Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. Shine - (previously unreleased)
2. Got You Home - (previously unreleased)
3. Never Too Much
4. Take You Out
5. Superstar / Until You Come Back to Me
6. Here and Now
7. Dance With My Father
8. House Is Not a Home, A
9. Give Me the Reason
10. I'd Rather
11. Any Love
12. Power of Love / Love Power, The
13. Think About You
14. Wait For Love
15. Your Secret Love
16. Closer I Get to You, The - (featuring Beyonce)
17. Buy Me a Rose
18. Endless Love - (featuring Mariah Carey)
DISC 2: THE ULTIMATE LUTHER VANDROSS (SPECIAL EDITION): BONUS DISC::
1. Shine - (Freemasons mix)
2. Power of Love/Love Power, The - (dance radio mix)
3. Can Heaven Wait - (David Harness Soulful club mix)
4. Take You Out Tonight - (Allstar mix)
5. I'd Rather - (Mike Rizzo Global mix)
6. 'Til My Baby Comes Home - (dance version)
7. Stop to Love - (12-inch mix)
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | Beyonce, Mariah Carey | | Distributor: | Sony Music Distribution ( | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Personnel: Luther Vandross; Mariah Carey, Beyonce.
Recording information: 1981 - 2001.
Luther Vandross had so many hits throughout the 1980s and '90s, and--more importantly--was such an influential R&B stylist, that any attempt to sum him up on a single-disc compilation is somewhat futile. Still, 2006's ULTIMATE LUTHER VANDROSS, which modified the track list of the 2001 collection of the same name, does an admirable job of capturing the artist's achievement.
Naturally, the set includes the singer's biggest hits, including "Here and Now," "The Power of Love/Love Power," and "Don't Want to Be a Fool," among many others, but this version of ULTIMATE has the jump on the earlier version with its inclusion of songs from Vandross's highly successful 2003 release DANCE WITH MY FATHER, including the dramatically moving title track and his duet with Beyonce on "The Closer I Get to You." A duet with Mariah Carey and two previously unreleased tracks ("Shine" and "Got You Home") round out the package.
Editorial Reviews
4 stars out of 5 -- 'So Amazing' and 'Give Me The Reason' were the most soulful things you were going to get in the late '80s....A fantastic reminder of a fascinating artist who left us too early.
Mojo
4 stars out of 5 -- [H]is genius lay in his extraordinary voice: smooth, soulful and oozing a defiantly non-sexual courtly romance.
Q
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