The Collection (Whitney Houston album)

The Collection
The Collection
Box set by Whitney Houston
Released	April 19, 2010
Recorded	1984–1998
Label	Sony Music / Arista
Whitney Houston chronology

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. It was her final release to be released in her lifetime.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Daily Express	(favorable)^[2]

Track listing

Disc 1: Whitney Houston

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"You Give Good Love"	La La	Kashif	4:37
2.	"Thinking About You"	Kashif La La	Kashif	5:24
3.	"Someone for Me"	Raymond Jones Freddie Washington	Jermaine Jackson	4:58
4.	"Saving All My Love for You"	Michael Masser Gerry Goffin	Masser	3:58
5.	"Nobody Loves Me Like You Do" (duet with Jermaine Jackson)	James P. Dunne Pamela Phillips	Jackson	3:48
6.	"How Will I Know"	George Merrill Shannon Rubicam Narada Michael Walden	Walden	4:35
7.	"All at Once"	Jeffrey Osborne Masser	Masser	4:28
8.	"Take Good Care of My Heart" (duet with Jermaine Jackson)	Peter McCann Steve Dorff	Jackson	4:15
9.	"Greatest Love of All"	Linda Creed Masser	Masser	4:51
10.	"Hold Me" (duet with Teddy Pendergrass)	Creed Masser	Masser	6:00
Total length:				46:54

Disc 2: Whitney

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"	George Merrill Shannon Rubicam	Narada Michael Walden	4:51
2.	"Just the Lonely Talking Again"	Sam Dees	Walden	5:32
3.	"Love Will Save the Day"	Toni C.	Jellybean	5:21
4.	"Didn't We Almost Have It All"	Michael Masser Will Jennings	Masser	5:05
5.	"So Emotional"	Billy Steinberg Tom Kelly	Walden	4:36
6.	"Where You Are"	LeMel Humes James Calabrese Dyan Humes	Kashif	4:10
7.	"Love Is a Contact Sport"	Preston Glass	Walden	4:19
8.	"You're Still My Man"	Masser Gerry Goffin	Masser	4:16
9.	"For the Love of You"	O'Kelly Isley Ronald Isley Marvin Isley Chris Jasper	Walden	5:31
10.	"Where Do Broken Hearts Go"	Frank Wildhorn Chuck Jackson	Walden	4:37
11.	"I Know Him So Well" (duet with Cissy Houston)	Tim Rice Benny Andersson Björn Ulvaeus	Walden	4:30
Total length:				52:48

Disc 3: I'm Your Baby Tonight

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"I'm Your Baby Tonight"	L.A. Reid Babyface	Reid Babyface	4:59
2.	"My Name Is Not Susan"	Eric Foster White	Reid Babyface	4:39
3.	"All the Man That I Need"	Dean Pitchford Michael Gore	Narada Michael Walden	4:11
4.	"Lover for Life"	Sam Dees	Walden	4:49
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	Walden	5:30
8.	"Who Do You Love"	Luther Vandross Hubert Eaves III	Vandross	3:57
9.	"We Didn't Know" (duet with Stevie Wonder)	Stevie Wonder	Wonder	5:30
10.	"After We Make Love"	Michael Masser Gerry Goffin	Masser	5:07
11.	"I'm Knockin'"	Rhett Lawrence Ricky Minor Benjamin Winans	Minor Whitney Houston	4:58
Total length:				53:51

Disc 4: The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"I Will Always Love You"	Dolly Parton	David Foster	4:31
2.	"I Have Nothing"	David Foster Linda Thompson	Foster	4:49
3.	"I'm Every Woman"	Nickolas Ashford Valerie Simpson	Narada Michael Walden Robert Clivillés David Cole	4:45
4.	"Run to You"	Allan Rich Jud Friedman	Foster	4:24
5.	"Queen of the Night"	Whitney Houston Antonio "L.A." Reid Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds Daryl Simmons	L.A. Reid Babyface	3:08
6.	"Jesus Loves Me"	Anna Bartlett Warner William Batchelder Bradbury	BeBe Winans Houston	5:12
7.	"Even If My Heart Would Break" (Kenny G and Aaron Neville)	Franne Golde Adrian Gurvitz	Foster Walter Afanasieff	4:58
8.	"Someday (I'm Coming Back)" (Lisa Stansfield)	Lisa Stansfield Andy Morris Ian Devaney	Andy Morris Ian Devaney	4:57
9.	"It's Gonna Be a Lovely Day" (The S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M.)	Bill Withers Skip Scarborough Robert Clivillés David Cole Tommy Never Michelle Visage	Clivillés Cole Ricky Crespo	4:47
10.	"(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding" (Curtis Stigers)	Nick Lowe	Danny Kortchmar	4:04
11.	"Trust in Me" (Joe Cocker featuring Sass Jordan)	Charlie Midnight Marc Swersky Francesca Beghe	Charlie Midnight	4:12
12.	"Theme from The Bodyguard" (Alan Silvestri)	Alan Silvestri	Alan Silvestri	2:40
Total length:				57:44

Disc 5: My Love Is Your Love

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"It's Not Right but It's Okay"	Rodney Jerkins Fred Jerkins III LaShawn Daniels Isaac Phillips Toni Estes	R. Jerkins	4:52
2.	"Heartbreak Hotel" (featuring Faith Evans and Kelly Price)	Kenneth Karlin Tamara Savage Carsten Schack	Soulshock and Karlin	4:41
3.	"My Love Is Your Love"	Wyclef Jean Jerry "Wonder" Duplessis	Jean Duplessis	4:21
4.	"When You Believe" (duet with Mariah Carey)	Stephen Schwartz Babyface (add.)	Babyface	4:32
5.	"If I Told You That"	R. Jerkins F. Jerkins Daniels Estes	R. Jerkins	4:37
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 Warren	David Foster	4:19
8.	"Oh Yes"	Elliott Bradshaw Turner	Elliott Bradshaw Turner	6:47
9.	"Get It Back"	R. Jerkins F. Jerkins Daniels Estes	R. Jerkins	4:53
10.	"Until You Come Back"	Babyface Daryl Simmons	Babyface	4:52
11.	"I Bow Out"	Warren	Babyface R. Jerkins	4:31
12.	"You'll Never Stand Alone"	Warren	Babyface	4:21
13.	"I Was Made to Love Him" (Hidden track)	Henry Cosby Lula Mae Hardaway Sylvia Moy Stevie Wonder	Lauryn Hill	4:26
Total length:				60:44

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2012)	Peak position
Irish Albums (IRMA)^[3]	48
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)^[4]	70
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[5]	32

Monthly charts

Chart (2012)	Peak position
Polish Albums (ZPAV)^[6]	30

References

^ Jon O'Brien. "Whitney Houston – The Collection". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved September 22, 2012.
^ Gage, Simon (April 16, 2010). "Whitney Houston: The Collection". Daily Express. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
^ "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 8, 2012". Chart-Track. IRMA. Retrieved September 22, 2012.
^ "Spanishcharts.com – Whitney Houston – The Collection". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 22, 2012.
^ "Swedishcharts.com – Whitney Houston – The Collection". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 22, 2012.
^ "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.

External links

The Collection at Discogs
The Collection at Allmusic

[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.

[ac_Ireland_Whitney_Houston-3] "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 8, 2012". Chart-Track. IRMA. Retrieved September 22, 2012.

[ac_Spain_Whitney_Houston-4] "Spanishcharts.com – Whitney Houston – The Collection". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 22, 2012.

[ac_Sweden_Whitney_Houston-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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