The Best of Jennifer Holliday

Track Listings

1. And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going

2. I Am Changing

3. Just Let Me Wait

4. I Am Love

5. No Frills Love

6. This Game of Love (I'm Never Coming Down)

7. Say You Love Me

8. Come Sunday

9. Heart on the Line

10. Hard Time for Lovers

11. Read It in My Eyes

12. I'm on Your Side

13. No Frills Love [Love to Infinity Sessions '96] [#]

14. Love Me [Love to Infinity Sessions '96] [#]

15. Early Warning [Love to Infinity Sessions '96] [#]

16. Someday [#]

The Best of Jennifer Holliday,Jennifer Holliday,Geffen Records,Pop,Popular Music,Quiet Storm,R&B,Soul

Tracks:

And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going
I Am Changing
I Am Love
Just Let Me Wait
This Game Of Love (I Am Never Coming Down)
Hard Time For Lovers
No Frills Love
Come Sunday
Heart On The Line
New At It
He Ain't Special (He's Just The One I Love)
Giving Up

Customer Reviews:

the original dream girl.......2007-02-08

i bought this cd to compare with jennifer hudson's version of and i am telling you. just as i remember JENNIER HOLLIDAY IS THE ORIGINAL DREAM GIRL. while i like ms. hudsons's version she can't touch ms. holliday with a ten octave range pole.

Rediscovering Jennifer! HOLLIDAY!!!.......2007-01-07

This CD is awsome because Jennifer is awesome! I loved every song...and in particular "And I Am Telling You". I saw the 2006 Movie Dream Girls, and though the talent was good, the singing came no where close to Jennifer Holliday - A SPIRITED POWERHOUSE!!!

The most........2005-03-30

Worth it all just for the opening track...the most -successully- "over-the-top" vocal performance in recorded history. It's exhilarating just to thing of it.

What a voice!!!!!.......2004-02-14

Jennifer Holiday has a wonderful strong voice that cannot be duplicated she sings so very well she stands in the hall of fame with Aretha Franklin and Patti Labelle but she doesn't receive the recognition that she deserves she has a powerful voice with some powerful songs I truly and really enjoy Jennifer's singing she is a native Houstonian my homegirl she is a Texas like myself My favorite songs on here are I am Love and I am telling you I'm not going she is a talented actress as well as a great singer !!!!!! Thanks, Jennifer
bring us some more good music!!!!

Nice Highlight.......2003-03-04

This cd will spell doom for the previously released "The Best Of Jennifer Holliday" released on the Geffen label. That set was well packaged and presented, it features a stunning portrait of Jennifer, not a snapshot. That set also featured remixes, a cut from her Arista set, and an unreleased outtake. This set re-releases the "meat" of that album, with alternate selections from "Get Close To My Love." The mastering of this cd isn't as clean as the aforementioned Geffen release, at least the alternate cuts presented here are better mastered than the re-release of "Get Close To My Love" which was Jennifer's swan song for Geffen. This cd is a good introduction to Jennifer's work for the casual fan and the collector of the 20th Century Masters series. For the rest of us, the presence of the alternate tracks remastered makes for a worthwhile purchase. The tracks are the original album tracks, no remixes or extended versions of the dance hits. The out-of-print "Say You Love Me" could have been better represented, since Jennifer's other Geffen albums are available, and it would have ensured the previous compilation would have remained in print.

Average customer rating:

Holliday's Roof-Raising Voice Is Always Worth a Listen Even When the Material Falters
Excellent compilation of key tracks from this stellar vocalist
Best of Jennifer Holiday Review
Jennifer's Review
Amazing Voice

The Best of Jennifer Holliday
Jennifer Holliday
Manufacturer: Geffen Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | R&B | Styles | Music

General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music

Quiet Storm | R&B | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B000000OVK
Release Date: 1996-09-10

Tracks:

And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going
I Am Changing
Just Let Me Wait
I Am Love
No Frills Love
This Game Of Love (I'm Never Coming Down)
Say You Love Me
Come Sunday
Heart On The Line
Hard Times For Lovers
Read It In My Eyes
I'm On Your Side
No Frills Love (Love To Infinity Sessions '96)
Love Me (Love To Infinity Sessions '96)
Early Warning (Love To Infinity Sessions '96)
Someday

Customer Reviews:

Holliday's Roof-Raising Voice Is Always Worth a Listen Even When the Material Falters.......2007-03-16

I was fortunate to see Jennifer Holliday's legendary performance as Effie Melody White in Michael Bennett's original production of "Dreamgirls", and just last month, a quarter century later, in a solo performance in the rotunda of the San Francisco City Hall as the headliner for the 2007 Equality Awards. Her full-throttle, gospel-fueled voice was a marvel then and it still is now. Even though it has been superseded by the Millennium Collection, this 1996 compilation is still worth seeking out for several tracks not available on the later release. It should come as no surprise that the two best known songs from "Dreamgirls" are still her finest moments on record simply because they fit the contours of her outsized voice and often theatrical delivery - the conciliatory urgency of "I Am Changing" and of course, her do-or-die signature anthem, "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going". Not even Jennifer Hudson's superb cover can approach the heightened emotional desperation and roof-raising volume that Holliday delivers.

