Scepticism and criticisms aside – I am totally blown away. I am stunned. The best album ever.
This album to me is the ultimate celebration of life, thirst for love and the new day. She sings like there’s no tomorrow, but one can hear her yesterday in every note she delivers. It’s not an angelic voice anymore. But it’s so-called “imperfections” penetrate your soul, make your heart stop and bring tears to your eyes.It’s not singing. It’s more than singing, it’s “shamanism”, it’s as though something you thought was broken into pieces is a whole again. A new being and what you though were splinters are diamonds. It’s not just vocalizing, it is as though pain and strength and love and despair and triumph have been transformed into sound and now have the shape and color and the almost tangible texture. I would never compare her current voice (yes, with some of its edge) to any previous Whitney era – it’s different. Yet still the same in a big way – the way she manages to make you not just believe – KNOW that each word is meant only for you, every breath, every run is as expressive and meaningful as piles of wise and fascinating books and masterpiece painings.
Bravo, Whitney. I was crying listening to this amazing book of life, and those were tears of compassion, joy, pride, admiration and sorrow – whatever was implied on the tracks.
Incredibly fresh arrangements, totally current yet classy, it’s all Whitney.
I want to say about one TIMELESS ANTHEM there. It’s one of those songs that Whitney and Clive call “standards”. I am talking about I GOT YOU. It’s eternal. Years will pass – people will sing it – to me it’s as classical a song as was MLIYL – it’s GRAND. It was written that way. It was produced that way. And the devotion (without any vocal acrobatics) of Whitney’s singing here is stunning. I keep getting goose bumps every time I hear it – from the first sound to the last. There is an intense mixture of peace and harmony in the way Whitney lives through the lyric and still you can hear the PRICE paid for it in every single note. A revelation.
Well – I am happy. No filler tracks – it’s like a poem – you can’t lose a line.
And the poet is Whitney. And I will find whoever says Whitney is NOT the author of her material – I will laugh in his face.
Sorry for being chaotic, but the record is larger than life and I am a mere mortal ...
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Scepticism and criticisms aside – I am totally blown away. I am stunned. The best album ever.
This album to me is the ultimate celebration of life, thirst for love and the new day. She sings like there’s no tomorrow, but one can hear her yesterday in every note she delivers. It’s not an angelic voice anymore. But it’s so-called “imperfections” penetrate your soul, make your heart stop and bring tears to your eyes.It’s not singing. It’s more than singing, it’s “shamanism”, it’s as though something you thought was broken into pieces is a whole again. A new being and what you though were splinters are diamonds. It’s not just vocalizing, it is as though pain and strength and love and despair and triumph have been transformed into sound and now have the shape and color and the almost tangible texture. I would never compare her current voice (yes, with some of its edge) to any previous Whitney era – it’s different. Yet still the same in a big way – the way she manages to make you not just believe – KNOW that each word is meant only for you, every breath, every run is as expressive and meaningful as piles of wise and fascinating books and masterpiece painings.
Bravo, Whitney. I was crying listening to this amazing book of life, and those were tears of compassion, joy, pride, admiration and sorrow – whatever was implied on the tracks.
Incredibly fresh arrangements, totally current yet classy, it’s all Whitney.
I want to say about one TIMELESS ANTHEM there. It’s one of those songs that Whitney and Clive call “standards”. I am talking about I GOT YOU. It’s eternal. Years will pass – people will sing it – to me it’s as classical a song as was MLIYL – it’s GRAND. It was written that way. It was produced that way. And the devotion (without any vocal acrobatics) of Whitney’s singing here is stunning. I keep getting goose bumps every time I hear it – from the first sound to the last. There is an intense mixture of peace and harmony in the way Whitney lives through the lyric and still you can hear the PRICE paid for it in every single note. A revelation.
Well – I am happy. No filler tracks – it’s like a poem – you can’t lose a line.
And the poet is Whitney. And I will find whoever says Whitney is NOT the author of her material – I will laugh in his face.
Sorry for being chaotic, but the record is larger than life and I am a mere mortal ...
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