Track Listing
1. Who Were You Thinkin 'Bout?
2. Happiness
3. And My Heart Goes
4. First Thing on Your Mind
5. Crazy 'Bout You
6. Lost Without You
7. Someone Like You
8. Easiest Thing, The
9. Surrender
10. Start Again
11. And If I Ever
12. Oh How the Years Go By
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | Dave Koz, Jimmy Jam, R. Kelly, Terry Lewis, Trey Lorenz | | Distributor: | Universal Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Personnel includes: Vanessa Williams (vocals); Jeremy Lubbock, Ron Huff (conductor); R. Kelly, Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, J. Dibbs (various instruments); Keith Thomas (guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, programming); Jerry McPherson, Dan Huff (guitar); Sonny Lawlersedt (acoustic guitar); Mark Schulman (electric guitar); Rob Mathes (12-string guitar, keyboards, Hammond B-3 organ, background vocals); Phil Madeira (lap steel, Hammond B-3 organ); Dave Koz (saxophone); Dennis Ross III (piano, keyboards, background vocals); Mark Egan, Will Lee (bass); Shawn Pelton (drums); Bashiri Johnson (percussion); Mark Hammond, Jan Folkson (programming); Lisa Cochran, SueAnne Carwell, Trey Lorenz (background vocals); The Nashville String Machine.
Producers include: R. Kelly, Keith Thomas, Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, J. Dibbs.
Engineers include: Bill Whittington, Steve Hodge, Adam Kudzin.
Vanessa Williams' NEXT sees her taking yet another soulful, mature step forward in the inspiring balancing act that is her career. While starring on television, in film, and on Broadway, she has also managed to produce a steady stream of R&B hits. With NEXT, Williams calls on such contemporary R&B luminaries as R. Kelly, Jimmy Jam, and Terry Lewis, whose production and instrumental performances grace the album with a lush atmosphere and warm sound befitting its serious, mature tone.
From the acerbic "Who Were You Thinkin' 'Bout" to the mournful "And If I Ever," Williams shows a range of emotion that can only be the result of a life in the theater, injecting a dramatic intensity into her accomplished vocal performances. Taking on "Someone Like You" by Van Morrison, she gives it a gentle, soulful reading, powerful and free of pretense. Closing with the epic "Oh How The Years Go By," NEXT proves as varied and powerful as the multi-talented Vanessa Williams herself.
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