It seems inevitable and something of a shame that the rest of her recorded output feels somewhat marginal despite often stellar vocal performances. Holliday was surrounded by grade-A talent like David Foster and Maurice White during the 1980's, when most of these songs were obviously recorded. However, most of the results now sound over-arranged and often dated. Pulsating disco beats saturate unmemorable tracks like "Just Let Me Wait", the echo-dominated "No Frills Love", and "Heart on the Line", while "Hard Times for Lovers" just sounds like generic, synth-saturated filler. "This Game of Love (I'm Never Coming Down)" is pure Ashford and Simpson with its hooks and hiccupping rhythm, and Dean Pitchford and Tom Snow's "Read It in My Eyes" sounds like a mix between Chaka Khan's "Through the Fire" and Christopher Cross's "Arthur's Theme" down to the melancholy trumpet solo.

When Holliday's voice is allowed to soar unencumbered by multi-tracking, the results can be sublime - the lush power ballad, "I Am Love"; the gospel-tinged "I'm on Your Side", and the quiet storm of "Say You Love Me". Easily the most impressive non-Effie track is the most elegant as she wraps her sizable voice with supple conviction around a sauntering cover of Duke Ellington's "Come Sunday". Probably to make the disc sound less like an eighties time capsule, there are three remixed dance-oriented tracks included, the so-called "Love to Infinity 96" sessions - a hyped-up, clubby version of "No Frills Love"; a sassy cover of the Bee Gees' oldie "Love Me"; and the more generic "Early Warning". An unreleased track from 1983, Maurice White's "Someday", is a nice if overproduced R&B cut. Holliday's recording career has been hamstrung by such excess behind the scenes, but as "Come Sunday" proves, she really could soar with more timeless material. Her voice is a true force of nature.

Excellent compilation of key tracks from this stellar vocalist.......2007-02-05

Jennifer Holliday is well represented in her prime with this compilation of hits and key tunes along with a few extras.

This compilation includes her two biggest hits from her Tony Award winning stint in Broadway's Dreamgirls as well as her pop and R&B hits from the 80s and very early 90s. One strange omission is the poignant "A Dream With Your Name On It" from her sole Arista LP I'm On Your Side, but this was likely due to licensing (most of the material included here are tracks from Jennifer's tenure with Geffen Records) so I reckon the label did not want to shell out for any more songs than they had to! Still, this song would have been an excellent inclusion as it is a Jennifer Holliday fan favourite.

One wonderful inclusion is the album track "Read It In My Eyes" which was not a hit but would've been well deserving of the title. Another great find is the previously-unreleased track "Someday" which apparently was left over from the sessions to Jennifer's debut LP Feel My Soul.

The collection is rounded out with a remix of "No Frills Love" where Jen shouts for days! "Love Me" and "Early Warning" are two other tracks released for the first time on this compilation and are pleasant but not essential tunes and will likely not appear on any future compilations.

All in all, this collection is an essential for any Jennifer Holliday fan and will certainly make a fan out of any new listeners who will be instantly mesmerized by the power, expression, personality, passion, and raw beauty of Jennifer's voice, as well as the strength of the songwriting and production throughout the songs on this disc. This is probably one of the finest greatest hits albums that I own and is most definitely a shining moment in Jennifer's career.

Best of Jennifer Holiday Review.......2007-01-20

I primarily purchased this item for one particular song: "And I'm Telling You" from the original Broadway play, "Dreamgirls". I thoroughly enjoyed it...just wish it was a longer song!

Jennifer's Review.......2007-01-16

The album was indeed what i expected of her. I know she is a talented artist and is capable of tearing down the roof. There were songs on the album I did not know she sang. I am indeed pleased with my purchase.

Amazing Voice.......2006-04-23

As one of the earlier post mentioned i too saw jennifer on the tony awards show from the uk on some cable channel. You can still see this and many other performances of Jennifer on youtube.com. Jennifers voice is remarkable, her tone, power and phrasing are so unique that nobody could come close to singing a song like she can. The emotion is remarkable and if you like big voice divas then you cant get much better than this. Its a shame she wasnt surrounded by better producers and song writers that could have given her a bigger catalouge of songs but she has still managed to capture the hearts of many fans. The ballads are Jennifers showcase on this album. I am love and I am changing do her voice justice. If you havent heard her sing then give it a go you wont regret it. Lets hope she gets more exposure with the new dreamgirls show coming out and releases more material. Until then get this album.

Greatest Story Ever Sung - Today's Best Contemporary Artists Present

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Greatest Story Ever Sung - Today's Best Contemporary Artists Present
Michael W. Smith , Jennifer Holliday , Bob Carlisle , Jaclyn Angelotti , Kathie Lee Gifford , Michael Crawford , Shirley Caesar & Darwin Hobbs , Maire Brennan , Graham Kendrick , and Wintley Phipps
Manufacturer: Ascent Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000F3HNI4

Product Description

The Greatest Story Ever Sung - Today's Best Contemporary Artists Present // 1. To the King Eternal - Michael W. Smith 2. This Is the Year - Jennifer Holliday 3. Treasures in the Darkness - Bob Carlisle 4. Future Is a Child - Jaclyn Angelotti 5. Once Upon a Universe - Kathie Lee Gifford 6. How Still How Silent - Michael Crawford 7. Never Heard Anyone - Shirley Caesar & Darwin Hobbs 8. No Scenes of Stately Majesty - Maire Brennan 9. I Kneel Down - Graham Kendrick 10. No Need to Fear - Wintley Phipps 11. Finale - Millenium Chorus: Kathy Lee Gifford, Michael W. Smith, Jennifer Holliday, World Choir, Gospel Choir

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