The Ballads Collection

~ Release by Whitney Houston (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1I Will Always Love You
engineer:
David Reitzas, Bill Schnee and Peter Yianilos
executive producer:
Clive Davis (record producer, A&R executive and music industry chief executive) and Whitney Houston
producer:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer)
mixer:
David Reitzas
creative direction:
Rickey Minor (bass player, music director, composer, music producer)
solo saxophone:
Kirk Whalum
arranger:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer)
vocals arranger:
Whitney Houston
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
RCA Records (not for release label use! for the imprint, please use “RCA” instead) and Arista Records, Inc. (manufacturing and distribution company, do not add releases here) (in 1992)
mixed at:
Ocean Way Recording in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
part of:
The Co-Op: Top 10 British Funeral Songs (number: 3), New York Post: 100 Greatest Covers (2007) (number: 59), Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 60), Billboard: Greatest of All Time Hot 100 Songs (number: 60) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 94)
karaoke recording of:
I Will Always Love You
lyricist and composer:
Dolly Parton
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd (not for release label use!), Owepar Publishing Inc. and Velvet Apple Music
cover recording of:
I Will Always Love You
lyricist and composer:
Dolly Parton
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd (not for release label use!), Owepar Publishing Inc. and Velvet Apple Music
4.54:31
2I Have Nothing
engineer:
David Reitzas
producer:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer)
mixer:
Mick Guzauski
strings arranger:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer) and Jeremy Lubbock
arranger:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Arista Records, Inc. (manufacturing and distribution company, do not add releases here) (in 1992) and RCA Records (not for release label use! for the imprint, please use “RCA” instead) (in 1993)
recorded at:
Encore Recording Studios in Burbank, California, United States, Ocean Way Recording in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States and The Hit Factory in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
recording of:
I Have Nothing
writer:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer) and Linda Thompson (American actress, lyricist)
part of:
The 65th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
4.24:50
3Run to You4:24
4On My Own
recording of:
Try It on My Own
writer:
Babyface (R&B musician Kenny Edmonds), Carole Bayer Sager, Jason Edmonds, Aleese Simmons and Nathan Walton
4:40
5Count on Me
recording engineer:
Brad Gilderman
producer:
Babyface (R&B musician Kenny Edmonds)
mixer:
Jon Gass
lead vocals:
Whitney Houston and CeCe Winans
recording of:
Count on Me (Whitney Houston and CeCe Winans song)
writer:
Babyface (R&B musician Kenny Edmonds), Whitney Houston and Michael Houston
publisher:
Aurianna Publishing, ECAF Music, Fox Film Music Corporation (BMI-affiliated), Nippy Music Inc. and Sony/ATV Songs LLC
part of:
Waiting to Exhale (1995 film)
4:26
6Exhale (Shoop Shoop)
producer:
Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds (R&B musician Kenny Edmonds)
lead vocals:
Whitney Houston
recording of:
Exhale (Shoop Shoop)
lyricist and composer:
Babyface (R&B musician Kenny Edmonds)
publisher:
ECAF Music, Fox Film Music Corporation (BMI-affiliated) and Sony/ATV Songs LLC
part of:
Waiting to Exhale (1995 film)
4.153:25
7All the Man That I Need
cover recording of:
All the Man That I Need
writer:
Michael Gore (composer) and Dean Pitchford
recording of:
All the Man That I Need
writer:
Michael Gore (composer) and Dean Pitchford
3:56
8Where Do Broken Hearts Go
recording engineer and mixer:
David Frazer (engineer)
synthesizer [synths] programming:
Preston Glass
additional assistant engineer:
Noah Baron, Rob Beaton, Paul Hamingson, Stuart Hirotsu, Gordon Lyon, Billy Miranda (engineer) and Ross Williams (engineer)
additional engineer:
Lincoln Clapp (engineer), Maureen Droney, Ken Kessie, Gordon Lyon and Jay Rifkin
assistant engineer:
Dana Jon Chappelle
producer:
Narada Michael Walden
bass synthesizer [bass synth]:
Randy Jackson (former bassist with Journey and American Idol judge)
bell:
Preston Glass
drums (drum set):
Narada Michael Walden
electronic drum set [Simmons]:
Greg “Gigi” Gonaway
guitar synthesizer [Charvel GTM6 midi guitar synth]:
Corrado Rustici
piano and synthesizer [synths]:
Frank Martin (keyboards)
background vocals:
Kitty Beethoven, Jim Gilstrap, Jennifer Hall (backing vocalist) and Nikki Harris (US singer and dancer)
lead vocals:
Whitney Houston
conductor:
Michael Gibbs
strings arranger:
Michael Gibbs
arranger:
