés - Arranger, Producer, Vocal Arrangement, Editing, Remixing, Mixing, Vocal Producer
David Cole - Arranger, Producer, Vocal Arrangement, Remixing, Mixing
Paul Cox - Photography
Ricky Crespo - Programming, Producer, Associate Producer, Editing, Assistant Producer
Maureen Crowe - Music Supervisor, Supervisor
Clive Davis - Executive Producer
Marc DeSisto - Engineer, Mixing
Ian Devaney - Producer, Mixing
Jud J. Friedman - Arranger
Humberto Gatica - Engineer
Gary Grant - Trumpet
Mick Guzauski - Mixing
Paul Jackson, Jr. - Guitar
Richard Joseph - Engineer
Acar S. Key - Engineer, Mixing
Danny Kortchmar - Producer
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