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| Artist |
Toni Braxton |
| Producer |
Babyface, David Foster, Toni Braxton, R. Kelly, Ted Bishop, Vincent Herbert, L.A. Reid, Soulshock, Daryl Simmons, Karlin, Rodney Jerkins, Soul Solution, Bryce Wilson, The Neptunes, Bryan-Michael Cox |
| Label Name |
La Face |
| Song List |
1: Give U My Heart (4:00)
2: Love Shoulda Brought You Home (4:51)
3: Another Sad Love Song (3:49)
4: Breathe Again (4:15)
5: Seven Whole Days [Live] (4:40)
6: You Mean the World to Me (3:59)
7: How Many Ways (4:26)
8: You're Makin' Me High (4:06)
9: Let It Flow (4:09)
10: Un-Break My Heart (4:28)
11: I Love Me Some Him (4:36)
12: I Don't Want To (4:17)
13: He Wasn't Man Enough (4:00)
14: Just Be a Man About It (4:16)
15: Hit the Freeway (3:47)
16: Whatchu Need [#] (3:38)
17: The Little Things [#] (4:31)
18: Un-Break My Heart [Soul-Hex Anthem Radio Edit] (3:35) |
| Format |
CD |
| Release Date |
2003 11 04 |
| Style.Categories |
Contemporary R&B, Adult Contemporary, Urban, Dance-Pop |
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Most modern-day female pop singers start their careers doing their sexy, stylish dance-oriented material then settle into a career as an adult contemporary crooner. Toni Braxton didn't follow that route. She started the '90s singing elegant, refined quiet storm ballads and ended it singing sleek dance-pop tunes as she slinked around in skimpy outfits. She wasn't the only one of her peers to follow this trajectory -- Mariah Carey pretty much did the same thing, only to the extreme -- but it's a little odd to listen to Braxton evolve from the sophisticated urban contemporary crooner to oversexed R&B thrush, even if it's not a bad thing at all. One thing that elevated Braxton above her peers is that she was a controlled, powerful singer who rarely oversang, and she had a good selection of material, much of it written or co-written by Babyface. That's why her 18-track hits collection Ultimate Toni Braxton works well even through her shifts in style -- she is a confident enough performer to sell both the slow romantic ballads and material that swings harder. That's not to say that there aren't some slow spots here -- the previously unreleased cuts are no great shakes, and sometimes the abundance of slow numbers makes things sound too samey -- but she was one of the top urban soul singers of the '90s, and this is the album that illustrates why. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
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