Narada Michael Walden
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
RCA Records (not for release label use! for the imprint, please use “RCA” instead) (in 1987)
recorded at:
Clinton Recording Studios (NYC 10th Ave till 2010) in New York, New York, United States, Right Track Recording in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, Tarpan Studios in San Rafael, California, United States and The Plant Studios (1981–2008) in Sausalito, California, United States
recording of:
Where Do Broken Hearts Go
writer:
Chuck Jackson (songwriter/producer) and Frank Wildhorn
54:37
9When You Believe
recording engineer:
Paul Boutin, Tim Boyle (recording and mixing engineer), Dana Chappelle and Don Murray (producer / engineer)
miscellaneous support:
Debbi Datz‐Pyle (task: contracted by), Sandy DeCrescent (task: contracted by) and Ivy Skoff (task: production coordinator)
drums (drum set) [drum] programming, drums (drum set) programming and keyboard [keyboards] programming:
Babyface (R&B musician Kenny Edmonds)
assistant engineer:
Luis Castello, Luis Castillo, Chuck Bailey Jr. (engineer), Brian Garten, John Nelson (engineer), John Sorenson and Tom Sweeney (US engineer)
engineer:
Paul Boutin, Tim Boyle (recording and mixing engineer), Dana Jon Chappelle and Don Murray (producer / engineer)
producer:
Babyface (R&B musician Kenny Edmonds) and Ivy Skoff
assistant mixer:
E'lyk
mixer:
Jon Gass
bass and bass guitar:
Nathan East
drums (drum set) and drums (drum set) [drums]:
Ricky Lawson
guitar:
Michael Thompson (session guitarist)
keyboard:
Babyface (R&B musician Kenny Edmonds)
low whistle, solo bagpipe, solo low whistle [low whistles] and solo uilleann pipes [U-Union Pipes]:
Eric Rigler
percussion:
Sheila E.
piano:
Greg Phillinganes
choir vocals:
Dion Allen, Vearline Board, Lynn Davis (vocalist), Kevon Edmonds, Melvin Edmonds, Joy Enriquez, Sharlotte Gibson, Daryl Hawes, Kenya Ivey, Nathan Ivey, Tavia Ivey, Mark Kibble (US gospel singer from group Take 6), Peach (choir on "When You Believe"), Shanice, Syretha Smith (choir on "When You Believe"), Ulisa Ivey, J. Valentine, Nathan Walton and Crystal Wilson
choir vocals [choir]:
Dion Allen, Vearline Beard, Lynn Davis (vocalist), Kevon Edmonds, Melvin Edmonds, Joy Enriquez, Sharlotte Gibson, Daryl Hawes, Kenya Ivey, Nathan Ivey, Tavia Ivey, Mark Kibble (US gospel singer from group Take 6), Lisa Ivey, Peach (choir on "When You Believe"), Shanice Wilson, Syretha Smith (choir on "When You Believe"), J. Valentine, Nathan Walton and Krystal Wilson
vocals:
Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston
orchestra:
Bill Ross (composer, orchestrator, arranger, conductor) and Gavin Greenaway
conductor:
Bill Ross (composer, orchestrator, arranger, conductor), Gavin Greenaway and Damon Thomas
chorus master:
Damon Thomas
arranger and orchestrator:
Bill Ross (composer, orchestrator, arranger, conductor) and Hans Zimmer (German score composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) and SKG Music L.L.C. (for copyrights use only, company associated with Dreamworks Records) (in 1998)
recorded at:
Brandon’s Way Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California, United States, Conway Recording Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States, Ocean Way Recording Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States, Right Track Recording in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States and The Hit Factory in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
mixed at:
Brandon’s Way Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
When You Believe (The Prince of Egypt, pop version)
lyricist and composer:
Stephen Schwartz (musical theatre lyricist/composer)
additional composer:
Babyface (R&B musician Kenny Edmonds)
publisher:
Cherry Lane Music Co., ECAF Music, Inc., SKG Songs and Songs of SKG
version of:
When You Believe (The Prince of Egypt)
4.654:33
10Why Does It Hurt So Bad
recording engineer:
Brad Gilderman
producer:
Babyface (R&B musician Kenny Edmonds)
mixer:
Jon Gass
lead vocals:
Whitney Houston
recording of:
Why Does It Hurt So Bad
lyricist:
Babyface (R&B musician Kenny Edmonds)
composer:
baby face (R&B musician Kenny Edmonds)
publisher:
ECAF Music and Sony/ATV Songs LLC
part of:
Waiting to Exhale (1995 film)
44:37
11Saving All My Love for You
engineer:
Michael Mancini and Russell Schmitt
producer:
Michael Masser
mixer:
Bill Schnee
bass guitar:
Nathan East
guitar:
Dann Huff, Paul Jackson, Jr. (fusion/urban jazz composer, arranger, producer and guitarist) and Louie Shelton
keyboard:
Robbie Buchanan (Canadian producer), Randy Kerber and Richard Marx
solo saxophone:
Tom Scott (saxophonist, Blues Brothers, LA Express, Starsky & Hutch)
background vocals:
Debbie Thomas, Julia Waters, Maxine Waters and Oren Waters
lead vocals:
Whitney Houston
publisher:
Prince Street Productions, Inc.
