The Collection (Whitney Houston album)

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The Collection
Box set by
ReleasedApril 19, 2010 (2010-04-19)
Recorded1984–1998
LabelSony Music / Arista
Whitney Houston chronology
I Look to You
(2009)
The Collection
(2010)
I Will Always Love You: The Best of Whitney Houston
(2012)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Daily Express(favorable)[2]

The Collection is a 5-CD box set, released to coincide Houston's Nothing but Love World Tour, that comprises five of Houston's multi-platinum albums, from Whitney Houston (1985) to My Love Is Your Love (1998) excluding The Preacher's Wife soundtrack (1996). Each disc is presented in mini-LP style card picture sleeves, housed in a picture box with a lift-off lid.

Track listing[edit]

Disc 1: Whitney Houston[edit]

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."You Give Good Love"La LaKashif4:37
2."Thinking About You"
  • Kashif
  • La La
Kashif5:24
3."Someone for Me"
  • Raymond Jones
  • Freddie Washington
Jermaine Jackson4:58
4."Saving All My Love for You"Masser3:58
5."Nobody Loves Me Like You Do" (duet with Jermaine Jackson)
Jackson3:48
6."How Will I Know"Walden4:35
7."All at Once"Masser4:28
8."Take Good Care of My Heart" (duet with Jermaine Jackson)
Jackson4:15
9."Greatest Love of All"
Masser4:51
10."Hold Me" (duet with Teddy Pendergrass)
  • Creed
  • Masser
Masser6:00
Total length:46:54

Disc 2: Whitney[edit]

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"Narada Michael Walden4:51
2."Just the Lonely Talking Again"Sam DeesWalden5:32
3."Love Will Save the Day"Toni C.Jellybean5:21
4."Didn't We Almost Have It All"Masser5:05
5."So Emotional"Walden4:36
6."Where You Are"
Kashif4:10
7."Love Is a Contact Sport"Preston GlassWalden4:19
8."You're Still My Man"Masser4:16
9."For the Love of You"Walden5:31
10."Where Do Broken Hearts Go"Walden4:37
11."I Know Him So Well" (duet with Cissy Houston)Walden4:30
Total length:52:48

Disc 3: I'm Your Baby Tonight[edit]

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."I'm Your Baby Tonight"
  • Reid
  • Babyface
4:59
2."My Name Is Not Susan"Eric Foster White
  • Reid
  • Babyface
4:39
3."All the Man That I Need"Narada Michael Walden4:11
4."Lover for Life"Sam DeesWalden4:49
5."Anymore"
  • Reid
  • Babyface
  • Reid
  • Babyface
4:23
6."Miracle"
  • Reid
  • Babyface
  • Reid
  • Babyface
5:42
7."I Belong to You"
  • Derek Bramble
  • Franne Golde
Walden5:30
8."Who Do You Love"Vandross3:57
9."We Didn't Know" (duet with Stevie Wonder)Stevie WonderWonder5:30
10."After We Make Love"Masser5:07
11."I'm Knockin'"
  • Minor
  • Whitney Houston
4:58
Total length:53:51

Disc 4: The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album[edit]

Disc 5: My Love Is Your Love[edit]

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."It's Not Right but It's Okay"R. Jerkins4:52
2."Heartbreak Hotel" (featuring Faith Evans and Kelly Price)Soulshock and Karlin4:41
3."My Love Is Your Love"
  • Jean
  • Duplessis
4:21
4."When You Believe" (duet with Mariah Carey)Babyface4:32
5."If I Told You That"
  • R. Jerkins
  • F. Jerkins
  • Daniels
  • Estes
R. Jerkins4:37
6."In My Business" (featuring Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott)
  • Elliott
  • Kelvin "K.B." Bradshaw
  • Lloyd "Spec" Turner
  • Elliott
  • Bradshaw
  • Turner
3:27
7."I Learned from the Best"Diane WarrenDavid Foster4:19
8."Oh Yes"
  • Elliott
  • Bradshaw
  • Turner
  • Elliott
  • Bradshaw
  • Turner
6:47
9."Get It Back"
  • R. Jerkins
  • F. Jerkins
  • Daniels
  • Estes
R. Jerkins4:53
10."Until You Come Back"Babyface4:52
11."I Bow Out"Warren
  • Babyface
  • R. Jerkins
4:31
12."You'll Never Stand Alone"WarrenBabyface4:21
13."I Was Made to Love Him" (Hidden track)Lauryn Hill4:26
Total length:60:44

Charts[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Jon O'Brien. "Whitney Houston – The Collection". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved September 22, 2012.
  2. ^ Gage, Simon (April 16, 2010). "Whitney Houston: The Collection". Daily Express. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  3. ^ "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 8, 2012". Chart-Track. IRMA. Retrieved September 22, 2012.
  4. ^ "Spanishcharts.com – Whitney Houston – The Collection". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 22, 2012.
  5. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Whitney Houston – The Collection". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 22, 2012.
  6. ^ "Top 100 – lista miesięczna – Luty 2012". ZPAV. Polish Society of the Phonographing Industry. Archived from the original on December 14, 2013. Retrieved January 2, 2014.

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