Vanessa Williams - Comfort Zone
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Artist: Vanessa WilliamsEdition: Music CD
Published: 1991
CD Release Date: 1991-08-20
Music Label: Island / Mercury
Product features:
- 1991 PolyGram records, manufactured by PolyGram records Inc.
- The Comfort Zone
- Running Back To You
- Work To Do
- You Gotta Go
- Still In Love
- Save The Best For Last
- What Will I Tell My Heart
- Strangers Eyes
- 2 Of A Kind
- Freedom Dance (Get Free!)
- Just For Tonight
- One Reason
- Better Off Now
- Goodbye
Free Music Notes for Comfort Zone
Free Music Review: An Underrated R&B Masterpiece : Williams Sings the Blues
Hit: 5 Stars
Who would really call Vanessa Williams a great singer? Possibly no one. However, add her to the short list of women who can't really 'sing' but can still release an epic album, memorable decades after it was first released. How Vanessa accomplished this on "The Comfort Zone" in 1991 is beyond me, but it remains what it is - a flawless contemporary R&B Record that can proudly sit amongst your record collection with the best of them.
"Save The Best for Last" was the prime US No. 1 Single here, but its also the most cheesy and suffocating track on the album - only because almost every other song is at least twice as good. The title track, a minor R&B hit back in the day, is still a great piece of production, and the Grammy Nominated single "Runnin' Back to You" doesn't sound dated despite the obviously huge Paula Abdul influences. However, the album really shines when it slows down for more meaningful groove-jams such as "Strangers Eyes" and the vastly overlooked "What Will I Tell My Heart", which Vanessa attempts a la Billie Holiday - with some interesting results.
The great thing about this album, and one reason why this will become a staple in your home if you do decide to get this, is because every song is so different. "Freedom" is a classic slice of early 1990s dance music (very much like C&C Music Factory), while "You Gotta Go" can rival anything put out by Toni Braxton in terms of listenability. Along the way, Vanessa manages to craft a CD, though while long, is still extremely involving. Many people I've turned on to this CD haven't found one weak track, and listening to this now makes one realize just how vaccuous and boring the so-called R&B divas of our generation sound (Olivia, Nivea, Ciara, Ashanti, Raven Symone etc). Also of particular interest is that a couple of my friends who only listen to rock music, have strangely found themselves asking me to burn a copy of this for them!
An unexpected treat. This album still remains vastly unknown, but its a bonafide classic. Vanessa herself couldn't make an album this good in her career ("The Sweetest Days" did come close to that), and its a definite must-buy, if you ask me.
Five Stars. An additional bonus is that lyrics to all songs are included in the CD Booklet.
Comfort Zone Poster
Track Listing 1. Comfort Zone 2. Running Back to You 3. Work to Do 4. You Gotta Go 5. Still in Love 6. Best For Last 7. What Will I Tell My Heart 8. Stranger's Eyes 9. Freedom Dance 10. Two of a Kind 11. Just For Tonight 12. One Reason 13. Better Off Now 14. GoodbyeBlues Music CDs
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