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Arista Records, Inc. (manufacturing and distribution company, do not add releases here) (in 1985)
cover recording of:
Saving All My Love for You
lyricist:
Gerry Goffin
composer:
Michael Masser
publisher:
Prince Street Music (Also known as "Prince St. Music"), Screen Gems–Columbia Music, Inc. and Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI)
sub-publisher:
Universal Music Corporation (France), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.), ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., Fujipacific Division) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
3.53:57
12I Believe in You and Me
recording of:
I Believe in You and Me
writer:
Sandy Linzer and David Wolfert
publisher:
Charles Koppelman Music, EMI Sosaha Music, Inc., Linz Music (US work publisher), Martin Bandier Music, R2M Music (BMI), Songs of Lastrada (BMI-affiliated), ピアーミュージック (Peer Music Japan, Japan, subsidiary of Nichion), フジパシフィックミュージック BMG事業部 (Fujipacific Music Inc., BMG Division), イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan Ltd., Sony Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., EMI Overseas Division, sub‐publisher for non‐Japanese works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
4:03
13You Were Loved
recording of:
You Were Loved
writer:
Diane Warren (US songwriter)
54:13
14Didn’t We Almost Have It All4.54:37
15One Moment in Time
executive producer:
Clive Davis (record producer, A&R executive and music industry chief executive)
producer:
Narada Michael Walden
vocals and performer:
Whitney Houston
conductor:
Michael Gibbs
arranger:
Narada Michael Walden
vocals arranger:
Whitney Houston
recording of:
One Moment in Time
lyricist:
John Bettis
composer:
Albert Hammond
4.54:46
16I’ll Be Home for Christmas
producer:
Mervyn Warren
lead vocals:
Whitney Houston
arranger:
Mervyn Warren
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
RCA/Jive Label Group (holding company, not a release label) (in 2003)
recording of:
I’ll Be Home for Christmas
lyricist:
James Kimball Gannon
additional writer:
Buck Ram
composer:
Walter Kent
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919), Gannon and Kent Music Co., Piedmont Music Company, Warner Chappell and Warner Chappell Music (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
cover recording of:
I’ll Be Home for Christmas
lyricist:
James Kimball Gannon
additional writer:
Buck Ram
composer:
Walter Kent
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919), Gannon and Kent Music Co., Piedmont Music Company, Warner Chappell and Warner Chappell Music (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
33:45
17Just the Lonely Talking Again
recording engineer and mixer:
David Frazer (engineer)
additional assistant engineer:
Noah Baron, Rob Beaton, Paul Hamingson, Stuart Hirotsu, Gordon Lyon, Billy Miranda (engineer) and Ross Williams (engineer)
additional engineer:
Lincoln Clapp (engineer), Maureen Droney, Ken Kessie, Gordon Lyon and Jay Rifkin
assistant engineer:
Dana Jon Chappelle
producer:
Narada Michael Walden
bass [electric bass]:
Randy Jackson (former bassist with Journey and American Idol judge)
guitar synthesizer [Charvel GTM6 midi guitar synth]:
Corrado Rustici
percussion:
Narada Michael Walden
synthesizer [DX7 Vibes, synths]:
Frank Martin (keyboards)
tenor saxophone:
Kenny G (saxophonist)
background vocals:
Kitty Beethoven, Jim Gilstrap, Jennifer Hall (backing vocalist) and Nikki Harris (US singer and dancer)
lead vocals:
Whitney Houston
conductor:
Michael Gibbs
strings arranger:
Michael Gibbs
arranger:
Narada Michael Walden
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
RCA Records (not for release label use! for the imprint, please use “RCA” instead) (in 1987)
recorded at:
Clinton Recording Studios (NYC 10th Ave till 2010) in New York, New York, United States, Right Track Recording in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, Tarpan Studios in San Rafael, California, United States and The Plant Studios (1981–2008) in Sausalito, California, United States
recording of:
Just the Lonely Talking Again
