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Genre:
R&B
Release Date: 02/27/1996
Run Time: 72:22
This 16-track, 72-and-a-half-minute compilation contains
Deniece Williams' two number one
pop/
R&B hits,
"Let's Hear It for the Boy" and
"Too Much, Too Little, Too Late" (a duet with
Johnny Mathis), as well as her remake of
"It's Gonna Take a Miracle," an
R&B number one and Top Ten
pop hit, and
"Free," which just missed the top of the
R&B chart and made the
pop Top 40. Otherwise, the collection is somewhat idiosyncratic, compilation producer
Leo Sacks' idea of
Williams' best, rather than her greatest hits. Her success on the
R&B singles chart, where she scored 18 Top 40 hits, is shortchanged, as the set fails to contain such major
R&B hits as
"Never Say Never" and
"You're All I Need to Get By." At the same time,
Sacks finds room for the eight-minute album track
"If You Don't Believe" and
Williams' early
gospel composition
"God Is Amazing." Such tracks serve to emphasize the diversity in
Williams' catalog, but
R&B fans may find the set wanting.
~William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide
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