lyricist and composer:
Sam Dees
45:34
18Until You Come Back
recording engineer:
Paul Boutin and Tommy Vicari
miscellaneous support:
Ivy Skoff
keyboard [keyboards] programming and membranophone programming:
Babyface (R&B musician Kenny Edmonds)
assistant engineer:
Greg Dennen, Mark Eshelman (recording engineer) and Sue McLean
producer:
Babyface (R&B musician Kenny Edmonds)
assistant mixer:
E'lyk
mixer:
Jon Gass
bass:
Larry Kimpel (bassist)
guitar:
Michael Thompson (session guitarist)
membranophone:
Ricky Lawson
piano:
Greg Phillinganes
background vocals:
Babyface (R&B musician Kenny Edmonds), Beverly Crowder and Shanice Wilson
lead vocals:
Whitney Houston
conductor:
Bill Meyers (pianist, composer, producer, arranger, and conductor)
orchestrator:
Bill Meyers (pianist, composer, producer, arranger, and conductor)
recorded at:
Brandon’s Way Recording in Los Angeles, California, United States and Sony Pictures Studios (film and television studio complex, formerly Columbia Studios) in Culver City, California, United States
mixed at:
Brandon’s Way Recording in Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Until You Come Back
writer:
Babyface (R&B musician Kenny Edmonds) and Daryl Simmons
publisher:
Boobie And DJ Songs Inc., ECAF Music, Inc. and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
44:53
19All at Once
engineer:
Michael Mancini
producer:
Michael Masser
mixer:
Bill Schnee
bass guitar:
Nathan East
guitar:
Dann Huff, Paul Jackson, Jr. (fusion/urban jazz composer, arranger, producer and guitarist) and Louie Shelton
keyboard:
Robbie Buchanan (Canadian producer), Randy Kerber and Richard Marx
background vocals:
Debbie Thomas, Julia Waters, Maxine Waters and Oren Waters
lead vocals:
Whitney Houston
publisher:
Prince Street Productions, Inc.
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Arista Records, Inc. (manufacturing and distribution company, do not add releases here) (in 1985)
recording of:
All at Once
writer:
Michael Masser and Jeffrey Osborne
publisher:
Almo Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP), March 9 Music, Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music), Prince Street Music (Also known as "Prince St. Music"), Prince Street Productions, Inc., シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.), ミュージック・セールス (Music Sales, Japan, subsidiary of Shinko Music Entertainment), ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (Yamaha Music EH(CM)) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
44:30
20Miracle
keyboard programming:
Donald Parks
producer:
Babyface (R&B musician Kenny Edmonds) and L.A. Reid
bass:
Kayo (Kevin Roberson)
drums (drum set) and percussion:
L.A. Reid
keyboard:
Babyface (R&B musician Kenny Edmonds)
vocals:
Whitney Houston
percussion [rhythm] arranger:
Babyface (R&B musician Kenny Edmonds) and L.A. Reid
vocals arranger:
Babyface (R&B musician Kenny Edmonds), Whitney Houston and L.A. Reid
recording of:
Miracle
writer:
Babyface (R&B musician Kenny Edmonds) and L.A. Reid
45:42
21Do You Hear What I Hear
assistant recording engineer:
Mark McKenna (engineer)
recording engineer:
Scott Litt (producer and engineer) and Thom Panunzio
producer:
Jimmy Iovine
mixer:
Bob Clearmountain
bass:
Jimmy Johnson (US session bassist)
guitar:
Steve Lukather
membranophone:
Richie Hayward
percussion:
Bobbye Hall
piano:
Jai Winding (pianist, composer, vocal)
background vocals:
Darlene Love and Edna Wright (R&B singer)
strings and synthesizer arranger:
Charles Judge (American guitarist, pianist, arranger and songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Arista Records LLC (holding company - file NO releases here!) (in 1995)
recorded at:
A&M Recording Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States and Reflection Sound Studios in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
cover recording of:
Do You Hear What I Hear?
lyricist:
Noël Regney (in 1962)
writer:
Noël Regney and Gloria Shayne Baker
composer:
Gloria Shayne Baker (in 1962)
publisher:
Blue Ribbon Music Ltd., Campbell Connelly and Jewel Music Publishing Co., Inc. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
33:32